完形填空

　　It was our second day in Tokyo．And we were 　　1　　 in the large underground station and did not know which train to take to get back to our hotel．My friend, Haima, and I stood 　　2　　 the faces of the Japanese walking 　　3　　 us in the busy station．We finally zeroed in on a young girl who looked 　　4　　．Though she stopped, it was 　　5　　 she could not understand a word of English．

　　Seeing our faces fall in 　　6　　, she expressed herself by gestures, asking us to wait．We watched curiously as she stopped several people and talked with them in Japanese 　　7　　 she found one who could speak and understand English．This person asked us in poor English 　　8　　 we wanted to go and then spoke in rapid-fire Japanese to the girl．

　　She was 　　9　　 her head and saying “Hai! Hai!”．He 　　10　　 on after telling us we were in the wrong station．　　11　　 the girl, mot only did she stay on, 　　12　　．Thanking her for her 　　13　　, we rushed off to buy 　　14　　．

　　I have never seen 　　15　　 go out of their way to help a lost person in Delhi, usually just 　　16　　 to give directions and moving on．Little did we realize 　　17　　 there were going to be many more such 　　18　　 in the following days that would totally change our preconceived(怀有偏见的)ideas about the Japanese．

　　However by the end of this of this 　　19　　, few of my old opinions about the Japanese being poker-faced, serious,　　20　　, formal and so on existed．