Question

[Trần Lê Khánh Huyền 2006]

 Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form.
When Professor Mallory the famous archaeologist   invited  me to take part in his expedition to find the Lost City of the Himalayas I (1)...................... (not hesitate) to accept his invitation. Mallory (2).......................... (discover) an ancient map showing the position of the city although no European (3).................. (ever go) to the area before. In fact most of Mallory s colleagues either (4) ..........................(believe) that the city (5)....................... (never exist) or (6) .....................(feel) that it (7)...................... (vanish) long ago and (8)....................... (become) simply a legend. According to the Professor the builders of the city (9) .........................(hide) it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches. He (10) ......................(believe) that the descendants of these ancient people (11) .......................(still keep) themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reasons. So when we (12).................... (set off) on a cool May morning towards the distant mountains each of us (13) ................(look forward) to exciting discoveries. For a week or more we (14) ......................(climb) higher and higher following the map which Mallory (15)...................... (study) from time to time. Then one afternoon while we (16)..................... (rest) at the top of a valley we (17)...................... (notice) that a rider on a horse (18) ....................(wave) at us from the other side of the valley. A rider whose clothes (19)....................... (shine) like gold!