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Paul worked in an office. He didn't have a wife, he didn't have any children, e __
____ . And he lived in an old house a _
____. He liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all of his money on drinks. Sometimes when he was h ___
__, he had to borrow some money from his workmates to buy a little food.
One evening he m _
___a friend of his in the street. The man asked him to have d ____
__ in a restaurant. He was so happy that he drank a l ___
___. When they left there at midnight, he could h _
___ stand. His friend had to s __
___ a taxi and asked the driver to take him home. Soon they arrived at the door of his house. The d___
__ helped him to get out of the taxi.
"Thank you, sir." said Paul, "Now I can open the door myself."
The taxi went away, but he couldn't put the key i ___
____ the keyhole(钥匙孔). At that time, a policeman came.
"What can I do for you, sir?" asked the policeman.
“Thank you, sir.” said Paul, “The house is circling (旋转) now. If you can make it not move, I can open the door myself."