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Dear Sandy，
Thanks for your email. I've arrived at home safe and sound.
My grandparents (53)________(live) in a small town thirty miles away from Xu Zhou. I spent abo ut half an hour (54)________(get) there. They gave me a warm welcome，and (55)________(cook) me a big meal. We chatted far into the night and I (56) ________ (tell) so me happy stories about them and their neighbours.
Since 2001，great changes(57) ________(take place) in Xuzhou. I will take some photos and send some to you. Next time，I'd like you and your family to come with me. You can(58)________(visit) many places of interest here.
Chang Lee
53. live 54. getting 55. looked 56. told 57. took place 58. visit
Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their 1__with t hemselves or other people when they were young.
“When I was your age,” a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, “I was at the top o f my class every year. And I 2 what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals(目标). You are always at the bottom(最后)of your class 3 you have no goals.” The man‟s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age,” the young man‟s father went 4__，"she had a good job and she 5 lots of money. You don‟t even have a part-time job .You earn nothing.”The man‟s son still said nothing. He had heard this before，too.“And when your 6 brother was your age,”the young man‟s father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time.” And the man's son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man‟s father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age，he worked all day and studied at night.”This time the son 7 stay silent.
"And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father,” he said,“He was the President of 8 United States. 9 are you?" His father had no answer 10 this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what‟s your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?
1. children
2. knew
3. and
4. on
5. made/earned
6. elder
7. couldn‟t/didn‟t
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Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. We can share (66)s ____ with our fri ends and turn to them for help when we are in trouble. In a word, it is nice to have a friend to (67)t _____, laugh and do things with. Certainly, sometimes we need to be alone. We don‟t always want people around. But we would feel (68)l _____ if we never had a friend.
To make (69)f____, you must be friendly. A cheerful person smiles. A smile always makes the ot
hers like you. Smile at someone and you are sure to get a smile (70)b____ from him.
Try to remember names. It (71)m____ your new friends feel happy when you call them by their n ames, (72)b___ you don‟t forget them.
No two people are just the same. If you don‟t agree with other people, you should still be friendly. Do not argue, but (73)d____. You always lo se friends if you argue too much. And you should think more of others than (74)o___ yourself. It‟s good for teenagers to have one or a group of good friends. This is very (75) i_____ in children‟s growing up, because friends can discuss things which are too difficult to say to their family mem bers. There‟s more good news for people who have friends. They live (76)l____ than people who don‟t have. Why? It could be that they (77)a_____ happier. Being happy helps you stay well and it cou ld be good just knowing that someone cares about you.
66. secrets/something 67. talk 68. lonely 69. friends 70. back 71. makes 72. because 73. discus s 74. of 75. important 76. longer 77. are。