Контрольные задания > A newsboy was standing on the corner, yelling, "Read all about it. Fifty people swindled!" Curious, a man a paper, and checked the front page. What he saw was yesterday's paper.
Вопрос:
A newsboy was standing on the corner, yelling, "Read all about it. Fifty people swindled!" Curious, a man <fill in the blank> a paper, and checked the front page. What he saw was yesterday's paper.
Explanation: The context suggests the man was interested in the newsboy's paper and bought it to check the story. Therefore, the most logical word to fill the blank is "bought".