In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their own hobbies. They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can’t. So they’re usually very confident. As a ____  (1)  ____, US boys and girls hope to be actors, players and doctors; many children ___（2）____ want to become presidents when they grow up.

   US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities together with their classmates at_（3）___. They believe that ____  (2)  ____ in these activities can make their children mature. Schoolwork is ____  (3)  ____, but they think that social skills are also very important.

   But things in China are ____  (4)  ____, Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass ____  (5)  ____. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting ____  (6)  ____. This puts a lot of ____  (7)  ___ on Chinese students, so leaders in China’s education department have called for ____  (8)  ___ homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults.

My family moved into our home nine years ago and we called the area in front of our house “rock garden”   (1)   it was full of rocks.

Last summer, I found a tiny little   (2)   in the yard. I didn’t know its name, but I knew I   (3)   plant it. We decided to let it go on growing until we could   (4)   what it was. Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the unknown plant, I noticed the flower   (5)   to be a sunflower. I decided to treat it with care and clear away the grass   (6)   it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the grass, I noticed something   (7)  . The sunflower had begun   (8)   a big rock. It was really surprising.

   From what I   (9)  , I got to know that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its   (10)   of growing up, we should also have the ability of doing the   (11)    thing. As a result, We need to believe in   (12)  , keeping in mind that we have the   (13)   in making our dreams come true. Like the sunflower, it was sure of the success.

Stand tall like   (14)  , be proud of who and what you are and everything around you will begin to   (15)   you. You will find a way to reach your dream.

Different people have different hobbies. We students also have our own hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in our gardens and looking after animals. ____  (1)  ____ can make us grow, develop (发展) our interests and help us learn new ____  (2)  ____.

   Lib Tao is a student. His hobby is ____  (3)  ____. When he was in middle school, he wrote a book and published (出版) it in 2012. Many teenagers ____  (4)  ____ his book. As a result, he becomes a successful young ____  (5)  ___ now. Liu Tao is very lucky ____  (6)  ____ his hobby brings him happiness and success. But he regards writing ____  (7)  ____ only one of his many hobbies and interests. He is ____  (8)  ____ in many other things. He likes playing football, too. Now he is a member of his school team.

   Remember that we ____  (9)  ____ spend all our time on our favorite hobby. There are many other interesting things. ____  (10)  ____ in life, and we should try to do something new or different.

Once upon a time, there was a very old man called Yu Gong. He lived with his family in a village and there were two big and  (1)   mountains near his house. They spent a long time  (2)  to the other side.

 One day, Yu Gong told his family that they must move the mountains to other places.

  (3)   this, everyone in his family was laughing at him. One of his sons said, “Are you kidding?" “No. I'm serious and all of you must do it with me, " Yu Gong answered. Everyone was   (4)   at that time. They really didn't want to do it, but they had to do because the oldest man in the family was   (5)   important person at that time.

 The next day everyone in Yu Gong's family started to dig the mountains. They put the stones and the earth   (6)   the sea. One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children

  (7)  the mountains. He told Yu Gong he would never do it. But Yu Gong said though he was   (8)   and would die, his family could continue to move the mountains. Then they kept on digging day after day and year after year.

 Finally a god was so moved by Yu Gong   (9)   he sent two gods to help Yu Gong move the mountains away.

The   (10)  reminds us that you can never know what's possible unless you try to make it happen.

It is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of   (1)  ? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. If he notices that he is  (2)  , he may feel uncomfortable. It is the same in daily life. When you are looked at for several 

  (3)   times, you will look  (4)  up and down in order to   (5)  if there is anything wrong with you. If   (6)   goes wrong, you will feel angry with the person who is looking at you.   (7)   can speak, right?

     Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are   (8)  . If you wish to draw someoneˈs   (9)   , you may look at him or her for more than ten seconds. For lovers, they enjoy looking at each other longer to show the love that words cannot   (10)  . Clearly, eye communication should be done according to the relationship between the two people and the certain situation.

