下列练习均选自 2018 年 3 月厦门市质检试卷 语法填空 "Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small." "Nothing is softer and ____1____(flexible) than water, yet nothing can resist it." These are the food for thought ____2____ (serve) to Tube passengers at Oval station in south London. It's been 14 years since customer services manager Anthony Gentles ____3____ (inspire) to brighten up the "blank faces" of travelers with daily ____4____(wise) from his favorite book, Tao Te Ching. Every day he wrote one quote on the board _____5___ (him). Mr. Gentles said offering quotes from ancient China was his way of ____6____ (try) to make people feel more welcome as they braved the Underground. Thousands of quotes later, Mr Gentles' favorite message remains the first one he wrote: "A journey of a thousand miles begins ____7____ a single step". "Because it's ____8____ (fundamental) true," he said. "No matter ____9____ you live your life, regardless of your situation, you have to take the first step." Since 2007, the baton( 接力棒 ) has been taken on by his colleague Glen Sutherland, ____10____ posts on the station information board have set off a wave of enthusiasm to copy the practice across the capital.