Zhu De was born {#blank#}1{#/blank#} December 1, 1886 to a poor farmer's family in a town in Yilong County, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hill) and separate part of northern Sichuan Province. Of the fifteen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (child) born to the family, only eight survived. His Hakka(客家) family migrated from Hunan Province and Guangdong Province {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Sichuan. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his family was poor, by pooling(合伙经营) resources, Zhu was chosen to be sent to a regional private school in 1892. At the age of nine, Zhu was adopted by his wealthy uncle, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} political influence allowed him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (gain) access to Yunnan Military Academy. Later, he attained the rank of Xiucai in 1906, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) him qualified as a civil servant. He was admitted into a Sichuan high school around 1907, and graduated in 1908. Consequently, he returned to Yilong's primary school as a gym {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (instruct). He was an advocate(倡导者) of modern science and political teaching, rather than the strict classical education afforded by schools, so he {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (dismiss) from his post and entered the Yunnan Military Academy in Kunming. There, he joined the Beiyang Army and the Tongmenghui secret political society.

    On receiving my learner's permit a couple of months ago ,I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn't until two days ago{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our destination was Orewa,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}seaside town.

    That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times{#blank#}3{#/blank#}we left. I thought l was totally prepared{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's complaints.

    “Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel so{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tight)." called a nervous voice from the backseat.

    "Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(1).

    How{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(annoy)! To content them ,I{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(step) hard on the accelerator(加速器), and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.

    “Stop!  Slow down!  Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above l00km/h'?"

Finally I drove into the city, where the speed limit was only 50km/h.

    My family seemed relieved and stopped{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(tell) me what to do. On our way home, the journey was much{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(easy) than before as everyone else fell fast asleep. So ,I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.

    World sleep day falls on March 16. This year's theme is about sleep and women.

More women suffer from insomnia (失眠) than men, but only 4% of them go to a doctor to get help. A Beijing newspaper {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (report) last month. A study by {#blank#}2{#/blank#} international organization in the paper said that women {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (age) 30 to 60 sleep six hours and 41 minutes a day {#blank#}4{#/blank#} average.

    Young people have also suffered from a lack of sleep. Statistics from a Chinese medical research center show that in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (city) like Beijing and Shanghai, 40% of young people suffer from insomnia. And 80% suffer from great tiredness due to poor quality sleep.

    Experts blame heavy {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (press) and competition at work for poor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sleep) habits. The long term effects can be unhappiness, anxiety and depression, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in turn lead to chronic illnesses (慢性病), {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (especial) in women.

    There are, however, a couple of tricks for getting a good sleep, such as maintaining an optimistic attitude, keeping a regular, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (day) routine or finding some time for sports. Also, you can develop healthy habits such as keeping the bathroom clean and avoiding tea, coffee or wine before sleeping.

    A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind's most dreaded fears—getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(do) in a single night, owing to his calm-witted character.

    Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the lift suddenly came to a stop. A moment of panic followed before the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(teenage) could find a way out.

    Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but it didn't work.

    Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time passed by. He slipped a note through the door {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the message "people stuck inside, please ask the property management for help," and hoped someone {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(pick) it up and act on it.

    After exhausting all his options without knowing how long {#blank#}7{#/blank#}would take before someone found him, he took out his textbooks and started to do his homework {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(patient).

    Soon after he finished his duties, Sun heard loud {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(voice) outside. A large crowd including his teachers and other parents had come to the rescue, by which time he {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(trap) in the elevator for over five hours.

    Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (talk) about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.

    In recent years, stress {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (regard) as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress {#blank#}4{#/blank#} does you harm. It is time you considered that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (good) your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though, further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself {#blank#}6{#/blank#} number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, and yet find it impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient or {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (annoy) with people over unimportant things?... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (control) your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

    To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how much stress is involved in various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12, etc. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) ill.