More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world. Of all these languages, English is  (1)   used. When it is used, the English language has also   (2)   many new words from other languages. For example, Americans borrowed “cookbook” from   (3)  . They also borrowed “tofu” and “kowtow” from Chinese.

  (7)  hand, Chinese people love cats very much. But   (8)  western culture, “cat” is sometimes used to describe a woman who is cruel. The rose is   (9)   a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose   (10)   love, peace, courage and friendship.

   Like Christmas Day, Boxing Day is a national holiday in England. This means it's a non－working day for all English. When it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the follow－hag ___(1)__ is a holiday.

   The start of the holiday is not clear, but one thing is for sure: it __(2)__ love and sharing. Here is a story" about how this festival began. It is about the "Alms Box" in __(3)___ church on Christmas Day. People who went to the church put gifts for the poor into it. The day after Christmas, they always ___(4)___ these boxes and got the gifts in them. That is why that day became known as Boxing Day.

   Today, many organizations and families try to keep the tradition of Boxing Day alive by giving their time, services and money to help Food Banks, giving gifts to the poor, or helping families in need. What's ___(5)___ spending time with family and shopping are popular now. Are you looking forward to enjoying it?

I don’t like my parents. They __（1）___ tell me I should do this, and I should not do that. It sometimes makes me ___（2）__,” said Cheng Zixin, a middle school student in Fuzhou. Do you have the same __  (1)  __? Why does it seem that some parents are so __  (2)  ___ in their children’s eyes?

   Since you were born, your parents have worried about everything about you. They __  (3)  ___ about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your schoolwork, __  (4)  ___ sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up __（7）___ and happily.

   So how can you ___（8）__ things easier on yourself? It’s easier __  (5)  __ you think. Just let your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else __  (6)  __ than usual. Say  __  (7)  ___ to them when you are wrong. Take responsibility(责任) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about __（12）___ with you. Most of all, try to __（13）___ them. They are still __  (8)  __ being parents and need your help, too. Someday, when you become a parent, they may give you advice on how to get on with your __  (9)  ___.

 As we know, rainforests are the lung of the earth. They   (1)   about 6% of the earth’s surface. Half of the animals on Earth live in rainforests. The sloth(树懒) is one of them.

   The sloth lives in the tree   (2)   30 meters of the ground. It is the most interesting animal I know. It looks like a panda or a monkey. It always moves very slowly,   (3)   when it is in danger. But you can’t imagine (想像) it is good at swimming. When it is in the   (4)  , it can swim like a big fish.

   Many people think it is a kind of   (5)  animal. Why? The sloth needs to  (6)   15 to 20 hours sleeping in the tree in the daytime. Yes, it does nothing   (7)   sleeping during the daytime. Maybe that’s the   (8)   why people think it’s lazy. When does it eat meals? Of course at night. It   (9)  _ leaves of the trees. It eats nothing else. So it   (10)   live without forests.

   The sloth is a kind of rare(珍稀) animal. If we can’t protect it well, it will die out one day.

A man and a woman had been married for more than sixty years. The old woman had a   (1)   on the top of her closet. She told her husband   (2)  to open it or ask her about it.

   For all these years, he had never   (3)   the box. But one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldnˈt get better.

   Days before the woman passed away, she   (4)   her husband the box. Inside, there were two beautifully crocheted doilies (钩针编织的桌垫) and over $ 25,000.

   "When we got married, my grandmother told me the _  (5)   of a happy marriage was to never argue," said the woman. She told me that   (6)   I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet (编织) a doily.

   The old man was so ____  (7)  ___ . Only two doilies were in the box. She had only been angry with him ___(8)___ in all those years of living and loving. He was very happy.

   "Sweetheart, that explains the doilies," he said, "But what about all the ____  (8)  ___? Where did it all come __  (9)  __?"

   "Oh, thatˈs the money I made from selling the doilies," she said.

   A few days later, the woman died.