When Professor Mallory the famous archaeologist (1) __invited_______ (invite) invited me to take part in his expedition to find the Lost City of the Himalayas I (2)___didn’t hesitate______ (not hesitate) to accept his invitation. Mallory (3) ___had discovered ______(discover) an ancient map showing the position of the city although no European (4)__had ever gone_______ (ever go) to the area before. In fact most of Mallory s colleagues either (5)__believed _______(believe) that the city (6)___had never existed______ (never exist) or (7) ___felt ______(feel) that it (8) _____had vanished____(vanish) long ago and (9) __had become_______(become) simply a legend. According to the Professor the builders of the city (10)__had hidden_______ (hide) it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches. He (11)_believed ________ (believe) that the descendants of these ancient people (12) __were still keeping_______(still keep) themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reasons. So when we (13) __set off_______(set off) on a cool May morning towards the distant mountains each of us (14)___ was looking forward ______ (look forward) to exciting discoveries. For a week or more we (15) (climb)climbed higher and higher following the map which Mallory (16) __studied_______(study) from time to time. Then one afternoon while we (17)___were resting______ (rest) at the top of a valley we (18)__noticed _______ (notice) that a rider on a horse (19)___was waving______ (wave) at us from the other side of the valley. A rider whose clothes (20)_were shining________ (shine) like gold!