Dear Jian Hua,

I'm very glad to receive the letter you send me two weeks ago. I've been thinking the question the question you asked me. In my opinion,you should come back after you will finish your studies abroad. For one reason,that you are studying is bad needed nowadays in China. It will be quite easy for you find a good job. In fact,I know a few big company in our city are hoping to hire people like you. For other reason,I think it will be much more convenient of you to look after my parents as they are getting old. Therefore,I think it's a good idea for you to return.

Best wishes！

Ming Hua

Rip Van Winkle lives in a pleasant village.  He enjoys solitary activities and 1       (love) by all in town.     2      ,he tends to avoid hard work,which makes his wife angry.

One winter day,to escape his wife's nagging,Van Winkle went to the mountains 3        his dog. Hearing his name 4       (call) out,Rip followed the sound and came to a hollow 5        some people were playing a game. Rip joined them,drank some of their wine and fell 6       (sleep) .

When he woke up,he discovered some 7       ( shock) changes. His gun was rotting,his beard was a foot long,and his dog was nowhere to be found. 8       he returned to his village,he learned his wife had died and that his close friends had died in a war 9        moved away. Rip also learned he had been 10        from the village for at least twenty years.

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Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so,however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here's how:

Plan your time carefully. 1       After making this list,you should make a schedule of your time. First arrange your time for eating,sleeping,dressing,etc. Then decide a good,regular time for studying. Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems,but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.

2       Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space,which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room,free of everything but study materials. No games,radios,or televisions. When you sit down to study,concentrate on the subject.

Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. 3       Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learnt about a subject. 4       The world won't end if you don't pass a test,so don't be overly worried.

There are other methods that might help you with your study. 5      

   A. Find a good place to study.

   B. Adapt to new learning methods.

   C. Really listening in class means less work later.

   D. They help you remember your new knowledge.

   E. Go over the notes when you get home from school.

   F. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

   G. When planning your work,you should make a list of things that you have to do.

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Yesterday,when I visited my cousin,I find he went to the bathroom very often. He didn't look like alright. "What is wrong about you?" I asked him. "I think I had too many milk this morning," he said. I asked him how. He said, "My mother went to a supermarket yesterday afternoon. When she saw some milk on sale,she bought three big bottle. We had to finish all milk this morning because it was no longer fresh. " I knew what she meant. My aunt wanted to save some money through buy the cheap milk. I real don't think she should have done that.

Parents whose children show a special interest in a sport feel very difficult to make a decision about their children's careers. Should they allow their children to train to become top sports men and women? For many children it means 1       ( start) schoolwork very young,and going out with friends and other interests have to take a2       (two) place. It's very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train five hours a day,even at the weekend,3       most of his or her friends are playing.

Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is available 4        government for the very best young sportsmen and sportswomen. If this help cannot be given,it means that it is the parents 5        have to find the time and the money to support their child's development and sports clothes,transport to competitions,special equipment,etc. All can be very expensive.

Many parents are worried that 6        is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles7       (damage) by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers,8       ，believe that only by training when you are young can you reach the top 9       a successful sports person. They state that very few people do reach the top,and both parents and children should be prepared10       failure even after many years of training.

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Happiness training at work can be extremely good for the company as well as the individual. A few short training days can produce huge benefits. 1       There are so many benefits of happiness training at work. Let's take a look at a few of them.

Happiness at home;One of the benefits for happiness at work is that people will go home happier. Being happier at home translates into a benefit to business because a better mental state and a proper rest will mean employees can work more efficiently and productively the next day. 2       Emotional intelligence：There is a change toward stress reduction,as people are taught happiness and begin to practise it at work. 3       It will increase the individual's skills to deal with problems,and the ability to improve his selfcontrol.

Increased focus：Happiness is responsible for creating an increased ability to focus on the job at hand or the problem to be solved. 4       Loving work：Happiness at work creates the environment for people to actually love what they do. They begin to experience the feeling of loving their work. Since an employee spends 8  to 10 hours,5 days a week at work,it accounts for a great deal of his life.

Feeling appreciated： 5       When you make someone feel appreciated,he feels better about himself and what he is doing for the company. He feels like he is making a contribution to the other people in the company and to the people who buy the products and services of his company. Employees feel they are making a difference.

