A. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
(10 points)

A Japanese businessman recently made medical history by surviving without food and water in near-freezing weather for about three weeks. M. Uchikoshi, 35, climbed up Mount Rokko in western Japan for a barbecue party with his friends but decided to come back down on his own. While he (1) ................... (walk) down the mountain, he (2) ................. (slip) in a stream and (3) ............... (break) his pelvis. Until he (4)..................... (become) unconscious, he survived by sipping the remains of a bottle of barbecue sauce that he (5).......................... (carry) with him at the time of the accident.
When searchers (6) ............... (rescue) him, he appeared to be in a coma. He (7) ....................... (also/lost) a lot of weight. By the time he was rescued, he (8) ..................... (miss) for twenty-five days.
Remarkably, he (9) ................... (recover) fully. One of his doctors said ”He was frozen alive and survived. If we can understand why, it (10)............ (open) up all sorts of possibilities for the future.”

1. was walking
2. slipped
3. had broken
4. became
5. was carrying
6. rescued
7. had also lost
8. had missed
9. recovered
10. will open