Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding(超速) drivers, a police officer saw a car driving along at 22 miles per hour.

He thought to himself, “This driver is just as dangerous as a ______!” So he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over.

Getting closer to the car, he noticed that there were ______ old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back, wide eyed and pale faced.

The driver, who knew ______ about what happened, said to him, “Officer, I don’t understand. I was doing exactly the speed limit (限制)! What seems to be the ______?”

“Ma’am,” the officer replied, “you weren’t speeding, but you should know that driving ______ than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers. The same as a speeder.”

“No, sir. I was doing the speed limit- exactly twenty-two miles an hour!” The old woman said in a ______ voice. The officer, almost unable to control his chuckle (窃笑), explained to her that “22” was the route(公路) ______, not the speed limit.

A bit embarrassed, the woman smiled widely and ______ the officer for pointing out her misunderstanding.

“But ______ I let you go, ma’am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem to be ______ badly and they haven’t made a single sound this whole time,” the officer asked.

“Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute. We just got off Route119.”

I was on business in my car the other day. The sun was out. The radio was playing a happy song, and I was singing along. Then it happened, however. The sweet sound of the music ended and the news break began.

I drove on when the news started. Gas prices were getting high again. The race for the presidency(总统大选) was getting much tighter. The fans of a sports team fought while celebrating their team’s win.

Finally, I could take no more and turned off the radio. Silence (寂静) was better than listening to anything else about the crazy world we live in at the moment. I slowed down as I entered a local town and watched the people as I drove by.

A man was helping an old lady out of a car and helping her walk into a shop.

A smiling woman was feeding birds in her garden.

A young man was walking along, carrying his 2-year-old daughter in his arms. The daughter pulled the hat off his head and they both laughed. I laughed too as I looked at all of this kindness. Although the music was off, I felt my heart singing.

In truth, this world could have more kindness. Kindness makes us feel happier in life.

The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”

“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”

“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”

I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?”

“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”

“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”

“That’s good, sir.”

“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.

“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”

After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”

“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”

“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot(飞行员) if he’s flying to Washington,” I suggested.

“I don’t know which gate to send you to. Even if the pilot goes to Washington, he can’t take you if you don’t have a ticket.”

“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”

“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. It can’t tell me.”

Travelling is a very good activity. When you get tired of your work or study, and when you have free time, you can go to a beautiful place to enjoy the natural beauty or other cities. You can breathe fresh air, meet different people and make friends with them. It’s good for your health to do so.

But sometimes, travelling is not an enjoyable thing. For example, the weather can change a lot. There may be rain when you travel. You may catch a cold or be ill while travelling. Then you will have trouble. The worst thing is that thieves may steal(偷) your money. All these may happen to a tourist.

When you go on a trip, you must get everything ready. Firstly, you must have clear information about the weather. Secondly, ask a friend to go with you so that you can help each other. Thirdly, you must be careful everywhere and try not to cause accidents. If you do this, you will surely enjoy your travel.

Fifty-three years ago, Barbie dolls first appeared (出现) in the world of toys. Since then, Barbie doll has become the most successful toy doll in h    66    . Her parent, the Mattel Company, said that 90% of all American girls between 3 and 10 have at least one Barbie at home.

However, Barbie is facing some problems at p    67    .There are many simple dolls on the market in competition with her. Another doll named Bratz, for example, came to life thirteen years ago. She looks more l    68    today’s pop stars with heavy makeup(浓妆) and miniskirts, and her company offers more kinds of clothes too.

It seems that Barbie has lost her magic a    69    older girls. “For younger girls, p    70    with Barbie is much fun. But when you get o    71    you want something smarter and more modern.” says Vera Stepherd, a shop assistant in a New York toy store.

It is good news that on the i    72    market Barbie is still No. 1. Although(尽管) Mattel is selling f    73    Barbies in the United States these years, sales(销售) in other countries are still going up. In March, 2009, Mattel opened its first Barbie store in Shanghai, where girls can shop, eat, drink or even d    74    clothes for their own Barbies.

Mattel is p    75    big celebrations for Barbie’s 53rd birthday. How long will Barbie stay popular in the world of toy dolls? It is hard to say, but 53 is surely not the age to retire(退休).

76. 多年以来，我们的生活在多方面发生了巨大变化。对比过去和现在，请根据以下内容写一篇题为“Past and present”的短文。

Past and present

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