To be honest, no matter how old we are, most of us love it when our parents do things for us. It makes our lives easier, and we have ______ to worry about.

Some parents are used to doing almost ______ for their children. ______ regard their older children (and sometimes even adults) ______ babies! It can be a very common problem in China. In big cities in China, most parents only have one child. Some parents care so much about the ______ of their children that they are afraid to let them go anywhere ______ do anything by themselves. As a result, their children ______ to learn social skills, and depend more on parents!

In fact, no children really ______ being looked after by their parents all the time. No parents will be happy if they know that. As a result of too much care, their children don't know about the world! Children need ______ own time to develop into adults and to learn ______ to deal with problems. Too much care spoils their fun when they are growing up. And when suddenly they can’t ______ on their parents, they will be in big trouble!

It is nice that parents ______ their care and attention to their children. It is nice that children know that their parents’ care ______ the result of love. And it will be nicer if children let their parents know how ______ love they really need, and how much love is ______ .

For kids, it’s very important to stay healthy. Here are some tips on staying healthy for kids.

Kids _______ care about common hygiene (卫生). They share everything from drink to snacks.

_______ it is important to let your children know the basic hygiene such as washing hands before eating, brushing _______ at least twice a day, etc.

Healthy eating helps to live a _______ life. As a parent, you should pay attention to the eating habits of your children. Encourage your kids _______ healthy foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Let them eat different kinds of food at different ages. Let your kids know junk food is bad for health and ask them to try to eat _______ junk food.

You can plan different activities to teach kids the importance of _______ healthy. Some simple reading materials can let the kids know about _______ body. Some group games and activities or even _______ games can also help the kids understand the importance of staying healthy.

It is very important for kids to stay healthy. Healthy ________ often leads to healthy adulthood. So, we must pay special attention to our kids’ health.

A successful experiment (实验) in the deserts of Dubai (迪拜) may deal with hunger around the world. A team of Chinese scientists has tried to develop a kind of rice that grows in salt water. Not only that, it produces far more rice than you can imagine.

Back in January, 2018, the researchers were invited to plant some of the saltwater rice in different areas of the desert. Usual water is too expensive to waste on rice in those desert areas. After five months of growth, they produce up to 7.8 tons of rice a hectare (公顷). At the same time, the world average (平均数) stands at 3.3 tons a hectare.

The researchers from China are continuing the experiment by setting up a 100-hectare salt-water rice farm in 2019. It will show the costs of production and different farming skills. They hope to plant saltwater rice on more farms in 2020.

Their dream is to cover up to 10% of the country with the saltwater rice fields—and if the skills are successful in Dubai’s bad farming weather, then the farms could “feed the whole Arab world and they help to ensure (确保) food security (安全)”.

Yuan Longping is the “father of hybrid rice” and leader of the research group. He says that there are over l million square kilometers of land in China that is not used because there is too much salt in the soil. By planting saltwater rice on just one-tenth of this land, we hope it will feed over 200 million more people.

Drinking milk every day is good for your health. However, if one day someone gives you a cup of cow-free milk, will you still want to have a drink?

Recently, an American company named Perfect Day surprised the world with its synthetic (合成的) milk. The milk looks and tastes almost like cow milk and has all the same nutrients (营养素).

The creators of Perfect Day are two young scientists, Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi. Working in different cities, they didn’t know each other at first. But they shared the same crazy idea about making milk without the help from cows. They thought it would make the world a kinder, greener place. After they met, they started working on a way of making their dream a reality.

The secret to making cow-free milk? Yeast (酵母), 3D printing technology and old fermentation processes (发酵方法). They have developed a process quite like making beer. The two scientists also say their milk has longer shelf life than the real milk. What’s more, it’s delicious, safe and Earth-friendly. “We want people to enjoy our milk, while leaving a kinder footprint on the planet,” say the two young men.

However, they also know it will be a long way before people accept their synthetic milk.

Before people accept the synthetic milk, maybe we should do something to reduce waste. A store in Scotland is doing such a thing. It sells milk in a vending machine (自动售货机). The vending machine allows people to refill their glass bottles with fresh milk. “The milk vending machine lets us work with a local farm to get really tasty milk for our customers without wasting plastic containers (集装箱),” one worker from the store said. It helps to save the store about one hundred plastic containers a day.

At times we all get angry when we are driving. It might be because we are stuck in a traffic jam or behind a very slow driver. It might be because we think another driver has done something very stupid and dangerous. Whatever the reason is, it seems that getting angry in a car is something that happens more and more often and there   is now a special term for it—road rage. Some experts even think it is a kind of mental illness! How can we recognize (识别) this “illness” of road rage?

There are two kinds of road rage: aggressive (侵略的) driving and aggressive reactions（反应） to the way other people are driving. Aggressive driving can take different forms:

●Driving much faster than the speed limit.

●Increasing your speed very quickly.

●Changing driving ways very suddenly and blocking another car.

●Moving into a parking space where another car is trying to park.

There are also different reactions to the way other people are driving. These include:

●Making rude signs at others.

●Shouting at others and threatening them.

●Driving into another person’s car on purpose.

●Hitting somebody.

Road rage is certainly not a joke. There have been incidents (严重事件) because of road rage which have led to serious injuries (重伤) and even deaths.

Experts think that one reason for road rage is that films show a lot of examples of fast and aggressive driving such as car chases. Experts also think that the punishments for dangerous driving are not serious enough. In the UK in the last 30 years, the police have been quite successful in reducing the number of people who drink and drive. They are now working to stop people using mobile phones when they are driving. Let’s hope they can have the same success with the road rage.

Social skills are important to successful careers and personal relationships.    49     Learn how to improve your social skills and be more comfortable in the outside environment. Here is some advice for you.

Pay attention to your own means of communication with other people. Find out which behavior patterns and situations make you uncomfortable. Ask others for honest answers about your means of communication.     50     Think about how you can change your own behavior and turn it into a positive experience.

    51     When you communicate with other people, use eye contact, face the person you’re speaking to and avoid being inattentive (漫不经心的). At times body language is more important than the words you speak.

Listen carefully,    52     Try to respect others and do not interrupt others’ words. It’s polite to listen to their complete words and then respond (回应).

Change yourself little by little. To improve your whole personality at once is impossible.    53    

Ask your friends and family about your positive qualities, and let them shine while communicating with others. At the same time, let them point out what you need to improve. Then make yourself get better and better day by day.

近来网络上流行一句话：“世界上最远的距离是我在你对面，你却在看手机。”这句话真实地反映了当前的社会现象。成年人和小孩们都花大量的时间用手机做着不同的事，“手机控”、“低头族”越来越多且呈年轻化趋势。这既不利于我们的身体健康，又影响了我们的学习和生活，形势令人担忧。请你以“My opinion on using the mobile phone”为题，针对这一现象发表个人观点，给大家提提建议。

My opinion on using the mobile phone

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