Friendship is always the center in our life. Friends often influence（影响）our health and life. More and more people are turning towards their friends for  (1)  and sharing. We may have a very unclear understanding of what makes a friend,   (2)  we all want to have many good friends around us. There are certain steps that can  (3)  you friends or help you get close to those whom you want to make friends with.

   The first step to make friends with someone is to make him  (4)  you. If they don't like you in the beginning, it isn't  (5)  for them to become your friends. To let someone know that you're   (6)  him, a little smile and calling him by his name can  (7)  .To make the other person feel  (8)  ,you need to be a good  (9)  and encourage（鼓励）the other person to talk. Give your honest and real opinions（意见）but do not make fun of him or her.

   The second step is to fully understand each other. You need to  (10)  his or her opinions. So you also need to have a habit（习惯）of seeing things from the other person's point of view（观点）．

   The third and final step is to show your support and encouragement towards your friend.

Friends are very important in people’s lives. Some friends have   (1)   views and interests, and   (2)   like the same things. Should friends be different   (3)   the same? In my opinion（意见）. I don’t care. I have two best friends, Wang Lei and Lin Ying. Wang Lei   (4)   like me. I am   (5)   than most of the students in my class, and Wang Lei is also quiet. And we both enjoy   (6)   . On weekends, we often go to the library to do some reading. But the other friend of mine, Lin Ying, is   (7)   different from me. She is much more outgoing, and she likes   (8)   and often makes me laugh. She also likes   (9)  , so she is more athletic. I don’t think differences are important in a   (10)  . What’s your opinion?

People experience stress in their lives. It may be from taking a test or raising children. Stress is a fact of life for most people. You (  (1)  not be able to get away from stress, but you can look for ways to lower it. Long-term stress can   (2)   disease, so what can you do to prevent the effects of stress?

Taking care of   (3)   is one of the best ways. Exercise is a good way. It helps keep you  (4)   and it reduces stress. Sleep at least nine hours a night. Eat healthy food    (5)    your body can work well.

Learning to relax is  (6)  way to prevent the effects of stress. One way to relax is to do deep breathing exercise. It  (7)  you to bring in more oxygen to keep your mind clear, and help your muscles (肌肉)work better. Deep breathing slows down your heart rate and relaxes you.

Try to look for the humor (幽默)in life. Laughter really can be the best  (8)  Perhaps you enjoy  (9)  music or reading a book. Perhaps you like to chat with your friends, or maybe you like to travel to different places. If you can find a good way to re­lax, you will live a   (10)      and healthy life.

    A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress management(管理). He raised a glass of water and asked them, "How  (1)  do you think this glass of water is?"

The students began to think and  (2)  . Their answers are different, from 20g to 500g.

"It does not matter on the real  (3)  . It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a  (4)  it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a  (5)  . It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down,  (6)  for a while before holding it up again."

"If we carry our burdens  (7)  sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to  (8)  the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on."

So  (9)  you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to  (10)  ourselves.

Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

Do you think of your parents? “Yes, of course. ” you may answer, “I often buy presents   (1)   my parents on their birthday . ” Then what about the other days of a year? Always remember to think of your parents, not just on some   (2)   days.

I have a friend. She   (3)   alone, because her parents live in a different city. One day I went to see her. We had a   (4)   talk. Then she wanted to make a telephone call. She dialed (拨) the number, but then she put down the   (5)  . After about ten seconds, she dialed the number again. “Hi, Mom …”

Later, I asked, “Why did you dial the number   (6)  ?” She said, “My parents are old. They can’t get   (7)   the telephone quickly(快速地). I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them   (8)   time to answer the call. ”

My friend is just such(这样) a good girl. She is always   (9)   her parents, so why not   (10)   her? You’ll also be a good son or daughter.

He stood __39_ the garbage can and looked through it.

The man looked up in ___  (2)    (3)  __and took what I gave him. A big _45__ was on his face and this made me feel very happy. With that, he _46__ me happily and started to walk away.

   I got a ___47_ feeling inside and I knew that I had done something good. I now _48_ what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”.

   Although it only took a little action and a few __49__ , I learned the greatest lesson about kindness. Everyone in the world __50__ help, and everyone can give help.

There was a football game on our school football field last week. We played    (1)     a team from a country school. They didn’t come  (2)     the last minute. They looked worse than we thought. They were wearing    (3)    clothes and looked like farm boys. We were sure we must be the     (4)   because we were always the best. 

We found in    (5)    that they did much better than us after the game began. They    (6)    their best and they always played as a team. But we didn’t. Finally, we     (7)    the game and we all felt unhappy. 

We thought much   (8)    the game. We’re too proud (骄傲). We’re good players, but we can’t   (9)  win. For us, the most important     (10)    is: One can’t judge (判断) a person only by his clothes. We’ll never forget the game!

There was once a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace，Many artists    (1)  ．The king looked at all the pictures．But there were only two he really liked，and he had to choose    (2)   them．

There was a calm lake in one picture．The lake was a perfect mirror and peaceful towering(高大的)mountains were all around it．Overhead was a blue    (3)   with light white clouds All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace．

The other picture had mountains，too．But they were bare(光秃秃的)and had rough rocks．

Above was a(n)   (4)   sky，from which rain    (5)   and in which lightning flashed．Down the side of the mountain a waterfall fell quickly．This did not look peaceful    (6)   ．

 But when the king looked    (7)   ，he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush     (8)   ina crack (裂缝)in the rock．In the bush a mother bird had built her nest．There，in the middle of the rush of angry water，sat the mother bird on her nest—in perfect peace．

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture．Do you know   (9)  ?

‘‘Because，’’explained the king，‘‘peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise，trouble，or hard work，Peace    (10)  to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart．That is the real meaning of peace．”

An elderly builder was ready to retire. He told his boss that he wanted to leave the house-building business and live a more leisure life with his  56 and enjoy his big family. Although he needed to retire, he would miss the pay that it could deal with the life  57 .

    The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one  58   house as a personal favor. The builder said yes，but at that time it was easy to see  59  he was not careful. It was an unfortunate way to end a devoted career(忠诚的事业).

   60  the builder finished his work，his boss came to inspect the house. Then he  61 the front-door key to the builder and said，“This is your house... my gift to you.”

    The builder was  62 ！What a shame（羞愧）！If he had only known he was building his  63   house, he would have done it all so differently.

    So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting  64  than our best into the building. Then，with a shock，we realize we have to live in the  65  we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.

Life is a do-it-yourself project. Your attitude and the choices you made today help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore，build wisely！

 The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He    (1)  me with a puzzle—all because he waved to me like someone does on seeing a close friend. There was a big,    (2)  smile on his face. For the next few days I tried to  (3)  his face to see if I knew him. I didn’t. Perhaps he had    (4)  me for someone else. By the time I was quite sure that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.

Then one day I found out the truth. As I drove near to the school he was standing in the middle of the road  (5)  his stop sign, I was in line behind four cars. After the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered his sign and let the cars through. To the first car he waved and smiled in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car got the same  (6)  from the crossing guard, and the driver, a businessman, gave a short wave back. Each of the following car of kidson their way to school responded heartily.

Every morning I continued to watch the man with  (7)   . So far I haven’t seen anyone  (8)  to wave back. I find it interesting that one person can make such a(n)    (9)  to so many people’s lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmly. His cheerfulness armed the start of my day. With a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the  (10)  of the whole neighborhood.