'Not at all,' I answered.

The Officer went through the case _________ great care.

All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in _______dreadful mess.

I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again.

Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light _________.

He had spotted a tiny bottle _______ the bottom of my case ____ he pounced on it ____ delight. 'Perfume, eh?'

he asked sarcastically.

'You _____________________(declare) that.'

Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'

'But it isn't perfume,' I said.'

It's hair-oil.'

_______ I added with a smile,' It's a strange _________(mix) I make myself.'

______I expected, he did not believe me.

'Try it!'

I said _____________(courage).

The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils.

He was greeted by ____ unpleasant smell ______ convinced him ___ I___________(tell)the truth.

A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away _________ precious chalk-marks on my baggage.

Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒岛生活

Most of us have formed an __________(real) picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise ____________ the sun always shines. Life there is simple _____ good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you _______ have to work. The _________ side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death ______ live like Robinson Crusoe, _________(wait)for a boat _____ never comes. Perhaps there is ____ element of truth in both these pictures, ____ few us have had the opportunity______(find) out.

Two men who recently spent five days ____ a coral island wished they_________(stay)there longer. They were taking a________(bad) damaged boat from the Virgin Islands _____ Miami to