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　　I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life．

　　My friends told us the taking the“hard 　　1　　”to Beijing would be really terrible．So we didn't know what to 　　2　　．But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 　　3　　, which was relatively modern and 　　4　　．During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked．It was not 　　5　　 at all．

　　It was morning when we arrived．We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 　　6　　．However, we had energy．First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the ticket seller 　　7　　 us that tickets would not be on 　　8　　 for another two days．We were a little worried about getting 　　9　　, but we made up our minds to 　　10　　 for the hotel to put our bags down．After 　　11　　 our way past the“gypsy”taxi drivers that tried to 　　12　　 us 100 yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it 　　13　　 cost us 30 yuan to get 　　14　　 we had planned to go．When we reached the hotel, there was a 　　15　　 for airplane and train tickets．Somehow the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 　　16　　．The most important lesson about China I ever 　　17　　 is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 　　18　　．We were not able to get tickets, but the travel agents could．

　　While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of 　　19　　, most of which were very 　　20　　．It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place．There aren't any words to describe it．

　　After the First World War, a small group of old soldiers returned to their village in Britain．Most of them managed to 　　1　　 fairly well, but one-Francis Binstering, who had been wounded and never recovered his 　　2　　－was unable to work regularly．　　3　　 he became very poor．Yet he was too 　　4　　 to accept anything from the people in the village．

　　Once these old soldiers held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made 　　5　　 money．Grandin produced a curiosity(稀奇的东西)－a large old 　　6　　 coin．Each man examined it with 　　7　　 as it passed around the long table．All, 　　8　　, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, 　　9　　 the gold piece was soon forgotten．Later, when Grandin 　　10　　 it and asked for it, the coin was gone．

　　One of them suggested everyone be searched, 　　11　　 which all agreed, except Blustering．“You 　　12　　, then?” asked Grandin．Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it．”

　　One by one, the others turned out their pockets．When the coin was 　　13　　 to appear, attention was ?focused? on poor Blustering．Under the 　　14　　 stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home．

　　A few years later, Grandin had his house repaired．A workman found the gold coin．　　15　　 in dirt between planks(板)of the floor．Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him．

　　“But why didn’t you allow yourself to be 　　16　　?” Grandin asked．

　　“Because I was a 　　17　　,” Blustering said brokenly．“For weeks we had not enough to eat and my pockets were full of 　　18　　, that I had taken from the table to 　　19　　 home to my wife and 　　20　　 children．”