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Returning a father's love
He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy by himself. He was often worried about his son，growing up without a mother to care for him.

      One day, he went away on business, leaving the childalone. He worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he

had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went
home after he finished his work.
When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was
tired out. He was about to sleep when he was surprised to find
an overturned（翻倒） bowl of noodles under the quilt（被子）.
He hit his sleeping son angrily ,”Why are you so careless , making the quilt dirty ? Who will wash it ?” It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife’s death. “Sorry, but ....” the child explained with tears in his eyes , “This is your supper ,Daddy .” In order to let his father eat dinner the moment he got home , the child prepared two bowls of noddles : one for himself , the other for his father . He was afraid that his father’s noodles would get cold , so he placed them under the quilt .
Hearing this , the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word .
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The father often              about his son because the son's mother was_________ .
The_________ cooked the noodles and put them under the quilt to keep them_________ .
When the father _________ an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt , he got __________ .
After             what his son explained, the father felt__________
The boy was so             , but he knew how to__________his father's love.

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If we agree that the function of education is to prepare us for life, then there is very little time to waste. So, while we can, we ought to concentrate on teaching children something really useful. Here is what our schools should teach.
Politeness is a mark of civilization. The sooner children learn this, the better. In any case, a lot can be accomplished by a smile and good manners.
Like it or not, our adult lives will be consumed by the struggle for money, but we don’t make an effort to teach children how to manage it. So our schools have a duty to teach them this ability from the beginning.
We’re likely to accept something we are told, but that’s not what educated people do. Educated people are reasonable and they look at facts. If our schools teach nothing else, they should at least teach critical (批判性的) thinking.
Children should learn to take care of their health. They should know that if they eat junk food (垃圾食品), they will become fat and unhealthy. They should be very clear about what happens to their bodies when they drink or smoke.
All of us are part of society. We have rights and responsibilities. We ought to understand what they are. We have to know a little bit of our history and geography, because we need to have an environment in which to relate to the people around us.
How will we test students on these? We can’t. But that’s not a reason to avoid teaching what is important. Our schools should spend every moment they have telling this to our children: “This is life, this is what you are going to face, and this is how you deal with it.”

Title	Very Useful
Introduction	Education should be a        for life.
Advice	Important things should be taught in
Teaching	●How to behave        ●The basic skill of        money ●How to       in a critical way ●How to keep        ●The rights and responsibilities one has in
Conclusion	Children should be taught what         is and how to deal with it.

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How old is “old”? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. That was the average life expectancy (平均寿命) then. At the turn of the 20th century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span increased to 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.
So, how old is “old”? The answer is one you've heard many times, from all sorts of people. “You are as old (or young) as you feel. The calendar simply tells you how many years you have lived. Your body tells you how well you've lived.”
“Youth,” wrote an unknown author, “is not a time of life—it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals.”
Old is a point of view. Alice Brophy, when she was with the New York City Commission for the Aging, said, “It annoys (让人心烦) me when people say, ‘Gee, you look young for your age.’ What does that mean? Is there some model that you ought to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.”
Gray Myths (荒诞的说法)
There are many myths about aging. These myths stereotype (使……有成见) people on the basis of age. Here are some of the more common myths and the facts.
Myth: Most older people are in poor health.
Fact: Not so. There are neither biological nor physiological reasons to connect poor health with growing older. Older people are more likely to be affected with illness and physical disabilities than you are, but old age itself is not a disease. It is possible to remain physically fit throughout your life.
Myth: When you get old, you become senile (衰老).
Fact: Older minds can be as bright as young minds. Senility is a sign of disease; it is not part of the normal aging process. In a 1985 study of men ages 20; 40; 60 and 80 years, no evidence was found to indicate that aging was connected with an avoidable drop in intellectual (智力的) performance in generally healthy people.
Myth: Older people are rigid, unable to change?
Fact: Older people are as different in their life-styles and action as are young and middle-aged people. Despite the large pressure they deal with—death of loved ones or job, financial, and family problems—they deal with very well. Older people give up smoking and break other bad habits just as successfully as younger people.
Title: Standards about __________ Age

The average life span has _________ as medical knowledge has been _________.	time	the ________ life span
200 years ago	35 years old
in 1900	_________ years old
in 1950	70 years old
today	_________ 70 years old
Gray Myths and _________
Myths	Facts
When you get old, you will ________ poor health.	Older people are more likely to be affected with illness than younger people.
When you get old, you become senile.	Senility is a sign of disease, which might     happen in different sorts of ________.
Older people are rigid, unable to change.	Older people can deal with the large ______very well and break bad habits just as successfully as younger people.

