I wrote my first poem when I was 5 years old. It was f    1    Mother’s Day.

The poem was not my best work, but my mom kept it – just like she kept every other piece of writing and artwork I ever made. She a    2    kept my baby clothes and a piece of hair from my first haircut. Sometimes I feel like my mom runs a museum of m    3    life, and she is the only visitor.

But it feels n    4    to be loved like that. Who else would care enough to keep all of my terrible drawings and silly poems? Only a m    5    .

O    6    Mother’s Day when I was little, I used to bring my mom breakfast in bed, m    7    her a card, give her kisses and tell her I loved her. I’d say to her: “You’re the b    8    mom in the whole world!”

I don’t get to see my mother very much these days. Now I live in China, 11,200 km from my parents’ home in the US. I’m too far away to bring my mom breakfast in bed or give her kisses. B    9    when Mother’s Day comes, I’ll call my mom from China. Over the p    10    , I’ll tell her I love her. No matter how far away I go, she’s always in my heart.

John is     1     11-year-old boy. He has some problems these days. He can’t get     2     well with his family. His parents fight a lot. It’s the only communication they have. He doesn’t like that. But he doesn’t know what to do. He has trouble communicating with parents. His     3    （old）brother always watches whatever he wants until midnight. However, he refuses     4    （let）him watch his favorite TV show. So far, these problems     5    （make）him feel so lonely and nervous that he has to ask Robert Hunt for advice.

Firstly, Robert Hunt thinks John should talk about these     6    （feel）with his family. Maybe he should do more jobs around the house so that all the family members have more time for proper communication.     7     （second）, he could sit down and communicate with his brother. He should explain that he doesn’t mind him     8    （watch）TV all the time. However, his brother should also let him     9    （watch）his favorite show. Because everyone should know the importance of thinking for others more than only for     10    （he）.

My dear teacher, I had a fight with my parents yesterday. I felt     1    . I just can’t understand why parents are always     2     “Why don’t you finish your homework?” “Why couldn’t you just get good grades?” I feel so nervous     3     I can’t get enough sleep and my hair turns white quickly. I know     4     importance of study because it can make a     5     to my life. But it is not     6     to just get good grades at school. Kids these days have too     7     stress at school. We have to do chores and take care     8     ourselves, such as doing dishes and being independent. So why couldn’t parents allow     9     to be relaxed on weekends and anyway it is very common that we may sometimes get     10     grades, right? So could you please help me talk to my parents, my dear teacher?

I think it is important for children to do homework. It is not     1    （足够的）to just get good grades at school. Children these days     2    （依靠）on their parents too much. Doing housework helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after     3    （他们自己）.It also helps them to understand the idea of     4    （公平）.Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in     5    （保持） it clean and tidy.

“Money can’t buy me love,” the famous UK rock band the Beatles once sang. But what about happiness?

According to Elizabeth Dunn and Michal Norton, “money can make you more satisfied with life”. The secret is that you need to know how     1     (spend) it. In their book Happy Money: The New Science of Smarter Spending, they offer tips for happy spending.

•Buy experiences instead of things.

A pair of new shoes may make you happy for a while, but the joy soon disappears. Spend your money on experiences such as going on holiday or     2     (visit) a museum, which will make you happier than things and give you something to talk about when you are with your friends.

•Make it a treat.

You love hamburgers, but     3     you have one every day, the enjoyable experience will finally become boring. So, make a hamburger a special treat     4     a whole week of hard work.

•Invest (投入) in others.

The combination (结合) of using time and money on someone else is the magic formula (公式) for happiness. If you are preparing     5     birthday gift for your friend, stop thinking about buying a bracelet (手镯). Instead, go and buy the beads (珠子) and make the bracelet     6     (you). After all, a gift made by hand not only shows your thoughtful mind, but also even     7     (good) expresses how much you care about your friend.

Even with these tips, however, Dunn and Norton said that you shouldn’t “bet on” (孤注一掷) money buying happiness. Happiness can’t     8     (search) for, but it comes to you     9     (slow) —it’s the result of having something     10     (mean) to do, something to hope for and someone to love.

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, c    1    up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the h    2     smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it s    3     starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the w    4    . But dear friend, why don't you sit down and listen to the sound that the n    5     offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will g    6     better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can't be a    7    . I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are a    8    of it and give up hopes. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish w    9     we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success. "

Attitude （态度） decides e    10    . Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.