Fill in the gaps using the following words
New Zealand police are hunting for a couple who received nearly US$8 million by mistake from their bank. The couple applied to Westpac Bank for a NZ$10,000 overdraft. Bank employees made a huge mistake. They deposited NZ$10 million into their customers’ bank account instead of giving them the loan facility. The couple probably thanked their lucky stars. They took the money and ran. The pair, an Asian man and his New Zealand girlfriend, left the country immediately. However, they did not take all of the money with them. New Zealand police have told Interpol about the couple leaving the country, so there is now an international manhunt for them. Westpac officials are keeping how much the couple took a secret.
The couple live in the town of Rotorua on New Zealand’s north island. They ran a gas station which had money problems. They applied for the overdraft to help with their financial difficulties. Locals say the pair left a note on the door of the gas station saying it had closed down. A banking lecturer, Claire Matthews from New Zealand’s Massey University, told the local Newstalk ZB radio station that the couple’s luck would soon run out. She said: “They've taken funds that they're not entitled to, that are not theirs….They've [really] become thieves.” She said it would only be a matter of time before the police caught them. A Westpac Bank spokesman said the bank and police were treating the couple as criminals.
Match the following words from the text placed in the left column with their synonyms given in the right column. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
| hunting – searching |
| huge – enormous |
| deposited – put away |
| ran – fled |
| manhunt – search |
| run out – finish |
| ran – operated |
| treating – looking upon |
| caught – arrested |
| funds – money |
Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
| 1) New Zealand police are – e 2) The couple applied to Westpac Bank for – h 3) The couple probably thanked their – j 4) they did not take all of the – c 5) officials are keeping how much the couple took – b 6) They ran a gas station which had money – i 7) the couple’s luck would soon – f 8) They’ve taken funds that they’re not – d 9) it would only be a matter – a 10) police were treating the – g | a) of time b) a secret c) money with them d) entitled to e) hunting for a couple f) run out g) couple as criminals h) a NZ $10,000 overdraft i) problems j) lucky stars |
Put the correct words from the table below in the article.
1 – a; 2 – b; 3 – c; 4 – d; 5 – d; 6 – c; 7 – a; 8 – b; 9 – c; 10 – a; 11 – d; 12 – b.
Unit 4
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