Dear Andy
I’m in London now. It’s the c  86  of England. I enjoy everything here except the food. I dislike English food. I miss dumplings and noodles.  Of course I never  s  87   missing you.
Things here are quite d  88  from those in China. T  89 in England goes on the left of the road. And if you want to go the other side of a road, you can have many ways: a subway(地铁), a footbridge or a zebra c  90  . And in some places, you can see black and white poles(杆). There is a button（键）on each of them. You can press the button to tell the drivers you want to cross the road. They usually stop their cars to let you go.
Taxis in London are really e  91  , so if you come to London, you should have enough m  92   with you. Taxi drivers are usually friendly. They are always ready to help you. And they must take exams b  93  they become taxi drivers.
London a   94   has the biggest underground system(系统) in the world. It’s easy to go the w  95   way if you are not careful.
Yours
Li Bing

Dear Andy

I’m in London now. It’s the c  86  of England. I enjoy everything here except the food. I dislike English food. I miss dumplings and noodles.  Of course I never  s  87   missing you.

Things here are quite d  88  from those in China. T  89 in England goes on the left of the road. And if you want to go the other side of a road, you can have many ways: a subway(地铁), a footbridge or a zebra c  90  . And in some places, you can see black and white poles(杆). There is a button（键）on each of them. You can press the button to tell the drivers you want to cross the road. They usually stop their cars to let you go.

Taxis in London are really e  91  , so if you come to London, you should have enough m  92   with you. Taxi drivers are usually friendly. They are always ready to help you. And they must take exams b  93  they become taxi drivers.

London a   94   has the biggest underground system(系统) in the world. It’s easy to go the w  95   way if you are not careful.

Yours

Li Bing

综合填空。

Every year a number of people die in traffic accidents．How do these traffic accidents happen? Maybe the drivers d 1  too much．or maybe there’s something w 2  with their cars．However, the most important reason may be that people don’t obey(遵守)the traffic rules．

In our country, traffic goes on the r3  ．But in many other countries, for example, in Singapore, traffic goes on the o4  side．It’s easy to c5  an accident if you walk or drive in the wrong direction(方向)．When traffic lights turn green, you can go a 6  the road．When they turn red, you must stop and wait．If you are walking, it is important and n7  to walk on the zebra crossing(斑马线)．The most d8  place is corner．People don’t often pay much a9  when they are near the corners．And sometimes there are no traffic lights near the corners．

If you want to be safe, please a10  obey the traffic rules．

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When the Great Library of Alexandria burned，the story goes that one book was saved．But nobody thought it was a v__1__ book．A poor man，who could read a little，bought it for a few coins．

The book wasn't very interesting．but between its pages there was something very interesting i__2__．It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which as written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could t__3__ any common metal into pure gold．The writing e__4__ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the secret was that the real stone would feel w__5__，while ordinary pebbles were cold．

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles．He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b__6__ they were cold，he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t__7__．So，when he felt one that was cold，he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone．Y_8__ he went on and on this way．

One day，however，about mid-afternoon，he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea b__9_ he realized what he had done．He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away．

So it is with opportunity（机会）．U__10__ we are careful，it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand．