Everybody can suffer from stress (压力). No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends.

Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the lives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it.

Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple, but it is true.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Why do we like drinking water from plastic bottles? Some people think it is healthy and clean. Others drink bottled water because it’s easy—you can carry it around with you. In hot countries, like Greece, we often buy bottles of cold water in summer. However, making lots of plastic is not a good idea for many reasons. First of all, we need a lot of oil for plastic products. We usually use oil as a source (资源) of energy. If we reduced the number of bottles we made, we wouldn’t need so much oil. Plastic bottles also pollute the environment. If we recycled all our plastic bottles, we wouldn’t need so much space for rubbish dumps.

But in Greece, we don’t recycle much of the plastic we use. In 2006, Greeks recycled only about 10% of plastic waste. The rest became rubbish on land and in rivers and seas. So next time you want to throw away a plastic bottle in the litter bin, stop and think. If you recycled it, you would help the environment. But what can you do when there isn’t a recycling bin near you? Well, there are lots of useful ways that you can use your bottles again. For example, an empty bottle makes a great piggy bank for your pocket money, and if you cut a bottle in half, you will have a plant pot. Go green! You can make a difference.

The kiwi is a kind of bird. It is a very strange bird because it can not fly. The kiwi is very famous, just like the koalas in Australia.

The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It has hair on its body. Its mouth is very long. It has two feet and each foot has four toes. A kiwi likes to have a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big. There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now.

The kiwis live only in New Zealand. If you want to see the kiwi, please go to the Kiwi House and National Bird Park in Otorohanga, New Zealand.

Mrs. White has a son. His name is Sam. The young man begins to work in a post office in a big city this autumn.     26     The old woman is happy and catches a train. Soon she gets to the city, but she doesn’t know where the post office is.     27     At a bus stop she asks an old man politely, “Excuse me, sir. How can I get to the post office, please? “     28     ” says the old man. “Which one do you want? “The old woman gives Sam’s address to him and the old man says, “Walk along this street and take the fourth turning on the left.     29    .” Mrs. White thanks the old man and soon finds her son. They’re very happy. A week later the old woman goes to the zoo. She sees all kinds of animals.     30     At the same bus stop she meets the same old man and she asks the same question again. “Oh dear!”the old man calls out. “Are you still looking for your son?”

Everyone has dreams. President Xi Jinping said that with dreams, chances and hard work, beautiful things could be created.

Now the Chinese dream is a hot topic around the country. The Chinese dream aims to realize the great renewal (复兴) of the Chinese nation.

The country is like a big family. Every one of us can do something for our family. Everyone’s small dreams will help us to finally achieve the Chinese dream.

Zhao Yue, 15, is a Junior 3 student at Wenhui Middle School in Beijing. He is now working hard for his dream.

“I want to learn English well and be a translator in the future. In the age of globalization (全球化), I want to help my country better communicate with the outside world.” Zhao said. With the success of every citizen, our country will become a better one. And, as our country is getting stronger, more Chinese people have the chance to realize their dreams.

Ji Yichao, is one of the lucky dream chasers (追随者). Ji, 20, is now a student at Beijing Information Science and Technology University. He has dreamed of having a big company since he was at primary school, Ji worked hard to reach his goal. He developed Mammoth, an Internet browser (浏览器程序) when he was just a senior high school student. It became the most popular browser made by one person in the Apple Store. At 19, Ji set up his Internet Company Peak Labs. On March 8, Forbes China magazine named him one of the top Chinese businessmen under 30.

Besides his own efforts, Ji owes (归功于) his success to the country. “The age I was born in and the economy level of China’s society give me a great sense of safety. It helps in focusing my. attention on software development,” Ji said.

I bought a jasmine (茉莉) plant for my office. When I bought it, I     46     (tell) it would bloom (开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I     47     (look) at it, but there     48     (not be) any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, she     49     (water) her jasmine. The flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help     50     (smell) them. Surrounded (被环绕) by sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.

Mary bought her plant the same time as I did. It took a year for her jasmine     51     (bloom). I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I     52     (give) it away.

In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I     53     (need) to be patient and let things happen.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she     54     (go) away on business the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I     55     (learn) that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

Once a very rich man and his son collected valuable paintings by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.

Later, the son left to join the army. After a few weeks, the old man     62     saying his son had died while taking another soldier to a hospital. The old man became     63    . One day, a soldier visited the old man and     64     — it was a portrait (肖像) of his son. The painting of his son became the old man’s most valuable thing. He told his neighbors it was     65     he had ever received. The following spring, the old man died.

All of the old man’s paintings would be sold at an auction (拍卖会). The auction     66     the painting of the old man’s son.

“Who will open the price at $100?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or     67    . Someone said, “Who cares about that painting? Let’s get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in agreement. “No, we must sell this one     68    ,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the portrait of the son?”

Finally, a good friend of the old man spoke, “Ten dollars!” “Will anyone go     69    ?” called the auctioneer. After more silence he said: “Going once…going twice…Sold!” The auctioneer then announced (宣布) that the whole auction     70    . “According to the father’s will, whoever takes the son’s portrait gets     71    .” The auctioneer said.

Because of the father’s love, whoever took the son got it all.

72. “你养我长大，我陪你就变老”父母亲一直在为我们的成长默默付出，成长要学会感受爱，回报爱。2023年5月14日是母亲节，是我们向母亲表达感激的好时机。请根据以下要点，写一篇英语短文。

You raise me up, I will be with you in your heart. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________