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Alice ______(get) a new job and now she ______(work) as a consultant in the Bank of Elmer. She ______(quit) her previous job a month ago. Actually she ______(work) well, so her bosses ______(decide) ______(employ) someone else. At first she ______(not admit) that she ______(come often) late to work and that she ______(spend) too much time ______(talk) on the phone. But I ______(be) sure that this bad experience ______(change) her a lot and she ______(not have) any problems in the new job. I wonder how she ______(manage) ______(get) such a short time. She must ______(know) somebody who ______(recommend) her to her new employers. She ______(work) for two weeks now and she says she ______(do) great. She ______(not be) late yet and she ______(make) a lot of friends. She ______(invite) to a couple of parties ant it she ______(have) a great time. During the first week her colleagues ______(ask) her where she ______(work) before and why she ______(change) the job. She ______(explain) that she ______(not give) enough opportunities to show how good she ______(be). She said she ______(try) so hard to prove herself after a while she ______(lose) interest.

When Bridget ______(drive) home, she ______(think) about her parents and what ______(do) if her father ______(not get) well soon. She ______(remember) how caring they both ______(be) when she was a little girl. But the roles

______(change) and now she had to take care of them. She ______(drive) towards the crossroads but she ______(not notice) the red light ______(be) on. She ______(see) a lorry ______(come) from her right side and she ______(brake), but it ______(be) too late. She ______(hit) by the lorry. At first she ______(not realise) what ______(happen) and why the lorry driver ______(shout) and ______(wave) his hands furiously. '' Something must ______(happen),'' she ______(think). She ______(look) around and she there ______(be) people ______(stand) around the car. '' Why ______(they stare) at me like that?'' she wondered. Than everything ______(happen) so quickly. She ______(drag) out of the car and then she ______(pass out). When she ______(wake up), she ______(take) to the hospital in an ambulance because she ______(can see) two men in white with strange equipment in their hands. '' I ______(die)'' she ______(think). But they ______(arrive) to the hospital in no time and the doctor told her she ______(be) lucky. She ______(not be) seriously injured and she ______(recover) in a week or two.

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