My English teacher was very tall. The moment she     1    (enter) the class, we would all sit     2    (quiet) and open the books. She would encourage me by giving me important assignments and also morning news to read during the assembly. She would come down and listen to my English debate,    3    made me take part in all debate competitions.

    4    same was true of my biology and science teacher. She was very nice and sweet. She would always give me extra information on the biology project. I could not go to the lab for experiments, so she would bring the lab down and help me with the biology and science     5    (experiment) and would give me excellent marks.

My friends made me monitor and the naughty boys listened to me. My friends used to help me with my notes when I was     6    (absence). My teachers always gave me important project work and I felt proud when they patted me     7    the back after I finished it quickly and correctly. I was never shouted at or made fun of or scolded by any of my friends and teachers.

Today I often see the terrible punishments     8    (give) to students on TVs. I feel very sad.

I really want to express my love and thanks to all my wonderful teachers and friends. Without them my school life would not     9    (be) so excellent and     10    (forget).

We’ve all heard that laughter is the     1     (good) medicine, and it’s true. Laughter makes you feel better and it’s also good     2     your relationships. Laughter brings people closer, and is a     3     (power) tool for making you relax when feelings are running high. Whether with your friends and family, or co-workers, you can learn to use humor     4     (solve) disagreements, lower everyone’s stress levels, and communicate in a way that deepens the relationships.

Humor plays     5     important role in all kinds of relationships. In new relationships, humor can be a useful tool not just for attracting the other person but also for getting over any awkwardness (尴尬)     6     (arise) when we get to know each other. In old relationships, humor can keep things more exciting and fresher.

Sharing the pleasure of humor     7     (create) a sense of closeness and connection between two people—    8     (quality) that are signs of strong and successful relationships. When you laugh with one another, you create a positive relationship between you,     9     acts as a strong buffer (缓冲剂) against stress, disagreements and disappointments in your relationship. And laughter is spreading—just hearing someone laugh often makes you smile     10     (happy) and join in the fun.

I bought a bottle of wine for my father and     1     beautiful sweater for my mother before Spring Festival. Every year, the moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi     2     (accent)—I know that I am     3     (head) home to my family. When I get home my parents will fill me in on     4     has been happening and it’s great     5     (hear) what everyone’s been up to. We usually have hotpot. However, what we eat isn’t the most important thing. What’s important is who we eat with. It’s a     6     (wonder) thing to be back together with my family     7     talk of old times. When I     8     (be) a kid, Spring Festival was all about fireworks, sweets and decorations. As I get     9     (old), coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of     10    .

Moving in with my mom wasn’t just a necessity. It was a chance for a much     1     (deep) family relationship.

A few weeks after my father’s death, I returned     2     my childhood home and discovered the dining room smelt of dead flowers. I     3     (throw) them all into the green waste bin, wondering how she would live her life without my father. Who would keep the house from     4     (feel) too empty? Independent as my mother was — she was a research     5     (science) who still headed her own lab — who would watch out for her?

I looked around the kitchen, trying to picture living here with her, my husband, and my twin sons,     6     were under a year old. She never asked openly for her children to return home, but we were supposed     7     (understand) these expectations without explanation. She and my father had done so much for me and my brothers and sisters, and just     8     they’d had a duty to us, we had a duty to them.

Within     9     (day) of our arrival, my mother began developing her own habits. One morning before she left for work, she put on a CD and danced     10     (happy) with her grandsons in the kitchen. “The way they laugh lifts my day,” she said, with her face brightening. To me it was a ray of sunshine after her sorrow.

New research published by a team of psychologists at the University of Missouri-Columbia suggests that our own happiness     1     (influence) by the kindness and generosity we show to others.

    2     (arrive) at this conclusion, the researchers asked a group of research participants to engage in a series of     3     (experiment) that examine them in acts of their own happiness against those aimed at     4     (improve) the happiness of others. In one study, participants were given a few coins by a research assistant on the street after parking their cars. They were asked to put some coins either into their own parking meters (停车计时器)     5     in others' nearby.     6     (interesting), people who put coins in others' meters showed     7     (great) happiness than those who put money in their own, despite not knowing who they were helping.

The researchers offer a good     8     (explain) for the reasons why they come to such a conclusion. According to the researchers, an effort to make another person happy inspires feelings of closeness,     9    , in turn, explains why people end up feeling happy themselves.

But it is not just financial generosity that has the power to increase our happiness. Simply adopting an attitude that puts others' happiness above our own has     10     positive influence on our psychological happiness.