JANAOOP29

25.12.2021 19:30 •  Английский язык

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Complete the story by supplying the correct form of the verb

My friend Ben Billow …1(to be) hopelessly in love with his cook all his life, so when I learnt that he …2(to divorce) at last, I went to see him at his house …3(to congratulate) him on the great achievement. I …4(to expect) he …5(to be pleased) with what …6(to happen), but I …7(to be) mistaken.
When I …8(to see) Ben, he …9(to be) all sorrow. He …10(to tell) me what I already …11(to know) from the press, how his ex-wife …12(to earn) fame and fortune.
It …13(to happen) on board a liner. The sun …14(to shine) and the passengers …15(to sit) in deck chairs when Larry Boosterstone, a boy of ten, the only son of the well-known American millionaire …16(to fall) into the water. Mrs.Billow …17(not to hesitate) to dive into the water …18(to rescue) the boy. The ship …19(to stop). Within a few seconds the boy and the lady …20(to be) on the deck. They …21(to be) very lucky – the water …22(to be) full of sharks and it …23(to be) lunch time.
Larry …24(to excite) but Mrs.Billow …25(to faint). “I …26(to prove) to be a good husband to her,” said Ben. “When I …27(to see) the doctor …28(to feel) her pulse, I …29(to get) a nervous breakdown. They …30(to be) all sorry for me. The next day she …31(to feel) better and …32(to receive) congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Boosterstone …33(to congratulate) her too. They …34(to come) to thank her and as they …35(to do) so, I could actually see tears …36(to run) down the cheeks of the boy’s mother. Mr. Boosterstone …37(to give) my wife a check for a large sum of money and …38(to offer) her a fantastic job in his firm in Washington.”
I …39(to impress) by Mrs. Billow’s courage. She …40(to be) brave enough to marry Ben and put up with his bad temper but, bad as he was, he was no shark.
“On our arrival in London she …41(to leave) for America,” continued Ben angrily. – “The interviews she …42(to give) to the press since then …43(to make) her rich and I haven’t got a single penny out of it!” cried Ben. “She …44(to owe) everything to me! It was I who …45(to push) her into the water. Women are so ungrateful!”