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　　Mao Zedong, the (1)________ of the People’s Republic of China.

　　He died on September 9, 1976. People around the country hold activities to (2)________ him on this day. “I think Mao was great,” said Zhang Yifan, 14, from Henan, “He wrote good poems. He even swam (3)________ the Changjiang River! He had a very strong mind.”

　　Mao dared to think (4)________ even when he was just a young man. When he was at school, he liked novels more than textbooks. During class, he (5)________ novels under his textbooks so teachers couldn’t see them. He read “Record of a journey to the west”(《西游記》), “Outlaws of the marsh”(《水滸傳》) and “The romance of the three kingdoms”(《三國(guó)演義》). But Mao found one thing strange about the novels: Why were many characters noble(貴族的) or educated men? They were seldom farmers. “It is unfair,” he thought. Mao began to think about (6)________ the world a fairer place.

　　Mao once said, “Revolution(革命) (7)________ young people to have both strong will and body.” How did Mao keep a strong body?

　　Cold showers: From 12 years old, Mao always (8)________ cold showers, even in winter;

　　Swimming: Mao swam all his (9)________. When he was 73, he swam across the Changjiang River in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

　　Hiking: Mao once spent a month (10)________ with a friend. They walked about 500 kilometers and did a lot of research.

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