Many people like to travel by plane, but I don’t like it because the airport is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and _______ for hours for the plane. The plane is _______, but at the same time, it still _______ hours to get out of the airport and get into the city. I think travelling by _______ is better. The train is safe. The railway station is usually in the city. The train is usually _______ and you can sleep well on it. You can walk _______ in the train and see the beautiful scenery (风景) from the _______. The train is not so fast, so it takes a little more time. Another _______ thing is that travelling by train is cheap. I also like travelling in my own car. You can _______ your own timetable (时刻表), and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop in a hurry. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road. And the ________ may take more time.

The world’s longest cross-sea bridge, the 55-km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) opened on Oct. 24, 2018. The Guardian described it as one of the “seven wonders of the modern world” . Construction on the HZMB began in 2009 and cost about 120 billion yuan. The bridge links Hong Kong and Macao to the Chinese mainland city of Zhuhai, CGTN reported.

The HZMB is unique in many ways. It’s designed to have a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges. It’ s not just a bridge, but also part tunnel and part island. In one section the bridge turns into a 6.7-km undersea tunnel that passes through two man-made islands. The tunnel is the world’s longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing large ships to continue passing through the sea area above the tunnel.   

The bridge’s engineers had to think of many environmental factors in order to protect the surrounding environment while building the bridge. Chinese white dolphins, an endangered species that lives in the area, were a particular concern.

The HZMB will make it much more convenient to travel between the three areas it connects. It will shorten the travel time from Hong Kong to Zhuhai from four hours to about 45 minutes.

By drawing local cities and regions closer together, the bridge will help in the area’s development. It is expected to drive the economic development of Hong Kong, Macao and nine Guangdong cities, South China Morning Post noted.

Nirmal Purja has set several world records after climbing the world’s 14 highest mountains in less than seven months.

    26     Though he was born 1,600 meters above sea level, he didn’t climb any scrious mountains until he was 29.

But Mr. Purja, now 36, was trained to be strong. He used to be a soldier in the British army, where he had special training for fighting in very cold weather.     27    

There are only 14 mountains in the world that are higher than 8,000 meters. Mr. Purja had already climbed several of them.     28     The old record for climbing the 14 mountains was seven years, ten months and six days. It was set by South Korean climber Kim Chang-ho in 2013.

Mr. Purja named his challenge “Project Possible”.     29     On October 29, just a little more than six months after he started, Nirmal Purja had finished climbing the l4th mountain.

Though Mr. Purja completed his challenge unbelievably quickly, it wasn’t easy. For example, during one day of climbing Shishapangma, Mr. Purja and his team climbed for l5 hours nonstop.     30    

One day Mozart saw an old blind street performer playing the violin in the street corner     36     a hat in front of him. He     37     (find) out the old man was playing one of his compositions. The old man played for some time     38     nobody put any money in his hat. Mozart asked the old man, “Do you often play compositions by Mozart?” “Yes,” answered the old man, “Now,     39     (nobody) knows Mozart and likes his music.” “Do you make a     40     (live) by playing the violin?” The old man said he did. And then Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began playing.

He played very well. All the passers-by stopped     41     (listen) to the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very     42     (surprise) that the man could play so     43     (beautiful). He asked Mozart, “Who are     44    , sir?” “Your colleague (同行), a poor     45     (music) like you.” Then Mozart gave the violin to the old man and went away.