4 Read the article and choose the sentence (A-H) that best fits each gap (1-7). There is an extra sentence that you do not need. A A python's long teeth curve backwards. B I can't describe the fear that went through us. C I didn't suffer from shock either, because everything had happened so quickly. D She was fairly hysterical before she had even step d onto land. E This was not the wisest decision. F This was perfectly true. G But appearances can be deceptive, as we were so on to find out. H On one occasion, I got really lucky. A surprise encounter with a wild animal in its natural habitat can be absolutely thrilling, But if you get too close, your wildlife adventure can turn into a nightmare I discovered this for myself while I was studying to be a vet lused to take tenmporary jobs during the holidays, to earn a bit of cash. Where possible, I tried to work with animals. 1)A holiday company wanted a temporary guide to work in a wildlife camp 10 in Botswana, Africa. I accepted the job immediately The canmp was in an unpopulated part of Botswana, and there was no airport. Planes had to land on a small strip of earth a short distance from the camp. My duties included driving out to this airstrip to collect our 15 quests. On this particular occasion, one of the quests was a middle-aged American She was clearly terrified of the adventure ahead 2. The first thing she said to me was, Just tell me there are no snakes Of course not lassured her. I haven't seen a 20 single snake for fourteen months. 3The reason lay in the weather It hadn't rained for months so the land around us was parched and lifeless. The drought had driven away most of the wildlife inciuding the snakes As we were driving into the camp we saw four workmen It was midday and they were coming back to the camp for lunch They had been digging up an underaround pipe all morning, so they looked tired and dirty Between ther, they were carrying something that resembied the branch ofa tree The obiect was not a lifeless piece of waod, ake aock python one of the world s greatest predators, In fact, at four metres long this particular snake was one of the biggest and strongest of its species In an underground pipe, it had found a nice cool place to wait out the drought But the workmen had disturbed it, and it wasn't happy The American woman saw the huge snake, screamed, and ran to her room My boss rushed up with another guide and we carefully took the snake from the workmen. It was such a magnificent specimen we decided to take a photo We each grabbed part of its body and held it in the air ifted its head up higher, so we could get a realy good photo 5 While Iwas positioning it the reptile began to struggle 4S violently The minute it had got its head free, it went for mel The python opened its jaws wide as it struck Its top jaw bit into my cheek while the lower jaw covered my chin 6)When it bites deep into its prey escape is virtually impossible. Iwas lucky because instead of 9ripping on to my face, the snake released me Then it prepared to strike again Ithought my end had comel But while everyone else froze in fear, my boss came to the rescue He threw his hat over the snake's hend- and it immediately calmed down! But the danger wasn't over yet The snake's teeth had left four puncture wounds in my face and blood was pouring out of themi Strangely l didn't feel any pain at all 7) It took four whole hours to stop the bleeding. but the shake andI both survived Ito tell the story of how was kissed by a four-metre rock python, and the python to go back to the wild to find a new hiding place where it wouldn t be disturbed again 60