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    I was a British general for eighteen years, and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(serve) in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sierra Leone, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I never really enjoyed it. I just enjoyed the respect that it gave me. The whole time I was just pretending to be a soldier.

    The problem is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I was good at it, and it's {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(extreme) difficult to walk away from something that you're good at. I guess that was one reason {#blank#}5{#/blank#}I stayed for so long. And ironically (讽刺的是),{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (like) what you think, the military life is actually quite secure. Every one of your needs {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(take) care of finances, medical, housing. I was used to the military life. Even though I always had a dream of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (become) a great actor, I was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(terrify) to start the life I really wanted. Anyway, I finally did it. I spent the last two years in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}acting school in California. And you know what? I'm doing quite well. I think I've got the talent. I'm going to be a movie star. Wish me luck, mate.

    The way you walk may be determined by your daily schedule, and it may also reflect your personality. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (choose) you make can tell something about your inner thoughts. At least, that's{#blank#}2{#/blank#} science has proved. Lately, researchers{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (observe) the way that people walk and how it relates to their personalities. Available online via Sage Journals, the study examines both the walking styles and personalities of 15,000 adults aged from 25 to 50. According to the study, when {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (face) with the new challenges, fast walkers are more likely to be active while quiet people tend to walk more slowly. Meanwhile, the study has also found{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (power) evidence that walking speed in adulthood reflects the individual's personality. However, speeding up your walking pace can't {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (instant) make you the life of the party, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} means that you needn't change your personality. Actually, there are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hide) strengths of being a quiet person as well as an active one. Make the most of your strengths, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you can be successful regardless of which type you fall into and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} fast or slowly you walk.

    Mr.Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} farm, which looked almost abandoned. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby {#blank#}3{#/blank#} other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave).The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass {#blank#}5{#/blank#} it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market{#blank#}9{#/blank#} people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

Every region in the world is easy to identify by the kind of clothing traditionally worn there. Clothing {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is traditionally worn in Germany is unique too. The clothes that men and women wear traditionally tell us a lot about the country {#blank#}2{#/blank#}its culture.

To actually understand the German clothing of the years that have gone by, it is important {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (understand) the concept of clothing. It allows people to know certain things about another person. These details include the marital status, the place of origin, and the trade. According to these details, the clothing patterns changed {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (slight). And as time goes by, these clothing patterns have become more complete, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (result) in common designs.

There are German pants called lederhosens. The pants are made of leather. The pants are also worn by young boys. Lederhosens worn in the Bavarian region have {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (feature) such as suspenders (吊裤带)and front flaps? and these are quickly adopted by other countries. These pants {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wear) with shirts and sweaters made of linen (亚麻布)or wool. Other clothes teamed with the pants are wool stockings and country shoes.

Today there {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) several clubs and societies that are devoted to the preservation of traditional German clothes. These societies are working towards reviving the clothing traditions so that more people choose to wear them {#blank#}9{#/blank#}occasions like weddings, festivals, etc. They think it is a patriotic (爱国的)sign to show {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) pride in motherlands.