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For centuries people dreamed of going into space. This dream began to seem possible when high-flying rockets were built in the early 1900s.
In 1903 a Russian teacher named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky figured out how to use rockets for space travel. His plan was the first one in rocket science to use correct scientific calculation. About 30 years later, a U.S. scientist named Robert Goddard built the first rockets that could reach high altitudes. During World War II, German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and carry dangerous explosives. After the war, scientists from Germany went to the United States and the Soviet Union to help those countries build space rockets.
These two countries were soon racing to get to space first. Each of these countries wanted to prove that it was stronger and more advanced than the other one. Both countries also had powerful bombs. People in the United States were worried when the Soviets were first to launch a space satellite, which was called Sputnik. The Soviets were also first to send a person into space. Yury Gagarin orbited the earth in the Vostok I spaceship in 1961.
The US government set a goal for its space program to be the first country to put a person on the Moon. The U.S. space program built a series of Apollo spaceship. These vehicles were powered by huge Saturn 5 rockets. In 1969 Apollo II took three men to the moon successfully. Nell Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
The Soviets may have lost the race to fly people to the Moon, but they built the first space station in 1971. The United States also built a space station. The space stations allowed people to live and work in space. Then the Soviet Union and the United States cooperated to hook two spaceships together in space. This action ended the "space race". Today a much larger space station, built by several countries together, orbits Earth.
Another new way to go to space is by space shuttle. A space shuttle, first made in the United States in 1981, looks like an airplane. Astronauts who fly spaceships have used shuttles to help put satellites into space.

History of space travel
Time	Events	Information concerned
Early 1900s	High-flying rockets were built.	It made the ancient dream of going to space possible to come
1903	Konstantin Tsiolkovsky  a way to use rockets for space travel.	He planned to put correct scientific calculation to use in rocket science.
Around	Robert Goddard built new rockets.	The rockets could fly very  in the sky.
During and after World War II	German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and carry dangerous explosives.	Germany was ahead of all the other countries in building space rockets and later it even offered   to the Soviet Union and the United States
	The Soviet Union and the United States competed to get to space first.	The Soviet Union became the   of the race when it launched the first satellite and sent  the  first  astronaut into space.
1969	The United States   in putting a person on the moon.	In one way, it    the Soviet Union by becoming the first country to fly people to the moon.
1970s	The Soviets built the first space station and was soon followed by Americans. And they finally ended the  "space race" by	Astronauts can live and work in space stations.
1980s--	Space shuttles are used as new vehicles for space     .	Shuttles are also used to help put satellites into space.

  It’s such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it’s pedestrian-friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.
It’s a library built with love.
A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That’s what we’re going to do for our spring break!”
Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.
After adding the library’s final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.
They stocked it with 20 or so books they’d already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids’ favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.
Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.
The project’s best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.”
In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”?

A．It owns a yellow roof.

B．It stands near a sidewalk.

C．It protects book lovers from the sun.

D．It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.

Janey got the idea to build a library from __________.

A．a visit to Brian Williams

B．a spring break with her family

C．a book sent by one of her neighbors

D．a report on a Wisconsin-based organization

The library was built __________.

A．by a ship supply company

B．on the basis of toy horses

C．like a mailbox

D．with glass

What can we infer about the signboard?

A．It was made by a user of the library.

B．It marked a final touch to the library.

C．It aimed at making the library last long.

D．It indicated the library was a family property.

The passage tells us that the users __________.

