I had to visit my sister in another town because her husband {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) very ill. My children stayed back in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they) father's care, except for the youngest. I was nervous taking a train journey alone with my one-year-old daughter. However, I gathered all my courage and boarded the train.

    It was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (surprise) that there were only three other passengers in that carriage, two old ladies and a young man. My daughter was crying, missing her dad. I tried to comfort her, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} her crying wouldn't stop.

    Just then the young man offered {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take) my baby into his arms. He stood with her near the window and started talking to her in a soft voice. My daughter stopped crying {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (slow). I was both surprised and relieved. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} stranger handed my daughter back once she was asleep. During the long train journey this young man continuously helped me. He fed my baby, sang to her and told her countless {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (story). I was grateful for this man {#blank#}9{#/blank#} had come to my rescue.

    After so many years, I still remember this stranger on the train with a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (thank) heart.

    In recent years, Internet voting has become {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（increase）popular in China. People not only cast on-line votes {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(them), but also urge others to vote for{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(compete) like the "Most Beautiful Teacher" and the " Cutest Baby".

    Lin Yue, a high school student, is invited to vote in the "Best Police Officer ", {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(organize) by the local government to let the public have{#blank#}5{#/blank#}better understanding of police officers' daily work. Lin Yue visits the website and reads all the stories. He is deeply moved by {#blank#}6{#/blank#}glorious deeds. He is already thinking of becoming a policeman himself in the future.

    Wu Hua is invited by his uncle to vote for his cousin in the "Future Singer". He {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(receive)three similar invitations so far. His uncle tells him {#blank#}8{#/blank#}his cousin wins it, the family will win an overseas tour{#blank#}9{#/blank#}free. Wu Hua likes his cousin very much, but he finds other singers perform much{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(well). To vote, or not to vote? This is a question that troubles him very much.

    Silk was not the only product to be transported along the Silk Road, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}other goods such as tea, medicinal herbs also being exported from China. Many merchants found instant wealth through the trade in luxury items．

    Rather than traveling the entire length of the Silk Road, each merchant traded goods along one section of the route, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (buy) them in one town and then selling in another. The travelers and merchants also {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (carry) many ideas, philosophies and religions with them along the Silk Road. Of all these, Buddhism, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}came from India, had the greatest influence on Chinese culture. It{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(eventual) became China's primary faith, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(widespread) than the original Chinese religions of Confucianism and Taoism．

    Silk Road trades traveled together in long caravans of camels. This mode of travel provided{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(protect) from robbers who might attempt {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (rob) the valuable goods being transported．The Silk Road was not only one single road, but{#blank#}9{#/blank#} whole collection of routes by which goods{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (transport) between the East and the West．

Are you on{#blank#}1{#/blank#} diet? Then maybe you should consider{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(sit) by the window the next time you eat out. A new book claims that{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you sit in a restaurant can affect how much you consume.

A new research found that people sitting farthest from the front door ate the fewest salads and were 73 percent{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(likely) to order dessert.

The diners{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(seat) at a dark table ate heavier food and ordered more of it, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}those sitting at bright bar tables ordered more salads and fewer desserts.

According to the researchers, the darker it is, the more invisible you {#blank#}7{#/blank#}feel, the less easy it is to see how much you're eating and the less guilty you are when you eat more.

In contrast, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(expose) yourself to the sunlight, people or trees outside might make you more aware {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you look, might make you think about walking or might make you want a green salad.

The researchers also noted that slim diners chewed around 15 times per mouthful, three chews more than heavier diners. By eating more slowly, the diner consumes less in the time{#blank#}10{#/blank#} takes for the brain to register satisfaction.