JAWS II (gap filling)

It is fast and savage and likes to sneak up on its prey. Which means that the mako shark does (0)________make the most relaxing of swimming companions.

So the news (7) ________two mako sharks have been seen off Cornwall in just two weeks could leave some bathers preferring to stay on the shore.

Yesterday beaches across the region were on red alert after (8) ________ fisherman reported seeing a mako jumping from the water just a mile from a popular beach.

Alan Britton, 52, (9) ________terrified when he saw the shark

– a cousin (10) ________the great white shark – jump from the water as he and three friends enjoyed a fishing trip.

‘I couldn’t (11) ________my eyes,’ he said.

‘(12) ________jumped clean out of the water just yards away from the boat.’

It was (13) ________second mako shark to be spotted off the Cornish coast in just two weeks.

Last month, Gwithian beach near Hayle was evacuated (14) ________one was seen prowling close to the shore.

Shark expert Lindsay Holloway, from the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay, said bathers (15) ________not risk staying in the water when a mako was around.