A．donate books to the library

B．get paid to collect books for the library

C．receive thank-you notes for using the library

D．visit the library over 5 times on average daily

In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom (开花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
Dorothy taught in a school In Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom. I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph. D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.
“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to __________.

A．a program directed by Dorothy

B．a course given by the author

C．an activity held by the students

D．an organization sponsored by Union college

In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing __________.

A．the long track

B．the poor houses

C．the same train

D．the winding road

Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by __________.

A．a warm welcome

B．the sight of poke greens

C．Dorothy’s latest projects

D．a big dinner made for her

What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?
A. She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.
B. She got a pen as a gift from the author.
C. She passed the required assessment.
D. She received her Ph. D. degree.
What does the author mainly intend to tell us?

A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.

B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment.

C．However poor you are, you have the right to education,

D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.

Aristotle once wrote that “happiness is a state of activity”. In other words, whether you^’re
Seeking life-long satisfaction or a few moments of good cheer, you’ve got to move forward. We’ve interviewed the experts and found five steps to take toward a sunny mood（心情）：
Over a 30-year period, University of Illinois researchers asked nearly 120,000 people how income, education, political participation, volunteer activities and close relationships affected their happiness. Reported Newsweek^’s Sharon Begley on the findings, “The highest levels of happiness are found with the most stable and satisfying relationships.”
Singing aloud, talking to a stranger, raising your hand: all may increase a feeling of happiness, according to a study from Wake Forest University. Participants（参与者）followed the development of their moods for two weeks and reported feeling happier when they were more outgoing and less happy when reserved or withdrawn.
The editors of forbes.com gave $5 or $20 to 46 strangers by chance. Half the group was told to spend the money on themselves, while the other half was told to spend it on others. Those who’d shared the wealth felt much happier at the end of the day than those who^’d spent it on themselves. There was no difference in happiness between those who spent $5 or $20, suggesting that it^’s not how much money you spend, but how you spend it, that inspires the spirit.
Studies from the Positive Psychology Center showed that discouraged people who wrote down three good things that happened to them each day for six months reported an improved attitude.
Drinking water really can help keep you cheerful. A small 2012 study from the University of Connecticut suggested that even slight dehydration（脱水） affected the moods of its female participants.
【选项】

Title	______for Happiness
Introduction	You will move______in the course of finding happiness.
The findings of_____	Some______toward happiness
•Value your relationships	•The_____happiness lies in the most stable and satisfying relationships
•______ yourself	•You can gain happiness by singing aloud or talking to others.
•Spend money on others	•Your spirit will be inspired by____the wealth.
•______on the positive	•You attitude would be improved when you fix your attention on good things.
•Drink water	•If a woman takes in enough water,her_____of happiness may remain.
Conclusion	Happiness can be found if all______have been done.

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Aristotle once wrote that “happiness is a state of activity”. In other words, whether you^’re seeking life-long satisfaction or a few moments of good cheer, you’ve got to move forward. We’ve interviewed the experts and found five steps to take toward a sunny mood（心情）：
Over a 30-year period, University of Illinois researchers asked nearly 120,000 people how income, education, political participation, volunteer activities and close relationships affected their happiness. Reported Newsweek^’s Sharon Begley on the findings, “The highest levels of happiness are found with the most stable and satisfying relationships.”
Singing aloud, talking to a stranger, raising your hand: all may increase a feeling of happiness, according to a study from Wake Forest University. Participants（参与者）followed the development of their moods for two weeks and reported feeling happier when they were more outgoing and less happy when reserved or withdrawn.
The editors of forbes.com gave $5 or $20 to 46 strangers by chance. Half the group was told to spend the money on themselves, while the other half was told to spend it on others. Those who’d shared the wealth felt much happier at the end of the day than those who^’d spent it on themselves. There was no difference in happiness between those who spent $5 or $20, suggesting that it^’s not how much money you spend, but how you spend it, that inspires the spirit.
Studies from the Positive Psychology Center showed that discouraged people who wrote down three good things that happened to them each day for six months reported an improved attitude.
Drinking water really can help keep you cheerful. A small 2012 study from the University of Connecticut suggested that even slight dehydration（脱水） affected the moods of its female participants.

