Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided

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.