Some time ago, a friend of mine who worked in a part of the city I didn't know very well, invited me to call on him. It took me hours {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (get) there and I took great trouble finding a proper place to park my car. As I was already half an hour late, I parked my car quickly on a non-parking place. At noon, just as I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (leave) my friend's office suddenly I had no idea {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I had parked my car. I could hardly go up to a policeman and tell him that I had lost a small green car somewhere! I had to walk down street after street and examined each car {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (close). I was very happy to see a small green car just behind an old car. But how {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (disappoint) I was to discover that though the car was exactly {#blank#}6{#/blank#} my own, it belonged to someone else! I was very tired and went off for lunch. About half an hour later, I left the restaurant,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} was nearby, and walked down the street. Turning the corner, I nearly jumped for joy: my car was right in front of me. But soon I felt down because a ticket {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(attach) to my car.

    To tell the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (true), driving in crowded cities is far from being a pleasure. So walking or cycling{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) a good choice.

    Happiness can be described {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. There are many factors {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(contribute) to happiness.

    A person in an apparently ideal situation is not {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(necessary) happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.

    A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.

    The rich {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(believe) that this is mainly.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} they have more opportunity to control their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(life). Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.

    Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(disable) or those in pain. Learning {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(cope)with a health problem can contribute to happiness.

    On arriving in the United States, I felt everything was different. There were many new things I had to adapt to. One thing that really {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (take) me a long time to adapt to was speaking the language.

    I remember {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (clear) that I had to struggle to learn English because I couldn't even write a short paragraph to introduce myself at the first day of my English class.

    The teacher asked me {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it was difficult for me. If it was, I could change to level one! However, I was stubborn and swore that I was going to succeed.

    I started to spend many {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hour) per day, even though it was stressful, because I wanted to take advantage {#blank#}5{#/blank#} this special chance to study English in the U.S.A.

    I felt depressed because I couldn't understand {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people were saying even though I studied hard. However, I still kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (try) and never gave up.

    Now, I can tell you that I have improved a lot, but sometimes it is still easy for me to get {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lose) if I don't know what topic people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (talk) about. To adapt to this new language, I had to tell {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (I) that I could do it. I really believe I can!

    Have you complained{#blank#}1{#/blank#}your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

    An ass (驴),{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with{#blank#}3{#/blank#}master. After warning him{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be{#blank#}6{#/blank#}last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master's occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner{#blank#}8{#/blank#}to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful.”

    We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(like) to find happiness in another.

    Chinese might be heard when you take a ride on the street. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale. But you're not in China — you're in Manchester in Britain. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} fact, you might see similar things in many other cities. Chinese products have been going global.

    Western countries {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (enjoy) Chinese food for a long time. Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (meet) local people's tastes.

    Some Chinese{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (brand) are also becoming more popular. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Lenovo computers, reported Reuters. They're not simply made in China, but {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (design) in the country.

    In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap but not {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (rely). Things have changed greatly, though. For example, Huawei. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is one of China's major smartphone makers, overtook Apple in worldwide smartphone sales for the first time in June and July, behind only Samsung. "They are{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (beauty) and offer some unique features American phones don't have, " CNN once said about Chinese smartphones.