Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb
given in brackets. Do not write the passage, but write the verbs in the correct order.
In 546 BC, Croesus, the last ruler of the Lydian Empire, ......(1) (consult) the Delphic
Oracle for ideas on how to deal with the Persians. He ......(2) (receive) this prophecy:
"If you ......(3) (attack), a great empire will be ......(4) (destroy)." Croesus ......(5)
(take) this as a positive sign, and led his army against the Persians assuming that
he'd destroy their empire. Instead, he was soundly ......(6) (defeat), and it was his
empire that was lost.
Croesus' demise ......(7) (illustrate) what can happen when we stop with the first
right answer - especially if it is the one we assumed we'd find. As the ancient
philosopher Heraclitus put it,: "Things love to conceal their true nature."
Hidden meanings and deception are all around us. In nature, animals ......(8)
(camouflage) themselves for protection against predators and predators disguise
their intentions in order to trap their prey. In war, military leaders ......(9) (feign)
weakness to lure an enemy into battle or fake strength to ......(10) (prevent) an
enemy attack
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HEY MATE HERE IS UR ANSWER.
1. CONSULTED
2.RECEIVED
3.ATTACK
4. DESTROYED
5.TOOK
6.TO DEFEAT
7. ILLUSTRATED THAT
8. CAMOUFLAGE
9.FEIGNED. <----; Doubt
10.PREVENT.
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