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　　In my life, I have a lot of friends, 　　1　　 there is a special one who I'm the most thankful to．I first knew him when I began to go to school．He has been with me ever since．

　　Though he 　　2　　 serious, he is really fun as you get close to him．He is very quiet, smart and knowledgeable．He knows every language of the world, all the events of 　　3　　, all the

　　thoughts of great scientists and so on．He is admired(钦佩)by 　　4　　 who meets him．

　　To me, he has been a great 　　5　　 as well．He first taught me the secrets of my own language and then those of others．With these keys, he showed us how to unlock all the arts and sciences of man．

　　My friend is quite 　　6　　．Although I am slow in understanding．I can return to him again and again, and he is 　　7　　 ready to teach me．When I am 　　8　　, he makes me relaxed．When I am lonely, he stays with me silently．When I am sad, he 　　9　　 me up．He is a friend not only to me, but also to 　　10　　 people around the world．Shall I tell you his name? His name is “Reading”．

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　　My friend is a taxi driver．He has been a taxi driver for ten years．It's a nice job m　　1　　 of the time．He can meet a lot of people．He always works at night because there is too much t　　2　　 during the day．He usually goes home between two o'clock in the morning．There are some very s　　3　　 things, which often happen at night．

　　One day my friend was t　　4　　 a woman back home from a party at three o'clock in the morning．She has her little dog with here．When they got to her house, she found she had lost here key．So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in t　　5　　 the window．My friend waited and waited．After half an hour of honking(鸣汽车喇叭)he d　　6　　 to find out what was going on．He t　　7　　 the dog to a tree and started to climb in．

　　At that moment some policemen came．They thought my friend was a t　　8　　．L　　9　　, the woman came downstairs．She must have gone to sleep and f　　10　　 about my friend and the dog．