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    In China, there are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(variety) means of transport for day-to-day living: subways, buses, cars, and even bikes… but taxis rank high on the list.

    Taxis are certainly the most convenient, as {#blank#}2{#/blank#}requires little effort to raise your arm to call a cab. Besides, fares in China are affordable. They start in daytime hours in the capital at 13 yuan for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}first 3 kilometers, after {#blank#}4{#/blank#}you pay another 2.3 yuan per kilometer. This is far {#blank#}5{#/blank#}expensive than that in European capitals. In London, for example, two kilometers' ride could cost you about 63 yuan.

    Taxicabs , as we know today, first appeared in China in the early 20th century, but {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) the reserve (特权) of the rich and the powerful. Nowadays, taking a cab is common in China.

    Before coming to China, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(warn) that there were awful drivers who would make long detours (绕行) {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (get) higher fares. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, most taxi drivers I have met are nice. They know the city like the back of their hands, and are glad to be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}some help.

    In the time of Queen Victoria, cholera, a deadly disease, hit London, which often resulted in large numbers of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dead). John Snow, a then well-known doctor, became{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(inspire) when he thought about helping ordinary people who {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(expose) to cholera. John Snow thought {#blank#}4{#/blank#}most important was to find its cause. He got interested in two theories {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(explain) how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory{#blank#}6{#/blank#}suggested people absorbed the disease with their meals. He began to gather information and made a map, on which he marked {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the victims(受害者)had lived. As a result, he found out that the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(pollute)water was the cause of cholera and suggested that the source of all water supplies{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(examine)immediately. Finally, “King Cholera”{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (defeat).

Recently I failed an exam. However, after I came out of my teacher's office, I told myself, "Smile! It's not so serious."

    I smiled a big smile and it worked a little, really.

Everyone gets frustrated sometimes. I used to be always influenced by {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (press) and I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) often in low spirits. But one day I came {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a sentence in the Bible. "Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." It suddenly struck me, "{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (worry) about a problem doesn't help. Why not just give a big smile and face up the trouble?"

    Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that laughter is better than {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (tear) and anger. I{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (convince) that there's something magical about a smile. A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me the courage to move on.

    Remember, whenever {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (face) with a setback, whenever you've been treated {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (unfair),{#blank#}9{#/blank#} it takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} it will shine on you.

    Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear with time {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) by. What can we do to fulfill our youth? In my opinion, for one thing, it is our ideas {#blank#}2{#/blank#} matters a lot to realize our value.

    No matter what our ideas are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of energy. We have the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) conditions in our lives. Good memories, good {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (understand) and so on. We should {#blank#}5{#/blank#} full use of these conditions to study more.

    For{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, we should do as many things as possible we want to do. Of course, they must {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rich) our lives, which can make {#blank#}8{#/blank#} possible for us to gather many different experiences that are worth {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (remember) when we are old.

    Then when we are really old, when we cannot move any, we can be proud of our achievements that we {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (experience) in happiness and we can say we have no regret in our lives.

    Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son's soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two {#blank#}1{#/blank#} one, my son's team in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement.

    With less than ten {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (remain) seconds, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son's teammate, Mickey O' Donnel. With shouts of “Kick it!” echoing across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave {#blank#}3{#/blank#} everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted (沸腾). O' Donnel had scored!

    Then there was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (silent). Mickey had scored all right, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down Syndrome（综合症）and for him there is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.

    The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (tight) and shouted, “I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (react). I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, “Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (late) that night, when my daughter asked {#blank#}10{#/blank#} had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a tie. Everybody won.”