Several years ago, I was at a train station in Amsterdam. I saw a young homeless man  (1)   people for money so he could buy breakfast. Most of the   (2)   simply took no notice of the young man or gave him a dirty look. There was one exception(例外) though: an older, well-dressed lady. When the young homeless man moved   (3)   this elegant lady, she turned and looked straight into his eyes and   (4)   asked, “How much do you need?” I couldn’t hear what the young man said but watched   (5)   the old woman pulled several bills from her wallet and   (6)   them in the young man’s hands.

I don’t know whether the young man actually used this money for breakfast or for some other purpose. What I do know is that I saw two completely different reactions(反应) to the same    (7)  . I saw people who were either afraid or annoyed or distrustful(猜疑的). And then I saw this old lady who   (8)   the homeless man as her brother. I decided then and there that, even though we have to be   (9)   in this world, I would rather be like her.

Every day may bring us many chances for   (10)  . The key is to do it or not.

  A 92-year-old lady moved into a nursing home(颐养院）。Although she was blind,her hair and clothes looked very nice .

   Her husband of 70 years had recently passed away,__  (1)  __she had to move out of her old house.After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home,she smiled sweetly  when I told her that her room was __  (2)  __.In the elevator(电梯),I began to ___  (3)  __her room.

  ‘I love it ,”she smiled with the excitement .“But you haven’t seen the room,just wait” I said.

   “That doesn’t have __  (4)  ___to do with it,”she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time(提前）。Whether I like my room or not doesn’t ___  (5)  ____the furniture. It is how I arrange(安排) my____  (6)  _____.I have already decided to love it.It is a decision I make every morning when I wake up.I have two choices:I can __  (7)  ____they day in bed complaining about the parts of my body that no longer work,or get out of bed and thank the ones that still do.Each day is a gift,and ___  (8)  ___my eyes open I will focus on（集中） the new day and all the happy memories in my life. Old age is like a bank account(账户):You ___  (9)  ___from what you’ve put in .I am still putting in .

   If you want to be happy,please remember these five simple rules:

   Free your heart from hate.

   Free your mind from worries.

   Live simply.

   Give more.

   Expect less.

   Then your __  (10)  ____will increase(增加）every day.

  In your school, are you allowed to choose the subjects you want to learn? Of course, the answer is “No” here in China.

    In America there is a school trying something new. At a high school in Florida，students will be able to choose their own classes. We all know that some students are better at some subjects than others. Some students plan to go on to college，while others will not. At this school students are able to find subjects they are interested in, and possibly even find the field they would like to go into after school. They are allowed to choose a subject like biology, math, a foreign language, or study skills like computer or car repair .

    Some people think this is a good idea, because it helps students think about what they want to do in the future, and the school helps to give them the knowledge and skills needed to get there. They say that giving the students the chance to choose their own classes makes high school more interesting. Others disagree. They think that fourteen-year-old teenagers are too young to know what they will want to do in the future.

    How do you think? Would you like to be able to choose your own classes? Many useful changes have been made in education, but seeing the differences in each student is also important. How can we help each student become a better student?

 Have you ever wanted to stop eating something sweet but you just couldnˈt?Is the first thing you do when you get home from school to look in the biscuit tin?Can you eat a huge bar of chocolate all by yourself?Can you say"no"to sweets at parties? If you canˈt,then there is a reason…perhaps youˈre a sugar addict(有瘾的人)! Does that sound funny?Well,doctors say that people who eat sweets regularly can easily become addicted to sugar.Whatˈs more,most sugar addicts donˈt even realize that theyˈre addicted!Sugar addiction is serious because it can reallydamageyour health.Doctors say that we should eat food which is healthy such as fresh fruits and vegetables,and that we shouldnˈt eat a lot of sugar,fat or fast food.But sugar addicts canˈt follow this advice.They know they must stop eating sweet food,but they canˈt.So what can you do if you think youˈre addicted to the taste of sugar?Well,here is some advice：   

   Eat some fresh fruits when yon really want something sweet to eat.

   Cut down on sweet food slowly.Donˈt try to stop eating it all at once

   You have to tell your parents.If they know,they will help you.

We know from the passage that we should eat___________ to keep healthy.

You can become addicted to sugar easily if you______________ according to the passage.

The underlined word"damage"means_______.

What can we learn from the passage?

The passage mainly talks about______________.

Why are so many people afraid to fail? Quite simply because we forget that failure (失败) is part of the human life. Every person is able to fight failure and finally succeed.

Most parents try hard to stop their children from knowing that they have failed. They don’t tell children that they are failed. One way is to lower standards(标准). When a child finishes making a table, its mother describes it as "Fantastic", though the table isn't good at all. Another way is to blame others. If John fails science, the mother will say his teacher is unfair or foolish.

