It's very interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when we don't know the (1) very well. It may be (2) to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country we are visiting. We may not know how to buy the (3) we need. In a (4) country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a (5) . It is not easy to decide（决定）how (6) to tip（付小费）waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience（经历） (7) that. (8) a short time, however（不过）, we learn what to do and what to (9) We learn to enjoy our lives in another country, and then we may be (10) to leave.

　　Mr. Black was riding a horse in the rain all the afternoon. When he reached a restaurant he was all 1　　 and cold. He saw a 　　2　　 in the restaurant and many people 　　3　　 around it. He couldn't get a seat near the fire. He thought hard and soon he had an 　　4　　. He called out to the waiter.“ 　　5　　 some fish to my horse!” The waiter answered, “Horses don't eat fish.” Mr. Black said,“ 　　6　　 my horse eats fish.” The waiter did as Mr. Black told him. The people in the restaurant 　　7 very strange by the fire. When they ran out after the waiter, all the other people went out, too. Mr. Black sat down at the table 　　8　　 the fire. When the waiter and the people 9　　 to the table, they said, “Your horse doesn't want to eat the fish.” Mr. Black answered,“Put the fish on the table 10　　 my horse doesn't want it. I'll eat it as soon as I warm up and dry out.”

　　Joe was 18 years old. He was in school (1) ten years. When he left school, his father said to him,“Now you are not a student. Please go to the city and (2) some good work. The people (3) can get (4) money. If you stay in the village, you (5) get more money.”

　　Joe went to an office and (6) work there. A man gave him a piece of paper with some (7) on it. Joe (8) his answers on it quickly, then he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the answers and asked,“Your birthday was (9) the 6th of July?”“ (10) , sir,”answered Joe.“What year?”“Every year, of course.”

　　In every language there are words that have some interesting 　　1 behind them. The word“sandwich” for example, is very common（普通的）in English. If we 2　　 to know the story behind it, we must know 3 about an Englishman named Sandwich who lived in the 18th century(世纪).

　　　　10　　 the name of the man Sandwich, we have the word “sandwich”today.

　　One evening Jim was very 　　10　　. He went to bed after supper. But the music kept him from 　　11　　. He had to get up and went to Robert's and said, “Could I 　　12　　 your radio, please ?”

　　“Certainly,” said his friend, “Are you interested in music, too?”

　　“No,”answered the young man“I only want to have a good sleep tonight!”

　　One day Mrs. Jones went (1) . When her (2) came home in the evening, she began to tell him (3) a beautiful dress.“I saw it in a shop this morning,”she said,“and ...”“And you are going to buy it,”said Mr. Jones.“How (4) is it?”....“50 dollars.”“50 dollars for a dress? That is too (5) .”But every evening when Mr. Jones came back from his work, his wife began to speak about the dress. And at last after a week, he said,“OK. Go and buy the dress. Here is the (6) .”She was very (7) . But the next evening, when Mr. Jones came home and asked,“Have you bought the beautiful dress?”she answered,“No.”“Why not?”“Well, it was still in the window of the shop (8) a week. So I think (9) wants this dress. And I don't want (10) , either.”

　　Football（足球）is, I do think, the most favourite game in England: One has only to go to one of the important (1) to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, (2) for one side or the (3) .

　　To a stranger（陌生人）, one of the most surprising things about football in (4) is the great knowledge（知识）of the game which (5) the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the (6) in most of the important teams. He has (7) of them and knows the results（结果）of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he (8) will win such a match and his ideas about (9) are usually as good as those of men three or four (10) his age（年龄）.