“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥) ask. But no one can give {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of the thirty-one colleges.
    Cambridge was already a developing(发展中的) town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Cam. A {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries(世纪) more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a{#blank#}8{#/blank#}  in 1951 and now it has a population(人口) of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to study at Cambridge. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.

    Before graduation, many classmates were busy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for jobs. So was I. It was very difficult to find a job in the big city. I had been {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for many times until I found a want ad for an editor. “If you could find {#blank#}3{#/blank#} than 10 wrong words in the newspaper, you can work {#blank#}4{#/blank#} an editor,” the ad said. I loved literature(文学) and had written several little {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for the newspaper. So I decided to have a try. It was the final date when I saw the newspaper. I told one of my roommates the news happily. After he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the news, he smiled and said “Today is April Fool's Day. It may just be an April Fool's {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. A fool may take it {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.” I was very disappointed after hearing that, but I still wanted to have a try. It took me the whole morning to find 12 wrong words in the newspaper. I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} at the editorial department in the afternoon and got the job immediately.

    Later I knew I was the only applicant(申请者).I got a lesson from the experience: Something others said was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} may be not impossible. As long as you believe it, you may make impossible possible.

During the National Day holidays last year, my parents and I had a trip abroad. My father is i{#blank#}1{#/blank#} in old countries so he chose to visit India. India is in the south of A{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. It has a long h{#blank#}3{#/blank#} and the most famous s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is Taj Mahal( 泰姬陵).

   We f{#blank#}5{#/blank#}to India from Shanghai. It took us just a few hours to get there. I c{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a camera with me so that I could take photos of the beautiful views. There are many elephants in India. The guide a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}me to ride on an elephant. Though my heart was f{#blank#}8{#/blank#} with fear, I rode on it at last. I rode on the elephant for half an hour and it was an exciting e{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. My father took some photos of me. We e {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ourselves in India. What's more, we learned more about this old country.

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    A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn't plan to choose the right persons {#blank#}2{#/blank#} usual.

    Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.

    The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “Who put this box in the middle of the road?” the student said to himself, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.

    The second student came along and did the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box but {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of them tried to move it. What's worse, someone even stepped on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.

    Half an hour {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he stopped and began to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, “Congratulations, young man! You are the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?”

    Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.

    Joe was over seventy years old. He lived alone in a small village after his wife died. His grandchildren often visited him during the holidays. That was the only fun time he had.

    Once, he{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the whole house to welcome his grandchildren. After he finished cleaning he barn (谷仓), he found he lost his watch. It was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} from his wife when their first child was born. Joe loved the watch very much, especially after his wife died. He was very upset about losing it. When his grandchildren came, they found their grandfather was very{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, they asked him what was wrong. Joe told them that hat he couldn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his watch. The children wanted to help him. They asked Joe when he had last seen his watch. Joe told them he lost it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he was cleaning the barn. The children searched {#blank#}6{#/blank#} two hours, but couldn't find anything .Then, one of the children asked the others to leave and said he would find the watch by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Minutes later, the child brought he watch back. Joe and other children wanted to know how he did it. The boy said, "I sat in the barn {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Then I heard a "tick—tick' sound and found {#blank#}9{#/blank#}watch." 'Joe hugged the little boy and thanked him. That is the power of quietness. If we stay quiet, we might find {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to solve problems more easily.