In China, there are    1    (variety) means of transport for day-to-day living: subways, buses, cars, and even bikes… but taxis rank high on the list.

Taxis are certainly the most convenient, as    2    requires little effort to raise your arm to call a cab. Besides, fares in China are affordable. They start in daytime hours in the capital at 13 yuan for    3    first 3 kilometers, after    4    you pay another 2.3 yuan per kilometer. This is far    5    expensive than that in European capitals. In London, for example, two kilometers’ ride could cost you about 63 yuan.

Taxicabs , as we know today, first appeared in China in the early 20th century, but    6    (be) the reserve (特权) of the rich and the powerful. Nowadays, taking a cab is common in China.

Before coming to China, I    7    (warn) that there were awful drivers who would make long detours (绕行)    8    (get) higher fares.     9    , most taxi drivers I have met are nice. They know the city like the back of their hands, and are glad to be    10    some help.

Every early morning in Southwest China’s Chongqing, there is a common scene at the city’s Rail Transit Line 4: A group of farmers     1     (shoulder) vegetables for sale are busy riding on the subway to downtown.

Nicknamed “packbasket special line”, the second phase of the subway line, connecting Shichuan town to the city center, has     2     total length of 32.8 kilometers and 15 stations. It     3     (provide) local farmers near the town with a wider channel for selling their produce since its opening in 2022.

Every morning around 6 o’clock, the entrance and exit of the Shichuan Town station of the line are     4     (pack) with these special commuters (上下班往返的人)     5     baskets are filled with fresh seasonal vegetables. It took them more than one hour to reach the city before the opening of the line as they had to take several buses. Now, by taking the subway, they can get there in less than 30 minutes     6     any difficulty. The opening of this subway line not only saves money for the farmers but also time, bringing great     7     (convenient) to them.

    8     (facilitate) the farmers, the station, which was supposed to open at 6:15, now opens five minutes     9     (early) every day. The staff members at the station also assist as much as possible: guiding them to     10     (efficient) enter the station in order and to use the elevators, and helping them with the baskets.

So far, China Eastern Airlines    1    (receive) approval(批准)fiom the Ministry oflndustry and Information Technology to offer in- flight Wi-Fi service on 21 airplanes.

The carrier becomes China's first airline company    2    （provide) Wi-Fi service for both domestic and international flights. Passengers    3    (leave) for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Beijing and Guangzhou will have access    4    me Wi-Fi service through a telecommunication satellite.

The flights will begin to provide the service in one month after operational    5    （prepare). The Wi-Fi service will be free in the 21 airplanes at the beginning,    6    a charge list is now under discussion.

The company plans to put in Wi-Fi service    7    (equip) in all airplanes by 2019-2020. Other carriers in China, such as Air China and Hainan Airlines also have been following this attempt in some oftheir flights during the past few years.

Industry experts note that    8    approval for the Wi-Fi service on 21 airplanes.is a trial for commercial in-flight Internet service operations in China. Aviation(航空)business staff say that China has the potential to become the world's     9    (large) aviation market,    10    is likely to create tens of billions of yuan in profit in the aviation Internet business.