2 . India, as a country with plenty of resorts (旅游胜地), is popular with different kinds of travelers. If you’re planning to visit the country, the followings are the places that may interest you.

Delhi is a perfect place for those who love history, and there are plenty of attractions here to keep tourists of all interests entertained. It’s often the first city that many tourists visit on a trip around India. There are many resorts including India Gate, the Lotus Temple, Qutub Minar, and Humayun’s Tomb.

Agra is most well known for the Taj Mahal, which draws a large number of tourists to the city. Built in the 1600s, the Taj Mahal is still standing strong today and is admired by tourists as an important part of India’s heritage (遗产).

Kashmir is one of the most beautiful cities in India. With flower gardens, amazing water-falls, and snow-topped peaks, it’s a simply unforgettable place that tourists want to return to time and time again. Kashmir is especially popular with honeymooners and loved-up couples, because a lot of romantic trips are on sale in Kashmir.

Though Goa is small in size, it’s one of the top resorts for young tourists and those who love taking beach vacations. The golden sands and coconut palm trees are the charm (吸引力) here, and the sunrises and sunsets are so gorgeous that you’ll never forget them.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

4 . There is always a lot of talk about what is fair, and what is not.     1     Yet, some of the 99% seem to believe life has somehow treated them unfairly, and some of the 1% feel life hasn’t treated them fairly enough. My questions are these: What is fairness? Is life fair? Should life be fair?

We definitely have no choice about how we come into this world. We have little choice early in life. But as we grow older, choices exist around. I have long believed that while we have no control over the beginning of our life, the majority of us have the ability to influence the outcomes we attain. Fairness is a state of mind, and most often, an unhealthy state of mind. Our state in life cannot, or at least should not, be blamed on our parents, our teachers, or our society.     2    

I agree that challenges exist. I agree that many have an uphill battle due to the challenges they face.     3     Rules and orders don’t create fairness, but people’s desire and determination can work around most life challenges.

    4     A friend of mine came to this country from Africa in his late teens, barely spoke the language, drove a cab while working his way through college, and is now the president of a technology services firm.     5     They do, however, demonstrate blindness to the mindset of the fairness.

7 . A 70-year-old Air Force veteran (退伍军人) from Salem, Illinois is being praised as a hero for his good deed.

Marshall Helm had been ______his granddaughter to the bus stop early in the morning when the smoke and ______ arising from the house next door ______ his attention. Helm ______ to the endangered home and threw open the garage door only to find flames climbing up one of the building walls. ______, at that very moment he did not ______ to charge past the flames and into the house so he could make sure his neighbors were______.

Gary and Kathy Benjamin had been ______ upstairs when they awoke to hear Helm shouting about the fire. Although they were confused by the ______ and had no time to figure out what had happened, they ______ to run into the hallway and escape with Helm through the back door just as the flames were swallowing the ______ through which he had come in only a minute before. Thanks to Helm’s quick ______, the Benjamins suffered smoke intake-and even though only ______ they lost their home in the fire, they are simply ______ to Helm for saving their lives.

“Lifesaver-lifesaver is all I can say,” Mr, Benjamin said. His wife added, “Hero, he’s our______.”