Now, please allow me to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (introduce) Lhasa to you. Lhasa is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} capital city of Tibet, which is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (locate) in the Southeast of Tibet. It is a city with a history of more than 1300 years. It is famous for the Potola Palace. Besides, it's also an {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attract) city, attracting tens of millions of visitors from home and abroad each year. There are many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (place) of interest and people  are very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (friend). With the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (develop) of modern transportation, traveling becomes{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easy). It takes only 2 hours to fly {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Chengdu to Lhasa. If you have a chance to come to Tibet, welcome {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Lhasa.

    Lionel Messi，{#blank#}1{#/blank#} player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the greatest soccer players alive today.At a young age，he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (move)to Spain and now plays {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (profession)for the FC Barcelona.Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (own)by his father. Even as a young boy，he did very well.But when he was 11 years old，he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (tall)．There was a way to help him grow more，{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs.So，they looked around for a soccer club{#blank#}7{#/blank#} would be able to do this for them.The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him，but the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills.The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain.In the FC Barcelona，Messi was one of the best {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (play)through his teen years. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world.

    I remember the occasion when mother sent me to the main road, about twenty yards away from our house, to invite a passing group of seasonal work－seekers for a meal. She{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(instruct) me to take a basket along and collect dry cow dung(牛粪) for making a fire. I was then to prepare the meal for the group of work－seekers.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} thought of making an open fire outside at midday,and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(cook)in a large three－legged pot in that intense heat, was sufficient to upset even an angel. I did not manage to hide my feelings from my mother and, after serving the group, she called me to the veranda(走廊){#blank#}4{#/blank#} she usually sat to attend to her sewing and knitting.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} straight into my eyes, she asked “Why did you get angry{#blank#}6{#/blank#} I requested you to prepare a meal for those poor people?”{#blank#}7{#/blank#} my attempt to deny her blame，using the heat of the fire and the sun as an excuse for my rude behavior, mother, she gave me a firm look，{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say), “You cannot detect what trouble may lie ahead of you.”

    I{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sudden) realized that if I had refused to offer this group of people a meal,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}would be impossible that in my travels some time in the future,I would get these individuals' help.

    Although he is a famous scientist, Yuan Longping {#blank#}1{#/blank#} himself a farmer. Indeed, his {#blank#}2{#/blank#}face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers. Now Yuan Longping is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests.

    You may find it {#blank#}4{#/blank#}that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak. Unfortunately his father died,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the family even worse off. He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became known {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the world. This character was a social {#blank#}7{#/blank#}but was loved for his optimism and determination.

    In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using {#blank#}8{#/blank#}“language” through physical distance, actions or posture. However, people from places like Spain, Italy or South American countries {#blank#}9{#/blank#}others closely and are more {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to touch them.

    Tins of cooling ointment (清凉油) have become a currency for Chinese traveling in Egypt.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visit)the complex of ancient temples at Karnak, Chinese tourist Mr. Ye lost his way among the stone churches and pillars.

    An Egyptian guide gave him directions. To show his {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (appreciate), Mr. Ye handed him a small red tin the size of a large coin. Inside {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) a cooling ointment that has the function of refreshing mind and preventing pain. Mr. Ye brought 50 tins with him on his six-day tour to hand out as tips.

    "Before I came to Egypt, the tourism agency told me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (repeat) to bring cooling balm as a gift to make the trip {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy)," said Mr. Ye, a 25-year-old {#blank#}6{#/blank#} family sells Chinese medicine online. Egyptians, he said, are very nice to Chinese tourists, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they love this little gift."

    Egyptians sometimes demand the balm by running a thumb across their foreheads. Li Xiaodong, an Egyptologist at China's Northeast Normal University, believes Chinese travelers initially brought cooling balm for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (person) use because it's very hot in Egypt, then {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (discover) Egyptians liked it.

    Some Chinese tourists said giving gifts feels better than handing over money. "If you give essential balm, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is more like you're giving it to friends," said one Chinese tourist.

    My name is Wang Kun. Since middle school, my sister and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (dream) about taking a great bike trip. After graduating {#blank#}2{#/blank#} college, we finally got the chance to do it. It was my sister, Wang Wei,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Our cousins live near the Lancang River which {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) the Mekong River in other countries. My sister soon got {#blank#}5{#/blank#} interested in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cycle) too. Then she began to organize the trip and insisted that we start from the source of the river in Qinghai province {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the air is hard to breathe. I doubted her decision but she gave me a {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(determine) look. I know her {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good). Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I gave {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to her.