There's a problem with the two ways. It makes a child unprepared for life in the real world. Young children need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child often feels terrible, of course, when he is not invited to a birthday party, or is not chosen into a football team. But parents should not say "It doesn't matter" quickly. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment(失望) — and be helped to come out of it.

Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both children and their parents. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it. You must learn to ask "Why did I fail?" Don't blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about asking them. Success just repeats what has been done. It is not as good a teacher as failure. You can learn how to give a good party from an unsuccessful one.

You don’t have to give thousands of dollars to help someone. Sarah, a girl from Michigan, the USA, （1）just by giving her （2）_. Sarah was seriously ill when she was a baby. It is difficult for her to move. Sarah has to   (1)   around with a walker. （4）_, the 11-year-old girl doesn’t give up, she uses her experience to help others.

Last summer, Sarah   (2)   three days a week for seven weeks at the Grand Rapids Comprehensive Therapy(治疗) Center. She was one of （6）_patients for“Therapy and Fun”, a program for special-needs children, Sarah’s （7）_ was to help the special needs children and provide them （8）_advice and encouragement(鼓励).

Sarah says that she’s（9）_ she can share her knowledge with others, and that working at the center taught her a lot, too.”I feel my life is getting better because I can help others in my way,”she said. Mary Van, Sarah’s fourth-grade teacher, said that,”Sarah has the help of other students around her, but she shows them that she’s there （10）_ them too.”

 Who’s building the new China? It’s not the factory owners or the businessmen. It’s the people who have left their homes to follow their dreams ,the dreams of a better life.

   We can see them every day, on every street corner, on every construction field（建筑工地） in cities, They work day and night even in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters the cinemas, and the supermarkets. They ever clean up our rubbish. They’re China’s migrant workers. Young and old, men and women are building the new China.

   More than 140 million migrant workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize there will be many difficulties such as prejudice(偏见) and discrimination(歧视) from the people in cities.

   So many things need to be changed. The first is discrimination! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, they may not have everything people in cities have, but they are good and honest people just trying to live better. These worker are very important and necessary to China’s economic development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They’ re building the new Child. So we should lend our hands and help them.

One Sunday, my son asked me if he could ride up to his primary school on his bike and meet his friend. He wanted both of them to ride back to our house so they could play video games and jump on the trampoline (蹦床). I have to admit(承认), part of me wanted to say no. We could go to pick him up or his parents could bring him over here, I thought.But my son is eleven years old now. And after all, I do let him ride his bike to school. But I also drive my daughter to school and I can see him on the way, making sure he is getting there safely.

My husband thinks I am overprotective. I don’t dare(敢于) to let my children walk anywhere without one of us going along. As you go out of our neighborhood, there is a shopping center across the street. My son always asks if he can ride his bike or walk over to the drugstore(药店) by himself. But crossing that street is just too dangerous. The cars fly around the corner like they’re driving in a car race. What if he gets hurt? What if some teenager bullies(欺凌) are hanging out in the parking lot?

I want so much to give my children the freedom that I enjoyed having when I was growing up but I couldn’t make my decision to do so, because there are dangers around every corner. Too many kidnaps(绑架). I went online and discovered there are 41 kidnaps in my area alone.

I honestly don’t think my mom worried about such things when her children were young.

Growing up in the 1970s was indeed very different. I never wore a helmet(头盔) when I rode a bike. We were all over the neighborhood, on our bikes and on foot, coming home for dinner and then back out again until dark. We rode in the back of the truck and didn’t wear seat belts. I walked to and from school every day.

Most of us in China are used to paying for almost everything with our phones. But for foreign visitors who aren’t familiar with this method, it may seem strange. According to the country’s Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong. During Singapore’s National Day on August 20, Lee told the people about his first experience with Chinese payment methods.

Lee was waiting in line to buy chestnuts at a street stall in Shanghai and saw other customers show their phone and take the chestnuts without giving any cash. Soon after, he realized that the customers were using WeChat Pay, reported the Straits Times.

Lee pointed out that Singapore lags behind in mobile payments. “When visitors from China find that they have to use cash here, they ask, ‘How can Singapore be so backward?’,” Lee said.

With more and more Chinese tourists going abroad, lots of foreign companies and agencies accepted Chinese mobile payment, like WeChat Pay and Ali Pay. According to Xinhua News Agency, WeChat Pay has covered in 13 foreign countries and regions and Alipay over 200. So it is common to see a blue or green QR code in the mall of some foreign countries.

Maybe in the near future, when you travel to other countries, what you have to take is your smartphone.