In children’s eyes, mother is perfect (完美的). In my mind, my mother is good at doing everything except (除了) _________. I still remember what happened on my _________ 40th birthday when I was young.

My mother made a special plan for the important day. She did some cleaning early in the morning and made the house pretty with some flowers. Then she went shopping for a big _________. She began to cook just after finishing a long shopping list. Three hours later, only two dishes were served on the table—a salad and a pancake in a strange shape. We all _________ to have the roast duck as soon as possible because it was our favorite. Unluckily, the duck was neither nice in color nor delicious in _________. How disappointed I felt! Feeling so sorry, my mother promised to prepare another one at once. To _________ surprise, my father didn’t complain (抱怨) at all. Instead, he ate one more piece of the duck and smiled at my mother. “Good taste, I love it! Thank you, dear! It’s the _________ roast duck I have ever had!” Mother smiled happily and said, “Happy birthday, my dear!”

I couldn’t understand what my father said and did at that time. Ten years has passed and my father has become a 50-year-old man. He _________ loves the food my mother cooks, though she hasn’t become a good cook yet. As time goes by, I come to know that no one is perfect, including my mother. _________ is perfect, including my family. __________ love can make a difference. If there is love, home will become the sweetest place in the world.

Hangzhou held the 19th Asian Games from September 23rd to October 8th, 2023. The Games are very “smart”, thanks to the use of many exciting technologies (技术).

The place for the tennis finals is called the “Small Lotus”. On the top of the stadium, there are eight “petals (花瓣)”. Each petal weighs 160 tons. They can open and close freely. It takes 15 minutes for each petal to open and close. It is built this way for different kinds of weather. If the players are hurt during the games and need help. what will happen? Drones (无人机) can be used to send things over. They can fly to places 20 kilometers away and travel 16 meters in one second.

Every dish at the Asian Games should be safe and healthy to eat. In the kitchen of the players’ village in Hangzhou, there is a special system that can tell people’s faces. If a “stranger” goes into the kitchen, an alarm will make a sound to let people know.

Do you want to walk around at the stadiums but can’t make it in person? You can try the Hangzhou Asian Games’ metaverse (虚拟空间)! You can try it with an app on Alipay (支付宝). Inside, it’s like an online cartoon world. You can enjoy the charm (魅力) of the stadiums both from the outside and inside. It will be sad if you can’t find your way. AR is here to help. There’s a mini-program called the Hangzhou Asian Games AR service. You can simply turn on your phone’s camera, and it will see where you are and then show you the way.

These days more and more students like to have parties on weekends. Is it good or bad for them? Different people have different ideas. Some people are for (支持) it, while others are against (反对) it.

Some people think having a party is good for students to know and understand each other well. On weekdays, students are always studying. They don’t have any time to have fun. They seldom (很少) sing or dance. And they have no time to communicate (交流). A party can make them relaxed and happy. And many families only have one child. The children need to make friends with each other.

However, some parents are against having parties. They think it’s a waste of money and time. Students always buy many expensive gifts so they will spend a lot of money. Because students don’t make money, they have to ask their parents for it. And some students are always serious about the parties. They spend too much money and time on them. Some parents say nothing can be done when the students get together and they are just for fun. They think students can’t pay more attention (注意力) to their studies in the following week.

As for me, I am for having a party. But students can’t spend too much time or money on it.

Do you think you can have only one job in your lifetime? This is not true, but lots of people think so. For example, when people decide what to learn in college, they think the decisions they make now will decide their future jobs. However, here are many examples in which people achieved (实现) their dreams after changing their jobs later in life.

Ronald Reagan was an actor when he was young. Later, he decided to do political (政治的) work. The love for it made him become President of the United States.

The famous artist in the 19 century, Vincent Van Gogh, was not a painter at the beginning. He once was a preacher (牧师). It was only 10 years before he died that he decided to become an artist.

J. K. Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter, was a school teacher before she began writing books. Actually, she was out of her job before the first book Harry Potter came out. Now we know jobs can be changeable. The important thing is to find what you are really good at or what you really want to do. Once you find what you love, try your best to do it.

Do you often make a resolution on New Year’s Day? Can you keep it?     32     Here’s some advice on how to make a good resolution.

Plan for the resolution.

Having a goal (目标) isn’t enough.     33     So make your plan. A good plan will tell you what to do next and how to accomplish (实现) your goal at last. Making a plan is very important.

Make your plan right now.

    34     So it’s important that you begin making your plan right now.

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You should write your resolution and plan in some places, such as a notebook or your diary.

Think about a year—round resolution, not just New Year’s.

Nothing big can be finished in one day. You make a resolution in one day.     36     It may need a hundred small steps. New Year’s resolution should be a starting point. You must get into a habit to keep on your resolution gradually.

Humans may live on another planet one day! That     42     (seem) impossible years ago. But now the idea may come true. According to Stephen Hawking, a British     43     (science), humans only have about 1,000 years to live on the earth. It means that humans     44     (fly) to another planet in 1,000 years. In fact, we have found one red planet Mars (火星). Experts have found that there     45     (be) water on it. The idea of living there looks possible. Thanks to science, the steps to Mars are getting     46     (fast) than before. For example, in 2013, Dutch experts     47     (plan) the first plan to put humans on Mars. They offered people one-way tickets to go and build a new home on Mars.     48     it was dangerous, over 200,000 people still wanted to take part in it.     49     the evening of September 21, US experts showed another plan to get humans to Mars in six years. They are also doing many     50     (prepare) to help people get back to the earth. I’m looking forward to     51     (live) on Mars. Will you join us?

Many people like to watch TV. There are all kinds of programs on TV. The soap opera is one of them. The soap opera first appeared on the radio in the 1920s. Then it started on TV in the 1940s.

Why do so many people like to watch soap operas on TV, especially young people? What makes soap operas popular? Let’s find it out.

First, what’s happening in the soap opera is very different from our life. Everything is perfect in the play. People don’t need to worry about almost anything. People don’t have money problems.

Second, there are many beautiful girls and handsome boys in the soap opera. They are so cool. They make young people crazy.

Third, the story in the soap opera is usually interesting. It makes people relaxed after a day’s hard work. Even some old people like to watch it, too.

But some people don’t like soap operas. They think they are too slow and too long. Do you like watching soap operas? What do you think of them?