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     I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all. And what is more, I could not speak a word of

the (1)1          . After having spent my first day in the town center, I decided to lose my way on my second

day, since I was sure that this was the better way of (2)g          to know the strange city. I got on the first

bus in the morning, rode on it for several stops, then got off it and walked on. The first two hours (3)p         

 happily enough. Then I decided to turn back to my (4)h           for lunch. After walking about for some time,

I decided I had better ask the way. The (5)t           was that the only word I knew of the language was the

name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced badly. 

     I stopped to ask a friendly looking newspaper (6)s          . He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook (摇)

my head and repeated the name of the street, and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some

(7)m           and went on my way. Then I met a policeman. I asked him at once. The policeman listened to

me carefully. Smiled and took me (8)b           the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left

and right and left (9)a          . I thanked him politely and began walking on.

     About an hour passed and I found that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields could be

(10)s           on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The thing left for me to do was to

find the nearest bus station.