Every place you leave becomes a memory. Even if you return to visit, in your mind it’s as it was when you left.

I consider New York City my second hometown. You fight your way into New York City. It isn’t easy. It isn’t cheap. It isn’t so friendly. So when I got to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, I was surprised at how easy it was. People were friendly and nice. They are curious about what I thought of Finland.

Except the coffee and the cost of living, Helsinki and New York don’t have much in common, but I was born in the US Midwest, which was heavily influenced by North Europe. So the life of Finland seemed familiar to that of the US.

Still, I missed New York, I visited it last year, and I went to my old coffee room, still in the same place. Although it was 2014, my mind insisted that it was 2007 and I had never left. The waiter looked at me silently, reaching for the same size cup and pouring the same type of coffee I always got. Same corner, same waiter, same coffee.

To the waiter, he guessed maybe I moved to another neighborhood. He wouldn’t guess from my appearance that I haven’t even been in the country. He didn’t find that there was anything different until I opened my mouth. It was something I said, I’m sure. He mistook me for one of the tourists who got lost on their way from Times Square.

In my mind, this is my home. It was the place when I dreamed of my childhood, long after I left it; and now I am the same as the other tourists with the packbag.

1.Helsinki is in __________.

A. Finland B. America

C. New York D. China

2.Compared with Helsinki, the life in New York City is _________.

A. easy B. cheap C. difficult D. nice

3.The writer’s real place of birth is _________.

A. New York City B. Helsinki

C. Finland D. the US Midwest

4.How long had the writer been away from New York before he visited it last year?

A. 5 B. 7 C.9 D. 10

5.What made the coffee guy think the writer to be a tourist?

A. What he looked. B. What he wore.

C. What he said. D. What he did.

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