| 阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。 |
| 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. |