When we think of friends, we usually think of those who have been in our life for a long time._________there is another type of friend — one that has not been with for a long period of time, but_______our mind at some moment.

The first such friend I remember is the little girl with red curly hair. She was in the bed next to_________when I received an operation（手术）on my nose. She was about two years older than me, more_________and braver. She would jump out of the bed_________the nurse was gone. Her two little feet on the cold floor impressed（留下印象）me. Without her, I would have been alone and afraid.

Two years later, I was sent to a nursery school_________my parents were far too busy. I met a foreign girl there. We both were the oldest in that school and the others were babies who were not able to talk with us. Our_________started with so-called（所谓的）competitions. Although we couldn’t speak to each other in the same language, our _________ was made by trying to beat（打败）each other— at drawing, at game, even at_________. Our competitions, I think, gave me__________I could control. And maybe I gave her the same. We got through a difficult time together.

The world’s longest cross-sea bridge, the 55-km long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge（HZMB）, opened on October 24. The journalist from Guardian described it as one of the “seven wonders of the modern world”.

The HZMB is unique in many ways. It is designed to have a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most of bridges.

And it's not just a bridge, but also part tunnel（隧道）and part island. In one section, the bridge turns into a 6.7km undersea tunnel that passes through two man-made islands. The tunnel is the world’s longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing larger ships to continue passing through the sea area above the tunnel.

The bridge’s engineer had to consider many environmental factors in order to protect the surrounding environment while building the bridge. For example, they care much about the Chinese white dolphins. They are living in this sea area and are now in danger.

The HZMB will make it much more convenient to travel between the three areas it connects. It will cut down the travel time from Hong Kong to Zhuhai from four hours to about 45 minutes. The bridge will work well in the area’s development. It is expected to drive the economic （经济）development of Hong Kong, Macao and nine Guangdong cities.

Have you ever worried about your safety in your daily life? A survey shows that nearly 50% of the students interviewed are worried about robbery（抢劫）on the way to and from school. Luckily, in some big cities in China, schools are teaching a special lesson: self-protection. Students enjoy the lesson because they can learn how to help others and know how to stop danger before it happens. What’s more, they can try acting in class.

Self-protection experts are invited to give middle school students some advice on how to deal with danger.

If you are robbed

First of all, keep calm. If you are unable to shout for help or run away, give your money to the robbers. Do not say too much to irritate them. Try to remember what the robbers look like and tell the police later.

If you are in a traffic accident

If you are hit by a car, try to take a picture of the number plate（车牌）or remember the car number. If a bicycle hits you, you should call your parents before you let the rider leave. This is because you have no idea how seriously you get hurt.

If it is raining hard and there is lightening（闪电）

Don’t make phone calls outside. Don’t stay in high places or hide under trees.

If someone is drowning（溺水）

Don’t get into the water if you can’t swim. You can cry out for help or call the police.

You should keep in mind that danger could be much closer than you think. Remember to take care of yourself at all times.

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Terrafugia Inc. said that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car next year. The flying car named the Transition has two seats, four wheels and wings that can be folded, so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach about 70 miles every hour on the road and 115 miles in the air. It burns around 23 gallons（加仑）of gas every hour in the air.

_________ Around 500 people have already prepaid（预付）$10,000 for getting a Transition when they go on sale. It’s reported that more and more people would like to have one, after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public at the New York Auto Show. But it may be impossible to show up on too many driveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000 each. And it won’t help if you’re in a heavy traffic. The car needs a runway.

Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s. According to Robert Mann, an airline scientist, Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the car really fly in the sky.   

The government has already agreed the company to use special materials to make it easier for the car to fly. The Transition is now going through tests to make sure it is safe.

Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, the airline pilots would find it easy to control the car.

At the age of 12, seeing my grandfather coming into the sitting room and sit down, I said to my brother, “I hope he doesn’t sit down.”

My grandfather wrote poems on great rolls of thin white paper with a paintbrush（毛笔）, but over the years I wouldn’t listen to him read his poems. I would leave my Chinese poor as it was, which made listening to him too much of an effort.

