He had just 【A1】 gra________ from Harvard University and was living in Manhattan. He loved the city and was beginning to feel at home on its streets. World War Ⅱ was raging in Europe, and like all other good citizens, he followed the headlines daily and did his part for the boys overseas.
Hugging his jacket close, he stood shivering at the corner, waiting for the light to change and wondering 【A2】________ his enlisted friends might be staying on that cold winter night. He hoped they were safe. He shivered, only partially from the cold, and looked around him at the bright lights of Times Square. He was never 【A3】 ________ of this glittering scenery.
His eye was caught by two men who were dressed in the 【A4】 uni________ of the Royal Air Force from England. They must be on leave, he thought. The men stopped him, glanced quickly at their watches, and then nodded and grinned at him. The taller of the two asked him, in the clipped accent of British, if this was Time Square. He suppressed a smile at such a touristy question and said that it was.
The light changed, and the two RAF pilots fell into step with Harvard graduate as he crossed the street. The three men fell into conversation together as they wandered along the 【A5】 ________ (shine) streets. The Brits were thrilled to be in Times Square after all they have suffered in the war. They didn‟t go into detail about their wartime experience, and he didn‟t press them. He just enjoyed their pleasure in the Scene, which was marred only by the frequent checking of their watches. Finally, he asked if they had someplace to be, but they said they were free for the evening. He promptly invited them to have dinner with him at the Harvard Club, and the RAF pilots gladly 【A6】 ac________.

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