......Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady     1     a tight black dress. She did not     2     look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes     3     on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating……

...he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The     1     day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was     2    , he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor     3     the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he     4     about a certain patient…