One sunny afternoon, Emily was walking to the park to meet her friends. Along the way, she noticed a coin on the ground. Emily picked it up and thought to herself, “This must be my _______ day!”

Emily continued walking to the park, feeling excited about what the rest of the day might _______. When she arrived, her friends were playing a game. Emily joined them _______ and had a great time.

After the game, Emily and her friends decided to get some ice cream from a nearby store. _______ they were waiting in line, Emily noticed a woman holding a piece of paper and crying quietly.

“Excuse me, is everything okay?” Emily asked.

The woman said that she had lost her job and was having _______ paying her bills. Emily felt sorry for the woman and remembered the lucky _______ she had found earlier. She took it out and handed it to the woman, saying, “I hope this _______.” The woman looked at Emily, _______ and thankful. “Thank you so much,” she said. “You have no idea how much this means to me.”

Emily felt a warm feeling inside, knowing that she had made a _______ in someone’s life. When she walked away, she looked up at the sky and said, “Thank you for the lucky coin.”

The rest of the day went by _______. Emily and her friends enjoyed their ice cream and played more games in the park. On the way home, Emily noticed another on the ground. She picked it up, smiled, and said to herself, “I guess my good luck is really still going strong.”

Xu Yuanchong is China’s most famous master translator (翻译家). He was born in 1921. He began to translate some works during his college years. In 1939, he published an English translation of a poem as his earliest work. Since 1978, Xu has published (出版) more than 100 translated novels, anthologies (选集), and plays.

Xu worked on translating for more than 70 years. He has tried his best to pass on the beauty of ancient Chinese poetry all his life. In his opinion, a translated work should be as beautiful as the original (原著). Instead of directly translating words from one language to another, he made the translated words clear and enjoyable to readers. In 2014, Xu became the first Asian winner of the world’s highest prize in translation of literature (文学).

Xu pursued (追求) the beauty of language all his life and his works have been a cultural bridge that links China with the West. His translations are so beautiful that English and French-speaking readers are able to better understand Chinese literature. At the same time, Chinese readers can understand foreign works in the same way they would read novels and poems written in their mother language.

It is more than sixty years since the death of Lei Feng, and yet his spirit of selflessness is still alive, inspiring Chinese young people. In fact, the wish to help others can always be found among common people.

On September 5, 2022, when an earthquake hit Luding, Sichuan, 28-year-old hydropower station (水电站) worker Gan Yu chose not to leave but stay at his workplace, saving villages downstream from being flooded. People think he is a hero like Lei Feng, but he doesn’t feel that he should be compared to the young hero. “Lei Feng is a role model to all Chinese young people. The things he did may seem small, but behind them was a nobility (高贵的品质) that we can all achieve,” he said.

Zeng Qiangfei, 24, is also from Sichuan. In 2013, when an earthquake happened in his hometown, he was studying in a middle school. Zeng remembered seeing rescuers (救援者) and volunteers gather there to help. When he grew up, he became a volunteer himself. After a terrible quake hit Turkey and Syria this year, he flew there to help. During the rescue, he always saw local people bowing quietly to rescuers like them. “I grew up listening to Lei Feng’s stories. He is an excellent young man who spared no effort to help others,” said Zeng.

This view is shared by a 56-year-old British man named James Elroy Edginton, who lives in Hunan, the hometown of Lei Feng. Working at a local college, Edginton volunteers to help students from poor families, and is warmly regarded as a “foreign Lei Feng”. “I am honored to be connected with the spirit of Lei Feng His qualities are timeless and borderless (无边界),” he said.

Are video games harmful to our children? Today, many children spend a lot of their free time playing games on the Internet. This information tells us that the advantages and dangers of video games must be carefully considered.

For many people, video games are fun. They have bright lights, funny cartoons and exciting stories. Everywhere you look, you can see children playing these games. They play on buses and trains, in restaurants and even at school.

Video games are educational too. They make kids think in a creative way and they have to move their hands and eyes quickly. This can improve the way that a child’s brain works. What’s more, video games make children use their imagination. The player has to do many creative things, like drawing, telling stories and building things.

However, a recent study shows that video games can also be bad for children. Firstly, children can download (下载) many games for free. This means that parents often don’t know if their children are playing violent (暴力的) or scary games. Secondly, many children spend too much time playing games on computers and this can lead to health problems. Thirdly, if children spend too much time playing games instead of doing homework, they can have problems at school and get bad grades. Finally, video games can affect children’s social skills. If children spend too much time playing video games by themselves, they might not learn how to play with their friends.

All in all, it seems clear that video games have some advantages and some disadvantages. It is up to parents to know what games their children are playing and how much time they spend on them. Parents should also make sure their children get enough exercise and spend time with other children.

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Sometimes even the most common things can have an influence on us.

My family     31     (move) to a new house with a big yard two years ago. I loved     32     yard so much that I volunteered to help my mom look after it, like planting, watering and weeding (除草).

Last summer, I found a little plant that I didn’t know in the yard. Neither Mom     33     I planted it. Then we decided to let it continue growing until we could find out     34     it was.

When I saw the plant again, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to take care     35     it carefully. As I pulled up the weeds in the area, I     36     (sudden) noticed something unusual. The sunflower actually began under a big rock and grew under and around it to reach the sun. What a(n)     37     (believable) thing it was!

At that time, I realized that we also have the     38     (able) to do the same thing. Stand tall like the sunflower and believe in     39     (our), and we will overcome difficulties to achieve our goals. The harder you work, the     40     (lucky) you will become.

Many things may make you angry. Maybe your mom gives you too much h    41     like doing dishes. Maybe a friend b    42     your favorite book and then loses it. You may also get angry when something doesn’t go your way. You can’t avoid anger but you need to know how to d    43     with it. Here are some useful s    44     that can help you.

·Count from 1 to 10;

·Have a c    45     or talk with your friends;

·Get or give a hug;

·Draw a p    46     of your anger;

·Sing a    47     with the music player;

·Do some e    48    , such as riding and swimming.

Never getting angry is i    49     but when you’re angry, you can do something to make things better instead of letting anger control you.

Dad is a quiet person. He never says he loves me.

When I was in high school, Dad lost his job. With nothing to do at home, Dad set up a food stand (货摊) in the street. He was very good at making fried noodles, so a lot of people liked his noodles. The food stand was near my school. Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would pass by Dad’s food stand. But I really hated talking to Dad at that moment. I didn’t want my classmates to know that my dad was selling noodles in the street!

One night at home, I couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted, “Dad, could you stop selling your stupid noodles? I don’t want a father who sells noodles in the street!” At that moment, Dad was shocked. He tried to say something but he didn’t. His eyes were filled with tears and sadness. It was the first time that I had seen Dad crying.

My mom later told me that Dad was selling noodles to save money for my college education. I was such a fool. Even today I still regret shouting at Dad. Although Dad is still quiet now, I can feel a connection between us. And it becomes something special — “a silent father’s love”.

65. 假如你是李华，Bob是你三年前的同学，他在电子邮件里问你这三年的变化和今年的目标和计划。请根据下面的表格内容给他回一封电子邮件。

I’m glad to hear from you and I also miss you very much. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m happy I have changed a lot. How about your changes and plans?

Yours,

Li hua