Two sick men were (a) ______ in the same room in a hospital. One of them could sit up in his bed. His bed was (b) _______ the window. The other man spent all his time lying on his bed opposite the window. Every day, the men (c) _______ for hours. The man in the bed by the window would sit up and talk to his roommate about all the things he could see (d) _______ the window. The man on the other bed showed (e) ______ to listen that.

(a) kept; (b) beside; (c) talked/gossiped; (d) outside; (e) eagerness/interest.

Two sick men were (a) kept in the same room in a hospital. One of them could sit up in his bed. His bed was (b) beside the window. The other man spent all his time lying on his bed opposite the window. Every day, the men (c) talked/gossiped for hours. The man in the bed by the window would sit up and talk to his roommate about all the things he could see (d) outside the window. The man on the other bed showed (e) eagerness/interest to listen that.