Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people … these acts of kindness seem very s  (1)  . But students at James Middle School know that such small acts make the world a better place.

    Eighth-graders from James Middle School, took part in the Acts of Kindness Week from March 31 to April 4. During the week, they  t  (2)   their best to do kind things for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, started the activity, she always showed kindness in her daily life. “I believe the world is changed by small things,” she said. Over the week, to her surprise, Murray also found great c  (3)   in her class.

    Before that, she always needed to ask her students to push the chairs in or turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things by t  (4)  . They learned to care more about others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a  difference. Hailey decides to c  (5)   to do at least one act of kindness every week. She believes her acts could encourage others.

One day a man went to see his doctor and said to him, “I have swallowed(吞) a horse, s___(1)__ I felt very ill.”

The doctor thought f___(2)__ a few seconds and then said, “All right. Let me h___(3)__ you. Please l__(4)___ down on the bed.” The doctor’s nurse gave the man an injection(注射). The man soon went to s_  (1)  __ and the doctor went out quickly to look f_  (2)  __ a horse in the town.

After half an h_  (3)  __ the doctor found a h_  (4)  _, bought it and took it back. When the man woke up. He saw a horse s__  (5)  _ in front of him. The doctor said, “I’ve taken it out of your stomach, and it would give you no more trouble now.”

The man l__  (6)  _ at the horse and said, “But doctor, my horse is white and this one is brown.”

Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in2008. Its p__(1) ___ is to make sure all children can have education. Now the non-profit organization is  b___(2)___ a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin America. 

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy  s__(3) ___ him and asked for money on the street. Mr. Braun asked the boy w__(4) ___ he would want, if he could have anything in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’. So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and e__(5) ___. I realized he had never been to  s__(6) ___ before ,and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world.” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, but he  n__(7) ___ forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a c__(8) ___ to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child. So I promised to help  c__(9) ___that world .”  Braun said.

Mr Braun  r__(10) ___ money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise schoolin Laos five years ago. Since then, his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos and Ghana.

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In modern society the competition is so enough, but team spirit can lead us to success. Team spirit means the willingness of people to work t  (1)  and help each other as part of a team. With this spirit, people try hard to make their team the best of all. E  (2)  has experienced team spirit one way or another, w  (3)   they were part of a team or saw a group of people cheer for their favourite player. There are different kinds of team spirit. One kind is the connection between a team of people because their efforts and cooperation(合作) are needed in reaching a particular goal. Another kind is when a group of people s  (4)  a person or a team. Another is people’s natural love for and pride in their country, w  (5)  all the people of the nation cheer for their country in competitions.

Team spirit creates various good effects. It creates friendship and trust(信任) between people who may not get along well when they don’t have such team spirit. There may also be bad effects. Too great team spirit may c  (6)  fights or quarrels with other team members.

Some people don’t u  (7)  team spirit properly. They think team spirit means having to become a m  (8)  of a team or a fan club. In fact, team spirit can be built anywhere---between friends, coworkers or e  (9)  between two people sitting next to each other. You don’t h  (10)  to wear the team spirit clothes. Anyone can show team spirit just by showing support for the goal.

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Teenagers and their parents always think differently. Children always hate the ___(1)___ asked by their parents. Here are some of them.

Such problems often happen to teenagers and their parents. Maybe ___(7)___ sides should have some changes and try to understand each other better. For parents, they may let the children be free to deal with their __(8)___ problems. For children, they’d better ask their parents for some advice.

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    Are you the first or the last child in your family? Or are you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters about the birth order in the family. But there are different    (1)    (idea) about what birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children   (2)   (be) smart and strong-willed. They are very likely    (3)    (succeed). The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child   (4)    give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for   (5)    same reason. What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, so they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost  in the crowd. The youngest child, however, often gets special attention. Often this child grows up to be happy.

    But a recent study saw things quite differently. The study found that the first children believed in family rules. They didn't take many chances in their life. They usually followed orders. But rules didn't mean as much to the other children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.

