Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. (Make any grammatical change if necessary.):

without	recent	river	face	last	native
clothes	farther	by	take		cause

(a) by; (b) across; (c) clothes; (d) river; (e) without; (f) farther; (g) native; (h) face; (i) last; (j) took/ used to take

An old man sat (a)by the side of the road beside a pontoon bridge (b) across the river. The man had steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty (c) clothes . Carts, trucks, and men, women and children were crossing the (d) river . The old man sat there (e) without moving because he was too tired to go any (f) farther . The man came from San Carlos, his (g) native town. The name brought smile to his (h) face.  He was the (i) last man to leave the town because he (j) took/ used to take care of the animals.