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　　About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work．One day I went into a restaurant there to have something to 　　1　　．The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room．

　　About an hour later I was ready to go．The waiter brought my coat to me．Suddenly something fell out of the pocket onto the floor．It was a small white box．Then I took a good look at the 　　2　　．“Oh, you’ve brought someone else’s coat,” I said to the waiter．“It looks very much like mine, 　　3　　 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either．” “Oh, then I suppose someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter．“This kind of thing 　　4　　 sometimes．”

　　I opened the box．There was a beautiful gold ring in it．So I went 　　5　　 to the police station．

　　“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked．“Yes,” said a policeman．“A young man who came in this morning lost a ring．He lost it in London．” He 　　6　　 the young man．A few minutes later, the man arrived．“Yes, this is my ring,” he said．“How can I thank you, sir?You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 　　7　　 I lost it on the train!”

　　After I told him the story of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train．I haven’t been in the hotel．So how 　　8　　 my ring in the coat?”

　　“Did 　　9　　 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman．

　　“Yes,” said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face．”

　　“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman．“Was it like this one?”

　　“Yes, it was,” said the young man．“But the friend here 　　10　　 the thief．”

　　The policeman laughed．“No,” he said, “the thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food．Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him．”

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　　I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life．

　　My friends told us the taking the“hard 　　1　　”to Beijing would be really terrible．So we didn't know what to 　　2　　．But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 　　3　　, which was relatively modern and 　　4　　．During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked．It was not 　　5　　 at all．

　　It was morning when we arrived．We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 　　6　　．However, we had energy．First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the ticket seller 　　7　　 us that tickets would not be on 　　8　　 for another two days．We were a little worried about getting 　　9　　, but we made up our minds to 　　10　　 for the hotel to put our bags down．After 　　11　　 our way past the“gypsy”taxi drivers that tried to 　　12　　 us 100 yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it 　　13　　 cost us 30 yuan to get 　　14　　 we had planned to go．When we reached the hotel, there was a 　　15　　 for airplane and train tickets．Somehow the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 　　16　　．The most important lesson about China I ever 　　17　　 is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 　　18　　．We were not able to get tickets, but the travel agents could．

　　While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of 　　19　　, most of which were very 　　20　　．It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place．There aren't any words to describe it．