On Mondays, he’d sit at Dragon Boat Restaurant with other old Chinese men. While from Tuesdays to Fridays, he was at a small square table by himself with a pot of tea and the Chinese newspaper. Life seemed easy and peaceful for him before he got brain cancer（癌症）and three months later, he died.

I was never particularly kind to my grandfather. At the funeral（葬礼）, my heart was filled with a sense of regret rather than sadness. I didn’t even show my grandfather the commonest kindness he was supposed to receive. I was 16 years old then.

Now I am 26. A few weeks ago, during a family dinner at a Chinese restaurant, the waiter talked with my mum about my speaking to him in Chinese, wishing that his own kids could speak a little Chinese as I did. Mom told him I had stopped speaking Chinese for some years and then had suddenly started up again in my late teens.

I have often wondered if my mum knows that my improvement in Chinese had to do with Granddad’s death. Whenever I am stuck for a word, I ask her. Whenever I am with her, or relatives, I practice. Now I am confident that the next time an elderly relative wants me to listen to them, I am not only willing, but also I am able to. In fact, the more I learn, the more interest I have in the fantastic Chinese culture. For me, the learning process is like a journey to rediscover my roots（根）.

A large number of people in the world eat fast food. Whenever you go into a fast food restaurant, you can see lots of people enjoying their meals there. Do you know in which country people like fast food best?

The English people are the world’s biggest fans of fast food, while the French are the least interested in quick meals, according to a survey done last year.

The survey of thirteen countries shows 45％ of the English people say they can’t give up fast food because it’s delicious. And 44％ of Americans and 37％ of Canadians say the same.

The French, proud of their delicious and high-class cuisine, don’t like fast food. 81％ of them think it is unhealthy, followed by 75％ of the Japanese.

How about the Chinese? How often do you have hamburgers or fried chicken? It doesn’t matter whether you like Western fast food or Chinese food. The most important thing is to keep a balanced diet.

It was Sunday again. Paula and Emily disliked Sundays. That was one of the many things the twins had in common. They shared the same clothes and tied their hair in the same way. In fact, it was sometimes hard for their teachers and classmates to tell the differences between them.

Unlike their classmates, they had to get up early at seven every Sunday to prepare for their lessons. Paula had to attend the art class and Emily had to attend her dancing class. Both of them had learned their own classes for three years. “How I wish I could do something different today!” said the twins with one voice. All at once, a wonderful plan came to Paula and Emily at the same time. After giving each other a description（描述）of their own teachers and classmates, Paula put on Emily’s dancing dress while Emily put Paula’s things for painting into her bag. Then they left for their classes.

When the art class started, Emily felt lost. Unlike Paula, Emily was poor at drawing. When the art class finally ended, Emily didn’t dare to hand in her work.

Meanwhile, Paula was struggling（挣扎）in the dancing class as well. As she had no idea about the dance steps, she had to follow her classmates blindly. As a result, she kept walking into them. Their dancing teacher became a little bit angry with her, “Emily, you should remember the steps. You can’t depend on copying what others are doing.”

When Emily and Paula got home, they were tired out. They decided that they would never try to be someone else they were not. It seemed that “the grass was not always greener on the other side of the fence （篱笆）”.

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to_______yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing_______to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the_______you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways（楼梯）and fire escapes（消防通道）, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury（伤害）. The second floor window is usually not very_______from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips（手指尖）will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Though it is a little dangerous, it is_______to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting_______help. Be sure to keep the door_______. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your_______low at the window to be sure you get fresh air .On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof（屋顶）. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement（水泥）might end in injury. Bushes（灌木丛）and grass can help to break a fall.

62. 某英文报社正就青少年与父母关系这一话题开展题为“How to keep a good relationship with parents”的征文活动。请你根据以下要点，写一篇80个词左右的英语短文参加此次活动：

How to keep a good relationship with parents? In my opinion, I have too many rules at home. My parents never allow me to go out _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________