Two weeks ago, we reported about developments with {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (electricity) planes and flying cars. That technology could bring change to commercial and personal travel. Last week, two {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(company), Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to reality. Sooner {#blank#}3{#/blank#}you think, flying cars may appear in the skies. Imagine never {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(have) to worry about traffic, stoplights, or road construction. A flying car could get somewhere much faster than one traveling by road.

    Kitty Hawk is a start-up tech company supported by Google co-founder. Its first flying cars,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}travel at a speed of up to 40 kilometers an hour,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}expect) to go on sale by the end of 2017. Uber expects to launch flying taxis in Texas and Dubai by 2020.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}says its flying taxis could travel up to 241 kilometers an hour, with the travel time {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(reduce) from 2 hours on the road to 15 minutes in the air between San Francisco and San Jose, California. Riders could use the Uber app {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(book) a flying taxi to take them to their destinations. It is estimated that flying taxi travel will be much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (expensive) compared with road taxi travel.

    One of my fondest {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(memory) as a child is going to the river and sitting on the bank. There I would watch the bamboo trees bend{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the pressure from the wind and then watch them return {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(elegant) to their original position when the wind{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(die) down.

    When I think about the bamboo trees' ability {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(return) to its original position, the word “resilience (适应力)'' comes to mind. Have you ever felt like you were at your breaking point? Life is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} mixture of good times and bad times, and happy moments and unhappy moments. Always keep{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in mind that a measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant situation. With hope for a better tomorrow, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant situation may be much {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) to deal with if the result is worth{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(have).

    The next time you are experiencing one of bad times or unhappy moments,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} take you close to your breaking point, bend but don't break!

    Jane felt sweet in the drive－through line at Heav'nly Donuts. Just the day before, a stranger ahead of her in line had {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (generous) paid for her coffee. "The gesture made such a big difference in my day," says Eileen. She had recently lost her job as a doctor's {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (assist), and money was tight. But Eileen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (inspire) to pay the $12 bill of the family in the car behind hers. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she didn't know was that her kindness would set off a chain reaction. In two and a half hours, fifty-five drivers paid for the order of the person behind {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (they). The doughnut shop's employees {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (see) this before. This Heav'nly Donuts, in fact, is known as a special place, the customers of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} are considered as the "best in the world". But, even so, the workers were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (amaze) that the shop had more than doubled its previous record by the end of the day.

    Now {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (work) as a chemist, Jane visits Heav'nly Donuts every Saturday morning, picking up a coffee and paying for the order of the customer behind her. "Actually, I wish I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (start) this deed much earlier." She said.

    April Fool's day is a day {#blank#}1{#/blank#} people can play jokes on others. No one knows for sure how this holiday began. Some English people hold the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (believe) that it began on the day during the 1200s. At that time, King John of England was in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} habit of making a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly. The citizens of one farm village were aware of this. To protect their grass and farms from being destroyed, they built a fence that prevented the king from walking through their countryside. The king sent a group of soldiers to inform the villagers to remove the fence. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} hearing that, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own. When the soldiers arrived, the villagers ran around and shouted wildly with things {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (throw) away everywhere, behaving as if they {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(go) mad. The soldiers reported to the king that they were so mad as to be beyond punishment. The villagers saved their farmland {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (success) by tricking the king. Now April's day {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (remain) in fashion, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the tradition only allows tricks from midnight to noon on April 1st. Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon act as {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(fool) themselves and are usually laughed at.