Elizabeth Runze, a 27-year-old nursing student, 1. (walk)_____to her next class

Elizabeth Runze, a 27-year-old nursing student, 1. (walk)_____to her next class when she picked up a copy of her Minnesota college newspaper and 2 . ______(read) an article that would change her life. David Weinlick, a fellow student, 3.______ (advertise) for a wife. He had already set a date for the wedding Saturday, June 13.
Elizabeth 4.________(think) it was quite a good idea. She 5._______ (split up) with last boyfriend four months earlier her and had no other romance in prospect. Later that week she 6.________(see) a television programme which featured Dave's story and she 7. _________(find) him rather attractive. other 3 June arrived and Elizabeth 8._______ (turn up) with hopefuls at the shopping mall, where she 9.________ (select) after three hours of interviews. "When they announced my name the crowd went wild," Elizabeth says. In the same mall later that afternoon, just as Dave 10.______ (plan), the couple11._______ (marry) in front of 3,000 shoppers.
Nearly two years on, the Weinlicks are still together, and 12.______(enjoy) married life. "Why 13._______ (people / find) it surprising?" asks Dave. Arranged marriages can work very well.' However, in traditional arranged marriages the couple 14._____(support) by their families. The Weinlicks were not. Although Elizabeth's mother 15._________ Dave's parents were shocked by the marriage: why didn't they wait, even a month? "We had seen each other and we16._______ (know) there was attraction there,' says Dave. But what if they 17._______(not get on) well together? Weren't they worried? "Not really," David shrugs.
Elizabeth laughs I didn't want to get to 85 and always wonder if he 18.________ (be) the one,' she says. "I guess I just didn't want to spend my whole life waiting.