Liu Qing hasn’t slept well for months. Every day, the 13-year-old middle school student     1     (wake) up with dark circles under her eyes. She has lost interest in everything and doesn’t want to talk to anyone.

    2     (prevent) students’ psychological issues, the Ministry of Education said China would include screening for depression in students’ regular health checks.

Being sad or in a low mood is a normal part of life. For example, when people face challenging events in their lives — including financial hardship — it’s common to feel down. But in most cases, the negative emotions     3     (gradual) disappear.

Depression, however, is not the same thing.     4     the World Health Organization pointed out, depression is a mood disorder that has several symptoms, including     5     (lose) of interest in normal activities and feelings of low self-worth. This state often lasts for a long time, largely     6     (weaken) a person’s ability to function at work or school.

According to a 2022 report about Chinese people’s mental health, students with great academic burdens, those dealing     7     peer pressure and those who are experiencing a great change in their life or entering a new environment require special attention.

Experts suggested high school students and freshmen at universities should undergo     8     annual psychological evaluation. Their mental status will be recorded. Schools should     9     (strength) cooperation with hospitals and help students with serious mental health problems get     10     (profession) help.

According to a survey, children’s addiction to online games is closely related to parent-child relations: the better the relationship is, the     1     (likely) a kid is to be addicted to online games. To draw children away from smartphones, parents have to reflect on their own behavior and try to build     2     (harmony) parent-kid relationships, instead of commanding their kids to give up the bad habit.

First, parents should not be annoyed when their kids play video games. And it’s unfair for parents     3     (blame) smartphones for all the problems of their children. Such problems had existed even before smartphones and video games     4     (invent).

Second, it is advisable to adopt a democratic way of parenting. In such an atmosphere, children may be open about their     5     (thought), and talk to their parents about what they really feel,     6     is required to resolve conflicts.

Third, parents should spend time with their children. Actually, the most important and valuable gift that parents can give their kids is time,     7     money or expensive presents. Fathers and mothers should get involved in     8     their kids are doing and introduce them     9     the joys of nature, rather than telling them what to do and what to learn. In conclusion,     10     (develop) good parent-kid relations is an effective way to keep kids away from smartphones.

Primary schools now attach great importance to labor education, advocating students to do activities such as cooking, making handicrafts     1     decorating houses.

Xue Youmei, a Grade 3 student, spent the winter holiday in Guangxi. Everything about village life was novel to Xue who was used     2     urban life. Xue joined her family to work at a farm field planted with Chinese water chestnuts. Xue,     3     (wear) a pair of gloves, helped her father pick up water chestnuts at the field.

For Yang Liqiao, a Grade 6 student, the past winter holiday gave her     4     new identity-garbage sorting guide. Yang wore a volunteer’s vest and recorded the situation of the garbage sorting work at her residential community.     5     (additional), Yang also invited her classmates to walk around the park nearby to pick up garbage on the ground. Yang’s father observed labor activities offered students a chance     6     (acquire) knowledge, which was not taught at class.

At the same time, some schools in China also assigned specialized homework during the winter vacation to let students enjoy play-based learning. Some students     7    (ask) to cooperate with parents to decorate their homes with New Year     8    (painting). The task aimed to develop students’     9    (innovation) thinking. And some were required to collect physics-related Chinese poems, make an     10    (analyse) and draw a conclusion.

Museums inspire dreams-to become an astronaut, an     1     (astronomy), or an aerospace engineer. But can they also help provide a pathway to those goals?

For students seeing everything     2     dinosaurs to distant galaxies (星系) on a museum visit, the real-life applications of science, technology, engineering and mathematics are clear. The American Museum of Natural History doesn’t want to just impress students. It aims to make those “wow” moments the first step toward     3     (develop) the future STEM leaders.

    4     (start) building a career in STEM, students need hands-on experiences and a support network. They need a place     5     they feel comfortable while learning. AMNH uses its position as     6     out-of-school environment with collections, research tools, informal educators, and scientific staff. The museum trains its scientists to work with students     7     offers them year-long, scientist-mentored research opportunities. Students are provided with opportunities to present     8     (they) work to the public.

Students thrive in the program. To date, over 1,000 students     9     (participate) in NASA-themed Science Research Mentoring Program courses, and they have published their work in journals and at conferences. They have gone on to college at a rate of almost 100 percent, with many     10     (active) involved in research at their schools.

I was pushed into writing the “top ten problems the young face” after I attended a school programme, where I had the opportunity to interact with many     1     (teenage). Each conversation was only adding one more item     2     the list of problems.

About two     3     (three) of girls in year nine to year twelve “worry about their appearance”.     4     there were no gender(性别) differences in worries about school, girls are    5     (anxiety) about getting along with parents and what to do when they are older.

Girls are proven to worry more about personal problems and romantic relationship, and are more     6     (concern) about their own images in peer group. In fact, the only thing     7     boys worry about more than girls is succeeding in their physical activities.

    8     parents need to do is to look at ways to help teens and take     9     (responsible) for what we are exposing our teens to right now. We cannot afford     10     (ignore) the parental duties of bringing them up well from the time they are young.

Televisions, computers and other gadgets that they spend most of the time with cannot give them a bright future.

The Ministry of Education has asked the publisher of primary school math textbooks to redo the illustrations after public outcry for     1    （be）too ugly and inappropriate.

The ministry has asked the People’s Education Press to carry     2     instant measures and make sure new textbooks are available for students before the start of autumn semester in September, it said in a release on Saturday. The ministry will conduct     3     overall   evaluation on all textbooks     4    （use）by primary and secondary schools nationwide, especially on     5    （they）content and illustrations.

The evaluation aims     6    （make）sure they insist on right political     7    （direct）and value orientation(价值导向），promote traditional Chinese culture and conform(符合)to public aesthetic taste, and any problems found will     8    （correct）immediately, the release said.

The ministry welcomes the public to send suggestions on the textbooks,     9     will be taken into account in a     10    （time）manner, it added.

As teenagers grow up, they become more independent and start making their own decisions.     1    , during this period, it can be easy for some of them to form bad habits. These bad habits, if     2     (leave) unchecked, could lead to more serious ones when they become adults. For example, some of them may become involved     3     tobacco or alcohol abuse, which can lead to physical and mental health problems. To prevent harmful habits like these from     4     (dominate) a teenager’s life is essential. They must learn to recognize bad habits early and make appropriate changes.