Rachel and her husband, Jason, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}were both experienced climbers, were on a climbing holiday in Switzerland.When they were 3，000 metres up in the mountains, there was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} storm.The wind was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme) strong and the snow was two metres deep.They couldn't move.Rachel had her mobile phone with her, so she sent a text message to five friends in the UK {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) their help.

    About four hours later, one of her friends, Martha, responded {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. her with a text message.Martha said she had phoned the police in Switzerland and that they had got in touch with the mountain rescue team.

    But the weather was so bad {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. the helicopter (直升飞机) couldn't get to the two climbers.The rescue team sent a message to Rachel, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (say)：“So sorry Rachel. We tried.Wind is too strong.Have to wait till morning.Take care.Be strong.”Rachel felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hope) and thought they were going to die as it was freezing, －15 ℃.However, Jason encouraged her, telling her not to give up.

    Next morning the storm {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (pass) and the helicopter arrived to take them off the mountain. After the accident, they cared for each other with greater {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (devote)．

    For those who love travel, particularly rail travel, China in 1987 was a can't﹣miss kind of place.  In1987, China was still operating steam trains on some rail routes,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}made people from many countries amazed. Bruce Connolly, a photographer from Scotland,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（be） one of them.

    Connolly first came to China in 1987,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（start） his continuous travelling throughout China. Since then, he{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（travel） to most parts of China except Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. Wherever he went, his camera remained by his side. During his journeys in China, Connolly found China very different from {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he saw in photographs, which showed Chinese people very religious in the way they dressed and behaved.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, what he saw was that people were{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（friend）, welcoming and wore bright clothes. In the early years of his journey, most Chinese people were fascinated with foreigners visiting China, but now that has changed in cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, foreigners are no longer{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（curious）.

    Another dramatic change that Connolly has felt in China is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. widespread use of new technology. China has become one of the most tech﹣savvy（懂技术的）societies. People now do everything with{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（they） smartphones, and use of cash is almost disappearing.

    English perfectly shows the "network effects" of a global tongue: the more people use it, the more useful it is. Parents expect their children {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(master)English, which is encouraging the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(grow)of private schooling. Education authorities are switching to English medium, in part to control the outflow(外流) of children into the private sector.

Teaching children in English is fine if that is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they speak at home and their parents are fluent {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it. But that is not {#blank#}5{#/blank#} case in most public and low-cost private schools. Children are taught in a language they don't understand by teachers {#blank#}6{#/blank#} English is poor. The children learn neither English nor anything else.

    Research shows that children learn {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(much)when they are taught in their mother tongue than they do when they are taught in any other language. In a study of children in 12 schools in Cameroon last month, those taught in Kom {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(do)better than those taught in English in all subjects.

    English should be an important subject at school, but not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(necessary)the language of instruction. Rather than switching to English-medium teaching, governments fearful of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(lose) custom (光顾) to the private sector should look at the many possible ways of improving public schools.