【推荐1】Friendships are built on trust. Many a secret is shared between two good friends, and once that secret hasn’t been kept, then expect the friendship to be broken. It is difficult to restore a friendship. But if you work on trying to get along and fix things it may turn out to be a better situation.

When you want to restore your friendship,     1     .You can tell them how you feel about what happened. Tell them that you want to be friends again, and point out certain things that you miss about them. If necessary show your emotions by crying or hugging. Even under the worst of circumstances an honest face-to- face conversation may be all that is needed to re-establish a bond.

    2    . Whether or not they choose to forgive you, show your friend that you did not want to hurt him/her, and that you truly regret whatever you did. Try to explain to your friend the possible reason why you are out of control and ask for their forgiveness. If you are not the one to blame, but you still want to keep the friendship, you may try to sit down for coffee or something with them and discuss the problems.     3    . You can make full use of the chance to talk out the problems and clarify the misunderstanding, which is the key to solving the problems and restoring your friendship.

When you sit down and discuss your problems, be sincere in the things you have to say.     4    . It is possible that your friend would say something that is not fair to you, please remain calm. Getting defensive will cause your friend to do the same,     5    .Speak quietly and from the heart.

A．and make your friend unhappy

B．When your friend speaks, listen

C．Relaxing coffee time can make you feel good

D．which will make it hard for the two of you to work things out

E．the first thing is to have a face-to-face conversation with your friends

F．Wait at least three days to do this because the person will probably still be upset if earlier

G．During the conversation, it is very important for you to apologize if you are the one to blame

【推荐2】It is important to learn how to protect our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

Reduce: If you want to reduce the waste, you should use things wisely. A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper wastefully, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste.

Reuse: You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them away. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

Recycle: Bottles, cans and paper cups can be easily recycled. By doing so, we can save lots of money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed (粉碎) and melted and the metal things are made for new coke cans.

Recover: When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten ones, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts.

Repair: If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after repairing them. It is true that North America is a “throw away” society, but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

1. The “Reduce” rule mainly require us ________.

A．to use things wisely	B．to cut down many trees
C．to use a lot of paper	D．to throw away our old clothes

2. You can do with your unwanted clothes by ________.

A．throwing them away

B．giving them to the poor

C．passing them on to younger brothers or sisters

D．both B and C

3. The right order of recycling coke cans is ________.
①melt them   ②collect the used cans
③smash them flat   ④send them to a factory

A．①②③④

B．①④③②

C．②④③①

D．③①②④

4. The “Recover” rule mainly requires us ________.

A．to cover waste things with earth	B．to throw the whole things away
C．to throw waste things away	D．to get back the useful parts

5. The best way to do with your broken tables is ________.

A．selling them	B．putting them away
C．repairing them	D．throwing them away

【推荐1】Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance (pocket money). The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

    1    . Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance. In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.

At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget.     2    . The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics. Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.

Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.

Allowances give children a chance to experience the things they can do with money.     3    . They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save and maybe even invest it.

Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you have to cut costs and plan for the future.

Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving and investing.     4    . A savings account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest. Compounding works by paying interest on interest. So, for example, one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year. The second year, the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents, and so on.

That may not seem like a lot. But over time it adds up.

A．Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finance.

B．They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause.

C．It is a good virtue for children to form a habit to learn how to save money.

D．The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.

E．Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance.

F．Parents are supposed to tell their children how they should spend their pocket money wisely but the refused to do so.

【推荐2】Nowadays,being a parent has become harder than ever before.When it comes to useful parenting methods,advice from experts is different.One of the things researchers and educators agree on,however,is that if you want to raise successful children,you must"give them wings and let them fly."    1     But how do you go about it?Here are some tips to raise independent kids.

Let go.It's natural to want to help your kids but raising independent kids requires you to fight the urge(欲望）to help at all times.    2    Providing unnecessary help means you're taking away important chances to build independence.The golden rule is:if they can do it, don't insist on doing it for them.

Be present.Raising independent kids is difficult.It requires you to find the right balance between being present and letting go.    3     You need to create the environments that allow them to feel confident enough to go out on their own.

    4    Competitiveness draws the attention of many parents.    5     Your kid is unique.It's important to find out what he or she likes and to focus on developing his or her personal strengths.Research has shown that the activities to show children's unique abilities help lead them towards a meaningful life and help them develop confidence in their abilities.

A．Be their model.

B．Focus on their strengths.

C．Kids need to take chances.

D．You must inspire independence.

E．The competition among parents is very fierce.

F．They are worried that their kids will get left behind.

G．Your presence is necessary to help your kids become independent.

【推荐3】Here are five rules that help me develop good habits.

Pick habits you honestly want to have

I didn’t choose habits I thought I should add because of what anyone else was doing.    1     But it was about listening to myself.

Build your habit in your own way

When I started to build up an exercise routine, I only went when I wanted to go. For me, that was around 2 pm every day.     2    If I wanted to do 20 minutes on the bike, I’d do only 20 minutes and then left.

    3    

I knew that if I tried to take on too much, I’d find a way to make an excuse. So my daily purposes were very small. I started with two minutes of exercise, which was finally built up to 10, then 20minutes. I realized that just doing something, no matter how small, meant I was more likely to do it again the next day.

Be kind to yourself

    4    When I got a cold and missed several days of exercise, I didn’t beat myself up. Instead of punishing myself, I tried to love myself- and that had a more enjoyable and lasting effect.

Celebrate every small victory

When I began keeping a diary every morning, I put a number in the corner of each page to show how many diaries I had written.       5    Finally, after I filled up a notebook, I celebrated buying a new notebook.

A．If I missed a day, I let it go.

B．I can make exercise less boring.

C．Start small.

D．I celebrated my pen running out of ink.

E．It wasn’t about keeping up with other people.

F．I should celebrate my success with my friends.

G．It also meant that I would do whatever I wanted to do once got there.