There was no one quite like my father. When any other man had an extra dollar, he bought a drink; when Father had an extra dollar, he bought a book. Other people had pictures on their walls, or at least a calendar; we had books, 3000 of them, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(line) every surface of our little four-room house {#blank#}2{#/blank#} every subject. Father was the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (more) persistent (固执的) scholar I ever knew. Every summer he took a month or so off to attend classes. Eventually, he earned seven degrees, attended 11 different colleges and universities. My sister and I were the immediate beneficiaries of Father's insatiable (不能满足的){#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hungry) to learn.

    Before I was three, my father was reading aloud to me. Thereafter, I read aloud to him so he'd work on my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pronounce). By the time I was in the fifth grade, I'd recite {#blank#}6{#/blank#} classical literature to poetry and had to be prepared to do {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Then Father would warn by quoting a saying from Shakespeare, “{#blank#}8{#/blank#} all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious(乏味的) as to work. “Obviously, his efforts weren't {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (entire) in vain, for my voice has enable me to earn a fair livelihood. But that fact doesn't begin to define the most debt {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I owe my father.

    Wang Peng felt very {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(frustrate) when he saw that there were few customers in his restaurant, because by then his restaurant {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to be full of people. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his friend didn't come to eat in his restaurant. Wang Peng wanted to find out why, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he followed Li Chang into a new restaurant. There he saw a sign.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (curious) drove him to enter the restaurant, where the hostess gave him a menu, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} showed that the restaurant only served rice, raw vegetables, fruit, and water. Wang Peng thought Yong Hui {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(tell) lies and he couldn't have her {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (get) away with it. He also thought with a discount he could win customers{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. So he wrote a sign, too. And the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}between the two restaurants was on!

    The Great Wall {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(think) highly of by the human race as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It lies in North China, with over 6,000 kilometers in {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(long) and 7—8 meters in height. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(build) mainly with earth, brick and stone, the Great Wall was designed {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(protect) people in ancient China from invaders. However, it is now {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(universal) regarded as one of the most important tourist spots in our country. Every year, it is visited by thousands of people from all over the world. The Great Wall has become a symbol of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Chinese nation and its culture.

    The Great Wall is wide enough for five horses or ten men to walk side {#blank#}7{#/blank#} side. Along the wall are watch towers, where soldiers used to watch.

    It was very difficult to build such a wall in ancient times without any modern {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(machine). The condition was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} terrible that all the work was done by hand. To be honest, the Great Wall was made not only of stone {#blank#}10{#/blank#} earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.