Bill Gates and his wife have been quite deliberate about the model they’ve used to raise their three kids,    1    are now 15, 18, and 22 years old. They follow a 1970s “Love and Logic” parenting model. The main idea of their model    2    (base) on the idea that parents should attach importance to controlling emotions (情绪), especially minimizing emotional reactions like shouting or scolding kids.

One of the greatest    3    (benefit) of applying “Love and Logic” is that it helps us learn how to keep our emotions and our tongues    4    control. Aside from controlling hot-blooded parent tempers, the “Love and Logic” model also    5    (stress) the importance of showing unconditional love and admiring kids for who they are, not what they achieve    6    don’t achieve. Many highly    7     (success) people struggled with grades as kids. What’s most important is that our    8    (child)develop good character, curiosity, and problem-solving skills.

The model pushes parents to focus on asking questions of their kids and getting them thinking about how to solve their own problems, instead of    9    (feed) them answers.

Gates says the “Love and Logic” method is a far cry from the way he grew up, but he knew he wanted to do things    10    (different) with his own kids.

【推荐2】When you think about     1     affects your kids most, you might think about their friends, rock stars, sports stars or other famous people. But that’s not     2     (complete) true. Whether they’ll admit it     3     not, most kids-even teenagers-look up to     4     (they) parents. What you do, how you act and what you say have a huge effect     5     your children.

To your kids, you’re a hero. That’s an awesome (令人敬畏的)     6     (responsible). It means your kids are     7     (watch) you all the time and learning how to respond to the world. If you act as if the school     8     (matter)，then your kids will think their education is important. If you read at home and stress the importance of that skill, your kids will pay attention to that, too.

And that’s not just an opinion. There are     9       (fact) to support it. A report released by the National Education Association tells us that when parents are involved, kids stay    10     (long) in school, do better in school and even like school more.

China is     1     (wide) known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, despite the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons why this has been possible, but one of the main     2     (factor) has been the Chinese writing system. At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years     3     the use of longgu — animal bones and shells on     4    symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still     5     (see) in today’s hanzi.

By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 BC), these symbols had become     6     well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time when people were divided geographically     7     (lead) to many varieties of dialects and characters. This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207BC).

Emperor Qinshihuang     8    (unite) the seven major states into one unified country where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. That writing system was of great importance in uniting the Chinese people and culture. Even today, no matter where Chinese people live or what dialect they speak, they can all still communicate in writing. As China plays a greater role in global affairs, an     9     (increase) number of international students are attempting     10     (appreciate) China’s culture and history through this amazing language.