Mom and Dad are two of the most important people in your life. They do ________ for us than anyone else around you. But many kids can’t ________ their parents. They don’t always think their parents can understand them. Some kids ________ their parents’ strictness（严格） with them.

So how can you make things easier on yourself? It is easier ________ you think. Just let your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else ________ than usual（往常）. Everyone can make a mistake（错误）. Say ________ to them when you are wrong. Take responsibilities（责任） for what you did. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about ________ with you. Share your feelings with them and ask them for help. Most of all, ________ to understand them. They need your help, too.

Do your best at everything you do. You don’t have to be the best, ________ when you do your best, you’ll make your parents proud（自豪）. It makes them ________ to see that you’re turning into such a great kid. Why? Because it lets them know they are doing a good job.

Lisa, Gina, Jason and Tony live in the same town. They like going to the movies on weekends. Now they are talking about the movie theaters in their town.

I am Lisa. I like going to Town Cinema, because it is the closest to my home. I often walk there with my cousins on weekends. I think it has the friendliest service and biggest screens in our town.

My name is Gina. I like Happy Cinema. It's the most popular. Many people go there to see the latest movies. But it's the most expensive in our town. I only go there three times a year.

I am Jason. I often go to June Cinema. Although it's the cheapest, it has the most comfortable seats. It's a little far from my home, but I can ride my bike to go there. On my way home, I often go to Uncle Bob's to eat a chicken hamburger. It's delicious.

I am Tony. I think the best movie theater is Town Cinema. It is the cheapest. And it has the biggest screens. It has comfortable seats. I like to go there. I always go there with my friends on weekends. I don't like the Movie Palace. It is dirty. And it is not close to my home. So I like Town Cinema best.

What do we do when we go camping? First, we make a plan（计划）. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from（远离）insects（昆虫） and the sun.

Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods. We look for a place for campers（露营者） and we look for a good place for our tent. The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.

In the evening we come back to the tent, and we make a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs. At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.

Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain.

Mr. Wang lives in a small town. He worked in a factory（工厂） for more than forty years and last year he left the factory. His wife died（死） five years ago and his son works in Japan. He always does sports and he is in good health. But he has nothing to do at home.

Three months ago his son called him. The young man asked him to go to Tokyo for vacation. He was very happy. He would like to go there by ship（船） because he thought it was much cheaper than other kinds of transportation.

On the first morning on the ship, Mr. Wang met an Englishman at table. The man said to him, “Good morning!”

He thought the Englishman told his name to him. So he stood up and said, “Wang Lin!”.

It was repeated （重复） a few mornings and Mr. Wang told a teacher about it. Hearing this, the old woman began to laugh and said, “He says hello to you in the morning.”

The next morning, when Mr. Wang met the Englishman, he said, “Good morning!” and the Englishman stood up and said, “Wang Lin, sir.”

Traveling can be a fun way to have a good holiday. But what will you do if you’re a student and don’t have enough money for a trip? Don’t worry. Here’s some useful advice.

Save: This may be the most important preparation for traveling. Cut costs and save money so you’ll have more choices about where to go and how to get there.

Plan ahead （提前）: Don’t wait until the last minute to plan your trip. Tickets may cost more when bought in a hurry. Giving yourself several months to get ready can save more.

Travel in groups : Find someone who is interested in visiting the same places. By traveling with others you can share costs and experience together.

Choose places: Tourist cities may be expensive. You may want to rethink your trip and go to a less-known place. Smaller towns may have many interesting activities and sights.

Use the Internet or travel books: No matter where you go, study the places you will visit and decide what to see. The net can help to save money. Some useful websites such as www. travelcity. comand www. economy-travel.com are good. Travel books will give you the information on the cheapest hotels and restaurants.

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.

Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty（责任）to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull （迟钝的）boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

My mother was a cleaner in our school canteen（食堂） when I was in the middle school. At that time she was such an embarrassment（难堪）to me not only because of her job but also her look. She had only one eye. Every time I saw her in my school, I pretended（假装） not to see her and ran away.

After graduating（毕业之后）, I got a good job in another city. Then I got married（结婚） and had two kids. I told my family that my parents had been dead（已经去世）, so they never saw my mother, even her photo. But one year later, I got a letter, it read:

I’m sorry to disturb（打扰） you, but I really miss you all the time. I’m afraid that I will have no chance（机会） to see you again.

I’m sorry that I was always an embarrassment to you when you were growing up. However, I had no choice（选择）. When you were very young, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand that you would have to grow up with one eye. So I …

I was proud of（为……感到自豪） my son who was enjoying his beautiful world for me with that eye.

With all my love to you.

                                                                                Mom

After reading the letter, I couldn’t help crying.

TV is one of the most important thing of the day. Many people like to     74     TV. TV brings the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller     75     before because of TV.

What's going on in     76     countries? How do people live in places far away? Is     77     a good sports game somewhere? What's living in the deepest part of the sea?

If you want to answer these and other kinds of     78    , just turn on the TV. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn if they read or     79     to the radio. But with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because people can listen and watch     80     the same time.

TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps     81     to open our mind. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something on TV.

82. 每个人都有好朋友，你也不例外。请从外貌，性格，和爱好等方面来描述你和你最好的朋友的相同之处和不同之处。

1. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯，文中不能出现真实班级和姓名。

2 .80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总数）。

Everyone has many good friends, so do I. I have a friend.