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A WASTE OF GOOD EARTH
In the middle of Wales is the village of Lackerpandy. It has a population of 4,500.
The village is rather scattered. It spreads over eight kilometres in each (01).................. But, conveniently, especially for its 4,500 (02).................. , it has 13 graveyards. Twelve of these are empty. The (03).................. is the (04).................. burying ground for Lackerpandy's people.
The graveyards - that is, the empty graveyards - have a total area of over 500 acres, You could grow a lot of potatoes on 500 acres, as one of Lackerpandy's citizens explained. It appears, as a result of a government (05).................. , that the new graveyards were financed by the village council. Most of the work was done by a local (06).................., a friend of the mayor, and a private building (07).................. .
Speaking to the (08).................. of the (09).................. committee, Mr Dai Jones, the new mayor, provided an (10).................. . He said that the old mayor, Mr Tommy Davis, had a serious problem. He said, "Mr Davis was very worried about his own death. And so, whenever a new cemetery was suggested, he just couldn't say no."
01. direct
02. inhabit
03. thirteen
04. tradition
05. investigate
06. business
07. contract
08. law
09. inquire
10. explain