Title	______for Happiness
Introduction	You will move______in the course of finding happiness.
The findings of(_____	Some_____toward happiness
•Value your relationships	•The____happiness lies in the most stable and satisfying relationships
•_____ yourself	•You can gain happiness by singing aloud or talking to others.
•Spend money on others	•Your spirit will be inspired by_____the wealth.
•______on the positive	•You attitude would be improved when you fix your attention on good things.
•Drink water	•If a woman takes in enough water,her_____of happiness may remain.
Conclusion	Happiness can be found if all_____have been done.

The story is told about what happened on a flight between a passenger and an air hostess(乘务员）.The passenger rang and told the air hostess that he needed a cup of       to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would      him the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger's ring for       sounded, the air hostess was in a hurry. She was kept so       that she forgot to deliver (送)him the water. As a result, the passenger was       to take his medicine. She       over to him with a cup of water, but he       it.
In the following hours on the       , each time the air hostess passed by the    （9）   she would ask him with a smile       he needed help or not. But the passenger        （11）   paid attention to her.
When the passenger was going to get        the plane, he asked the air hostess to   (13）   him the passengers' booklet (意见薄). She was very       . She knew he would write down       words, which might result in the loss of her job.        with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she       the booklet, and smiled a smile,       the passenger put it，"On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times       . How can I refuse your twelve sincere (真诚的）smiles?"
That's       ！ Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?
 

A．coffee

B．tea

C．water

D．cola

 

A．take

B．bring

C．carry

D．hold

 

A．food

B．drink

C．service

D．medicine

 

A．tired

B．silent

C．calm

D．busy

 

A．forced

B．delayed

C．required

D．banned

A．hurried B．went C．came D．got

 

A．refused

B．accepted

C．liked

D．hated

 

A．seat

B．air

C．floor

D．flight

 

A．customer

B．passenger

C．guest

D．visitor

 

A．whether

B．when

C．what

D．that

 

A．never

B．often

C．always

D．seldom

 

A．on

B．to

C．off

D．from

 

A．hand

B．take

C．throw

D．lend

 

A．glad

B．angry

C．curious

D．sad

 

A．good

B．sharp

C．polite

D．nice

A．So B．Because C．And D．But

 

A．hid

B．tore

C．opened

D．closed

 

A．if

B．for

C．after

D．when

 

A．in all

B．above all

C．or else

D．or so

 

A．wrong

B．wonderful

C．impossible

D．right

When difficult people express themselves orally, they generally want at least two things: they’ve been heard and they’ve been understood should be a good listener, five steps are advocated toward good listening.
The first step is cooperating（合作）. How does a difficult person know that you’ re listening and understanding? In fact, it’s through the way you look and sound while he is talking. You may help him to fully express his thought and feelings. You do this by nodding your head in agreement, making certain sounds of understanding.
When the person begins to repeat what’s been said, it’s signal of step two: turning back. It means that you repeat back some words he is using, sending a clear signal that you’re listening carefully and that you think what he is saying is important.
Having heard what he has to say, the next step is clarifying. At this point, you start to gather information about what is being communicated. Ask some open-ended questions, which will allow you to figure out what intention he is hoping to satisfy.
The fourth step is to summarize（概括） what you’ve  heard. This allows you to make sure that both you and the difficult person are on the same page. When you do this, two things happen. First, if you’re missed something, he can fill in the details（细节）. Second, you’ve  shown that you’re making an effort to understand completely. This increases the possibility of gaining cooperation from him.
Having listened carefully, you’ve now arrived at the point of confirming with the person that he feels satisfied that his thoughts have been fully voiced. Ask if he feels understood.
When enough sincere listening, questioning, and remembering are brought together, understanding is usually achieved and a difficult person becomes less difficult and more cooperative.

