2. A Tale Of Two Cites

3. In a poor district in Paris, in the year 1775,there was a wine shop, the owner of ______was Monsieur Defarge.

4. One day, an Englishman and an English woman, Lucie Manette, ___ ______ the wine shop.

5. They ___ _____ from England, _____ ____(hear) the strange news ____ Dr Manette, Lucie ’ s father, was ____ and was living in Paris.

6. Defarge was pleased at their ____. Before, he ____ ____ (be)a servant ____ Dr Manette.

7. Lucie Manette ’ s mother ____ ____ when she was a baby.

8. Her father, Dr Manettte ____ ____ a short time before his wife ’ s death and no one knew what ____ ____ ____ him.

9. Lucie ____ ____ ____(bring) to England as a baby, and her mother ’ s money had been ____ in a bank in London for her ____.

10. Dr Manette, ____ ____ ____ (keep)a prisoner in the Bastille, Paris ’ s most important prison, for many years, ____ recently ____ ____(set) free, and this news had reached Miss Manette in England.

11. Dr Manette ___ ___ mentally ___ (disturb) by his long years ___ in prison and his hair had ___ white.

12. All day ___ he ___ ___ ___ shoes, ___ he had done in prison.

13. Now he could not live ___ ___ unless his door was ___.

14. Lucie was able to make her father ___ her and her friend, and together they ___ him back to England ___ his mental health and strength ___ got better.

15. Dr Manette ___ ___ ___ in prison ___ no good ___.

16. One day he ___ ___ ___ out to ___ a young peasant and his sister.

17. Dr Manette ___ that the sister must ___ ___ very badly ___ (treat).

18. Her brother ___ ___ ___ (wound) in a fight ___ the Marquis St. Evremonde ’ s brother.

19. Both brother and sister died ___ a few hours. Dr Manette had been put in prison ___ ___ he would ___ silent ___ this matter.

20. After the ___ of Dr Manette ___ England, two men ___ ___ ___ ___ Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton.

21. Strangely, they looked ___ they ___ twins, ___ they ___ so much ___ each other.

22. Although Lucie married Charles, Sydney ___ her that he would always do anything he ___ for he ___ ___ ___ ___ her happiness.

23. Though Charles ’ s name ___ ___, his family was in ___ French.

24. He was the ___ of the ___ Marquis St. Evremonde.

25. Charles had left France because he ___ the cruel ___ of the French nobles and the ___ they ___ the peasants.

26. The peasants had to ___ heavy ___ and ___ greatly ___ hunger.

27. So he left France, ___(prefer) to give up the ___ ___ would one day come to him, and went to live in England.

28. However, an English ___ told the Defarges in Paris that the nephew of the old Marquis was living in England ___ an English name.

30. In July, 1789, the _____ _____ in France.

31. _____ _____ of the cities and the peasants in the country, _____ _____ such a hard life for so long, took up their guns and knives and began to kill the rich _____.

32. In the country the _____ _____ _____ _____ the nobles ’ castles and burnt _____ to the _____.

33. Some time later, Charles Darnay found at a bank in London a letter from France _____ to him, _____ _____ to the Marquis St.Evremonde, for his father and uncle were now dead.

34. _____ reading it, he found that a servant _____ the family in France had been _____ in _____, _____ no _____ of his own.

35. So he _____ to France to try to _____ him. However, _____ his _____ in Paris he was _____ as a noble and _____ into prison.

36. DrManette and his daughter Lucie had _____ Charles to Paris, and Dr Manette, because he had been a _____ and was a _____ of the revolutionaries, was able to visit Charles in _____.

37. When Charles was _____ _____ the revolutionaries, there was a surprise.

38. One of the revolutionary _____, Monsieur Defarge, had found a letter in _____ Bastille.

39. The letter had _____ _____ by Dr Manette and had been _____ behind a stone in the little room _____ he _____ _____ a prisoner.

40. In the letter Dr Manette _____ the terrible things that the Marquis St. Evermond and his brother _____ _____ to the peasant boy and his sister many years before.

41. When the people in the _____ heard this, there was no _____ in their _____ _____ the St. Evremond family had _____ much _____

42. Charles _____ _____ _____ death and would _____ his head _____ off the next day. Charles _____ _____ _____ death and would _____ his head _____ off the next day.

43. While Charles was _____ _____, Sydney Carton had also arrived in Paris.

44. _____ _____ Charles would be _____ to death, he went to a chemist ’ s shop and bought some _____ medicine.

45. Then he went to Defarg ’ s wine shop, _____ he learnt why they were so _____ _____ _____ Charles _____ to death.

46. Madame Defarge was the sister of the peasant boy and girl _____ had been so badly _____ by the St.Evremonde brothers.

47. After Charles had been _____ to death, Sydney _____ to get into the _____ to visit Charles.

48. He _____ Charles to _____ clothes with him without _____ a reason.

49. Then he _____ the special medicine _____ _____ Charles _____ _____.

50. Charles, _____ looked very _____ Sydney, was _____ _____ _____ the prison and _____ home.

51. The next day he _____ Paris with Lucie and Dr Manette.

52. _____,Sydney, _____ _____ _____ the _____ of his friend Charles, _____ his head _____ off.

53. Before he died, Sydney remembered the _____ _____ he had _____ _____ Lucie many years before.

54. His final t _____ were: “ It is far, far better _____ that I do, than I have ever _____ ; it is a far, far better _____ that I _____ to than I have ever _____. ”