I found it hard to communicate with my mother. Relations between us became difficult.

One day I ran away from home and stayed outside for a few hours. When I returned home at night, I saw the pain, anger and disappointment on my mother’s face. We knew that we were in great need of a talk. We agreed to have breakfast together the next morning. In the end, we decided to go to a restaurant.

On our way to the restaurant, I noticed my mother had two notebooks in her hands. I asked her what they were used for. She explained to me that sometimes it was easier to write down our feelings than talk about them. We should write down our feelings.

Our first topic was “Why am I so angry?” I wrote a half page, and my mom filled up nearly three pages. I saw tears run down her face while she was writing. I never realized anyone could hide so much anger. After we finished writing, we exchanged our notebooks. As soon as I started reading my mother’s words, I began to cry and so did she. When we finished reading, we discussed our feelings. Finally, it felt like all the anger inside me went away from my body. Our talk helped me realize so many things I had never thought of before, not only about my mother but also about other people.

My mother and I continue using our notebooks as a way of communicating with each other. We know that no matter how we feel about each other, our notebooks are a safe place to express our feelings. We have come to an agreement that we write “I love you” at the end of each letter.

That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.

To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress.

I remember very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table and threw different coins on the table. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging, but she also made it fun.

After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class.

As years went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke (中风).

Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak or know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with her—just as she had worked with me years before. She made progress every day and was moved out of ICU (重症监护室) and finally out of hospital.

One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, “Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.” I quickly said, “Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.”

Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers, but she taught me so much more about life than only maths.

Do you ever find yourself standing in front of rubbish bins, not sure whether the piece of waste in your hand is reusable or not? To solve this problem, four Hong Kong high school students have invented a smart rubbish bin that uses AI to sort (分类) the waste. The bin was named Waste Collection Point.

Connected to a computer, the bin uses a camera to tell the kind of the waste it receives and sorts it into plastic, paper, glass, or other kinds. To make sure the bin cap sort waste correctly, the team tested every product in the school shop and took at least 500 pictures of each one. “To train the AI, we had to take many photos, so it has a better rate of accuracy (精准度),” said one of the students who built the AI system.

The idea of the smart bin was born two years ago, when the students were in Grade Ten. At that time, people from the city crowded into their village. They left behind a lot of rubbish and caused more pollution.

“All the bins were full, and there was even rubbish on the mountain,” the students recalled. “Every weekend, we had to join the villagers in picking up the waste.”

The students decided to develop a special recycling bin that would encourage people to protect the environment. Although school ended at 2 p. m., the team would continue to work on their invention until 6 or 7 p. m. at school. Even when their school was closed last year, they would still meet and work together online.

“Our bin is now in its third generation (代). Before graduation, we hope it can be widely used in the city,” the students said. “Then it will be easier than ever for people to recycle and protect our environment.”

What is pollution? Dirty air, waste water, litter and other dirty things are all pollution. We can see some of them, but     44     (other) we can’t. People have created lots of pollution and you can see it almost everywhere on the planet, even far places like the Arctic which are badly polluted by     45     (harm) chemicals made by people.

Scientist have found the chemicals-in the bodies-of polar bears (北极熊), seals (海豹) and the people who live with them. Pollution has killed many animals and made others     46     (sick). It has also killed people and made them ill, too. There’s nowhere on the planet left without pollution, even at the bottom of the sea or high up in the air. Pollution     47     (cause) many problems and the government of many countries are trying to solve them. With less pollution our world     48     (be) better, so please protect our environment.

Let’s work together to make our world more beautiful.

Something unexpected happened in the summer of my eleventh year. My home     49     (burn) to the ground in the middle of the night. Thankfully, my parents, brothers and I ran away with our dogs. Yet, we had nothing     50     the nightclothes we were sleeping in. I spent the rest of that night with a friend of our family. It’s hard for me to sleep in bed in his house. I was too scared.

The next day my mom     51     (bring) me a few T-shirts and pairs of jeans that another friend gave to her. One pair of them was too short and the other pair was too long, but Ι     52     (not care). At least I had some clothes again. My dad returned to our broken home to see what he could find.

The only thing he could save was my mom’s ring.

Luckily, our friends and neighbors continued to donate (捐赠) what we could wear and eat. They gave us the courage     53     (overcome) these difficulties.

The saying that school years are golden years is true for me. I enjoyed myself a lot.

From the first day to the     54     day, my school days were a wonderful recollection (回忆) in my memory. Whenever a friend from school contacts (联系) me, I am taken back to those happy days of my life.

My school days were a treasure box of     55     lessons and experiences. I made many good friends at my school. I     56     social skills first-hand. I was taught how to read, write and think. I learned to play sports and exercise to keep healthy.

My teachers taught me much of what I know about life. They shared their experiences and guided me. They were my models of success which I was     57     for. They helped me in discovering my life’s path. They supported, encouraged and     58     me a lot. My classmates were my true partners in all moments of life. They raised me up when I couldn’t stand up; they cheered me up when I was     59    , and they helped me with schoolwork when I got sick. I could never have made it through my school days     60     their friendships.

All these experiences made my school days golden in my life. I will never forget those happy days.

The first forest library in Shanghai recently opened to the public. Readers can relax and read books in the forest library. The forest library was built by Pudong New Area and Shanghai Library. It is known as Read&Joy Forest. The forest library is near Shanghai Library East. It covers an area of 20, 546 square meters.

Readers can relax themselves in the quiet and comfortable environment. There are many different kinds of trees in the library. The green spaces are connected by wooden walkways.

The library is in the open air. There are many things such as chairs and an information desk. Most of the visitors to the forest library are young people and parents with their children.

Having a library in the forest is such a wonderful idea. People enjoy themselves reading in the forest.

“I love the fresh air and trees here.” said Wang Tao, a reader of the library. “The library makes it possible to enjoy reading in the natural environment. I feel very relaxed here. I will come back for sure.”

66. 生活中总有一些经历或者爱好带给你快乐。某英文报正以“________ makes me happy”为题征文。请你根据以下要点，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文。

________ makes me happy