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　　David lived in a small village．His father was often ill and he had to spend much money on medicine．And when he was twenty-six, he 　　1　　 some money from his friends and 　　2　　 married．His wife was beautiful but she came from a 　　3　　 family．So she could not help him．She told her husband to find work in the town and hoped he would get enough money to pay off his debts(债)．

　　The young man could neither read nor write．Of course 　　4　　 in the town would hire a man 　　5　　 him．He had to go to 　　6　　 island to work for a farmer there．The island was small and there were only three men on it．They lived a hard life．David 　　7　　 his father and wife so much that he wanted to write to them, 　　8　　 he couldn't．Luckily, Charlie, who had been in school for five years, helped him．And then David asked the farmer to 　　9　　 the letter for him．From then on, David waited for a 　　10　　 every day．

　　About two months later, the farmer brought his wife's letter to the island．He was very 　　11　　 but he couldn't read it．He had to ask Charlie to help him again．When the farmer came out of the house, he found David 　　12　　 Charlie's mouth．The farmer was very 　　13　　 at what David was doing．“　　14　　 are you doing it for, David?”he asked．“I 　　15　　 let him read my wife's letter,”David replied．

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　　The bullet(子弹头)train D106 from Changsha to Shanghai has a short stop in Quzhou for only one minute．

　　Named 　　1　　 the letter D, the new trains run at speeds of 200 to 250 kilometers one hour．This is much 　　2　　 than Z-type and T-type trains．For example, it 　　3　　 take people 12 hours to travel from Shanghai to Beijing．But now it only 　　4　　 10．The most interesting part of the bullet trains is the revolving(旋转的)seats．People can adjust(调整)their seats as they like, so that it is 　　5　　 for you to talk with others around you face to face．The new trains run 　　6　　 big cities．They 　　7　　 the long trips much faster and more comfortable．

　　However, many passengers still won't choose the bullet trains 　　8　　 some reasons．The ticket 　　9　　 of the bullet trains are much higher．For example, a hard seat ticket from Beijing to Jinan is only 90 yuan for T-type trains．But on the bullet trains all the seats are 　　10　　．And they cost 153 to 184 yuan．On the other hand, the bullet trains don't stop at small stations．