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It was already late when we started for the next town. According to(根据) the map, it was about fifteen miles a_______ on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we would f_______ a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village, b________ unluckily, we met no one as we drove fast along the narrow road which led to the hill. As our car climbed higher, it became c_______ and the rain began to fall, and it was d______ for us to see the road. We drove very slowly.
After we traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town. We were beginning to get worried. Then, the car suddenly s_______. We found that we used up the gas(汽油), so we d______ to spend the night in the car.
After eating some bread, I t________ to go to sleep at once, but John, a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill. Soon he found, in the valley below, the lights of the town we were looking for. We at once pushed(推) the car to the t_______ of the hill. In l_______ than a quarter of an hour, we were in the town and we found a hotel there easily.