1 In a country where snails are eaten, you would expect ______ .

a.to find a great many snails in people's gardens

b.to find that people cooked them in wine

c.snails to be so popular that they are a luxury only the rich can afford

d.people to be amazed by anyone who refused to eat them

2 The idea of collecting snails never appealed to the writer very much until ______ .

a.the sight of the snails made him think of Robert

b.a heavy shower of rain led him to look for them in his garden

c.a sudden impulse made him decide to visit the country where Robert lived

d.he felt obliged to remove them from his prize plants

3 When the writer arrived at Robert's flat ______ .

a.Robert welcomed him warmly because of the snails he had brought

b.Robert immediately invited him to dinner in order to eat the snails

c.he forgot about giving Robert the snails until two hours later