good night’s sleep?

I am a deep sleeper and I hardly ever wake up (1) the middle of the night. That is why I keep

wondering why I woke up last night of all nights. What do I mean? Well, strangely enough, I couldn’t sleep well last

night due to a headache that was giving me a hard time. (2) a result, I decided to go downstairs to the

kitchen to take an aspirin. As I was walking down the stairs, I suddenly heard someone trying to unlock the front door.

I hid behind the kitchen door and, (3) my astonishment , I saw two men dressed in black entering the

house. It turned (4) that they were burglars because they quickly started searching through every

drawer in the house trying to find money or valuable jewellery. I quietly left the house through the back door and went

over to a neighbour’s house from (5) I called the police. They arrived in (6)

time and caught the two burglars (7) action. So, I have to admit that everything ended well, apart

(8) the fact that I was scared to death. However, I don’t think I will ever be able to sleep deeply again.

ENGLISH IN USE

A. Read the text and complete the gaps. Use only one word in each gap. A 5