As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re   (1)  at the same time.

At school, they have to follow the strict school  (2)  . For example, they   (3)   have long hair or wear strange (奇怪的) clothes.

And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once (一旦) they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose   (4)   for them.

On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel   (5)   and bored. They   (6)   interest in school things slowly. Some students can’t   (7)   it and leave home. Because their parents only care about children’s study and they never   (8)   what they want.

“Many students can do nothing   (9)   study. Some students even don’t know  (10)   to get on well with others and how to take care of others,”said an expert (专家).

   “This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,”said another expert.

Once there was a little girl living in a small, poor house on a hill. As she grows up, she began to play in her small   (1)  , she was able to see over the garden and across the valley a wonderful house high on the hill -and that house had  (2)  windows.

Although she loved her family, she   (3)   about how wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house all day.

Then she  (4)   the age when she could play outside of her garden fence(篱笆），she asked her mother   (5)   she could go for a bike ride outside the gate. Her mother thought for a while and   (6)  allowed her to go. The little girl rode her bike   (7)  she got to the gate of the golden house.

As she leaned(倚靠）her bike   (8)  the gatepost, she focused on the path that   (9)  to the house and then on the house   (10)   and was so   (11)   . All the windows were plain(普通的)brand rather dirty.

   She was so sad that she didn't go any further. Heartbroken, she rode her bike back. As she  (12)  , she saw a sight that amazed her. There   (13)   the valley on the other side was a little house. Its windows glistened（闪耀）golden as the   (14)  shone on her little house.

   She   (15)  hat she had been living in her golden house all along. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her eyes and in her daily life!

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   (1)   at the answer. Thinking he had not made   (2)   understood or the girl had not   (3)   him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”

Planting flowers is my favorite   (1)  because I can learn something new from it.

I bought a flower pot (盆) and some flower seeds (种子) last week. Then I put some seeds in the pot. After a few days,   (2)   happened. But I didn’t give up watering. Another ten days later, I   (3)  the young plants come out. I felt very   (4)  because I could grow something.

Just like growing flowers, we can also plant happiness. Our life is   (5)   an empty (空的) pot. We have lots of things to do, but we   (6)  do them. That means we lose many things. What are the   (7)   things？Yes, they’re the seeds of   (8)  , love and dreams.

What should we plant in life? If we plant negative thoughts (消极思想) inside our   (9)  , we will feel sad in the future days; If we plant seeds of hope, we will get   (10)  .

Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They  (1)  friendship to last forever. Unluckily, even the best friendship can end.

With time on, many friendships end because of a change in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses its importance and finally  (2)  .

Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over   (3)  I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained, “We started seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”

Sometimes friendships break   (4)   suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to another. From then on we   (5)   made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died.  (6)  of us were always busy with new jobs, so we didn’t keep   (7)   touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him even if I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says,“ Generally it’s true that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met. However, if they change in   (8)  directions, the friendship most probably will be lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always some   (9)   of loss. When   (10)   can be done to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on to build new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

My friend Henry is a   (1)  and always having accidents. He does not pay attention   (2)   the time or think about the risk of an accident. One day, when Henry was cooking in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. He was trying to pick it up when it   (3)   him again. He threw it across the kitchen, and it landed on a table and quickly   (4)   behind the fridge. He hurried to hospital because his hand began to hurt badly.   (5)  the doctors learnt what kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.

A few days ago, a car   (6)   hit him round the corner of the road while he was on his way home. Henry was talking on the mobile phone and riding in the middle of the road  (7)  the traffic lights were changing to red. The car stopped just in time, but Henry   (8)  his bike and hurt his knee and was   (9)   for over a week.

I always told him to be careful, but he did not listen to me. After the two accidents, he promised   (10)   my advice. Now he is very careful, I’m glad to say.

Do you get angry easily?  (1)  you do, you should learn to control your feelings. Getting angry with others can make you  (2)  friends.

Lisa Regan, a writer of children’s books, wrote Don’t Get Angry, Annie to help you control your feelings. It tells you how to stay cool when bad things happen  (3)  you. The book says that getting angry only makes problems（4）. It can   (4)  make things better. It also teaches you some useful  (5)  to control your anger. Here are the top three.

First, keep a diary , Every time you get angry, write down the  (6)  ---why you get angry. Look at it later and you will find it was not  (7)   to get angry at all.

Second, ask your friends to   (8)  talking to you when you get angry. You need to be quiet.

Third, do  (9)  different. When you got angry, walk away from the problem and go to a different place. Try to laugh!

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school？You will probably say they go to learn languages,geography,history,science and all   (1)   subjects. That is quite true,but why do they learn these things?We send our children to school to   (2)   them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life，but is that the  (3)   reason they go to school？There is   (4)   in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all   (5)   how to learn， so that when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows   (6)  ， he will always be successful,because whenever he has to do   (7)   he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person,on the other hand， is   (8)   unable to do it,or does it badly,so the purpose of school is not just  (9)   languages,geography,science,etc. but to teach pupils the   (10)   to learn.

It's never easy to admit(承认) you are in the wrong. We all  (1)  to know the art of apology. Think how often you've done wrong. Then count how many   (2)  you've expressed clearly you were   (3)  .You can't go to bed with an easy mind if you do   (3)  about it.

  A doctor friend, Mr Lieb, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart trouble and insomnia(失眠症).   (4)  some careful exams, Mr Lieb found nothing wrong with him and said, "If you don't tell me what's   (5)  you, I can't help you. The man admitted he was cheating(骗取) his brother of his inheritance (遗产). Then and there the clever doctor   (6)  the man write to his brother and   (7)  his money. As soon as the letter was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried. "Thank you," he said to the doctor, “I think I've got well.”

   An apology can not only save a broken relationship, but also make it       (9)  .If you can think of someone who should be   (8)  an apology from you, do something about it right now.