China has built a high-speed passenger rail network in recent 【小题1】 (year) and will continue to expand it. By the end of 2018, China's railway mileage (里程)【小题2】 (reach) 131,000 kilometers, of 【小题3】 29,000 kilometers were high-speed rail. This accounted for 2/3 of the world's total high-speed rail tracks, making China's high-speed rail system the world's 【小题4】 (large) high-speed rail network.

China's high-speed trains are similar 【小题5】 those of France's TGV, German's ICE and Japan's Shinkansen. The fast trains with a top speed of 250-350 km/h 【小题6】 (call) CRH, China Railway High-speed.

If you want to travel around China, the high-speed trains will be your ideal choice since they are clean, comfortable 【小题7】 modern. Unlike on the conventional trains in China, nobody is allowed 【小题8】 (smoke) on high-speed trains, not even between carriages.

The seats are as good as those on the plane or even better. Most high-speed rail tickets have corresponding (对应的) seats, and only 【小题9】 small number of standing tickets are sometimes sold on limited trains. There's never a crowd of people sitting in the aisles. The ticket prices for China high-speed trains are reasonable and, on most routes, the frequency of departure is very high, so people can buy tickets【小题10】(convenient).

The best way to get around a city may be driving a car. Indeed, it could be of little   【小题1】(convenient) for you to travel from one point to another if you don't own a car. While you can always use public transport, it can be quite unreliable sometimes. But don't worry. There are car rental companies that can help you with your traveling needs at anytime. If you are planning on a vacation during a major holiday like Christmas,   【小题2】(consider) hiring a car for you and your family's use. The obvious 【小题3】(benefit) of doing so are as follows：

Some rental companies even include a driver with every car rented. Imagine yourself with a driver taking you to your destination   【小题4】 waiting to drive you back home. In this way, even parking   【小题5】(become) the least of your concerns.

Even if you have to drive the car by yourself, you can benefit from hiring a car because you can take the shortest route   【小题6】(enjoyable) to your destination. If you have planned your holiday in   【小题7】 hurry, you might have missed   【小题8】(check) on your car's condition. If this is the case, it is wise to rent a car because it will not break down   【小题9】 your way at all.

Traveling in your own car is a lot   【小题10】(comfortable), to be frank, than riding the train or bus. You can stop at anytime if you need to grab something.

People need transportation to move from one place to another. As time went by, transportation methods improved. Especially after the invention of airplanes, they made travel more convenient and【小题1】 (easy).

The airplane【小题2】 (invent) by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903. 【小题3】 first airplane, Wright Flyer I, flew 36.5 meters in 12 seconds. After that, the two brothers kept 【小题4】 (improve) their airplanes. They【小题5】 (fly) in public in France in 1908, and started taking passengers with them. Ever since, many other people made great efforts to improve and develop airplanes. Thanks to their efforts, airplane technology developed extremely fast.

Today, airplanes have many different【小题6】 (apply). People can use airplanes to travel to other countries, send urgent mails and help people 【小题7】 danger. They use airplanes to send water, food, medicine, etc. to cities 【小题8】 need help. However, airplanes are not only used in positive ways, 【小题9】 they are also used to fight wars.

Many things 【小题10】 (change) since the invention of the airplane. Airplanes have made travel or transport faster. Airplanes have really changed our lives.