It was … fine sunny day in the city.
-
a
the

 

The weather … unusually lovely.
were
be
was

 

Everything … to be marvelous.
seemed 
seeming 
seem

 

Streets were full … cars. 
by 
of
on

 

People … hurrying somewhere in different directions.
was 
being
were

 

Mr. Black … all right.
felt 
feeled
feel

 

He always … his day with the words: “eat at pleasure, drink at measure and enjoy life as it is”.
begun 
began 
begin

 

In addition to it he was … chain smoker and smoked to his heart’s content.
the
-
a

 

He didn’t … it would do him any harm.
thought
think 
thinks

 

So he enjoyed … it.
by
-
with

 

Smoking … cigarette, he was walking along the street.
the
-
a

 

Suddenly he … a girl.
see
saw
seen

 

She … extremely pretty.
were
being
was

 

She … glamorous.
was
were
being

 

She wore long blond hair … shoulder length parted in the middle.
with
-
down

 

She … big hazel eyes with puffy eyelashes.
had
had have
have

 

She wasn’t that kind of a girl whose beauty comes … and goes off with the rain.
from the pot 
out of the pot
down the pot

 

She had excellent figure with … slender legs. 
long 
tall
big

 

No wonder he couldn’t help … acquainted with her. 
getting
to get
get

 

Mr. Black followed … the girl. 
with
-
by

 

He seemed to be detached … what was going on, because he wasn’t able to see anybody but her. 
from 
of 
out of

 

Hardly … to tell her one pretty story when he fell a victim to some absent-minded person who had forgotten to shut the sewer. 
he was beginnig
he began
had he began

 

He fell … without uttering a word.
up
down
over

 

When he landed, he … a big strong word.
spoke 
told
said

 

The girl was surprised at a sudden disappearance of such a …young man.
pretty 
handsome 
beautiful

 

When she realized what … , she called an ambulance.
had happened 
was happening
happened

 

Two strong ambulance … put him on a stretcher.
man 
men 
mans

 

The car took him to … hospital.
-
the
a

 

Mr. Black seemed to be suffering … the pain one could hardly imagine.
of
from
at

 

He was sick and giddy, he had a headache, a backache, pains in the stomach, something was …with his heart and lungs.
all right
wrong 
bad

 

In addition to it, he felt … sharp pain in his left arm.
the
a
-

 

He was … ; because he was sure he had a fatal malady.
on despair 
at despair
in despair

 

People always … things when they are shocked.
exaggerated 
exaggerate 
have exaggerated

 

In …morning he was a happy man, in the afternoon he seemed to be a miserable wreck.
the
a
-

 

When the doctor examined him, it was clear that his left arm was broken and it …in a cast. 
put 
had been put
was put

 

When Mr. Black knew that he needn’t be confined … bed, he felt happy.
with
to
at

 

He … to the drug-store and took the medicine to avoid an abscess and severe complications.
went 
was going 
had gone

 

But when he came out into the street he saw … woman in the world.
the prettiest 
the most pretty
the most prettiest

 

When he saw her, he saw a goddess go – …. 
so graceful was she
so graceful she was 
was she so graceful

 

The upright carriage she seemed to be … .
bearing with
bear with 
born with

 

So he couldn’t keep from … her name.
to ask 
asking 
ask

 

When she was ... to answer, an open sewer was the cause of his misfortune again.
on 
about 
near

 

By extra-ordinary luck he managed to … falling down.
avoid 
escape 
miss

 

But when he was going to tell her one pretty story, he didn’t … another sewer.
watch 
notice 
examine

 

When he fell down again, he thought he was … . 
at the death’s door 
at death’s door 
at a death’s door

 

He was a victim of his own misfortune … .
too
more
again

 

He had … bad luck.
-
the
a

 

But he … make a will and prepare for a better world.
mustn’t 
shouldn’t
didn’t have to

 

If he hadn’t been so absent-minded, this … !
won’t happen
wouldn’t happen
wouldn’t have happened

 

He was still … and continued making acquaintance with all pretty women he saw.
a life and kicking 
alive and kicking 
alive and kick