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Fill in the blanks with a word from the table below. There are some extra
words:

as asked back during especially for from heard his

impossible in its like little much nearer quickly
suddenly that to told wear which

Last year I went to Nepal ...1... three months to work ...2...a hospital. I think it’s
important to see as ...3... of a country as you can, but it is difficult to travel around
Nepal.
I decided to go into the jungle and I ...4... a Nepalese guide, Kamal Rai, to go with
me. We left for the trip at six in the morning with two elephants, ...5... carried our
equipment. It was hot, but Kamal made me ...6... shoes and trousers to protect me
...7... snakes.
We were trying to find big cats, ...8... tigers. We climbed onto the elephants’
backs ....9..... get a better view. Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and
Kamal ....10.... me to be very quiet. We came ...11... and found a dead deer, still
bleeding. This was the tiger’s lunch! ...12... I started to feel very frightened.
We ...13... the tiger a second before we saw it. It jumped out ...14... a flash of
lightning, five hundred kilos plus and four metres long. It grabbed Kamal’s leg
between ...15... teeth, but I managed to pull Kamal away. One of our elephants ran
at the tiger and made it go ...16... into the grass, so we ...17... escaped to let the
tiger eat its lunch. That night it was ...18... to sleep.

1...............for.................... 7................................... 13..................heard.........

2...............in.................... 8............especially........... 14...............like...............

3.................much............. 9...............to.................. 15..............its..............

4.................asked............. 10.............told................... 16..............back..........

5.............which..................11.............nearer...... 17..............quickly.......

6..............wear............. 12.......suddenly........... 18........impossible..........