Daisy was a little girl longing to help endangered wildlife. One day, she found     1     flying carpet by her bed when she woke up. She     2     (beg) the carpet to take her to a distant land where she could find the animal     3     fur was used to make her sweater. So the carpet flew to Tibet with her.

In Tibet, she saw an antelope that told her they were being killed     4     mercy by people for their wool and were now an endangered species.     5     (feel) sad, Daisy traveled to Zimbabwe with the carpet to see the elephants there. Much to her relief, the     6     (Africa) living there protected the elephants well and their number was growing. Happy and     7     (satisfy), Daisy came to a thick rainforest, in which she saw a monkey rubbing a millipede insect over its body. Daisy asked the monkey     8     it was doing that. The monkey responded that it was protecting     9     (it) from mosquitoes, because the millipede contained a natural drug which affected mosquitoes.

    10     (hope), no more endangered animals will be killed someday.

Winters are always long and cold in North China. The winter of 2008 was especially tough in onesouthwestern city,_________it became extremely cold and itwas also a difficult time for me. What was worse, a(n)_________injury happened to me and it might keep me in bedfor several months, “Just in time for the Spring Festival, ” my mother said to me, sighing. But how could I feel the_________when the snow was so heavy and I had months of physical _______ahead?

One day I was doing my housework_______there wasa tap against the window from a branch of the troublesome fruit tree. On hearing this, with my eyes closed, slowly, I began to recall the fall of 1995 when somebody placed apipe from my pump next to the_______.The earth was so wet that it _______immediately with most its bare rootsupward. Seeing this, my mother_______to pull it out, but I refused．“How hard it’s trying!” I said,_________the direction of its strong holding of the earth. “It is __________of a chance to survive.”With tools, we ________dry soilaround the tree and put up some supports into the ground, making it__________ upright.

Several months had passed before Icould be ________of it. Surprisingly, when spring returned, my “ rescue________”had grown some leaves and many__________. In 2009 that little rescue stick had grown into a toweringtree. What an unbelievable miracle of life!

The day before the Spring Festival, the ________ at thewindow was continuing, the more fierce wind, the __________sound, as if to remind me to look up and appreciate its powerful life.

That night I slept peacefully having a(n)__________.In the dream some flowers were coming out__________. The next morning I stood against the window.________the window was the tree bursting with life. Anyway, I had awonderful Spring Festival that year.

Experience around food is about the place, the time and the people, and “the best meal” can be found in a fine dining restaurant or a crowded street market. How can you recreate that special moment influenced by place and time? Travel is becoming the most popular reason to visit many places around the world. Here are the places that consistently excite the senses.

South of France

Markets with fresh fruits and vegetables and butcher shops are abundant. Regional wines are excellent．And freshly baked French bread with French butter is what memories are made of. Take a chair in an ancient walled city for a meal with a view that you will never forget．

Barcelona

This bustling city filled with unique buildings is a city for lovers of history, architecture and food. Kiosko Universal, a counter restaurant at one corner of the market, prepares some of the simplest and best food we’ve ever had. Give yourself a week to explore and see everything the city offers. The city is not to be missed．

Italy

It’s hard to choose one place or city to visit. Some of our favorite places include the coastal regions on the Adriatic and Tuscany. Friuli stole our hearts last year with its many unique wines, small artisan food produces, and influences from neighboring countries like Austria and Germany．

Mexico City

From unbelievable food markets and casual street stands, Mexico City has become the place to travel for the food lovers. If you want to eat locally, order a Hurache，a street food specialty. All you will need is a local microbrew or Mezcal（龙舌兰酒）to wash it down．

You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the art (最先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn’t even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.

The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on marking them the most luxurious ships on the water.

Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ship were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.

Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the ship’s smoke stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While two of these ships sank, they were all designed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them “unsinkable”, perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic’s and the Britannic’s tragic end.

The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.