I walked into a stranger as he passed by me.

“Excuse me.” I said.

He replied ________ a smile and said, “Please excuse me, too. I was in ________ a hurry that I didn’t notice you.”

We apologized and went for ________ own ways.

Later that day, when I ________, my daughter was standing too near. When I turned to reach for ________ milk, I nearly knocked her over. “Move out of the way!” I shouted. She walked away sadly. But I didn’t feel like ________ to her.

While I was in bed that evening, my husband said to me. “While dealing with a stranger, you were polite. ________ with a daughter you love, you were unkind. Your daughter ________ you a picture that she drew herself this afternoon. You will find it on the table in the living room. Have you seen the tears in her eyes?”

I ________ went and sat down by my daughter’s bed.

“Honey, I am so sorry.” I said. “The picture is so beautiful. It ________ by you this afternoon, right?”

She said, “I saw ________ beautiful garden yesterday and I knew you’d like it, so I drew it for you. It’s as ________ as your dream garden.”

I tearfully replied, “Sweetie, I ________ really sorry for the way I acted today. I ________ shout at you.”

“It’s OK. I love you anyway.” She said as she kissed me on the cheek.

My husband is right. ________ we can be polite to strangers, why can’t we do the same for the ones we love?

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was ________. I didn’t take an interest in anything. I thought that my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood right before me and said ________, “Look what I found.” In his hand was a flower and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and dead. I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his ________ flower and go off to play. I didn’t want to ________ with him at all.

However, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and said happily, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I ________ it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must ________ it, or he might never leave. So I took the flower and replied, “This is just what I want, thank you.” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.

Tears came down my face as I ________ him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome,” he smiled and then he ran off to play. I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my ________.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world — the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been ________. In fact I never found there is always something beautiful around me in life. I decided to see the ________ in life, and enjoy every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

Guangzhou Shangri-La Hotel Service guide

We will make your stay here as enjoyable as possible. We hope we will give you the best service.

Room Service

We offer the service 24 hours a day.

Dining Room

You can have three meals a day in the dining room.

Breakfast: 8 a.m.—9:30 a.m. (Tips: The room waiter may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7 a.m. If you need, please fill in a card and hang it outside your room before 6 a.m.)

Lunch: 12 a.m.—2 p.m.

Dinner: 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.

Telephones

There is a telephone in your room. Dial “0” before you make a call. We will tell you to wait a moment if the lines are busy.

Shop & Coffee House

Business hours:

Shop: 9 a.m.—5:30 p.m.

Coffee House: 12 a.m.—2 p.m.

8 p.m.—11:30 p.m.

Other Services

Swimming pool: Enjoy yourself at any time if you like. It’s free.

Hot water: It is offered 24 hours.

You can probably all ride a bike well. I’m an exception(例外）.

I started riding a bike when I was three. It was a tiny toy bike with four wheels. I loved it very much and rode it every day.

When I was 5, my cousin gave me a pink bike. It was a true bicycle with just two wheels. At the time, my parents were too busy to teach me how to ride it. So I had to learn to ride by myself. I practiced hard on weekends and during vacations, although I still didn’t know how to make turns.

One summer vacation, I borrowed an old bike and rode it with my friends on a country road. We sang and practiced our riding skills. Suddenly, a small boy ran into the road. I was shocked and couldn’t control the bike at all. My bike ran into the boy and he fell. He didn’t get very seriously hurt, but his grandma was too angry to accept my apology. My cousin appeared five minutes later and saved me from the mess. But the experience frightened me: no longer dared to ride a bike

Then, last year, free bikes were offered to children. My mother tried to teach me how to ride. But the traffic made me so nervous that I had to ride really slowly. But I’m not going to give up. One day, believe me: you’d see me riding a bike in a big street.

My first day in high school will never be forgotten. When I got to the classroom in the morning, I saw that Mr. Brown had already put our names on our tables. After walking a few steps, I saw my name on the table right in the middle of the classroom. Walking up to my table, my heart sang. “It would be great to sit there. I could see everything easily,” I thought to myself.

