James 1 …sat… (sit) outside the office waiting for the interview. He 2 ………… (feel) so nervous that he 3 …………. (not know) what to do with himself. The person
who 4 ………….. (go in) before him 5 …………… (be) in there for nearly an hour.
And she 6 …………. (look) so confident when she 7 ………….. (go) in. Not like
James. He 8 ………….. (feel) sure that she 9 ………… (already get) the job. The
problem 10 …………… (be) that he 11 …………… (want) this job so much. It 12
………….. (mean) everything to him. He 13 …………. (think) about it such a lot
before the day of the interview. He 14 …………… (imagine) himself performing
brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job immediately. But now here he 15
………….. (be) feeling terrible. He 16 ………….. (cannot remember) all those things
he 17 ………….. (plan) to say. At that moment, he 18 …………… (almost decide) to get up and leave. But no – he 19 ……………. (have to do) this. He 20 …………..
(spend) so much time thinking about it that he 21 …………… (cannot give up) like
that. His hands 22 ……………. (be) hot and sticky and his mouth 23 ………… (feel)
dry. Finally the door of the office 24 …………….. (open). The woman who 25
……….. (go in) an hour earlier 26 …………. (come out) looking very pleased with
herself. She 27 …………. (smile) sympathetically at James. At that moment James 28
…………. (hate) her. The managing director then 29 ………… (appear) at the office
door. ‘Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you
waiting.’ James 30 …………… (suddenly wish) that he 31 …………… (go) home
after all. He 32 …………. (get up), legs shaking and forehead sweating and 33
……….. (wonder) whether he 34 …………. (look) as terrified as he 35 …………..
(feel).