Topic	to understand
Reason	Difficult people hope they have been heard and  when they express themselves
on listening	in agreement and make some sounds of understanding while a difficult person is speaking Repeat some    that you have heard Collect information about the person’s expressions and find his   Give a   of what the person has said Confirm that the person gains      from speaking his thoughts
Result	A difficult person will be    to cooperate with if understanding is achieved
Comment	You may unlock the doors to difficult people’s after you listen and understand

Many people think dreams are full of messages that may not be clear to us common people. But if we think about what is going on in our lives, we can usually come up with an answer. Let’s look at some of the most common dreams. What do these dreams mean?
Falling
You’re  falling, falling, falling… and then you wake up. This dream is said to mean you are afraid of something or worried about something. There may be something in your life that is out of control and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Another explanation is that you may fail in something. Maybe you’re not doing well in school or work.
Taking an exam(or forgetting that you have one)
You suddenly realize you have to take an exam at that very moment. You might be running here and there to find your classroom. Experts say this dream may mean you’re being tested about something or maybe you are facing a challenge.
Flying
Dreaming that you are flying means you are on top of things. You are in control of the things that matter to you. It may also mean you have confidence in yourself and think no one and nothing can beat you.
Trying to run, but going nowhere
You’re trying to run, but either your legs won’t move or you simply aren’t going anywhere. Some experts think this dream means you’re trying to do too many things at once and can’t catch up or move forward.
In fact, unlike these dreams, there are also many strange dreams that experts may not be able to explain.
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What do dreams mean ?

Descriptions of dreams	_________ to dreams
Falling	You have something to fear or ________ about. You ________ in something like schooling or work.
Taking an exam (or forgetting that you have one)	You’re being tested about something or facing something ________.
Flying	You’re able to control _________matters to you. You believe in yourself and think you can _________ anyone and anything.
Trying to run, but going     ________	You’re trying to do too many things at a _________, which prevents you from_________ forward.
Conclusion: We can come up with_________ about some dreams, but not all the dreams.

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Dear editor
I am Evan from Canada. Being the eldest child in the family has its disadvantages. First of all, I have to share all my     （玩具）  with my younger sisters. Of course, they don’t n    to return the favour because I’m totally uninterested in their things.   （除……之外）that, they are always hanging around me. I just can’t get a moment’s p    .
At meals, l have to eat whatever is o     the plate regardless of the taste. My sisters only try one bite if it’s not t   favourite food. In addition, w     it comes to practicing our musical instruments, l have to practice  m       than double the time. Worst of all, l get a larger quantity of homework,（对比）to them.
I’m feeling rather annoyed. Can you please g       me some advice?
Yours truly
Evan Smith
_______        _______      _______    _______    _______
_______        _______      _______   _______    _______

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, ‘How heavy do you think this glass of water is?’
All of the students tried to answer the question, and their answers ranged from 20g to 5OOg.
‘It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour,l will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.’
‘If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, because the burden is becoming increasingly heavier.’
‘What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it again.’
We have to put down the burden periodically（定期地；周期性地），so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on. Otherwise I think that we will break down on the half way and can’t realize our dream as we planned.All of us should really keep this in mind.
Before 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 burden you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can. If you do like this, you can greatly improve your work efficiency（效率） and life quality.
Life is short; let’s enjoy it to the fullest.
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Title	How to relax ourselves
Theme	Put down the burden to get _______.
The lecturer’s question	How heavy is the glass of water? The question was raised on _______  stress.
The students’ answer	The students gave answers from 20g to 500g．
The lecturer’s explanations	•The weight of the glass of water  _______ on the time of holding it. •The longer you hold it, the heavier it will become. •Hold it for a minute, and you will feel _______. •If you hold it for an hour, your right arm will ache. •An  ambulance  will  have  to  be _______ if you hold it for a day. •If we carry the burden too long, we will be _______ to carry on.
The methods to relax	•To relax, you must put the glass down. •After a ______ , hold the glass up again. •Put down the burden _______ to get refreshed to carry on.
The writer’s _______	•Put down the burden of work before you go home and pick it up tomorrow. •Let down the burden on your  _______to rest for a while. •Enjoy your life.

