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While I was growing up, I never h 　　1　　 a guitar．I t 　　2　　 piano lessons and p 　　3　　 trumpet in our school band, but I never had a chance to study how to play the guitar．Sometimes I really regretted it, too．It seemed that guitar p 　　4　　 had all the f 　　5　　．When they got out their instrument, everybody wanted to gather a 　　6　　 and sing a 　　7　　．But who wants to sing along w 　　8　　 a trumpet player?Finally, in 1990, I decided to get a guitar and take lessons．After s 　　9　　 around, I bought a nice guitar, I started learning to play the guitar．I even began playing“the music of the masters”like Bach and Beethoven．It's really g 　　10　　 to have my guitar around．

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Mother came into the room and asked her two d　　1　　 to help her with the cooking．Elder sister-Lisha was r　　2　　 a book about Africa．Younger sister-Liya went to the room and helped her mother．After a while she came to call Lisha．Lisha answered,”I’m not at h　　3　　．I’m in Africa．There are m　　4　　 flowers and birds there．”Liya went back．After a moment, Liya came back, and ate s　　5　　 Lisha asked,”What are you eating?”“I’m eating ice cream．This is the s　　6　　 piece．I have eaten mine．I’m eating yours．”Lisha said a　　7　　,”Why do you eat m　　8　　?”Liya answered,”Mother doesn’t k　　9　　 when you will come b　　10　　 from Africa．The ice cream will melt(融化)if it is kept for long．It can’t wait for long．”

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　　Travel can teach kids more than a textbook．Travelling with kids is good f 　　1　　 them．They can find new interests．Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d 　　2　　 experiments in the lab．While travelling, they learn h 　　3　　 to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people．They learn patience, because sometimes i 　　4　　 takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places．

　　I’ve been travelling since I was seven years old．For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something a 　　5　　 from my soul(灵魂)．I can't live without travelling and I wouldn't be who I am if I don't travel．Some people think it's

　　h 　　6　　 to travel after having kids．But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn't m 　　7　　 they couldn't travel any more．My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old．

　　Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities(责任)and I'd love to be a good mother．One of my duties is to e 　　8　　 my children．I'm so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was y 　　9　　．I’ve learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in．Of course, I want to pass these travel e 　　10　　 on to my children．

　　I value the memories I have travelling with my children．I'm sure they will always remember them in their lives．