IX. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the
space provided. (20 points)
I arrived in London at (1) __________, the railway station was big, black and
dark. I didn’t know the way to my hotel, (2) __________ I asked a porter. I not (3)
_________ spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as (4) __________ .The
porter, however, could not (5) ________ me. I repeated (6) __________ question
several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke (7) _________
slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner”, I said. Then he spoke (8) __________, but I
could not understand him. My teacher (9) _______ spoke English like that! The porter
and I looked at (10) _________ other and smiled.