IX. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal verb or modal verb
substitute, in the affirmative or in the negative:
The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks,
interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists - two men and
one woman. For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large
metal door and handed him a gun.
'You know that you ... follow your instructions, no matter what the
circumstances... be. Inside this room you will find your wife sitting in a
chair. You... kill her.' The first man said. 'You ... be serious. I ... never
shoot my wife,'
The agent replies, Then you're not the right man for this job. You ... not get
it.'
The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went
into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the applicant came
out with tears in his eyes. 'I tried, but I... kill my wife.' The agent replies,
'You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.'
Finally, it was the woman's turn. Only she was told to kill her husband. She
took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after
another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few
minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman.
She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "You guys didn't tell me the
gun was loaded with blanks. So I... beat him to death with the chair."