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    Asia is the largest continent(洲) in the world. If you have a chance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visit) Asia, which country will you visit first, China, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(Japanese) or anywhere else? I think no one will miss(错过) China.

    China is in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}east of Asia, with a large population of over 1. 3 billion people. There are lots of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(nature) resources(资源）. The scenery is different from one place to another. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the south of China, for example, Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces, the air is clean {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the sky is blue. You can enjoy the{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(beautiful) of the famous mountains and lakes. If you go there, do remember to take some{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(photo) with your camera. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}you go to the north of China, don't forget to visit Beijing, the capital of China. It is famous because it has a long history. Besides Beijing, you can also go to Harbin. It's very cold in winter and it is always{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(snow). There you can make snowmen with your friends.

    Before leaving the university, I was busy looking for a job. It was very difficult to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a job in the big city. I had been refused for many times. Then {#blank#}2{#/blank#} day I got the news in the local newspaper. It said, "Find over ten wrong words in the newspaper, and you can work as an editor (编辑). "I loved literature (文学) and had finished {#blank#}3{#/blank#} several articles for the newspaper. So I decided to have a try. But it was the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} date when I saw the newspaper. What's more, a friend of mine said, "Today is April Fool's Day. It may just be an April Fool's joke. A fool may take it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. "I was very disappointed. However, I still made a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to have a try.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#} that day, I knew I was the only applicant (申请者). I got an important lesson from the experience. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} something that seems impossible, we need to have a try. Only then, may we have a chance to make something impossible possible.

    I'm Eric. I was boll in California. That place has m any sweet childhood{#blank#}1{#/blank#}for me.

    When l was a little boy, Il had to get up before sunrise{#blank#}2{#/blank#}on the farm. At sunrise I could see a house{#blank#}3{#/blank#}golden windows far away from the farm. Every day I{#blank#}4{#/blank#}it with interest and wondered what the house looked like inside. To be honest,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}wanted to live there! I often said t0{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, "Some day, I will{#blank#}7{#/blank#}a house like that."

    One day I walked to the house with golden windows.

    I walked for a{#blank#}8{#/blank#}and then I stopped in front of the house. To my surprise, there were no{#blank#}9{#/blank#}901den windows. I was Very upset. Later I learned that the windows{#blank#}10{#/blank#}not golden at all. It was the sunrise that had made them look golden.

    As Grade 9 students, there are many challenges. The P. E. Test is sure one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(they). In fact, for me, it is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (big) one.

    I know it is very strange that a healthy boy like me doesn't like P. E. But unluckily, it's the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(true). I'm not good {#blank#}4{#/blank#} sports at all! I{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (get) bad grades in P. E. since the first day I went to school.

    There was a time I really hated myself. "Why don't you just try a little bit harder? " Every time I asked myself while I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (run) or throwing a ball, there was one answer—"I just can't! "

    Now I know the P. E. Test provides me with a chance {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(exercise). Sometimes I feel so tired {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I want to give up. But if I do, I will never change. It keeps me going. The P. E. Test is just like{#blank#}9{#/blank#}enemy(敌人) and I must beat it.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}I don't know whether I will succeed or not, I'll always try my best.