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    It is really hot in summer in the city where I'm studying, and hard to find a cool place to prepare for final exams.

    But I find that the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(share) toilet in my dorm is pretty cool. It's quite clean as{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I don't even need to dress up to go there. I just read my book {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(sit) in the cool room without any disturbance (打扰). This is amazing.

    I love this place a lot, not just because it's cool and clean,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}because I can read aloud to practice my {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(pronounce). There, my voice sounds really{#blank#}6{#/blank#}_(wonder) because there's a slight echo (回声) to it.

    Once I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(surprise) by the cry of one of my classmates who scared when he saw me there. He said unbelievingly, “You're studying in a toilet?”“Yes, that's right,” I replied. “I think it's the best place{#blank#}8{#/blank#} I can find. ” We both laughed.

    Life is full of joy that's just waiting to be discovered. Even if  we meet with troubles and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}_(difficulty) sometimes, we can always find a new way {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(overcome) them. We can always discover something we've never found before, and learn how to cherish (珍视) something we've never cherished.

    Chantelle Brow n-Young was not born with vitiligo (白癜风), but it has made her famous. She is the first supermodel with the skin condition, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} causes areas of skin to lose their colour.

    Chantelle was born in Toronto, Canada. At the age of four she started to develop {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(patch) of white skin and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(diagnose) with vitiligo. No one really knows why one percent of people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(have) this skin condition, and there is no real cure.

    At school, Chantelle was bullied for being different. The other kids often called her a 'cow', because of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} way her skin looked. She moved school several times and finally left school at 16. From now on, she decided, she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) proud of her skin.

    She got down to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (post) photos of herself on Facebook and soon was 'spotted' by a Canadian YouTube star, Shannon Boodram, who asked her to be in a music video. It was while she was doing that {#blank#}8{#/blank#} her really 'big break' happened. Tyra Banks asked her to be on America's Next Top Model.

    She didn't win, but she became famous. Her {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(profession) name now is Winnie Harlow , and she has nearly three million followers on Instagram.

    Little {#blank#}10{#/blank#} little, she is changing people's ideas about what beauty is.

    Speaking of talented people, we will think of the young. Mozart created his first piano concerto at 11. Yet I can 't help but draw much{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(inspire) from those who succeeded at an old age.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(give ) hope, I am convinced that our dreams can come true if we have faith {#blank#}3{#/blank#}ourselves and keep learning and working for{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    Consider the story of Mary Declany, a 72﹣year﹣old woman from the UK, who invented a new art form in the 1770s. On a visit to a friend, she met two plant experts who{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(take) a trip with an explorer through the South  Pacific. Interested in their work, she picked up a pair of{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(scissor) and began making flower collages with cut paper.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}surprised us most was that her works of art were so unique and{#blank#}8{#/blank#} （value) that they were on display in the British Museum. There's the modern versio {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （create) our lives, without worrying about our age. And away from the mysterious world, Colonel Sanders didn't open his first KFC restaurant {#blank#}10{#/blank#}he was 62, while Fauja Singh ran his first marathon at 89.

    I recently became friends with a young man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} had just migrated to Australia to escape war in his homeland. He was unskilled and was finding life difficult as he was unemployed. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (work) for a company in Australia for more than ten years before I found a better job. I knew that the manager would be disappointed when I was leaving.

    The manager asked me to introduce someone who I thought could do the job just as well as me, so I took this opportunity {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (arrange) an interview for my new friend. However, in the end, he was not offered the job after the interview.

    Later, I asked the manager why my friend was turned {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The manager thought that his English was not good enough for the position, but I suggested that my friend should be a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (suit) choice for the company since I could train him. I believed that once {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) the time to learn, he could do the job. After a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (week) training, he was employed and was happy with his position.

    I knew how the terrible war had forced him to leave his homeland and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} price he had paid for doing so. I appreciate {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) able to live in Australia and believe that this {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (appreciate) is best proved by offering acts of kindness to people in need of help.

    Dujiangyan was built over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China. It is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} oldest man - made water system in the world. This amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6,000 square kilometers of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for fifty {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (city) in the province.

    In ancient times, the region in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (cause) by the overflow from the Minjiang River. Li Bing, the governor of the region, together with his son, decided to find a way to solve the problem.

    The simplest way was to build a dam, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} this would ruin the Minjiang River. So Li designed a series of channels that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (free). Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (suit) for farming.

    Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and people were able to live peacefully. Today, Dujiangyan {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (admire) by scientists from around the world because of one feature. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (like) modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, making it possible for ecosystem and fish populations {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (exist) in harmony.

    Poetry is never far away from our daily lives. Many of us grew up reciting classic poems, learning to enjoy this beautiful art form that's able to use just a few lines {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(express) such rich meanings.

    The Chinese Shijing, which dates back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, has a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(long) history than the Homeric Epics(荷马史诗). Even today, classic poems {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(love) by a lot of people.

    To recognize the special {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(able) of poetry and get its creative spirit, World Poetry Day is held by the United Nations on March 21 each year to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression.

    The Chinese Poetry Congress(中国诗词大会) showing classic poetry is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(extreme)popular. The competition saw over 100 hopeful participants taking part in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}number of challenges. The participants, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}ages range from 7 to 70, include students, farmers, teachers and foreign competitors with an interest {#blank#}8{#/blank#}Chinese literature.

    And even TV series involving poetry are very {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(success). For example, in The Legend of Zhenhuan, one of the drama's most moving songs was adapted from a poem {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (write)by Wen Tingyun of the Tang Dynasty.