We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. English language possesses a vivid saying to【M1】______ describe this sort of situatioa The terrible secret is called "a skeleton in the cupboard". In varying degrees, we all have secrets which we【M2】______ do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know has a skeleton in【M3】______ the cupboard is George Carlton, and he takes pride of this fact.【M4】______ George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, therefore, he became a successful writer of detective stories. I once【M5】______ spent an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at my【M6】______ house. George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang on my suit in the cupboard. I opened the【M7】______ cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrifying. A skeleton was【M8】______ dangling before my eyes. The sudden movement of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out to me. Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George.【M9】______ This was worse than "terrible secret"; this was a real skeleton!【M10】______
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