I love Shanghai. Even before I m【小题1】 here, I was already in love with the city. Shanghai is known as the “City of Adventurers（冒险家）” and the “Pearl of the East”. When I a【小题2】 here, I wasn’t disappointed. The people here were full（活力）. And with the bright lights of Pudong, the city really shone like a b【小题3】 pearl.

This was my view of Shanghai many years ago. Today, my l【小题4】 for the city has only grown. The city has never s【小题5】 improving（提升）. Now, the Shanghai government h【小题6】 to make it one of the greatest cities in the world.

What makes a city great? First, it must have a good economy（经济）. It also has to be a h【小题7】 place with a good environment. And, most of all, a great city must have great people.

Shanghai has always been an international and f【小题8】 city. Even though I don’t speak Chinese, it is so easy to talk to the people here. I have felt the w【小题9】 of the city and its people. Shanghai, I believe, will become even greater in the f【小题10】.

In ancient times, there was a king who wanted a special kind of horse, qianlima, which 【小题1】 (can) run 1, 000 li a day. He sent many people to find these horses and buy some for him. However, for three years, 【小题2】 /nʌn/ had been found.

Then, one day, someone new volunteered to help. Three 【小题3】 (month) later, he heard about a qianlima, but the horse had already been dead before he rushed there. Still, he bought the bones of the horse 【小题4】 500 pieces of gold.

The king got very angry at it, saying “What I want is a live horse, not the bones of a dead horse!” The man answered 【小题5】 (calm) , “Imagine this. You’re willing to pay a high 【小题6】 /praɪs/ for a dead horse, let alone a live one. This shows people that you truly wish to get the horses. Just 【小题7】 /weɪt/ and the horses you want will come very soon.” As he said, within a year, many qianlima owners brought their horses to the king.

The story tells us that there are many talented people, but finding them is difficult. Just as Han Yu, 【小题8】 writer in the Tang Dynasty, says in the essay On Horses—qianlima are common, 【小题9】 a person who can find them is rare. So the story makes us think about our own talents. Instead of 【小题10】 (waste) time for someone to find us, we can actively sell ourselves.

When I was a child, I always wanted to travel around the world. It took me a lot of time 【小题1】 (read) books about other countries.

Now I’m 【小题2】 (luck) to be able to go to a lot of those countries. 【小题3】 there is still one country that I don’t have a chance (机会) to visit—China. So after I finish my university study, I 【小题4】 (visit) China. I will try my 【小题5】 (good) to make this dream come true.

As a 【小题6】 (foreign), I know it will be difficult for me. I can’t speak Chinese well and I 【小题7】 (true) don’t have enough money to travel around in China. But I’m sure that after a few months of 【小题8】 (plan) and hard work to learn Chinese, I will be ready 【小题9】 (go) to the old country.

I think everyone should have a dream and try to achieve (实现) it. As long 【小题10】 we try hard to get it, we may not believe our eyes! So just go for your dreams!