My name’s Gina. I am ________ to have been born in a family that loves me and cares for me. My family has six ________, and they are my parents, my grandparents, my brother and me. My family has given me great support whenever I ________ any difficulties, and that is why I love my family.

Even though both my parents are working, they make sure that they ________ their time with my brother and me by playing with us and listening to our school life. My parents would ________ share their interesting moments in their work-life and teach us important lessons.

When my parents are ________ with their work, my grandparents would look after us and tell us wonderful stories. Even when my parents shouted at us for any mischief (恶作剧) we did, my grandparents would ________ us from their anger. My grandmother would prepare delicious snacks for us, ________ my grandfather would take us for a walk every day. My younger brother is my best friend, and there is nothing that we do not ________ with each other. Our family always share the little ________ in life. We live a peaceful and enjoyable life.

In China, instead of going to well-known resorts (度假胜地), more and more travelers like spending their vacations at less-known ones. And it’s getting much more ________ because they want to enjoy special, relaxing holiday experiences. People call it “reverse tourism (逆向旅游)”.

“Man moves one meter every 10 minutes on Huangshan Mountain” became a hot ________ on social media (媒体) during National Day holiday in October. Other well-known resorts were also ________ crowded at that time.

Besides crowds, some young people chose less-known resorts to save the ________ of trips. After all, the price of tickets, meals and hotel stays are usually ________ at well-known resorts at this time every year.

COVID-19 is another key that influences lots of young people to _______ the choice. As precautionary measures (预防措施) continue, traveling has ________ unpredictable (不可预知的). A traveler has no way of knowing what lies ahead before ________. Will it be a ________ holiday or one stopped by COVID-19? For this reason, many travelers like to choose local resorts or places with fewer tourists to reduce the risks to catch COVID-19.

“The ________ of reverse tourism is not a bad thing,” said in Zhengzhou Daily. It means that travelers now have more choices, the article explains.

I’m George. I went to Ghana to see a friend two years ago. I knew nothing about the language there, so it was very difficult for me to communicate with. Then I thought out a way—to smile at everyone I met.

When I smiled at them, nine times out of ten I got a smile back and sometimes even with “Hello” or “Hi”.

One day, without my friend, I went to a supermarket. After choosing some vegetables, I smiled at a young man next to me. He smiled back and took me to the check-out counter (收银台). I took out my wallet and handed it to him. He smiled and took out five dollars to pay. At the gate of the supermarket, I smiled to thank him. To my surprise, he carried my bag and helped to take it to my house. Then I smiled to thank him again. He just stood there and didn’t know what to do. Just then, my friend came back. After talking for a while with my friend, he left happily.

It was sometimes difficult to give a genuine(真诚的) smile. But smiling makes us relaxed. So try smiling at people more and see what happens.

Nowadays, more and more new inventions make our life more comfortable and convenient. It is difficult for us to point out which inventions changed human’s life the most. But in my opinion, the three greatest inventions are changing the world the most. They are electricity, planes and computers.

Firstly, electricity actually becomes necessary in human being’s life. Many big and heavy machines are used to produce foods, clothes and other everyday products in factories. Such machines work only with the help of electricity. In fact, we cannot imagine how we would live without electricity in modern times.

Secondly, I believe computers have changed our life greatly. They help us a lot in saving information. Computers are widely used in almost all fields, such as studying, working, entertaining(娱乐) and so on.

Lastly, the significant is the invention of planes. They have changed the way of our traveling. They can turn long and boring journeys into short trips. With their help, people from different parts of the world could travel from one place to another quickly. I think planes are really important in our life.

I enjoy movies that can make me excited and bring me something to think. Chinese Cinema has produced many great movies. But The Battle at Lake Changjin is my favorite movie. I have seen it many times. Every time I watch it, I find something new, something fascinating missed before.

There is no doubt that The Battle at Lake Changjin is one of the best movies that Chinese Cinema has produced. It was a great teamwork of the best talents in the field. The team included directors Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian. Some excellent actors like Wu Jing, Hu Jun and Jackson Yee joined the team. They all tried their best, and the result was a great success.

The movie has affected (影响) all levels of society. It educates people to love our country by facing and examining that period of history.

The Battle at Lake Changjin is a movie that truly belongs to the Chinese. It has shaped Chinese heroes and told a good Chinese story.

Unlike superhero stories in the West, China’s The Battle at Lake Changjin is from real history. Competed with those heroes that only appear in the movies, our soldiers are much greater.

The World Population Prospects (展望) 2022 report says: The population in the world reached 8 billion (十亿) on November 15, 2022. And the number will increase in the next ten years, although at a slower speed.

The population in the world is expected to rise to about 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, peak (峰值) at about 10.4 billion in the 2080s, and stay there until 2100, the report says.

World population growth peaked at 2.1 percent between 1962 and 1965, and since then it has fallen quickly to less than 1 percent in 2020.

The UN predicts that population growth could fall to about 0.5 percent by 2050 as fertility rates (生育率) continue to fall.

On the other hand, people can live much longer than before, from 63.8 years in 1990 to 72.8 years in 2019, and will reach 77.2 years in 2050. At that time, 16 percent of the population will be 65 years or older.

China and India have the largest population in the world, with 1.4 billion people each. But India will have the largest population in 2023 and reach 1.7 billion people by 2050.

Tom and Mike come from two completely different families. Tom was taken good care of by his mother and a baby-sitter after he was born. As his father is a rich banker, he could get all kinds of nice clothes and toys when he was young. At the age of six, he attended the best school in the city to get the best education. So he could easily be a member of Stanford.

Mike’s parents are poor farmers living in a small mountain village. He had a hard, poor childhood in the low and dark house with his family. He could learn nothing but old books borrowed from his neighbors. When he was nine, he started his education at the old local village school. After experiencing hard study, he is one of Tom’s classmates now.

Tom can get great support from his family, while Mike couldn’t. Life seems unfair to Mike. In fact, it’s never fair. So if life treats you unfairly, don’t cry, don’t shout, don’t complain(抱怨) to anyone. Because that’s just how life is. Trying is the only key to make the situation fair.