In China, most families only have one child, so parents treated their children as a king. They buy everything that their children want to have, don’t   (1)   their children do any housework. As a result, children just open their   (2)   to be fed and stretch out(伸出) their arms to be dressed every day. More and more Chinese teenagers(青少年) find life more difficult   (3)   their parents. This is a big problem. 

Joy is 15 years old. One day her parents   (4)  because of business, so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be happy   (5)  her parents were not in. She could do    (6)  she liked. But when it was six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt   (7)  . “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to herself. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she didn’t know how to   (8)   it. At that moment, she missed her parents very much. At last she could   (9)  go to the supermarket and  bought something to eat.

Many teenagers are  the same as Joy. So I think they should learn some basic life   (10)  , like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves properly. They shouldn’t depend too much on their parents.

There are_______ students in the classroom．Can you tell me where they are？

I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was sociology(社会学). The teacher was really great. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people.

I am a very   (1)   person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line when suddenly everyone around us began to   (2)   away, and then even my husband did.

As I turned around I smelled a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor   (3)   men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was “  (4)  ”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for acceptance. He said, “Good day.” as he counted the few coins(硬币) he had been holding.

The young lady at the counter(柜台) asked him what they   (5)  . He said, “Coffee is all Miss.” because that was all they could  (6)  . He just needed to be warm.

Then I really   (7)   it—the compulsion(冲动) was so great that I almost hugged(拥抱) the little man with the blue eyes.

I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give   (8)   two more breakfast meals on two plates.

I then picked up the plates and walked around the counter to the   (9)   that the men had chosen as a resting place. I put my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s   (10)   hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”

I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn：acceptance without condition.

The White House is an important historical building in the USA. It lies  (1)  the country’s capital. Many people expect   (2)  see the palace with their own eyes.

We   (3)  six months getting tickets to visit the White Hous  (4)  I was  (5)  with excitement while we were waiting in the White House South Lawns. The first thing  (6)  interested me was the colorful flowers and green grass.

Everything inside and outside was  (7)  kept in the white House. We went  (8)  many security checks (安检)  (9)  entering the building. In the east hallway   (10)  the first floor, I saw the pictures of past presidents on the walls. The  (11)  had over 2700 books. The Vermeil Room and China Room showed different   (12)  .

We walked upstairs to the State Floor. The East Room, the  (13)  in the White House, was the most wonderful in its size and furniture. This is the room where the president usually   (14)  the reporters. The Green, Blue and Red Rooms on the same floor got their names because of the 14 of the furniture and walls. These rooms are    (15)  having parties for state guests.

Born in 1979 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang Guang lost his sight when he was still a baby. As the saying goes, when God closes a door, he opens a window. Although he lived in   (1)  , Yang Guang found something that made his life colorful. That is   (2)  . Yang Guang started his life with music at the age of 7. Then,   (3)   a local art group and he stayed in the group   (4)   8years. When he was 19, he decided to go to Beijing. Yang is   (5)   clear about what he wants and pursues(追求) his goal with a strong will, which helped him go   (6)   the difficult times in Beijing. “If you want to do something, you have to go straight for it and don’t   (7)   other things or the result,” he said. To attend the television show “Xing Guang Da Dao” was a turning point in this young man’s life. By his excellent singing, Yang   (8)   won the contest of the week, the month and the year of 2007. In the final round of year’s contest, he caught a cold, but he did not stop   (9)   from striving(努力奋斗) for his dream. This is only his first step of realizing his dreams. Yang Guang is still striving for his dreams and looking forward to   (10)  ​success.

I        a sister.      name is Mary. She is only four. She is a         little girl. My father and mother    teachers. They like    work. They have many    .

－Yes. It sounds _______.

An old carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. His boss was   (1)   to see the good worker go. He asked the carpenter   (2)   he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes,   (3)   his mind was not on his work any more.

He used poor materials and worked on the house   (4)  . When the carpenter finished his work, the boss handed the front-door key to him,“This is your house,”he said,“A   (5)   for you.”

What a surprise! What a shame! If he had known he was building his   (6)   house, he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built.

So it is with us (我们也是一样). Sometimes we build our lives carelessly. At important points we do not try our best. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have created. We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. But we don’t have a   (7)   to make it all over again.

Think of   (8)   as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it   (9)  . It is the only life you will ever build because life is a do-it-yourself project.

Your life today is the   (10)   of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.