Dr. William retired from business    1    an early age; and an important reason for his doing so was that he might devote himself more fully to the education of his daughters, which    2     (conduct ) almost entirely at home. Having a decided taste for the ancient classics, he considered that so good a foundation of a sound education ought not to be ignored. Just like other parents, he thought    3    came first was the education of their children.

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popular-held image of unhappy teenagers     1     (lock) in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just    2     positive today＇s young people seem to be about their families, said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds: They want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s     3    (much) negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago    4    (treat) their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,＂says 1-year-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing.     5     they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21,agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of    6     you could call negotiation. For example, if I     7    (do) all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise    8     teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history     9     teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents mainly happened during that one time in the1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to    10    (take) it over.”

【推荐3】Yesterday was my 18th birthday. As Father and Mother thought it    1     (be) a big occasion for me, they suggested I     2     (held) a birthday party at home to celebrate it. For several days they had been busy     3     (prepare) for this. By 4 o'clock I was pleased to see all my friends had come     4     a lot of beautiful presents.

We spent a wonderful night together,     5     (happy) talking and eating. One of    6    most exciting moment was when Mother put a big birthday cake on the table and all my friends began to sing Happy Birthday. Seeing the 18 candles burning, I couldn’t keep back my     7     (tear). Without Mother and Father’s love, I would not lead such a happy life now. Mother asked me to make a wish before I blew out all the candles. After that, everyone enjoyed the sweet birthday cake and shared my happiness.

I am eighteen years old now,     8     means I’ve become an adult and have    9     (many) responsibilities. I’ll do my best to return my parents’ love and live up to    10    (they) expectations.

Though the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ended on Feb. 20, it has left a deep     1     (impress) on people across the globe. At Beijing 2022, a total of 2,877 athletes from 91 countries and regions competed     2     109 gold medals. More than 45 percent of those athletes     3     (be) women, an all-time high in the history of the Winter Olympics. “Athletes competed bravely to exceed limits,     4     (set) a number of new world records and Olympic records. This is a vivid representation of the Olympic motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger Together,” said Cai Qi, president of the Beijing organizing committee. Besides the     5     (competition), the unique charm of Beijing,     6     hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the thoughtful services the city provided to all participants were also valued. As the first     7     (globe) multi-sport event held as scheduled during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beijing Winter Games prioritized the health and safety of all participants. The organizers worked out and oversaw (监督) the implementation (执行) of the Beijing 2022 Playbooks     8     put in place a closed-loop (闭环) management system.

    9     (theme) “Together for a shared future”, the Beijing Games have left the city with rich legacies (遗产), including engaging 346 million people in ice and snow sports as well as hosting the Games in     10     more sustainable (可持续的) way.

Cuju was an ancient Chinese    1    (compete) game involving kicking a ball through an opening into a net.

As the ancestor of soccer, it first appeared in    2    well known ancient Chinese historical work Zhan Guo Ce (Strategies of the Warring States), which described cuju as a form of     3    (entertain) among the general public.

Later, cuju was    4    (common) played in the army for military training purposes during the Han Dynasty (206 BC—220 AD).

Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, was a cuju fan    5    liked watching and playing cuju.

Emperor Liu Che would establish a cuju field    6    his army went. He used cuju as a way of training soldiers.

The    7    (early) record of women cuju players can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. We can see paintings of females with their hair    8    (tie) back, waving their long sleeves and looking chic (时髦的) while playing cuju.

Up to the Tang Dynasty (618—907), women players prevailed (盛行) at the royal court, as emperors enjoyed watching soccer games. At that time, various skills were widely used in playing cuju, mainly    9    (serve) as amusement.

As a way of national culture protection, cuju    10    (list) in the first batch of China’s intangible cultural heritages in 2006.