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About three years ago, I felt very lonely（孤独的）. I didn’t like my classmates, my parents or a_____(1)_____ else. My classmates didn’t want to talk w_____(2)_____me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the most u_____(3)_____person in the world.

    One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was s_____(4)_____ angry that I hit（打） him in the face. Just at that time, a boy stood up and s_____(5)_____the fight. He was the monitor(班长) of our class.

   After that, he often helped me and we became good f _____(6)_____ Whenever（无论何时）I got angry or sad, he would help m_____(7)_____ to cool down. My life began to change（变化）because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. As time goes by. I have become happier with people and things. And it

s_____(8)_____ that people around me have changed, too. My parents don’t shout（大声喊）at me any more and my classmates become f_____(9)_____to me.

     But now I can’t often see my best friend because he is seriously ill（生病的）and is s_____(10)_____in hospital. How I miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon.

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Li Ting, a 26-year-old girl from China,       (1)     (live) in the USA since she was 7. She always follows the rules and laws and never makes trouble. She enjoys       (2)    (work) at a technology company. But in September 2017, she began to worry      (3)    her future.

It all started from a decision US President Donald Trump      (4)    on Sept 5^th: ending a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA,童年抵美者暂缓遣返计划). Nearly 800,000 young people in the US       (5)   (protect) by the program and Li Ting is one of them.

Passed by former president Barack Obama in 2012, DACA allows immigrants(移民) who were brought to the US illegally(非法地) as children to stay in the country. Mainly from Mexico, Asia and Latin America, these immigrants, called “dreamers”, are now in their    (6) (twenty). Under the program, they can apply (申请) to live, study, and work legally in the US for two years. After that, they can apply for longer stay.

But now, the dreamers only have about 6 to 24 months      (7)   they become illegal and are asked to leave the country. This has caused a great stir(轩然大波).

Already considering      (8)   as Americans, the dreamers have played    (9)   important role in US society through their hard work. For example, about 10,000 students in the US will lose their teachers if the dreamers all leave, reported the New York Times.

Many people in the country are against the move. The US government said it will wind down(逐步废除) DACA in the next six months and is finding     (10)  (solution) to replace it.

Today, we are living a rapid life. We always try to get things done quickly. On weekdays, we are busy s  (1)   or working. One of the p  (2)   is that we don’t have enough exercise. We all know August 8^th is National Fitness Day. If we exercise for one hour a day, we will work healthily for 50 years and live a happy life forever.

Scientists have f  (3)  that people who often exercise are h  (4)  than those who don’t, whether they do it indoors or outdoors. According to a survey, students can learn better and feel less stressed when they have more t  (5)   to play sports at school. Many young women enjoy doing yoga(瑜伽) or dancing to relax and stay t  (6)   . In some housewives’ o  (6)  , doing housework is a good way to burn calories(卡路里). It can keep them moving while getting their house in order. To be s  (7)   and full of energy , some men like running, riding bicycles or playing ball games.

You will be healthy b  (8)  in the body and mind by doing exercise. This weekend, don’t make any plans, just get up e  (9)  and start exercising.

Do your parents check your text? Answer your phone? Read your diary ? If so, you must be upset. SO here are three  (1)  that may help you.

Step 1 Get their Trust

Trust is the key to getting more space from your parents.  (2)  you don’t tell them the truth and break their rules, they won’t trust you anymore. For example, if you tell your dad you are reading books in the library and then he finds out you and your friends are playing computer games  (3)  ,he isn’t going to trust you next time and it’s  (4)   for him to believe what you say.

Step 2 Let Them in a Little

When your mom or dad asks you to  (5)  them what’s are going on in your life, you must feel upset and don’t want to do so. The best way to solve this problem is to let them in a little. For example, when you have dinner with your mother, you can share something interesting that happened in school or ask her for some advice about friendship.  (6)  of you may feel better.

Step 3 Use the Right Way to Speak Your Mind

If you have followed Step 1 and Step 2, but your parents will check your text or read your diary , it’s not surprising .Now it’s time   (7)  a heart –to –heart talk. Say something like this, “Mom, Dad, you have ever taught me to be respectful(敬意的) and I think I am old  (8)  to decide for myself.”