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45. Choose the right verb forms after the text to make it complete.
The Dinner Party
It all happened in India. At a large dinner party the guests (discuss 1 a typical behaviour of people when they were in some crisis. One of the guests, an officer, said: “A woman’s reaction (differ 2 from a man’s behaviour. A typical woman’s reaction in any crisis is to scream. A man has much more nerve control, and that is what (count '1.”
One of the guests, an American naturalist, (not, join 4 in the argument. He (watch 5 the other guests. Suddenly he (see 6 that the hostess changed in the face and whispered something to a servant. Soon a bowl of milk (put 7 on the veranda just outside the open doors.
The American naturalist (understand 8 everything. In India, milk in a bowl (mean 9 only one thing. It is a bait for a snake. He realised that there must be a cobra under the table. His first impulse was (jump 10 back and warn the others. But he (know 11: that if you (frighten 12 the cobra, it (attack 1'1 somebody. He then spoke quickly, but loudly, “I want you (show 14 what control everyone (have 15. I will count 300 — that’s five minutes — and not one of you must (move 16. Those who move (pay 1' 50 rupees. Ready? Go!” The twenty people (sit 18 like stone images while he (count 19. When he (say 20 “two hundred and eighty,” out of the corner of his eye, he (see 21 the cobra (crawl 22 for the bowl of milk. In a minute it was on the veranda. The American made a huge jump and (shut 23 the glass doors.
The guests began screaming, when they realised what (happen 24.
After a few moments the host said: “You were right, Officer. A man just (show) us an example of perfect control.”
“Just a minute,” cried the American (turn 26 to his hostess. “Mrs White, how you (know 27 there was a cobra in the room?” A little smile appeared on the woman’s face as she answered: “I knew it because it (crawl 28 across my foot.”
The Dinner Party
It all happened in India. At a large dinner party the guests (discuss 1 a typical behaviour of people when they were in some crisis. One of the guests, an officer, said: “A woman’s reaction (differ 2 from a man’s behaviour. A typical woman’s reaction in any crisis is to scream. A man has much more nerve control, and that is what (count '1.”
One of the guests, an American naturalist, (not, join 4 in the argument. He (watch 5 the other guests. Suddenly he (see 6 that the hostess changed in the face and whispered something to a servant. Soon a bowl of milk (put 7 on the veranda just outside the open doors.
The American naturalist (understand 8 everything. In India, milk in a bowl (mean 9 only one thing. It is a bait for a snake. He realised that there must be a cobra under the table. His first impulse was (jump 10 back and warn the others. But he (know 11: that if you (frighten 12 the cobra, it (attack 1'1 somebody. He then spoke quickly, but loudly, “I want you (show 14 what control everyone (have 15. I will count 300 — that’s five minutes — and not one of you must (move 16. Those who move (pay 1' 50 rupees. Ready? Go!” The twenty people (sit 18 like stone images while he (count 19. When he (say 20 “two hundred and eighty,” out of the corner of his eye, he (see 21 the cobra (crawl 22 for the bowl of milk. In a minute it was on the veranda. The American made a huge jump and (shut 23 the glass doors.
The guests began screaming, when they realised what (happen 24.
After a few moments the host said: “You were right, Officer. A man just (show) us an example of perfect control.”
“Just a minute,” cried the American (turn 26 to his hostess. “Mrs White, how you (know 27 there was a cobra in the room?” A little smile appeared on the woman’s face as she answered: “I knew it because it (crawl 28 across my foot.”