No matter who you are and where you live, the most important thing is what kind of person you are. There are many good qualities that can benefit you a lot in your life. Among them, the following ________ qualities are the most helpful ones.

Have a ________ attitude. Life is not always a bed of roses. When facing difficulties, don’t lose heart. Do you know what can help you overcome difficulties? It’s your attitude. Cheer up! Life is like a ________. When you smile in front of it, it will also smile at you.

Keep learning. Maybe you ________ your present life. Every day you have ________ much work to do that you can’t find any time to learn. However, the world around you is changing all the time.

Never be satisfied with yourself, ________ you will fall behind others. ________ learning can help you get success in the future.

Be creative. In modern society, the students who have creative thinking are needed most. Being creative means ________ new ideas and having creative imagination. Those who are creative have more choices in their life.

Be honest and keep your promise. Honesty is the best policy (原则). ________ likes a person who tells lies. The one who keeps his word is popular everywhere.

As long as you have these qualities ________ above, you will be excellent and make a difference to the world. Albert Einstein once said, “Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”

John Smith is an exchange student from New York. Here is a letter to his friend in his hometown.

One night, I finished my homework a little earlier than usual. Seeing my parents still being busy with housework, suddenly, one thought came to my mind. I decided to write a note to Mom and Dad. I was a young teenager and it was the first time that I ever wrote something that wasn’t school homework. At that moment, I just wanted to let Mom and Dad know I loved them, how much they meant to me, and how grateful I was to them for all that they gave to their daughter. Being too shy to say these things face to face, I wrote them down in a note for my parents to find after I went to bed.

Later that night, I heard a gentle knock at my door. Sleepily, I got out of bed and opened the door up. There were Mom and Dad with a look of such love on their faces. Mom and Dad hugged me and thanked me for my note. I even could see tears in Mom’s eyes. Seeing the happiness I gave them made my own heart jump for joy. I was amazed that my simple words could touch them so much.

That beautiful memory has stayed alive in my soul (灵魂) ever since. I began to share my stories online with thousands of people all over this world. It reminds me not to be shy about sharing happiness with this world. They can be thanks, hugs and smiles. They can even be a simple note written with love.

All that matters is that you share them in different ways. All that matters is that you use them to make this world more beautiful.

Tea culture is different in different countries by the way tea is made and drunk, and by the places for tea drinking. How to make tea may be different. According to the ways of making tea, tea is classified into white tea, green tea, black tea, etc. And how to prepare tea may be different, too. In Tibet, tea is commonly boiled with salt and butter. People may drink tea at home or in public, for example, at tea houses.

As part of culture, tea has a relationship with history, health, education, communication and so on. It is commonly used at social activities. For example, afternoon tea is a British custom. Families or friends can communicate with each other while having afternoon tea.

Tea has remained a way of daily life in China and drinking tea has a lot of advantages. It makes people less tired, clears heat in the human body and helps people lose weight.

Chinese people are good at using tea to make other things delicious. Tea, served as a medicine in ancient times at first, is now not just a kind of drink, but also excellent seasoning (调味品). Here are two delicious dishes made with tea:

Tea Eggs: You can find them cooked and sold in street markets in almost every city in China.

Dragon Well Tea Shrimp (龙井虾仁): It’s one of the most well-known dishes in Hangzhou.

Before you drink tea, please check the following tips:

a. drink hot tea.

b. The best time to drink is in between meals. It is bad for your stomach if you drink tea just before meals, during meals or soon after meals.

c. Do not drink too much strong tea.

Good afternoon. Welcome to England. We hope that your visit will be a pleasant one. Today I’d like to tell you something about a few of our laws.

The first one is about drinking.     36    , if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.

The second one is noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means (方式) but don’t make unnecessary noise especially at night.     37    

The third one is crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use the crosswalk (人行横道) and don’t take any chances when crossing the road.

    38     It isn’t lawful (合法的) to drop rubbish in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a dustbin (垃圾箱).

The last one is smoking.     39    , if you are less than 16 years of age.

I’d like to finish by saying that if you need any kinds of help, you should get in touch with the police.     40     Now are there any questions?

The meaning of silence is various among cultural groups. Silences may be thoughtful (思考的), or they may be empty when a person doesn’t want to say     51    . A silence in conversation may also show stubbornness (倔强), or worry. Silence may be seen by some cultural groups as uncomfortable; therefore, attempts (努力) may be made to fill every gap during conversation. Persons in other     52     groups value silence and regard it as necessary for understanding a person’s needs.

Many native     53     value silence and feel it is a basic part of communicating among people, just as some     54     Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, it     55     seems that the person wants the listener to think about what has been said carefully before continuing. In these cultures, silence is a call for response.

Other cultures may use silence in other ways, especially when     56     disagreement among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian and French persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under     57    . However, Mexicans (墨西哥人) may use silence when instructions are     58     by a person in authority (权威) instead of being rude to that person by arguing with him or     59    . In another use, persons in Asian cultures may think of silence as a sign of respect.

Nurses need to know the possible meanings of silence when they deal with the personal worries their patients may be     60    . Nurses should make their own personal and cultural meaning of silence clear so that a patient’s silence should be stopped at once or allowed to go on. A nurse who understands the treating value of silence can use it to help patients from their own and from other cultures.

Teenagers are very busy now and often forget to think about their usual food, drink and exercise. In fact, healthy eating, along with regular exercise, is the only way to keep fit. During your teenage years, it is important to give your body the energy it needs. Teenage girls need about 2,200 calories (卡路里) a day and teenage boys need a bit more. 50% of your calories should come from rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water, six to eight glasses a day. Drinking enough water will improve your skin and give you healthy hair. Exercising is something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Scientists suggest that teenagers spend at least 30 minutes exercising five times a week. When you exercise, your body produce something that makes you feel relaxed. It can even help you sleep better at night and let you pay more attention when you study.

Paris is the capital of France. Its subway is also very special. You can enjoy its culture when you are in this city. First, you can see many people reading books in the subway. Whenever they are in the subway or at the station, there is always a book in the hand.

The subway station in Paris is not big, but each of them has its special facts. Some stations look like ships. Some stations have clothes, caps and shoes. And every station has a big advertisement picture. But many of them are for selling clothes and cosmetics (化妆品).

You can meet some beggars in the subway. But the beggars in the subway are also very special. They often play the violin or guitar in the train. They don’t feel shy at all. Instead, they think it is natural.

Several Asian hospitals are doing experiments with Tele-medicine. Tele-medicine is a technology that allows doctors to “see” people without     70     (they) being in the same place. This is made possible through high-speed communication networks (网络). At both ends of the line, the way of video-meeting lets them see     71     talk to each other. Blood pressure and body temperature are directly     72     (show) on computers.

Tele-medicine is already in wide use in some places such     73     the United States and Germany. However, it has been slow to reach Asia because it costs too much and there     74     (be) some other reasons. When things improve, this technology will develop very fast. Now in China, a Hong Kong’s     75     (medicine) university has joined a famous hospital in Beijing.

Tele-medicine will be good for sick people     76     doctors from different places can see them and give their medical advice. The help is quite important if the disease is an     77     (usual) one. It also helps     78     (spread) medical knowledge.

As tele-medicine develops well,     79     (it) costs will be lower and it will become very popular in the medical field.

80. 假设你是九年级的学生李林，每天忙于学习，很累。请你给同是九年级的好朋友魏童写一封信，向他介绍你的学校生活，并跟他分享一下作为九年级的学生应如何安排业余生活。

I’m writing to tell you something about my school life. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Lin