A while later, the other students entered one by one and took their own seats. And then Mr. Brown started talking. He showed us his classroom rules and explained them. All of a sudden, a student called Tony started singing loudly. All the while he moved his body to the music. His deskmate Josh couldn’t understand why he was doing these things. Then he stood up and talked to Mr Brown, “I don’t want to sit with this strange guy. Can I exchange my seat with someone else, please?”

Mr. Brown didn’t answer his questions directly. He stopped what he was doing and turned on the computer. Then he showed us some pictures about autistic (患自闭症的) kids. He explained that autistic kids have little self-control. They seem to do things that are beyond (超出) everyone else’s understanding. However, they can do many great things, in the field of art or music for example. Then he told us that Tony was not good at Maths, but loved songs. “He can sing thousands of songs. What’s more surprising is that he can remember all the words without any mistakes.” In the end, Mr. Brown added that although autistic were different, they should be loved.

Since that first day in high school, I became Mr. Brown’s admirer (崇拜者). I was pretty sure Mr. Brown would get all of us on the right track (轨道).

In 1994, a Japanese Masahiro Hara invented the Quick Response code (QR二维码) as a way to increase the amount of information that could be stored on a paper label. Before this, one-dimensional (1D) barcodes had already been used since 1974 when the first barcode (条形码) was scanned in a supermarket in USA. The first barcodes consisted of two parts: the barcode and the 12-digit number. But the two-dimensional (2D) code made by Mr Hara can hold as much as 7,000 digits or 4,000 characters of text, including all Japanese characters. Many books have QR codes on their back cover which provide information such as the price, the author and the publisher.

Around 2006, Wang Yue and his team developed the Hanxin Code which can also encode Chinese characters. Short Hanxin Code, instead of long Chinese names, are now widely printed on the large quantity of shoes on trucks and ships. In 2014, Wang Yue’s company produced its first self-service OR code reader—the Smart Box. Now it has become the most popular offline payment in China.

QR codes can be easily read with any mobile phone that has a camera. So they are now widely used in factories and supermarkets, on various tickets and restaurant cashier tables. On 14 February, 2020, a QR code called ‘Health Code’ is used in Hangzhou for people to quickly report their health status. Firstly, find an app named Alipay and scan the QR code included. Secondly, provide your name, phone number and ID number. Thirdly, answer some questions about your health status and whereabouts. Then you will get the ‘Health Code’ with different colour, green for “being healthy”. Only with an updated green code, you may be allowed to enter or leave Hangzhou. On 21 February, 2020, a QR code is also used by Ms. Tang to inform her students about the course arrangement.

Are you thinking about travelling alone? You must have a million questions: Where should you go? Will there be someone to talk to?     41     And is it all right to travel alone?

In fact, travelling alone is not as scary (吓人的) as it seems. Here are some good tips.

Choose a place where you feel comfortable and safe

Truth be told, travelling alone for the first time is more about the experience than the destination (目的地）.     42     It could be somewhere close home or somewhere you’ve already been with friends.

Make a plan

Always make a plan. That way you’ll avoid worrying too much over where you’re staying, what to see and how you’re getting from A to B.

Book hotels ahead of time

    43     Besides, when you book your hotel, ask if they will send a driver to pick you up.

Talk to people

If you’re going to a touristy place like Thailand, there are lots of other people who are travelling alone.     44     They might also ask you to join them for dinner or a beer. That happens a lot.

Let someone know where you are

Your family and friends love you and probably worry about you every day, so text them and let them know what you’re doing throughout your trip.     45     And in case (以防) something did happen, they’ll know where you are.

After I finish my homework, I often go o    46     and chat with my friends. Sometimes I play Internet games. But my parents h    47     to see me playing games on the computer. Maybe they have heard too much n    48     about how QQ and Internet games harm children. Once I went to a Net bar to play games after school. But after that I told my parents that I was playing basketball at school. I said so because I didn’t want to let them down. I feel a    49     of it. However, I need to rest for a while by playing games after studying for a long time. I really want my parents to understand that, but I really don’t know how to s    50     the problem. Please help me.

Yours,

Li Ping

56. 学校的英文校报征稿，请你以“My Family Life”为题写一篇文章，词数80左右，文章包括以下信息点：

My Family Life

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