(5) Complete the text with the Past Simple, the Past Perfect Simple or
the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
Fresh ice (1)
(form) around the Nautilus all
morning. We were stuck, and the situation was getting worse.
It was becoming obvious that we could go no further south.
1 (2)
(talk) to the other sailors but nobody
(3)
(have) any idea about how to escape. I
(4)
(decide) to go and see Captain Nemo. He
(think) about our situation for some time.
and when I (6)
(speak) to him, he
(already / decide) how to solve the
problem. He (8)
(suggest) something which I
(9)
(not think of. 'We will sail under the ice to
the South Pole,' he said. I (10)
(think) about the
idea for a moment and (11)
(realise) that we
might have to stay underwater for several days. It would be
extremely dangerous.
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The National Health Service provides free treatment for people living in Britain and gives emergency treatment for visitors.
The National Health Service consists of three main parts:
- the general practitioners
- the hospital and specialist service, and
- local health authority services.
The centre of National Health Service is the general practitioner. Dentists and opticians usually have separate clinics.
There is also a medium-level hospital staff. District nurses give injections, physiotherapy exercises at people’s homes. Ward nurses take care of the ill in the hospital.
Regular medical inspections are held at schools. There also exists a school dental service in every school.
Much attention is paid to the educational programmes.
Great Britain pays much attention to the qualification of doctors.