There are many things we need to know but do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money     1    (wise), we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices and quality. We need to know how to make     2     best decision when we shop. Knowing how to make such decisions     3    (be) a life skill, and we need these skills if we are to lead useful and happy lives.

Some of the decisions are small. For example, will I take an apple or a pear     4    lunch? Will I take the bus to school today or will I walk? Others are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food     5     will I eat junk food because it is     6    (tasty)? We make decisions like this every day.     7    , making the wrong ones can result     8     unhappiness. We have to realize that the     9    (choose) we make can affect the rest of our lives, and it can also affect other people. Next time you decide     10    (waste) time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, consider this: who else does your decision affect?

More than twenty American states ban smoking in public.     1     study has proved that smoke-free laws can reduce a major effect of tobacco—heart disease.The study     2     (take) place in Pueblo, Colorado several years ago. In some states, there were 396 heart attack     3     (patient) in the year before the ban in hospitals.

However,18 months     4     the ban, the number was 237. Smoking in enclosed (封闭的) places is very     5     (harm) to non-smoke. Adults may think they are     6     (actual) protecting their children from second-hand smoke when they smoke outside their homes, or when the children are not there. However, researchers     7     (warn) of what they call “third-hand smoke” so far. When you smoke they say, dangerous matter from tobacco smoke gets into     8     (you) hair and clothing. Then, when you touch a baby, the baby comes into contact with that poisonous matter. The researchers also found that people,     9     agreed that smoke was bad for children’s health, were more likely to have restriction on     10     (smoke) in their homes than others.

With the development of society, interpersonal relationship has been a heated topic in our daily life.

    1    increasing number of people find it important in career success. Being polite is the first and most important step    2    (develop) good relationship among friends. Polite words can be very powerful in your daily life.

Always saying please and thank you will make your friends more    3    (comfort) and more willing to offer help when necessary. We all know that one man’s success is based on    4     he or she deals with people. Always be grateful for other people’s kindness and show your gratitude through the words you speak. The more support you win from other people, the    5    (fast) you will move towards your goal.

Although some people may    6    (obvious) ignore the importance of being polite, we students should form good     7    (habit) and behave in good manners. First, learn to be friendly    8    your parents and relatives at home. Then at school, listen respectfully when your teachers instruct you. Follow and accept their advice to improve    9    (you). You will make further progress if you express your gratitude in time.

Remember, being polite    10    (cost) nothing but it is worth millions of dollars.

It’s reported that there was a train collision on the Qinghai-Tibet railway in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, with one man    1    (kill) and three others seriously injured.

The accident happened on Wednesday night,    2    a passenger train near Golmud station was hit by an empty train that had rolled from its siding. The man who died is reported to have been trapped between two carriages. Though the victim was rescued at around 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning,    3    died later in hospital.

More than 50 people    4    （send）to hospital for observation. Three passengers with serious    5    (injure) are said to be in a stable condition. Now the line has returned to normal operation,    6    (follow) the crash.

Qinghai’s provincial government has called on    7    (medicine) staff to treat the injured, and deal properly    8    the family of the dead passenger. It has also started    9    investigation into the crash, hoping to figure out    10    caused the accident.

A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told     1    （he) rescuers that he was not alone in the wet, freezing cold woods. He said he was with       2    friend-a bear. The child went missing on January 22 while     3    （play) with friends at his grandmother's house in the southern state of North Carolina. When the other children returned to the house and Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour     4     calling the police. Police formed a search and rescue team     5    （look) for the young boy in the nearby woods.     6     two days went by and still-no Casey. Then on January 24, someone called the police saying they heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and searched that particular area,     7     they found Casey at about 9: 30 that night. They pulled him out of some bushes. He was in good health. Casey told the rescuers that he       8    （hang)out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his "friend. "Sheriff Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news     9    （agency). He said Casey did not say how he was able to survive in the woods for three days in the cold,     10    （rain) weather.