Heated     1     (argue) and cold silences are common between teenagers and their parents,     2     is because teenagers usually go through physical and mental changes in their growth. They have a strong desire for independence as well as their parents’ love and support. It can be a tough challenge for them     3     (achieve) a balance.

It must     4     (stress) that they can improve the situation by communicating     5     (regular) in an honest way. The key to     6     (maintain) a good parent-child relationship is to understand the situation from each other’s point of view. Whenever quarrels come about, teenagers must remember that perhaps their parents     7     (experience) something similar and their advice is quite     8     (benefit).

The good news is     9     the stormy period will not last long. Everything will turn     10     fine in the end.

【推荐2】When we were kids,my little sister Madison and I were the M & Ms—my parents' two daughters.    1    So it was quite a surprise when my mom and dad sat us down to let us know that baby number three was on the way when I was 10 years old.However,as soon as my brother Mac was born,he completely stole my heart and I have learned a few things from having a young brother.

Having a baby in your life means watching your parents endlessly change diapers（尿布）,make bottles,and wipe spit-ups every once in a while.I was allowed to do those things and I learned just how important it was to take care of this little life before I even hit middle school.

    3    I remember how excited my family was when we discovered how fast of a reader he was in kindergarten. I'll never forget telling him bedtime stories before he went to sleep at night.It's cool to think about the entirety of his life and how far he has come.

From a young age,my brother watched my sister and me overcome personal challenges,go to high school,and, worst of all,get our hearts broken.    4    Watching his sisters go through life's difficulties has taught him how he should act when he gets older.

Now Mac is 11 years old.I have no shame in telling people that one of my best friends is an 11-year-old boy.In fact,our family without him is unimaginable.    5    

My mother is perhaps my favorite person in the world. There are plenty of     1     (reason)for this, including all her love for me and my siblings （兄弟姐妹） and her try to ensure our happiness.

Mother has a kind and caring heart, very rare in the world we live in. She    2    (give) birth to four children but went ahead to take care of three other needed children     3    ended up being our siblings.

When it comes to her physical     4    (appear), my mother has striking features. She has long dark brown hair, a slim body shape,    5    a great source of inspiration, which left her friends red with envy （羡慕）. Whenever any     6     us fell ill, my mother would move heaven and earth to make sure good treatment and care     7    (offer) to us during the whole period. She would spend time making sure we are comfortable all the time.

Of course, my mother loves helping the less     8     (luck) people whenever there is an opportunity to do so, and you can tell she always enjoys     9     (lend) a hand.

In a word, I love my mother and I always believe she is     10     (simple) the best gift to me.

Su Mingjuan, the former poster girl for China’s most     1     (influence) education charity, has recently come back in the national spotlight as a delegate (代表) to the 20th National Congress of the Community Party of China.

In 1991, a photograph of the then first-grader Su,     2     a pair of large, bright eyes crying for knowledge,     3    (touch) the hearts of numerous people. Su was born into a poor farming family in Jinzhai, East China’s Anhui Province. The image of Su, then     4     8-year-old girl, was actually taken by a photographer who went into the remote     5    (mountain) areas to see how the Project Hope had helped rural drop-outs.

Su became the poster girl for Project Hope after this image impressed many people in China. Project Hope, which     6     (found) by the China Youth Development Foundation in 1989, is committed to     7     (assist) poor children get education. Over the past three decades, according to the official report, it     8     (transform) the lives of 6 million students from poor families nationwide, among     9     is Su. The picture of Su, entitled “I want to go to school”, has been reprinted nationwide in newspapers, magazines and billboards, and has since become a symbol of the country’s efforts     10    (promote) nine-year compulsory education among all school-age children.

In the small Artinno Town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, a group of able designers have become famous     1     a result of the recent Asian Games. The designers, graduating from the same art college, are the planners of the Games’ signs and the medals.

All of those in charge of the designs are professors of the China Academy of Art, which     2     (have) its Xiangshan Central Campus near Artinno Town.

“I think every designer hopes     3     (create) something special,” says Fang Hongzhang, the designer of the game sign.

Zhang Junjie, a 41-year-old man     4     led the design team for the medals, started his studio in 2009 and moved it to Artinno Town in 2016. “I decided to work there after     5     (visit) it for the first time and immediately seeing our office,” says Zhang. He graduated from the China Academy of Art, and is now the     6     (direct) of the industrial design department of the college.

“Looking out of our office window; you can see a tiny lake surrounded (围绕) by three mountains. This is the     7     (early) place where I got my inspiration for my design of the medals. I really like     8     environment here. The office is quiet and relaxing,” Zhang says.

    9     (actual) , more companies from different fields, including film and television, settled down in the town. “My film about Asian Games     10     (make) with the support of other companies in the town last month,” Zhang said.