Now I had not thought that I would have to go down into the pit with the snakes in order to  31   them, and so I was wearing the strong sort of clothes. I   32   this to my friends, and they very   33   lent me their trousers and shoes, which were quite thick and strong. So, as I could think of no more excuses, they tied the   34   round my waist and started to   35   me into the pit.

Just before I landed at the bottom I   36   up and told my friends to stop lowering me. I wanted to   37   the ground that I was going to land on, to make sure there were no snakes on the   38   . The area being clear, I shouted to them to lower away,   39   at that moment two things happened.

First, the light went out; second, one of the shoes which I had   40   from my friend, and which were too large for me, came off. So there was I, standing at the   41   of a ten-foot–deep pit, with no light and one shoe on one foot, surrounded by seven or eight deadly Gaboon snakes. I had never been more   42   . I had to wait in the dark, without daring to move,   43   my friend pulled the lamp out, relit it and lowered it into the pit again.

With plenty of   44   and both shoes on, I felt much   45   , and set about the task of catching the snakes. This was really   46   enough.

I had a forked stick in my hand, and with this I came near each reptile, pinned it down with the fork and then   47   it up by the back of the neck, and put it into my snake bag. What I had to   48   out for was that while I was busying catching one snake, another might move round   49   me and I might step back on it. However, it all passed off without   50   , and at the end of half an hour I had caught eight of the Gaboon snakes. 

31. A. watch      
B. catch     
C. kill
D. research
32. A. expressed
B. explained
C. said
D. showed
33. A. easily
B. kindly
C. eagerly
D. quickly 
34. A. rope
B. trousers
C. lamp
D. fork
35. A. sent
B. drop
C. lower
D. put
36. A. made
B. took
C. gave 
D. looked
37. A. check
B. examine
C. search
D. find
38. A. water
B. earth
C. pit
D. way
39. A. yet
B. and
C. however
D. therefore
40. A. lent
B. received
C. bought
D. borrowed
41. A. middle
B. side
C. edge
D. bottom
42. A. encouraged
B. surprised
C. excited
D. frightened
43. A. when
B. till
C. so
D. while
44. A. help
B. rest
C. strength
D. light
45. A. braver
B. prouder
C. brighter
D. stronger
46. A. safe
B. funny
C. difficult
D. simple
47. A. brought
B. picked
C. set
D. took
48. A. read
B. watch
C. take
D. turn
49. A. behind
B. before
C. near
D. at
50. A. accident
B. care
C. effort
D. problem

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