When I was very young, I learned a lot of Chinese characters (汉字). My parents often bought me books with _______ Chinese characters. They explained these simple characters _______ and made me fully understand the meaning of each character. My grandfather used to teach Chinese, and he often _______ me to write the Chinese character “he” which means “harmony (和谐)” in English.

As I got a little older, I often met some _______ in my life. At home, I often disagreed with my sisters. At school, I sometimes argued with my classmates. When these things happened, I was asked to _______ the word “he” on paper. It shows that peace and harmony are the most _______ things for our Chinese nation. And we should value relationships with others. We should choose to be kind , polite and honest to family members and friends to _______ harmonious family and social relationships.

Now I learn that the Chinese character “he” is one of the most important parts of traditional culture. We should have it in _______ hearts. Harmony is the value that _______ Chinese people’s psychology (心理) , thinking styles (风格) and actions.

In fact, our most valuable ideas and culture are ________ these simple characters. They not only teach us how to be a good person but also teach us how to live in harmony with others and the environment.

5 . 自教育部等十七部门联合印发《全面加强和改进新时代学生心理健康工作专项行动计划（2023-2025）》以来，越来越多的人关注青少年的健康。作为青少年，我们应该如何健康生活？根据内容提示以“How to live a healthy life”写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的看法。

How to Live a Healthy Life

Nowadays more and more people have come to focus on teenagers’ health. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Friendship is an important part of life, but not every student is good at making friends. Do you have many friends? Are you good at making friends? Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to make friends. Here are some helpful suggestions about how to make friends.

·Improve your conversational (谈话的) skills. You should learn how to have conversations with others. It is an important skill you should learn. To start a conversation, you can use simple questions like “What’s your hobby?” or “Do you have any pets?”. Remember not to ask questions that are too private. For example, never ask a young lady about her age. It’s not polite to do that.

·Try to be an outgoing person. It seems that nobody wants to make friends with shy people. Don’t be shy if you want to make more friends. You should try to be outgoing. If you are outgoing, you might be popular among your classmates.

·Look for more chances to make new friends. Don’t be sad if you don’t have many friends. Maybe that’s because you don’t have enough chances to meet new people. You can try to find more chances to make new friends. You can go to new places or join new activities so that you can meet some new people. There you can find some students who have similar hobbies.

The famous poet Lu You lived in the Southern Song Dynasty. During his lifetime, the Jin Dynasty from     1     north was invading (入侵) his country.

Lu You loved his homeland deeply. As an official(官员) , he strongly supported fighting against the Jin Dynasty. However, some other officials wanted to give in. They tried hard to push Lu You away. They     2     (keep) telling the emperor that Lu You sat around every day and did nothing. As a result, Lu You lost his job and went back home     3     (happy).

Lu You tried to forget his terrible     4     (feel) by relaxing himself in nature. One day, the wind was gentle, the sun was shining, and the temperature was pleasant. The poet wanted to have fun     5     such a good day. After walking around the foot of a hill, he found     6     (he) in front of a large farmland. There was a small village with several houses. With green willows (柳树) and red flowers nearby, it looked like a worry-free world.

Lu You walked towards the village. The villagers welcomed him warmly. They talked with him and prepared tasty meals     7     (receive) him. The     8     (friend) people and their simple lifestyle touched Lu You very much. He put this visit in the poem A Visit to a Village West of the Mountains to express     9     he saw and felt.

The poem is best-known for these two lines: “Where hills bend, streams wind and the road seems to end; Past dark willows and flowers in bloom lies another village.” The words have     10     (use) to describe the situation where a chance appears during a crisis (危急关头).

What will happen when rice fields meet 3D? Let’s go and see.

The eye-catching rice fields are in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.     1     In the past few years, millions of people have come to enjoy the beauty of the rice fields there.

Who created them? The Sibe farmers. The Sibe is one of China’s 56 ethnic (民族的) groups.     2     But now their field art is becoming more and more delicate (精致的) thanks to new technology. Now farmers can design (设计) their rice fields before they start to plant.     3     Different heights of rice plants are the key to creating 3D field art.

From the famous Chinese hero Nezha to a large elephant, the Sibe farmers get their ideas of rice field art from almost everything in life.     4    

9 . A woman kept a bird and she really liked it. But one day the bird flew away. The woman was sad and went out to look for it on the mountain near her home. At last, she met the bird.

The woman said excitedly, “Will you please go home with me, my bird?” Though the bird was also happy to see the woman, it shook its head.

“Take me to your home and let me see how you live,” the woman said. The bird led the woman to its new home. She found it lived well with many other birds, so she decided to go back home alone. Before she was leaving, the bird gave her a basket.

When she returned home, she told her husband what had happened. Her husband opened the basket and saw a lot of gold. The man was very greedy (贪婪的) and he went to the bird’s home too.

“Hello, my bird. I miss you very much.” cried the man falsely (虚伪地). In fact, he used to treat the bird badly. The bird said nothing. It took out two baskets—a light one and a heavy one. The bird asked him to choose one and he could open it after he reached home.

Of course, the man chose the heavy one and took it home with great difficulty. However, when he opened the basket, he found it was full of stones!