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“There is a long , long story     1     Tai Chi and me.” says jose Gago, 61, a Spanish man who has taught Tai Chi in his hometown for almost 36 years.

Although the first martial arts (武术) school     2     (found) in 1982 in Ourense, Spain, Jose did not make the trip to Yongnian, China, until 1994     3     (further) his study of Tai Chi. Since then, he     4     (travel) to China over 20 times. Tai Chi is not     5     (simple) a sport for Jose.     6     attracts him most is the Taoist philosophy (哲学) rooted in Tai Chi, of which the main elements consist in the principles (原则) of “softness, slowness, balance and rootedness”.

His martial arts school, which provided introductory programs for     7     (begin), has about 150 students,     8     (range) from children under the age of 5 to senior citizens over 70. He has trained thousands of students in Spain, many of     9     have won awards in a number of tournaments (锦标赛).

Jose’s hometown has hosted many free Tai Chi community classes and Tai Chi is acting as an important bridge for     10     (culture) exchange.

【推荐3】We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and all kinds of exams. Yet would it be    1    (surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding    2    it is in China?
In US high school, everything must    3    (record) into your studying document, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing    4    (turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps completely different from    5    we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to    6    (they) academic performance in order that they can get into a distinguished university.
Like university students, US high school students have the    7    (free) to choose the courses that most interest them. Even a ninth-grader can sit     8     the same classroom as 12th-graders. But this also     9     (mean) he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her    10    (different).

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As a man was passing some elephants，he suddenly stopped,     1    （confuse）by the fact that these huge     2    （creature）were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that     3     elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not. He saw a trainer nearby and asked     4     these animals just stood there and     5    （make）no attempt to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much     6    （small）we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they remain programmed     7    （believe）they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were. Like the elephants，how many of us go through life     8    （hang）onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply     9     we failed at it once before?

    10    （fail）are part of growth; we should never give up the struggle in life!

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Three months ago George was at the Red Sea and when he came back, brown and happy, he said that he had never had     1    a terrific holiday before. As he was very good at swimming and diving and was     2    (concern) with biology, he managed to join a scientific research group     3    was studying the sea life of the Red Sea coast at that time. The researchers allowed him     4    (help) them in their work and gave him a special diving suit, so he was able to stay deep in the sea for quite a long time. George was amazed at     5    beautiful the underwater world was. Millions of brightly colored fish moved     6    ( busy) around him. Crabs, turtles, and sea snakes looked at him curiously and then hurried to do their underwater business. Once, when George followed a little crab, a huge fish appeared from behind a coral rock. Luckily, the shark took no interest     7    him and disappeared into the     8    (deep) as if it had much more important things to do.

While George was working for the group, exploring the sea plants and animals in their natural conditions, he     9    (make) a firm decision to go on studying biology and natural sciences as research work became very     10    (attract) to him.

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Thomas Panek, who has a passion for running, lost his eyesight more than 25 years ago. Indeed,     1     Panek had been running since high school, the idea of running blind seemed altogether too frightening. But he did manage to keep his dream alive-with help from human     2    (guide) who assisted him on each run.

Even so, the real joy of the run shunned him. “When you’re tied to another person, it’s no longer your own race,”     3     48-year-old said. “The independence isn’t quite there.”

But Panek found a friend-indeed, man’s best friend-who would help     4    (he) regain that sense of determination. He started running with a guide dog named Gus. Not only did Panek rediscover his love for running,     5    , along the way, he founded Guiding Eyes for the Blind, an organization dedicated to     6    (provide) service dogs for the visually impaired.

On March 16, Panek finished the course in a little more than two hours and 20 minutes, and became the first blind runner to complete the race     7    (lead) by dogs.

Along the way, they got plenty of support from event host New York Road Runners. “We offer a accommodations for athletes with disabilities, and we’ve worked     8    (close) with Guiding Eyes for the Blind to ensure Tom and his team of guide dogs had a safe and enjoyable experience,” explained race director Jim Heim of New York Road Runners.

    9     retirement approaching, it would be the faithful yellow lab’s last race. But for Panek, the road ahead     10    (remain) long and bright-not only for him, but for anyone with a disability who still hopes to pursue a dream.