When I was 7, my family made an ant farm for me. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to   (1)  .

   After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels (隧道). it seemed that each one knew   (2)  what to do. Each one had its own job.

   One day some   (3)   things happened to the ant farm. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels   (4)  . And many ants began to die one by one. I was scared as I watched them give up   (5)   their tunnels to carry die bodies (尸体) to a comer of the farm.

   My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Over the years, I have   (6)   the importance of teamwork. Working together, the   (7)   were able to make an amazing word for themselves.

   But there was an even bigger   (8)   that I did not realise until recently: the bad   (9)   is a natural part of life. We should try to accept it. We have to realise that if a tunnel is gone, we just have to build   (10)  . I will remember this forever.

It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents(事故) can happen easily and quickly.

One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes(洞) in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.

How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire（愿望）to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carrycookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

Wang Ling, a middle school girl, felt angry with her parents after getting a boy’s phone call. “A classmate called me to discuss homework. We talked__ 36__just a few minutes before my parents got mad,” said the girl. “They asked whether I liked the boy. I said I didn’t, _37__ they wouldn’t believe me.”

Wang’s trouble is not strange at all because puppy love (早恋) becomes a big headache for _38__ parents and schools. They worry that puppy love will be bad for __39__. Her school makes it a rule not to allow any talk or any physical contact (身体接触)__40_  one boy and one girl alone.

Many students say they understand __ 41__ parents and teachers are so nervous about puppy love. But some think they are going too far. “We have our own thoughts and we know what to _42_ with it,” said Wang Ling.

 Another girl, Jiang Ting, liked making friends with boys. “Boys and girls can learn from each other,” she said. “My mother asks me to study hard. but she __43__ stops me from making friends with boys.” Once Jiang told her mother she might fall in love with a boy. Her mother let Jiang make __ 44__ own decision. Soon Jiang found that she didn’t like him any more because the boy was not as__ 45 __ as what she had thought before. And she did worse and worse in her subjects because she spent much on it. At last she understood the worry from schools and most parents about puppy love.

  Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English, but not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother language. In fact, Chinese is much more difficult to      (1)  than English.

 Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very     (2)  . If you don’t see them, you may think they are Chinese. What __    (3)  them successful?

 “For me, conversation is the most helpful. I try to speak in     (4)  . If you only listen to what others speak, you will be good at     (5)  . But if you talk as     (6)  as you can, you will find you can speak good Chinese,” says Jenny Brown, an English girl. Now she is    (7)  Chinese at Beijing University. She is interested in China and    (8)  history. She thinks that to learn a language, one must try to know     (9)  about the country.

 Chinese is different from English,     (10)  we can use the same way in learning it. It is conversation.

Someone says, “Time is money。” But I think time is 41         important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is   42            it’ll never   43           . That’s   44            we mustn’t waste time。

  45            is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do   46           useful.

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and  47           . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own  48           .

In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t  49            today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to  50          

Today, I want to write something about my mother. When I had something difficult to do, I often asked my mother for 46    . But she always said, “Do it yourself, dear.” For example, one day, I decided 47        some friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order(整齐的). I asked my mother to help me clean it, but she still said, “Do it yourself, girl.” Because of my “lazy mother”, I had to wash my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents do 48    . As time goes by, I understand my mother. She made me clever and diligent (勤奋的) .49    a great mother! A 50   mother is worth（等值于）one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so?

“ Is it because it holds up my head?” I asked. “No, it is because it can hold a head of a friend or a loved one when they    24    .”She answered. “ Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life. I only hope that you have enough love and friends’ in your life. So, you will    25    have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”