   A. People will waste less time and be more in the "flow".

   B. Happiness increases emotional control for the individual.

   C. The cost is very small,but the positive effects can be everlasting.

   D. Happiness exists when you look at the overall picture of your life.

   E. It's also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

   F. They will be far less likely to take time off either because of poor health or excuses.

   G. How do all these benefits take place not only for the worker but for the management as well?

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There was once a lonely girl. She longed so much with love. One day while she was walking in the wood she found two starving songbirds. She took up them home and put them in a cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strongly.

One day the girl opened the cage. The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew the cage. The girl was so frightened which he would fly away. As he flew close,she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad with her success in capturing him. Suddenly she felt the bird went limp. She opened her hands and stared in horror at the death bird. Her desperate love had killed him.

"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."

Everything about my future was assumed. I 1       (get) into debt by going to college,then I would be forced to get 2        job to pay off the debt,while still getting into more and more debt by buying a house and a car. It seemed like a neverending cycle 3        had no place 4        the possibility of a dream.

I want more out of life. I want a passion,a conceptual dream that wouldn't let me sleep out of pure excitement. We all have a dream,but most of us are so 5       ( stick) in the muck of insecurity and selfdoubt that we just dismiss it as unrealistic or too difficult to pursue.

We become so comfortable 6        the life that has been planned out for us that we feel that 7        is stupid and unsafe to risk 8       (lose) it for the small hope of achieving something that is more fulfilling.

Taking a risk is still a risk. We can,and will fail. But that is 9        makes it exciting for me.

If you feel lost,just take a deep breath. Being lost can be a turning point of finding out who you are,and what you 10          (true) want to do.

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Nearly every parent loses control and screams at the children now and then. But what if you do it repeatedly?

Researchers suspect parents are yelling more. 1       Three out of four parents yell,scream or shout at their children or teens about once a month,on average,for misbehaving or making them angry,research shows. Increasingly,therapists and parenting experts are homing in on how it hurts a child,as well as how to stop it.

Research shows that many parents lose control because they feel attacked or think the child's actions reflect poorly on them. Teens whose parents use "harsh verbal discipline" such as shouting or insulting are more likely to have behavior problems and depression symptoms,says a recent study.

2       Eight-year-olds whose parents disciplined them by yelling have less satisfying relationships with romantic partners and spouses at age 23,according to a 15-year study led by Stephanie Parade,an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University.

3       Warning signs can include：tightness in the throat or chest,rapid breathing,negative thoughts about oneself or feelings of being overwhelmed.

"Learning to start sentences with ' I,rather than * you' can help parents shift from an angry attack to a teaching moment," Ms. Faber says.

Leigh Fransen felt like yelling when her daughters,Alona and Elisha,forgot to feed the family dog,Balto,on two evenings in the same week. Ms. Fransen said, "I wanted to yell, 'You're not getting any dinner tonight,because you didn't feed the dog. 4       ，―that would lead to nothing but tears and misery."

Instead,she started her response with "I” ，saying, "I don't like seeing the dog not fed. Look at him: He is miserable.5       Ms. Fransen says. Alona and Elisha needed to be reminded of the deadline twice,but soon learned to remember on their own. Ms. Fransen praised them for taking responsibility and encouraged them.

   A. And you're going to know how it feels.

   B. I expect him to be fed before you eat your own dinner.

   C. Parents have been conditioned to avoid spanking,so they vent their anger by shouting instead.

   D. Parents can learn to notice signs that a blowup is brewing and dial down their own tension.

   E. Apologizing can help repair a relationship after an outburst.

   F. Another study suggests yelling at children may have consequences that go beyond those of spanking.

   G. Parents can turn a meltdown into a teaching moment by involving kids in finding solutions.

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I was only eleven year old when my friend Mike and I went to play in a river. The river flowed towards fast with many big rocks in it. When we jumping from one rock to another,I slipped in the river and the fast current catched me. I just had one moment to think and grabbed on to the rock beside me. But I felt that I shouldn't get out of the water. I screamed, "Help！" My friend Mike ran up to me and pulled me out off the river. After that day we became much close friends. He is my truly hero,to who I am very thankful for being there when I needed help.