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Travel can teach kids more than a textbook. Travelling with kids is good f     1.      them. They can find new interests. Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d  2.    experiments in the lab. While travelling, they learn h      3.       to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people. They learn patience, because sometimes i       4.         takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.

     I’ve been travelling since I was seven years old. For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something a    5.___      from my soul (灵魂). I can’t live without travelling and I wouldn’t be who I am if I don’t travel. Some people think it’s h    6.       to travel after having kids. But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn’t m     7.         they couldn’t travel any more. My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old.

     Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities (责任) and I’d love to be a good mother. One of my duties is to e    8.        my children. I’m so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was y  9.            . I’ve learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in. Of course, I want to pass these travel e   10.       on to my children.

     I value the memories I have travelling with my children. I’m sure they will always remember them in their lives.

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 It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was afraid that my best years were now behind me. So I a  1.  my neighbour Nicholas, a 79-year-old man, “What was the best time of your life?”

Without hesitation(犹豫), Nicholas said: “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical(哲学的) answer to your philosophical question:

“When I was a child in Austria and everything was t  2.   care of for me by my parents, that was the best time of my life.

“When I was going to school and learning the things I k  3.   today, that was the best time of my life.

“When I got my first job and had responsibilities(责任) and got paid for my e  4.  , that was the best time of my life.

“When I met my wife and f  5. in love, that was the best time of my life.

“When World War Ⅱ came, my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and s  6.  on a ship to North America, that was the best time of my life.

“When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.

“When I was a young father, watching my c  7.   grow up, that was the best time of my life.

“And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine y  8.  old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first m  9.  . This is the best time of my life.”

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not b  10.   they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.

He may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that Jay Chou has become the real king of the m_  1. __ world. As a child, Jay Chou was never good at his l_ 2.__, and when he didn’t get into any college, a lot of people said that he would not have a good f_ 3. __. His mum always  w_ 4. __ about his future, but he never did. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay f_5. _ lonely. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music. So how did Jay get into music? A_ 6.__ the age of three, he started to learn to p_ 7. __ the piano. His mother always m_ 8. __ sure he practiced hard. Later, he started out as a song writer.

Jay’s songs are very moving. His s__9. _ “Dad, I am back”, is about a broken family. “I heard that after war（战争） there is peace（和平）. Why do I always see my dad beating my mum? Since I was y__10.  _, you have told me to learn from you, use you as a model. So much pretense（虚伪）. How do you expect me to be like you!”