1 Read the text below. Choose the phrase which best fits each space. A they used different things 8 much more c the new teacher p and some new pupils E Before this boy arrived F hand in hand G to find his mistakes The New Maths Method That year, in the local school, there was a new Maths teacher D. One of the new kids was the laziest and most foolish child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried to explain numbers to him; he always ended up saying something ex- tremely foolish. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twen- ty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners... , Maths lessons were the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. The new teacher told the children to listen to the pieces of nonsense the new kid said, and then they corrected his mistakes. All the e and then think up the most origi- : sweets, playing cards, pen- (2) (3) children wanted to be the first nal ways to explain them. To do this cils, paper planes... The new kid wasn't interested in any of those. However, little Lewis wasn't sure the new pupil felt sad inside. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. The new kid left school and walked to the local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him. It was (5) The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off ing about Maths. And that unintelligent new kid knew everything about (7) it, they went, (6) Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talk- than anyone in the class!