Read and select A, B or C to fill in the blanks

Real heroes are only human. They live and (1) like the rest of (2) .
But fictional heroes are different. They (3) life many years ago and
they will live on, in fiction in the future. Here are some favorite twentieth-
century fictional heroes.

The spy 007 has been (4) for the

British Secret Service (5) 1953
when Ian Fleming first wrote about
him in Casino Royale. Fleming is now
dead, but the spy still lives on. The
first film was Dr. No in 1962 and
since then (6) appeared in over
twenty films.

Batman first saved Gotham City from evil with the help of Robin, in a
comic book in 1939 and has been fighting crime for over seventy years.
The team (7) made three TV series, as well as films and novels. The
most popular TV series was in the 1960s, and our hero has recently
appeared (8) films.

1. a. dead b. die c. death

2. a. we b. them c. us
3. a. began b. begin c. begun
4. a. work b. worked c. working
5. a. from b. since c. by
6. a. hes b. hell c. hed
7. a. have b. has c. had
8. a. by b. on c. in

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