My mother and my brother were taking a trip to Washington, D.C. They came back with the most{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(amaze) story I have ever heard!

    When they passed by New York, their train failed to work{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(proper), the conductors asked everyone to move forward to another train. When everyone{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(seat), my mother realized she didn't have her handbag, in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was her money, tickets, credit card and license. She rushed to a conductor. “Excuse me, I left my bag on the other train. Can you stop the train?” The conductor replied, “Oh, I'm sorry,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}we cannot let you off.” My mom quickly picked up her cellphone,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}only thing she had, and started calling someone for help but{#blank#}7{#/blank#}vain.

    Luckily, when the train finally stopped in Delaware, a man left the train and handed my mom $ 112. My mother thanked him and felt grateful for his {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(kind). She got the man's address and promised{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(find) a way to pay him back. My mother and my brother finally arrived in Washington, D.C., but did not get to do all the things as{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(plan). They got to take a few like rides, buy souvenirs, and more. They made the best of the worst vacation!

    Dragon Head Raising Day,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month, is one of the Chinese traditional festivals. As the proverb goes: “The dragon is awaked,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (raise) his head”. On this day, dragons, a prominent totem (图腾) in Chinese culture raise {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) heads with the sound of thunder. Around this time, the earth {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (burst) with life. Grass and trees are beginning to shoot up. In ancient China, people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pray) the dragon god beside a river or a lake for the precious spring rains to breed their crops.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition), food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of the dragon. For instance, wontons were called “dragon's eyes.” The special {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (food) usually eaten on this day include dragon's scales, popcorn and pig's head.

    In Shanxi, people get their hair {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new. In {#blank#}9{#/blank#} countryside in Hebei Province, people would fetch water from a well at dawn. It was believed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collector good harvest.

    It is predicted that the Chinese space station will be built mostly by machine. China hopes to have the space station{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(complete) by 2022 and it is expected to operate for at least 10 years.

    China also plans to land a probe（探测器）on Mars by 2020. Until now, China has completed a total of five manned space missions. And, in 2003, it{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(successful) landed a probe on the moon.