III.语法填空 Foreigners with basic Chinese language skills can generally ask for advice on restaurants or how __1__ (get) to the subway. But the fact is, many still find it __2__ (challenge) to use the language in real-life settings. Some even think that no one in China actually speaks Putonghua, at least not __3__ (nature). This is an opinion that many Chinese themselves would be quick to agree with. However, in a small county __4__ (name) Luanping, Chengde City, Hebei Province, you can meet the locals, young and old, __5__, despite their education level, talk exactly in __6__ same manner as the language recordings you became used to in class. For __7__ (generation), they have known no other mother tongue other than the standard Chinese. Elderly residents in Luanping still remember the experts from the capital __8__ (record) the way they spoke in the 1950s, which began being promoted nationally in 1955. The county __9__ turn proudly calls __10__ (it) the “hometown of Putonghua”.