3. Put the words in the column on the right into the gaps in the text.

proudly            neighbours

honest               customs

army                  murder

dishonesty      judges

intelligent        laws

In the next few weeks, I began to have some very interesting conversations with the King. He was an 1____, understanding person. ‘Tell me more about your country,’ he said to me one day. ‘I would like to hear about your laws, your political life, and your 2 ___ and traditions. Tell me everything. There may be something that we can usefully copy here in Brobdingnag.

’‘I shall be delighted, sir,’ I answered 3____. ‘Our king controls our three great countries, Scotland, Ireland and England. We grow much of our own food, and our weather is neither too hot nor too cold. There are two groups of men who make our 4 ___. One is called the House of Lords – they are men from the oldest and greatest families in the country. The other is called the House of Commons – these are the most 5_____, intelligent, and sensible men in the country, and are freely chosen by the people. We have 6____ to decide punishments for criminals, and we have a large 7____, which cannot be defeated by any other in the world.

’While I was talking, the King was making notes. For several days I continued my explanation, and I also described British history over the last hundred years. Then the King asked me a large number of questions. ‘Why,’ he asked, ‘are you so often at war? Either you find fighting enjoyable, or you have very difficult 8 ____! Why do you need an army at all? You would not be afraid of any other country if you were peaceful people. And in the last hundred years, you’ve done nothing but rob, fight and 9 ___! Your recent history shows the very worst effects of cruelty, jealousy, 10 ____ and madness!’