Tom’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire（退休）soon. Tom said in ________, “Grandpa will retire soon, so it means grandpa has been working for a really long time!” His parents said, “Yes. That’s why we are going to have a party ________him.”

Tom loved his grandpa and wanted to do something ________for him. He remembered his grandpa gave him a business card two years ago. He ________that his grandpa would no longer have the position（职位）on the card. As a result, he made a decision to make a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came, Tom didn’t want to put his ________with others’. When all the other people ________, he held his grandpa’s hand and gave him the gift. His grandpa smiled, “May ________open it now?” “Sure!” Tom said ________.

As Grandpa opened the gift, tears（眼泪）came into his eyes. Tom gave him the ________gift he had ever got! It was a business card with his new position: FULL-TIME GRANDPA! “Well, how much do I get paid?” his grandpa asked, smiling. “As many hugs as you want!” With these words, Tom gave Grandpa a ________at once. “Well. I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa.

Once in a village lived a rich man who had a clever son with curly golden hair. However, the man was very worried about his son, Peter. The man tried every way to make his son understand and leave bad habits, but it was too hard to do that.

One day, the man got to know that John, a famous teacher, had come to their village. The man went to John and asked him to help his son to give up his bad habits. John agreed and asked him to bring his son. The next morning the man came to John with his son. John took the young man with him for a walk through the garden.

While walking, John stopped suddenly and pointed toward a tiny orchid (兰花) growing there and said to Peter, “Pull it out.” Peter held the plant between his thumb (拇指) and forefinger and pulled it out.

After this, John continued to walk with the young man. After walking for a while, he stopped again and pointed toward a little bigger plant and said, “Pull it out.” Peter held that plant, pulled hard and it came out with its roots (根) and all.

“Now, pull that one!” said John, pointing toward a bush. Peter used all his strength to pull that out.

“Now pull this one out!” said John, pointing toward a big guava (番石榴) tree. Peter held the trunk of the tree and tried to pull it out, but it wouldn’t move.

“It’s impossible,” said the young man, breathing heavily. John smiled and said, “So it is with bad habits. When they are young, it is easy to pull them out, but when they are strong, they can’t be pulled out. Don’t wait for bad habits to grow in you!”

John’s words changed the young man’s life forever.

“World record broken!” On Aug 12, 17-year-old Ma Jiajun from Jilin excitedly posted this on social media, with a picture of him holding the certificate(证书) from Guinness World Records. He has set a new world record for “the most consecutive jump rope triples(连续三摇跳绳)” with 701 times. The last world record was 423, set by a Japanese person, 35 years ago.

Ma is more than 180 cm tall, but he used to be short and thin in primary school. To build a strong body, he took part in the school’s jump rope team. At 9, he competed in a national game and surprisingly broke a recoord. “My coach said I hav a talent in this sport and suggested that I should keep doing it.” said Ma. So he joined a jump rope club and kept training for six years.

“The training was really hard. I needed to practice every day for at least four to five hours,” Ma said. “The jump rope triple has a high requirement for core strength (核心力量). Every night when I lay on my bed, my abs(腹肌) and back were in pain.”

But a strong wish to break the record kept him going. “My favorite TV show is Guinness China Night《吉尼斯中国之夜》. I always dreamed of getting a certificate of my own,” he said. “That would prove my efforts and persistence.”

After breaking the record, Ma won lots of attention from the public. “I hope more people could enjoy jump rope, since it’s good for your health and full of fun,” Ma said. Now he is preparing for next year’s gaokao, with Beijing Sport University being his next goal.

You may have known about many traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival or the Lantern Festival, but have you ever heard of Dragon Heads-raising Day?

Dragon Heads-raising Day is also called the Spring Dragon Festival. It is on the second day of the second lunar (农历) month. It’s on February 21st this year. It came from an old story. After that day, the Dragon King will wake up from his winter sleep and bring more rain. So that day is the start of spring and farming season.

One of the most interesting things related to the day is about haircut. People believe that a haircut during the first lunar month is not a good idea. It may bring bad things to your uncles. So people can only cut it on or after Dragon Heads-raising Day. Although it’s not true, many people still do it.

There are also other ways to celebrate this festival. For example, people eat food with dragon names. People call noodles dragon’s beard (胡须). Dumplings are dragon’s ears and spring rolls (春卷) are dragon’s scales (鳞).

People also do dragon dances and make dragon lanterns. The lanterns stand for people’s best wishes and good luck.

Do you often lose control? And do you know how to manage your emotions(情绪) healthily? Here are some ways which may help you to deal with your emotions.

Remind yourselves that it is never okay to hurt others.

It is important to know what is acceptable(可接受的) and what is not for others.     41    

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You need to understand big feelings are very normal but your actions caused by these feelings will bring results. Taking a few deep breaths or slowly counting to 10 can give you time to realize your body’s warning signs—whether you have a tense(紧绷的) body or clenched(咬紧的) teeth.

Use your words to say how you feel and what you wish would happen.

    43     Of course, your wish won’t always be an acceptable solution for all parties, but you can work out a more peaceful solution together with whom you are angry.

Ask for help to solve the problem.

It is okay to ask for help when you don’t feel that you can solve the problem alone.     44    

Take the time you need to calm down.

Sometimes you may still feel angry or upset even having worked through each of the above steps.     45     Several days later, you may not feel so strongly about what happened.

56. 提示：在你的生活中，一定有某个人，某件事给你留下美好的回忆。请以 “             Gave Me A Beautiful Memory”为题。用英语写一篇短文，叙述这个美好回忆背后的人或事，并谈谈你的感受。要求：

1.请将题目补充完整，短文词数不少于60词；

2.语言流畅、书写规范、卷面整洁；

3.文中不得使用真实姓名、校名，否则以零分计；

4.请将短文写在答题卡上，写在本试题卷上无效。

            Gave Me A Beautiful Memory