Cooperation (合作) and competition are both important. They’re necessary     1     a person to achieve success in life.

Learn to be cooperative with others. No one likes a selfish or greedy person.     2    , everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today, whether in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability     3     along with one another. In our society, most tasks need cooperation in order that they can be finished     4    . So we must try to be cooperative. Each person is like a small part of a machine. If one part is out of order, the machine can't be running     5    . Besides, transportation and communication systems are developing quickly     6     people all over the world can keep in touch with each other more easily. It’s hard for a person that is away from the society to have a deep     7     of the world he lives in. Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person to lead a good life.

Being competitive also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than     8    , you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire to succeed and do better than others encourages     9     to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be exciting or successful. We often compete to get     10     better environment. We cooperate with others to be more competitive.

Be confident and     11     what you are doing.

I’ll always remember the first time I tried swing dance. My mother was a     1     and I wanted to be like her, but after making mistakes in my first class, I felt like giving up right away. However, it was the first day and I didn’t want to make my mother     2    , I told her I like swing dance and I couldn’t wait to have the     3     class.

Weeks passed and my dancing didn’t get better. Then my dance teacher told us we were going to     4     in a show. I was scared of dancing in front of people and letting my mother down.

Even though I practiced hard every day, I never made any     5    . Finally, I chose to tell my mother the truth. After hearing this, she smiled and told me     6     swing dance wasn’t hard at all. She would teach me the key to it. Soon, my mother discovered how terrible my dancing was, but she still taught me with     7     and love. When I made mistakes and fell, she was there to catch me. When I couldn’t keep up with the beat, she encouraged me loudly. When the performance was coming, I felt I was     8     prepared.

The music began, I was confident and I began dancing to the music     9     missing any steps. As the music ended, people were cheering for our performance. After I came back home and told my mother     10     I did, she gave me a huge hug, telling me how proud she was. Through this, I     11     an important fact: My mother will always be there where I am.

After they rode their bicycles for one and a half hours. Kangkang, Michael and Darren     1     at a parking lot near Tian’anmen Square. The parking lot was full     2     tour buses, cars and bicycles. So they had to look for     3     to park their bicycles. After parking their bicycles. They walked to Tian’anmen Square. Darren and Michael were surprised at Tian’anmen Square. They took out a     4     and took many pictures as they were exploring in excitement, more and     5     people came to the square. While the crowd was pushing Darren in all directions, someone stepped on his feet. “Ouch! Don’t push!” he shouted.

When Darren finally pushed his way out, he couldn’t find his friends. He was     6     nervous to think about what to do. His heart was     7     fast. Slowly he walked to the near side of the square and sat on a step beside a tree sadly. He didn’t raise his head     8     someone called him.     9     was Kangkang, “Oh, Darren! There you are! It’s great to find you!” As soon as the three boys saw each other, they all jumped around     10    .

Do the boys and girls have the same favorite     1    ? The answer is “No”. There     2     many differences     3     boys and girls at school. As we know, sometimes we say boys     4     math and girls like English. That’s right. Many boys like P.E. And     5     also like science and math. Many girls like     6     and English,     7     science and math are not their favorite subjects. Girls usually     8     like math or science.     9     don’t girls and boys have the same favorite subjects? We don’t know what the reason (原因)     10    . Do you know?

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Chinese people have the Dragon Boat Festival for     1     2, 000 years. We started it     2     the great poet Qu Yuan. His country lost in the war, so he jumped into the Miluo River in Hunan and     3     himself on that day. People threw zongzi into the river so that the fish wouldn’t eat     4     body. Since then the Chinese have been making zongzi. Eating zongzi is an     5     part on that day. In the past, nearly every family made zongzi with     6    . But now people don't make zongzi at home. Most of them buy cooked zongzi in markets. It has become a kind of fast food you can get     7     time you want. There are also     8     customs (习俗) on that day.

People go to race dragon boats, drink realgar (雄黄) wine and put felon herb (艾) on the     9     door. In the old days, women couldn't race dragon boats because people thought it was bad     10    . Today women can race boats just like men. They can even make teams to compete in dragon boat racing.

A dog was relaxing in a park. Then he saw a cat on the top of a high wall. He thought, “It must be so nice to be high on the wall. But I can’t     1    .” The dog felt so bad.

Then he     2     a fish in the river. He thought, “It must be so nice to live in the water. But I can’t swim well.” The dog felt even     3     this time.

Just     4     he heard the fish say, “It looks so nice and warm on the grass. I really want to lie down on it.”

Hearing the words, the dog felt surprised. He thought, “The fish     5     a great life, but she still feels bad.”

After some time, a bird     6     past. She saw the dog playing in the park. She said     7    , “I really want to play the whole day like this dog,     8     I have to look for food for my children and     9     every day.”

The dog heard the bird’s words. He knew it was important to enjoy his     10     life.

Do you know the boy? He is Kuang Heng. Kuang Heng lived in more than 2, 000     1     ago in China. From the picture we can see at that time, he was in worn clothes, and sitting at     2     wooden table with a pile (堆) of books on it. A little weak light came in     3     a small hole in the wall. He was reading     4    .

This is the well-known story from the ancient Chinese idiom. Kuang Heng was so poor     5     he couldn’t even afford (承受) a candle, so he     6     a hole in the wall to “steal” light from his neighbor’s house to     7     at night. The moral of the story tells us that we should try our best to learn knowledge, but never lose heart easily, no matter how     8     the situation may be.

Of course, things     9     quite different today, but we should remember that hard work pays off. We should take pains to improve     10     through learning and get prepared for our future.

“Have you     1     your meal?” It is traditionally the first sentence coming out of our mind when Chinese greet each other. This can best show that food culture is important in our     2     life. China has so many kinds of delicious food that it has a much longer history and     3     food culture than many other places in the world.

On the one     4    , many famous people, known as epicures (美食家), made great contributions (贡献) to Chinese food culture. Su Dongpo born in the Song Dynasty had a gift not only for excellent writing     5     also for unusual cooking. He created Dongpo Pork which     6     a popular and highly praised dish.

Another person is Yuan Mei, who also played a very important role in     7     Chinese food culture. In his book Sui Man Shi Dan, Yuan Mei talked about special cooking skills and dishes from both northern and     8     areas. This book covers over 300 dishes popular in 18th-century China.

On the other hand, people believe that each food has     9     own characteristics (特性) of yin (阴) and yang (阳). The Chinese philosophy (哲学) of yin and yang influences food cooking and taste a lot. Yin foods are thin, cool and low in calories (卡路里). Yang foods are rich, spicy, warming and high in calories.     10     food in hot water makes it more yin, while cooking with hot oil makes it more yang. As a result, different cooking     11     can make cooking practice richer and may change food’s characteristics of yin and yang.

Do you often help others? Today many people don’t want to help others     1     they don’t want to get into trouble. But some people are very     2     and friendly. They will try to help others when they see someone is in     3    . My uncle is one of them.

My uncle is a taxi driver. He is very busy     4     every day. One day when he was driving along the street, he saw     5     old woman lying on the side of the road. A small boy was next to her, shouting     6     help. There were many people around the woman, but few of     7     helped her. My uncle stopped his taxi without thinking     8    . He tried to move the woman into his taxi and     9     to the nearest hospital.     10     to my uncle, the doctor saved the woman in time. After the woman’s family got to the hospital, my uncle left     11    . My uncle is really a kind man.