Why haven’t I left yet Everyone seems to be asking me this question now. Clearly their having to say goodbye as if it’s the last time they’ re ever going to see me is beginning to wear out my friends. Some of the more unfortunate must have said goodbye at least three or four times. Much to everyone’ s delight, I will be setting off this Saturday, but getting all the necessary visas (签证) for the journey has been far from quick, cheap or straightforward.
Getting a Chinese visa was easy enough. The Mongolian embassy (大使馆) seemed a bit unprepared for me, or in fact any other tourist, wanting to visit the country in winter and it took half an hour of knocking at the door before I got an answer. The Mongolian visa, however, has a map of the country in the background that should come in handy if I get lost out on the grassland.
It was getting a Russian visa that had me wondering if I’d ever be able to leave. The requirements for the visa, e
A. Curious and eager
B. Patient and encouraged
C. Worried but proud
D. Tired but hopeful
I arrived in the United States on February 6,2005 ,but I remember my flint day there very clearly. My plane (36) at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was (37) excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I (38) a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared (39) astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their (40) beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then (41) me soon because he (42) go back to work. He (43) to return the next day.
(44) my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to eat something. Because I (45) speak a word of English, I couldn’t (46) the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and (47) to make some gestures, (48) the waiter didn’t understand me. Finally, I (49) the same thing the man (50)
A. played
B. started
C. thought
D. learned
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