Steam trains were replaced by electric ones many years ago, so when the newspaper I worked for     1     (hear) that the Admiral steam engine had been restored (恢复), they decided to send me on     2     (it) first trip. I wanted to go even though I     3    (general) disliked travelling by train. In fact, I was looking forward to     4     (see) something I had never seen before.

When I arrived at the station, lots of people had already been there for a while, enjoying the     5     (celebrate) of the rebirth of the Admiral. At two o'clock, everyone was ready     6     (board) the train. I settled myself into a compartment (列车车厢) where I was soon joined by an old man     7     claimed to be one of the original workers on the Admiral. He told me how much he had hated being covered in coal dust all     8     time. His family had been too poor to buy more things     9     the basic necessities. It was a pleasure to listen to him. At every station, people were waiting to greet the train, and it was     10    (excite) to see their faces as the past seemed to come alive again.

A slow train in Southwest China possessing its own study room has attracted much attention from netizens     1     (recent).

The train No 5609/5610, running between Chongqing and Xiushan county, is     2     public-welfare “slow train”. In some carriages,   some seats have been replaced with desks and chairs next to the windows to transform them into “study carriages” for passengers in need. A lot of inspirational slogans can     3     (see) throughout the carriages.

In    4     (add) to No 5609/5610, other “slow trains” have been upgraded (升级) with “study carriages”, including No 5619/5620 and 5633/5634,     5     run along the Chengdu-Kunming Railway. Students from nearby schools often take the train between school and home. The trains are their “school buses” and many passengers use their travel time to complete homework.

On train No Z150, a    6     (transform) “book bar” carriage has been welcomed by college students. There are nearly 400 universities and colleges in the cities along the line,     7     (make) train No Z150 the first choice for most students on those campuses. Since 2015, the train’s dining car         8     (be) open for free at night to provide returning students with a lending library, free tea    9     other services. These small     10     (measure) taken by the railway department are a welcome comfort for passengers in need of a relaxing place to continue their studies.

It is quite clear that air planes provide     1    efficient and convenient way to travel. Thanks to planes, the world we live in has become a     2    (small) place.     3     getting to somewhere by air can cause a lot of stress for people sometimes.

There are many reasons     4     an unpleasant journey, such as long lines at the airport or screaming kids who seat     5    (them) behind you. However, recent     6    （study) conducted by US travel platform Expedia have found that more than half of the people    7    (survey) say what annoys them most are the passengers     8     continually kick, bump or grab airplane seats.

Why do they do that? Are they bored, nervous or just     9    (complete) unaware? There is no sure answer to that question, it seems. According to Expedia, this behavior is likely    10    (remain) one of the most common and hated parts of travelling by air.