There are a number of languages spoken throughout the world. Every person knows at least one language, which he learns in his childhood and is routinely used for speaking and writing. However, many people are fond of learning two or more languages, so they try to be bilingual, which means that they try to have the knowledge of two or more languages. And being bilingual can bring a person a number of benefits in various aspects. For example:
A person can get cognitive(认知的) benefits from it. The bilingual people have two or more words for each idea and object. Therefore, a bilingual person can develop a creative thinking. The bilinguals are aware of which language should be spoken with which person in a particular situation. So they are more sensitive(敏感的) to the needs of the listener than the people who only use one language: Being bilingual also improves and enriches a person's mental development.
Being bilingual has a positive effect on a person's character. The bilinguals are able to switch between different languages and talk to different people in various languages. It increases a sense of self-esteem( 自尊). Being bilingual creates a powerful link in different people from different countries.
A bilingual education offers better curriculum results. The bilinguals tend to show a higher performance in examinations and tests. The bilinguals find it quite easy to learn and speak three, four or more languages.
Being bilingual offers potential employment benefits. It offers a wider choice of jobs in various fields. The bilinguals can get a great many career opportunities in transport, tourism, public relations, marketing and sales, banking, translation, law, teaching and so on.
So it can be concluded from the above that we should try our best to learn and master two or more languages.
Title: __________ of being bilingual

_______	Having the knowledge of two or more languages.
Benefits	Cognition	● Make a person think __________. ● Make a person more sensitive to the listener's __________. ● Improve and enrich a person's mental development.
______	● Increase a person's sense of ________. ●Create a powerful link in different people from different countries.
Curriculum	● Enable a person to _____ better in examinations and tests.                 ● Make a person easily learn and speak more languages.
_______	● Offer a person more __________ in finding jobs.
_______	We should try our best to learn and master two or more languages.

Celebrating sleep
World Sleep Day, observed on 21 March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems worldwide. Sleep is a natural part of human life, but many people in the modern world ignore its importance. As a result, sleep problems are increasingly common.
In 2002, scientists at the University of Athens in Greece conducted a survey of over 35,000 people in 10 countries around the world, including China, Belgium and South Africa. Of the people that responded to the survey, 24 percent said that they did not sleep well, and based on their responses, 31.6 percent were diagnosed with insomnia (失眠) and another 17.5 percent were diagnosed with borderline insomnia. In addition, 30.7 percent of survey respondents reported visiting a doctor for help with sleep problems and 11.6 percent said that they felt very sleepy during the day.
Overall, the survey found that many people suffer from the effects of poor quality sleep, some examples of which are being unable to fall asleep and waking up in the middle of the night. The main factors causing these problems are pressure from school or work and a fast pace of life, but noise pollution and light pollution also interfere with sleep and contribute to poor quality sleep. The survey’s findings are particularly troubling because large numbers of people were found to have difficulty sleeping at night. The short-term effects of this are tiredness and trouble concentrating. If this happens for a long time, the risk of gaining weight and having a heart attack may increase.
There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep. First, you should have regular sleep habits. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day. You also need to make your bedroom a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep so that heat, light and noise do not disturb you. At night, you should also avoid things that contain caffeine, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and many soft drinks, as caffeine may keep you from sleeping.
Getting a good night’s sleep is important for everyone. By following the advice above, you can rest better at night and work better during the day.
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Topic	Content
World Sleep Day	Owing to ________ of the importance of sleep, people celebrated World Sleep Day, bringing attention to the increasing problems of sleep.
Responses of the survey	Of 35,000 people in 10 countries in the world, there were 24% of the people_______ from sleeplessness. 31.6 % were diagnosed with insomnia and another 17.5% were on the edge of insomnia. The________ of the people feeling sleepy during the day is 11.6. 30.7 % reported_______ to a doctor for sleep problems.
_______ causing sleep problems & their consequences	Under _______ from school or work, people may have sleep problems. Poor quality sleep also _______  from noise or light pollution. Feeling tired and sleepy, people have difficulty _______ on what they are doing. It is likely that sleepless people easily put on weight and have a heart attack.
_______ to  take  to improve sleep quality	Have regular sleep habits. Make your bedroom cool, dark and quiet. Avoid things _______ caffeine.

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