Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good ____ and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went ____   the school psychologist's (心理学家的) office to ask for help.

“Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a ____   study of them,” said the psychologist.

“I've been trying hard,” Johnnie was about to ____．

The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were ____   able to learn Maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find __   you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very ____   you.”

Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the garden around the town. Soon ____ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called a “green thumb”. The plants he ____   grew, and the roses blossomed (开花). People started to accept his ____ for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.

One day while he was downtown(在市区), he happened to ____ an unusual dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission (许可), he started the work, ____ he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were ____   for it. People gave him young trees, rose­bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little ____．

Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they ____ beauty before the eyes of people.

Do you know that vocabulary is more important than grammar? If you have good vocabulary, you can communicate successfully, even if the grammar is not completely perfect.

However, one common problem is learning new words and then forgetting them. So, when you want to use a new word in a conversation, you can’t remember it at that moment. Does this often happen to you? The reason for this difficulty is that most students try to learn vocabulary by studying lists and dictionaries and remembering the words. But it may not work if you don’t have a very good memory.

The best way to learn vocabulary and remember the words successfully is to learn new words and use them at once. You can do this with a very simple exercise. Each time you learn a new word, for example, from an English lesson or an article, write it down in your vocabulary notebook. Writing is more active than just reading a definition（释义）. You should write the word, the definition in English or translation, one example sentence from the article or dictionary and one example sentence that you create.

Imagine you just learn the word “generous”, write in your vocabulary notebook: generous （adjective）, definition—giving or willing to give freely. Example One, from the article: Thanks for paying for my dinner, you’re very generous. Example Two, my example: My brother is generous because he volunteers at the animal shelter on weekends. It’s best if your example sentences are true to your life, because this creates a personal connection with the new word. The next day, read your vocabulary notebook again and try to add one more example sentence using the new word. It’s helpful for you to remember it. These two simple steps—writing the word and using it at once—help you remember and use new words.

The Unity（和谐） of Man and Nature

The “unity of man and nature” is necessary and important in the cultural tradition of China. The Chinese believe in the unity of man and nature, a basic way to their philosophy（哲学） of life.     51     They are also celebrated for nature.

    52    , Zhuangzi, for example, believed “Heaven（天） and earth are parents to all things in the world”. The beauty of nature is to “give birth to all things” and “let all things grow”, while the duty of humans is to “make all things perfect”. Heaven, earth, and humans should be one in unity.     53     They are necessary to each other, so they should treat each other with kindness.

The idea of unity of man and nature has been in the heart of Chinese people.     54     In most provinces of China, some rules have been made to reduce pollution. Many power stations that produce and provide safe and clean electricity have been built.     55    

Most of the Chinese, especially the young, are willing to protect the natural environment. China is now working with all other countries to make the earth a better place to live.

With the rapid development of science and technology, the ways of communication among people have changed a lot in the past years.

As we all know, in ancient times, people communicated with others who were far away only by writing letters. It took a very long time to get the message.

In the 19th century, telegraph was invented, but it was not widely used. The letter was still the commonest way at that time. In 1836, John Coker invented the first electromagnetic telegraph (电磁电报机) in the world, and then telegraph came into being and was popular. It was much faster than letters, bringing great convenience to people.

As time goes by, telephones become increasingly widely used. Now, phones have been developed as mobile phones, fixed telephones, Internet telephones and other categories. They are important communication tools in modern information society.

In addition, network communication is popular as well. It is especially widely welcomed by the youth. A great number of people communicate with others on the Internet by using software (软件), such as QQ, Wechat, BBS and MMS. Using software is easy. A computer which is connected to the network is enough. In China, Wechat has become the most popular communication software nowadays. Wechat, known as Weixin in China, is a mobile phone text and voice messaging communication software which is developed by Tencent. People who make video calls can not only hear the sound, but also see the people they talk to.

       Many teenagers don’t get along well with their parents and they don’t know what to do. If you face such a problem, what I’m saying now might be     61     （help） to you.

Have you ever thought of     62    （talk） to your parents to find out why you don’t get along well with each other? When I was a teenager, I didn’t get on well with my parents,     63    . We sometimes argued with each other. I am sorry that I had such     64     experience. Now I’m a mother of four girls. Of course, we have different opinions, but I encourage them to communicate with me openly and honestly. In this way, I make sure that they trust me and come to me for anything. As a     65    , we get along very well.

Arguing with your parents will     66    （certain） make them angry and you won’t feel good. Also, remember that the most important thing is to solve problems and     67    （silent） will only make the situation worse. Try your best to be calm. If you cannot control your feelings, you can go to a doctor or your teacher     68     could give you advice on your problem.

Remember that your parents love you. Sometimes they do something that you can     69    （hard） understand. For example, you may want to be an artist in the future,     70     your parents want you to do something else. If so, try to think in their shoes.

Life is too short and family is important. Try your best to get along well with your parents.

71. 假设你叫李华，5月2日你们年级的同学将要去南湖公园徒步。请你代表学生会根据以下提示写一则通知。

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72. 初中三年学习生活即将结束，在这三年里总有一些让你心存感恩的事，请你用英文讲述一段你的故事，阐述一下你的感受和收获。