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?! ! ?. pay?! ?. before。 7. where。(from ) 6. worried。 5. on?! ?. showed。 3. visiting?! ?. money?! hile traveling in Russia. Ed Jackson ran short of (缺少) money. So he wrote t______(1) his brother, asking for $ 500. Send the m________(2) by telegram (電報) to the bank (銀行) here. he wrote. After a week Ed began v________ (3) the bank. He s________(4) his passport (護照)to the bank clerk (職員). Nothing has e for you, Mr Jackson. he was told. This went o________(5) for three weeks, and Mr Jackson got very w ___ (6), he phoned his brother, asking w__________(7) the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b________(8). That evening Ed Jackson was arrested (被捕) for failing to p_________(9) his hotel bill (帳單). He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s________(10) to the police station for fifteen days. 【答案與解析】 1. to。最后將完成后的短文再細讀一遍,檢查上下文是否順理成章,所填詞是否正確無誤。第十空填入easy時要考慮用其比較級,因為空格后有“than”