When Jane and Billy were little, they got along fine. The fights didn’t ________ until they were both 10 years old.

“Mom, Billy won’t give my book back! ”

“It’s not ________. It’s mine! ”

And so it went. Our peaceful house turned a war zone (战场) . But we found a ________ to deal with it.

We talked to the kids and discussed what would happen ________ they fought again. We came up with a list of “punishments (惩罚) ” that we would give them. But they weren’t really punishments — just nice things ________ we would ask them to do for each other. For example, if Jane started a fight, we would ask her to clean Billy’s room. If Billy started a fight, we would ask him to give Jane ________ hug.

We didn’t have to really punish them. We just had to teach them to be ________ to each other.

There was a man who had four sons. He hoped that his sons could learn not to judge (评判) things too _______. So he gave each of his four sons a question in turn, asking them to go see an apple tree during different _______.

The eldest son set out in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer, and the _______ in the autumn.

When all of them returned home, he called them together to describe _______ they had seen.

The first son said the tree was stark (光秃秃的). The second son said the tree was covered _______ green buds (芽) and full of hope. The third son disagreed, saying that it was full of flowers. He said they _______ sweet and looked beautiful. The last son disagreed with _______ of them, saying that the tree was colorful and full of life.

The man told his four sons that they were all correct, _______ each of them only saw the tree during one season. He told his sons that they could not judge a tree or a person only by one season.

If you give up during the coldness of winter, you will miss the hope of spring, the beauty of summer and the harvest of autumn in your life.

Once, there were two women who lived in the same village. They used to grow the same plants in their own gardens. One woman called Lisa was hard-working and took care of her plants every day. The other woman, named Rebecca, didn’t do quite as much. She just let her plants grow however they wanted.

One evening, there was a big storm with heavy rain. It destroyed (毁坏) many of the plants. The next morning, when Lisa woke up, she found that all of her plants fell down to the ground because of the rain. However, when she got to Rebecca’s garden, she saw that all of the plants were still standing in the garden. Rebecca’s plants lived through the storm.

How did this happen? The plants of the relaxed woman learned to do things on their own from the very beginning. They grew deeper roots (根) and made places for themselves in the soil. They could stand up strong on their own, even during a storm. But since Lisa did everything for her plants, they never learned to live through any difficulties.

It is the same for us. Sooner or later, you have to let go and become independent (独立). If you just let others do everything for you, you’ll never learn to do things on your own.

Have you wondered how the three Chinese astronauts (宇航员) of Shenzhou XIII spend their 6 months’ life in space? The following will explain astronauts’ daily life in space to you.

Astronauts almost do the same things when they go to space. Food preparations vary with different food types. Some foods can be eaten in their natural forms, such as chocolate cakes and fruits. Other foods require adding water, such as cheese. Of course, an oven (烤箱) is provided at the space station to heat the food. But there is no fridge, so space food must be kept properly.

After a long day at work, nothing is better than a good night’s sleep! Just like on the earth, in space astronauts go to bed at certain time, then get up and prepare for work again. When going to sleep, they have to tie themselves, so they don’t fly around or hit their bodies against something. They usually use sleeping bags located in small crew cabins (乘员舱). Each crew cabin is big enough for one person. Generally, astronauts have an eight-hour sleep each day when they finish their task.

Exercise is an important part of every astronaut’s daily life to prevent muscle loss (肌肉萎缩). Commonly, astronauts exercise two hours every day. Lifting 200 pounds on the earth may be a lot of work. But lifting that same object in space would be much easier. That means exercise equipment needs to be special, so astronauts can receive the exercise needed.

Living in space is not just all work and no play. Fun plays an important role in the quality of their life.

There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant (令人愉快的) but are not.     66     When someone says they have to “face the music”, it does not mean they are going to a concert. “Facing the music” means to accept the punishment (惩罚) of an action.     67     For example, “I can’t face another night of camping! It’s cold and rainy.” or “In life, you must face your fears.” Face used in this way is very common. Back to facing the music: Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her expensive sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I’m away. But please, do not drive it. It is an extremely (极其) fast car.”     68     You want to show off (炫耀) to some friends. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. Bang!

When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”.     69     It could be losing her friendship or paying to repair her car. Whatever the music is, you must face it.

    70     To “take your medicine” means to accept the results from something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it.” they mean you created a bad situation and now you have to experience the results!

Betty likes English very much. She spends a lot of time     81     (read) it every day. She     82     (usual) goes to the school library and reads English newspapers. After school, she goes to the city library behind     83     (she) school. She needs to use the computer there to surf     84     Internet because she does not have a computer at home. She tries hard to chat (聊天) with her American e-friends     85     English.

In fact, Betty wasn’t     86     (interest) in English at first. At that time, studying English     87     (be) very difficult for her. She did not know the good way of learning English. But one day, her new English teacher told her the importance of English and taught her     88     to learn English well.

From then on, she started to try     89     (listen) to English songs, read English newspapers, and write down good English     90     (sentence) in the notebooks. Now, she loves English very well.

91. 假如你是李华，曾在你班学习的美国交换生Tony关注到了中国政府颁布的“双减”政策（Double Reduction Policy），特写信向你了解此事。请根据以下提示写一封回信，并谈谈自己的看法。

I’m very glad to receive your letter. In your letter, you asked me to tell you something about our government’s “Double Reduction Policy”.

Yours,

Li Hua