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    Alfred has written to his sister, “Dear Nell, just{#blank#}5{#/blank#}postcard to let you know I have not forgotten you. On the other side you will see our orders for next week. I will need your pity. Write to me, your brother Alfred.” Sadly, Alfred{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(kill) in a flight in 1918 before the card arrived.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (year) later, his sister died in 1964.

    The postcard is marked 1916 and again September 2010 when it was stamped to arrive. But the postman couldn't find the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(receive) any more. The post office said it was out of the question that the card was with{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they) all the time. They regularly cleaned out their offices and post boxes. The{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(postcard) history for the last 94 years is still a mystery.

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    Long before Barack Obama became president of the United States, he wrote a book{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Dream from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which has since become{#blank#}2{#/blank#}bestseller. It is an{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(appeal) book that includes what he went through during{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(he) childhood. Obama has little contact with his father{#blank#}5{#/blank#}roots were in Kenya because he left home when Obama was very young. His mother got married{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a student from Indonesia shortly after the family moved to Jakarta. A few years later, Obama came back with his grandparents to Hawaii, where he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attend) a private high school.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (study) at Columbia in New York City, he then entered Harvard Law School. This autobiography also touches{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(heavy) on Obama's exposure to racism. Readers will find his reflections of childhood {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(experience) which involved racial discrimination to be especially moving.

    Some students who had graduated visited their university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(return) with a pot of coffee and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking, some expensive—telling them to help {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to the coffee.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand that he said, “All the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (leave) behind the plain and cheap ones. Actually, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}all of you really want is coffee, not the cup. You consciously went for the best cups, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} then you began eyeing others' cups.”

    “Now consider this Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  are just tools to hold and contain life. The type of cup we have does not change the quality of life. If we concentrate only {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (true) hope that you will never let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”

    Antarctica (南极洲), the southernmost part of Earth, is covered {#blank#}1{#/blank#} snow and ice all year round. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it has amazing views, many are still frightened by this icy desert.

 But 34-year-old US explorer Colin O' Brady is different. Three {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (month) ago, he became the first person {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (cross) Antarctica alone. During the 932-mile journey, O' Brady spent 54 days in extreme conditions. He had to push {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) to the limit. He carried everything he'd need on a sled. But even with enough food, O' Brady began to become {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (thin) and weaker after six weeks. "I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lose) a ton of weight so far. My legs feel more like the size of my arms at this point," he wrote on US social media Instagram.

    Adding to the pressure, O' Brady was racing against Louis from the UK. The two men set off together, with Rudd {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) an early lead. But on Christmas Day, O'Brady decided to make {#blank#}9{#/blank#} final effort without stopping for a rest. Luckily for him he made it, getting to the finish line earlier than Louis.

    O' Brady thinks that he has the spirit of exploration in his blood: He is an athlete, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} loves to move. He also believes we can all have this strength and achieve much.

    Taihe Ancient Cave is located on Huajian Mountain of Qingxin county, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is about 5 km away from Qingyuan or 70 km away from Guangzhou.

    Taihe Ancient Cave scenic spot is one of the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(much) popular tourist destinations in Qingyuan. Once it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(name) on the 2002 list of Qingyuan's Top 10 attractions. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} cave has a history of more than 150 years and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(visitor) from home and abroad come to enjoy {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(it) dangerous peaks, unique stone formations, dense forests, waterfalls, stone carvings, and winding streams.

    The ancient cave was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(original) built in 1854. Tai He Gu Dong, four Chinese characters {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(write) on the cave door which mean "ancient cave", was inscribed(刻,写) by Zhu Ruzhen. Zhu is the last Bang Yan, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(two) place winner in the imperial examination, during the Qing Dynasty (1644－1911). The cave is also a holy place {#blank#}10{#/blank#}Taoism.