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When I ................................... (be) 18 years old I ....................................... (decide) to spend some time in America. But until I ................................. (save) enough money I ........................................ (not tell) anybody. My mum ................................................... (be shocked), because we ....................................... (never be) abroad. At that time I ........................... (have) a penfriend in Vermont for nearly three years and I ......................................... (always want) to see her. I .............................. (know) that my English ...................... (be) very good as I ................................. (pass) Cambridge exams with grade A. Before I .................................. (start) to write to Wendy, it ............................................... (never come) to my mind that I could go to the States on my own. But after I ............................................. (decide) to set off I just ............................... (have) to go.