One day, the People’s Hospital received（收到）a deaf woman. It was ____ for the doctors and nurses to communicate with her. Chen Xin, 20, a sign language interpreter（手语翻译）, offered to help.

In 2017, Chen made some deaf friends. This made him want to ____ sign language. Months later he passed an exam and ____ a sign language interpreter.

COVID-19（新冠肺炎）has brought deaf people even more ____. They can’t get information quickly and they don’t always know how to express（表达）new words. Chen wanted to ____ the situation. In July 2021, when the Delta variant（德尔塔变异毒株）came to Nanjing. Chen recorded a video ____ sign language. He decided on the sign of “Delta variant”, to sign a triangle（三角形）, ____ the Greek letter（希腊字母）“Delta” looks like one.

Chen ____ more sign language interpreters to join him. In September 2021, he set up ____ organization. It now has more than forty members. The volunteers offer free a services to deaf people.

Chen said he was ____ to help. “I want to make things easier for deaf friends, especially during this difficult time.” he said.

Do you think hard work always pays off? What have you got by working hard? Here is the story about ____ I became successful.

I’m a very smart person who has spent ____ 10 years learning mechanics（机械学）, but I have no formal（正式的）education. I always tried my best to make people trust me. However, I ____ made it.

This year I took another factory job with a little better pay than my last one. I was making $13. 50 an hour at my last job and had a hard time living. ____ I was paid more, I still lived badly.

But as long as you held on and didn’t ____, you would succeed one day.

Three months ago, my neighbor bought a used car that everyone thought had some serious problems. After taking a look at it, I said that I would be able to ____ it. It turned out that I saved ____ $2, 00 that he expected to pay to rebuild it. He was surprised at my work and told many of their friends about me.

In about two months, more people came to me for work and I was making great money. Then luckily, I got a job ____ one of my customers（顾客）. I was able to let them believe in me by solving difficult problems ____. They offered me another job with a even higher pay. I finally improved my life.

So everyone, remember not to give up your dream easily because ____ will come to you in the end with your hard work.

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After leaving home and starting his first job, David stayed in touch with his mother. David had just moved into his first apartment in the city, far from their village home. He thought that he should invite his mother to the city and show her around. He called her and made plans for her to come to the city on July 7th—a Tuesday.

July 7th came around and David went to the train station to pick up his mom. But she didn’t show up（出现）. David called her and asked what was going on. She said, “Oh, I checked my calendar and it said July 7th was a Sunday! I’m sorry, dear. Can you come back to pick me up on Sunday?”

Of course, David didn’t mind. However, he worried about his mom, who had always been good at remembering important dates. He asked, “Mom, how did you confuse（混淆）the date?”

“The thing is, I’m still using last year’s calendar. I know it’s silly, but it’s the last thing your dad gave to me before he died. When the new year came, I didn’t want to throw it away. I’ve missed a few appointments（约定）, but I don’t miss them almost as much as I miss your father.”

There was once a violinist. He said he was not afraid of dangerous animals. He said in a proud (骄傲) way, “Even a bear would be as quiet as the friendliest cat when hearing my music.” But he had never played, and no one believed him.

A chance (机会) to show his words arrived just when a circus (马戏团) came to the town. The musician came to the ringmaster (领班) and told what he could do.

“Wow, that’s interesting.” The ringmaster said. “We just have three new lions and they haven’t worked with the lion tamer (驯兽师) yet. Let’s see what you can do with them.” The violinist agreed and the whole town crowded the hall to see what would happen.

The violinist was standing quietly in the center of the ring with a smile. Then the ringmaster opened the door of the cage (笼子) and a huge lion jumped out angrily, shouting and showing his teeth. Everyone was too nervous to breathe.

Still with the smile, the violinist began to play. The beautiful music rose, then the lion sat down and began to enjoy the music. Everyone lost themselves in the music. The lion did, too. For the second lion, ________.

Then it’s the third lion’s turn to appear and everyone there was waiting for the lion to be quiet just like the other two. But the lion ran up to the man and attacked (袭击) him.

All the people were surprised. The other two lions asked angrily, “What have you done? We were enjoying the music!” The third lion put his paw (爪子) to its ear and said, “Sorry, I can’t hear you. I have been deaf for 5 years.”

I like music because I think there is nothing more relaxing than listening to or playing music.

One day, I went to my parents’ house to visit them. While my mother was cooking some food in the kitchen, my father and I were waiting. Later I went into my father’s room with him and he took out his guitar and started playing a slow song. Then I took out a violin and started playing along with him. Slowly, I became lost into the music.

My father and I played like that for about 15 minutes. And when I turned around, my mother was standing there listening. I didn’t even realize she was there while I was playing. That was one of the few times that I was “truly” lost in the music. The funniest thing about when I played with my father was that I wasn’t good at the violin. I was new at the instrument(乐器), but it was a slow song and my ability(能力) didn’t matter, that is what music is all about.

Now many people are too focused on being good at their instrument, or making lots of money with it, but not focused on the music. Although my job is playing the piano, I never really want to use it to make money. I play because it brings me great happiness, and I love everything about it.

It’s a common belief (相信) that fish can’t remember anything for longer than seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that every moment in their lives would be like seeing the world for the first time. But don’t be so quick to feel sorry for them. A new study has found that fish have much better memories than we used to think.

In the study, researchers from Mac Ewan University in Canada trained a kind of fish called African cichlids (丽鱼) to go to a certain area of their tank to get food. They took the fish out and then waited for 12 days before putting them back in the tank again. They found that after such a long break the fish still went to the same place where they first got food.

In fact, scientists had been thinking for a long time that African cichlids might have a good memory. But there was no clear evidence (证据) until the latest findings.

Just as a good memory can make our lives easier, it also plays an important part when a fish is trying to survive (生存) in the wild. “If fish are able to remember that a certain area contains (容纳) safe food, they will be able to go back to that area without putting their lives in danger.” lead researcher Trevor Hamilton told Live Science.

So next time you are watching your pet fish from outside the tank, perhaps you should feel closer to them — they may remember who you are.

My name is Zhao Kai. I’m from No. 1 Middle School. In September, 2016, I got a chance to go to America as an exchange student. It was a busy weekday, I went to school on a crowded bus and there were lots of people. Luckily, I got a seat. After a few stops, an elderly foreigner got on the bus and stood just a few steps away from me.

I know it’s good manners to offer the seat to the old when I am in China. So I stood up and said to the man, “Sir, would you like to take my seat?” To my surprise, the man smiled, shook his head and said, “Thank you.” He didn’t accept my offer. I felt very embarrassed (尴尬) and wondered why he did not accept the seat, as most Chinese elderly people would.

When I got home, I was told that if the man had taken the seat, it would have meant he was old. Most westerners of a certain age don’t want others to think they are old. So I made a mistake that day, even though I meant to be polite. Thus I got to know about a cultural difference between China and western countries.

81. 俗话说，习惯决定成败，拥有好的习惯一定会令你受益匪浅。请以“A Good Habit That Helps Me a Lot ”为题，用英语写一篇短文。要点如下：

1. 你的好习惯是什么?

2. 你是如何养成这个好习惯的?

3. 从中你有何收获?

注意：

1. 词数80—100；文章的开头已给出, 但不计入总词数；

2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；

3. 文中不得出现真实姓名及学校名称。

A Good Habit That Helps Me a Lot

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