In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which
are inaccessible to tourists. We always assume that villagers in remote
places are friendly and hospitable. But people who are Cut off not only 
from foreign tourists, but even their own countrymen can be hostile to              【A1】________
travelers. Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable——as my
wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.
We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old.
churches in the vicinity. These attracted many visitors, for they were not
only great architectural interest, but contained a large number of                        【A2】________
beautifully preserved frescoes as well. On the day before our departure,
several bus loads of tourists descended on the town. This was more than
we could bear, we decided to spend our last day exploring the                           【A3】________
countryside. Taken a path which led out of the town, we crossed a few               【A4】________
fields until we came to a dense wood. We expected the path to end
abruptly, but we found that it traced its way through the trees. We
tramped through the wood for over two hours until we arrived at a deep
stream. We could see that the path continued on the other side, but we
had no idea how we could get across the steam. Suddenly my wife
spotted a boat moored to the bank. In it there was a boatman fast sleep.           【A5】________
We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side.
Though he was reluctant to do so at first, but we eventually persuaded              【A6】________
him to take us.
The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain
The place consisted of a straggling unmade road which was lined on
either side by smal1 houses. Even under a clear blue sky, the village
looked forbidding. as all the houses were built of grey mud bricks. The
village seemed deserted, the only sign of life was an ugly-looking black                【A7】________
goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby. Sitting
down on a dilapidated wooden fence near the field. we opened a couple
of tins of sardines and had a picnic lunch. All at once, I noticed that my
wife seemed to be filled with alarm. Looking up I saw that we were
surrounded by children in rags who were looking at us silently as we
ate. We offered them food and spoke to them kindly; but they remained
motionlessly. I concluded that they were simply shy of strangers. When                  【A8】________
we later walked down the main street of the villager, we were followed
by a silent procession of children. The village which had seemed
deserted immediately coming to life . Faces appeared at windows. Men                 【A9】________
in shirt sleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us. Old women
in black shawls peered at us from doorways. The most frightening thing
of all was not a sound could be heard. There was no doubt that we were               【A10】________
unwelcome visitors. We needed no further waming Tuming back down
the main street, we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly
towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.

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