I’m Molly Brown, a student from New York. Every day, there are too many terrible     1     (rule) around me.    2     the morning, Mom’s rules come—“Get     3     now and make your bed!”, “Don’t leave your     4     (dirt) dishes in the kitchen!” After that, I run to school because I     5     (can) be late. At school, I also have more rules to follow—don’t be     6     (noise), don’t eat in class …

I can’t play basketball except on weekends.     7     (Dad) rule is “You must do your homework.” After dinner, I have to read a book. So I can’t relax,     8    . No games, no TV programs, only rules, rules.

    9    , Dr. Know tells me that parents and school are sometimes strict, they make rules     10     (help) us to behave well in daily life. Now, I believe rules are necessary.

【推荐3】Do your kids like to doing chores? It’s important       1     kids to do chores in western countries.     2    , many parents don’t let their children do any chores in China. They just want them to     3     more time studying. In fact, kids can help do many things like     4    the floor, making the bed, doing the dishes, and so on. Doing chores is good for their future life. They can look after themselves well in the future. But many kids     5     to do chores. How can you make kids do them and even like doing them? Here is some     6    .

First, let the kids decide what kind of chores they would like to do.     7     , you should help them to start with small things like taking out the trash. Third,     8    they do something , you should praise them though it is a small thing. They will be very happy and like to do more.

What do students     1    (认为) about fast food restaurants in our city? We did a     2    (调查) of the students in our school last week and this is what we     3    (了解). Most of the students think all fast food restaurants are good, and the KFC is the     4    (最好的) in our city. It has the most creative food and the best     5    (服务). However, McDonald's is the cheapest     6    (并且) it has the funniest pictures. It also     7    (播放) the most interesting music. The most     8    (受欢迎的) restaurant is the Pizza Hut. It has the most     9    (美味的) food and the     10    (最友好的) service.

Most kids love sweets. Why? When we eat or     1     (喝) sweet food, the sugar enters our blood and influences our brain. It     2     (留下) good feelings with us, making us want more. In fact, all     3     (美味的) foods do this, but sugar has an especially strong power. That’s why doctors     4     (总是) advise us to cut down on sugar.

Early humans often had very little food, so our     5     (身体) learned to store a lot of sugar as fat. In this way, we     6     (节省) energy for when there was no food. But today, most people have more than enough. So it may now be harming our     7     (健康).

It’s certain that we need to eat     8     (更少的) sugar. The trouble is that, in today’s world, our foods are filled with sugar. Although our     9     (餐) look better, large amounts of sugar are often added. To solve the problem, we should take more exercise,     10     (两次) a week at least. And remember, next time you want some cookies, eat an apple instead.