Xie Wanying (October 5, 1900-Febrary 28.1999), better known by her pen name Bing Xin, was oneof the most well-known Chinese writers of the 20^th century. Many ofher works were written for young readers. Her pen nameBing Xin carries the meaning of a pure heart, and is taken from a line in aTang Dynasty poem by Wang Changling.

    Bing Xin was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, but moved toShanghai with her family when she was seven months old, and later moved yetagain to the coastal port city of Yantai, Shandong, when she was four.Such a move had akey influence on Bing Xin's personality and philosophy (哲学)of love and beauty, as the hugeness and beauty of the sea greatly opened youngBing Xin's mind and heart. It was also in Yantai, Bing Xin first began to readthe classics of Chinese literature, such asRomance of the Three KingdomsandWater Margin, when she was just seven.

    In 1913, Bing Xin moved to Beijing. She started herwriting career as she wrote for a school newspaper at Yanjing University whereshe was a student and published her first novel. Bing Xin graduated fromYanjing University in 1923 with a bachelor's degree, and went to the UnitedStates to study at Wellesley College, earning a master's degree at Wellesley inliterature in 1926. She then returned to Yanjing University to teach until1936.

    In 1929, she married Wu Wenzao, her good friend whenthey were studying in the United States. In literature, Bing Xin founded the"Bing Xin Style" as a new literary style. Shecontributed a lot to children's literature in China such asA Myriad ofStars (1923),Spring Water (1923),Six-one sister(1924),ToYoung Readers (1926),Homeward South (1931),The Collected Worksof Bing Xin(1932-1933). Bing Xin's literary career was productive. Shewrote a lot of works — prose, poetry, novels, reflections and so on. There is aBing Xin Literature Museum in Changle in Fujian Province. The Bing XinChildren's Literature Award is named in her honour.

Recently (最近) I didn't get on well with my mother. She thought I was still a child! And she was very 1 with me. She told me I 2 be out after 8:00 in the evening. She also said. "If 3 goes to climb a mountain, will you do it, too?" I 4 those words, so I sometimes wanted to say, "If I can, I will get away 5 you." I knew this wasn't true. 6 I was so upset. My dad understood my 7 and agreed that I could go cycling with my friends after dinner for half an hour. However, my mom didn't agree to let me ride. How should I 8 the problem?

It's hard to say if it's unfair about 9 my mom has done, but it sounds like she's having some trouble. She doesn't want to 10 that I'm getting older and I will become more independent. Usually, it's difficult for some11 to let go.

I plan to ask my father for help. He seems to understand me 12 . I will have a good talk with him and tell him like this, "Dad, I feel upset when Mom sometimes 13 what I want. I love Mom and I don't want to make her 14 . I know she wants me to be better, but we need more communication. Can you help me talk to her about this?" I hope this can be 15 to me.

内容包括：1.你的阅读喜好(书籍类型和阅读方式等)；2.你的阅读收获；3.倡导多读书， 读好书。

注意：1.词数在80词左右；2.可适当增加细节， 以使行文连贯；3.文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称；4.短文开头已给出， 不计入总词数。

参考词汇： increase (增长), knowledge (知识), improve (提升)

Love reading, enjoy life

I like reading very much.

Every year, Australia hosts a 543. 7-mile-long ultra-marathon(超级马拉松) race. 

In 1983, a potato farmer named Cliff Young showed up at the start of the race. People {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(意识到) that he was 61 years old and the race was dangerous for him. Cliff Young might {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(死) of tiredness, so some people tried to stop him. 

However, Cliff Young surprised everyone with an amazing {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(胜利). He not only won the race, but {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(设法完成) to break the race record. 

So how did Cliff Young make it? Well, he {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(继续) running throughout the night while other runners were {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(休息). He really had a very strong {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(意志). 

When Cliff Young was awarded the winning prize of $10, 000, he said he {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(实在；的确) didn't know there was a prize. He gave away his prize money to the rest of the runners after him. 

After the win, Cliff Young {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(参加) many ultra- marathon races to raise money for homeless children. His running style which is still popular {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(在国外) is called " The Cliff Shuffle". 

Two Canadian teenagers, Faiz and Leo, have been taking on a series of wonderful challenges. Their most recent achievement was following the Lake Ontario coastline for 73 kilometers, walking from Toronto to Hamilton, Canada, in about 18 hours.

"We enjoy trying new things that are good for our bodies and minds. We like to overcome challenges like these. And we feel going on a long walk seems to be the purest form of challenge that you can have," Leo said.

With very little preparation, the two 16-year-olds began their journey at 6 am, starting in darkness and finishing before midnight. They took several breaks, stopping at benches with nice views along the way.

On their walk, one of the interesting things they came across was a cargo ship (货船) which was no longer used. "You' d be surprised by the things that you don't see when you' re driving and that you will see when you' re taking your time walking," said Leo.

However, the journey was not only a trial (考验) for bodies but also an important test of minds. There were moments of loneliness for the pair, requiring them to support each other along the way.

Around 70 km into the walk, they ran into a person on a bridge who appeared to be experiencing something painful.

"I wasn't sure what was going to happen me and Leo, we tried to talk him out of it and ended up calling the police, and the situation was eased and everyone was OK," Faiz said.

The walk is now long over but Faiz and Leo are not done challenging themselves, with plans to start a two-day 100 km walk in the near future.