This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady.   (1)   her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.

This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home（养老院）．The nursing home was very      (2)  . After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready.      (3)   the way to her room, I told her what the room was like.

Suddenly she said, “I love  (4)  !”

“But Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.

She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture(家具) is   (5)  . It depends on how I decide to   (6)   the room. I have already decided to love the room before I actually see it.”

Then she continued, “I have a   (7)  . I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can   (8)   enjoy a new day. Each day is a      (9)   , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account（账户）before.”

    Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of   (10)     in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.

Attitude（态度）is everything.

Experts (专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closed, begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students — “early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.

A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.

Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.

Ren Fangfang is a middle school student in Beichuan, Sichuan Province. Like other children. She used to live a happy life with her family.

In 2008, the big earthquake destroyed(摧毁) Fangfang’s house. To rebuild the house, Fangfang’s father borrowed much money from the bank and the family was heavily indebt. Facing the pressure(压力) of life, Fangfang’s mother left. The next year, Fangfang’s grandpa died of cancer. And her grandma got serious eye disease.

To make a living, Fangfang’s father went to work in a big city. Fangfang, the seven-year-old girl, had to take care of her grandma at home all by herself. In the face of difficulties, Fangfang never lost hope. In order to save money, she walked to school for three hours every day. After school, she cooked dinner for her grandma and did all the chores. She could only do her homework after her grandma went to sleep at night. Till 2016, she had done these for six years!

“ I just want to help my father and make my grandma happy. I miss my father very much, so I send a message to him every day. I think he will feel warm when he reads it,” Fangfang said.

This kind girl was selected as The Most Beautiful Filial Youth(最美孝心少年) in 2016. And she went to CCTV to accept the prize. “I’m so proud of my daughter. I believe our lives will become better and better,” said Fangfang’s father.

Very often, newly born babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled (多皱纹的) or hairless, or they have an angry look on their faces. They seem to say, "Get away! I hate everybody." But to a parent, that hairless, wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect baby in the world. When that proud father or mother asks you, "Well, what do you think of my baby? Isn't she beautiful?" What are you going to say? is it the time for the truth? Of course not!

    You look at that proud father and say, "Yes, she is! She is really a beauty. She is one in a million. She is going to be a movie star! I can tell, she is as beautiful as a picture."

    In English, this is a white lie. White lies don't hurt people. They are not cruel or angry words. People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don't want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don't like at a friend's house, they tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don't want to hurt anyone.

    It's important to be honest, but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important. What do you think, my friends?

Everybody has to face bad days in their life. Some face helplessness. Some face danger. And some face losing.  (1)  can run away from it. Two things are always together like  (2)  and sadness, laugh and cry,  (3)  and illness, morning and night, good days and bad days.

When bad days come to a person, he can’t understand  (4)  is going on at first. But after some time, he realizes his ability and starts trying to  (5)  it. After a  (6)  journey, he comes out finally. But when he looks back on it, he will find the journey meaningful because he learns a lot  (7)  it.

First, he learns  (8)   If he wants love, he should love others first. If he wants happiness, he must give happiness to others. Everything is in his hand. He only needs to give first.   (9)  , he learns about the importance of family. It’s important not only because it  (10)  us with a place to live in, but also it is a place full of love, care and safety.

Read the passage and choose the best answer to complete the passage.

    Some of the friends have pets at home. A pet brings the family a lot of fun, but there is one problem: the pet doesn't live long enough. When a pet dog or eat dies, the owner will feel ____  (1)  ___. When you tell the people around you about how you feel, they may just keep saying, "Come on, it's just a dog!" And this makes you angry. Is a dog just an animal? Is its death nothing ____  (2)  ____? The truth is that it matters much to us.

    The death of a pet is very different from the death of a person, but we can still learn ____  (3)  ____ from it. In fact, grieving (悲伤) for a pet is necessary. Many people think that their pets are like ____  (4)  ___ of their family. Sometimes they are our best friends. They love us and we ___  (5)  ____ about them.

    If your pet dies, think about the following.

    * Hold a meeting so you can say ____  (6)  ___.

    * If you feel very sad, talk about ____  (7)  ___ you feel with anyone who will listen to you.

    * Use special words to ____  (8)  ____ your pet, because the pet has lived with you for a long time and has brought you much fun.

    Hannah, a ten year-old girl, did something else after her eat, Tasha, had an accident and died. She said, "I knew I couldn't bring Tasha ____  (9)  ___. A few months later I went to the animal hospital. I met a lovely little cat there. I took it home. That meant I saved its life. We remembered Tasha by ____  (10)  ____ another cat a home."

A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something __  (1)  _____.”

“We don’t go into a house ___  (2)  ____ ” they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth, this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and __  (3)  ____ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”     The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We are so ___  (4)  ___.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ___  (5)  _____ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the ___  (6)  ____ advice. The woman went out and asked, “____  (7)  ____ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and _  (8)  __ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I __  (9)  _____ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ___  (10)  ___ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

“Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher（哲学家）Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets（预算）.

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1,000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus（关注）on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is useful in many ways.

When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode（解码）them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck did well in playing the piano.

 We can't remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table．This happens a lot，especially when we eat out．Once a dish comes，instead of lifting our chopsticks，we take out our mobiles and click．Later，we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat，waiting to be "liked"．Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal，to see whether we get "liked" or not．We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal．

Does that sound familiar to you？Do you do that often？If not，how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you？

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good．Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant．To test this，some researchers did an experiment．Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food．As a result，it showed that the more photos they took，                ．So，why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you？

Besides the scientific result，there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals．After posting the photos onto the Internet，one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times．"Does everyone like my photos？I hope a lot of people like them!" It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time，even when you are with real people．

So，next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends，how about not taking photos of food？Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you．Trust me，it will be a wonderful time．