Every morning, I walked past a security guard (保安). He greeted ________ that walked by him. I wondered ________ he knew so many people by their first names. The first few times I saw him, I didn’t say ________ back to him when he greeted me. I was lost ________ my own world.

One Monday he ________, “How was your weekend?“ I told him about my visit to my sick, elderly ________. “The time I ________ with my mother is so precious（珍贵）, because I know that each time could be the last. ”

He told me how sorry he was for my mother’s sickness.

He shared how he had lost a parent to illness, too. “I ________ what you are going through. I ________ my father every day. ”

As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his ________. The following ________, I asked, “What’s your name?” He answered, “Gary”. I said, “I’m Deborah”. After that, we talked several times a week. We ________ stories about our weekend, our dreams, and our families.

Gary got another job and moved away. It’s been years ________ I last spoke to him, ________ it seems like just yesterday we talked.

I ________ at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart.

Many teenagers(青少年) feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family don’t know them as well as their friends do. Here are some teenagers’ ideas about their friends.

If you wish to become a better reader, here are four points to remember about rate, or speed, of reading.

In the fight against the new coronavirus(新型冠状病毒), Chinese people have come up with creative solutions(解决办法) to different problems.

All for masks

During the outbreak, medical supplies(供应) such as masks are needed by many. To increase(增加) production, over 3,000 Chinese companies have changed their production lines(生产线) to make medical equipment(设备). For example, a company that used to make clothes spent 55 hours changing their production lines and is now able to make 1,200 protective medical suits(医疗防护服) every day.

Sharing employees

The idea of “sharing workers(共享员工)” has become popular during the outbreak. As most people are staying at home, many workers in restaurants and shopping malls have no work and are not getting paid. Meanwhile, online orders of grow, leaving e-business platforms(平台) such as JD. com shorthanded(人手短缺). As a result, many unemployed people have started to look for part-time jobs. As of Feb 10, over 1,800 workers had started their new short-term jobs as delivery(送货) workers with Freshhema, Xinhua reported.

Amazing speed

Because there are lots of infected(被感染的) people in Wuhan, more hospital beds are needed. The government decided to build Huoshenshan Hospital and Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan. More than 4,000 workers worked 24/7 in two shifts (轮班), and nearly 1,000 pieces of large equipment and transport vehicles(运输车辆) helped them build the hospitals. It took less than 15 days to finish the two hospitals. They provide about 2,600 beds. “China has a record of getting things done fast even for monumental projects(大型项目) like this,” said Yanzhong Huang, an expert form the Council on Foreign Relations. “This is very hard for Westerners to imagine(想象),” Huang added.

Online shopping has become something very common for young people. However, it’s not easy for old people. Therefore, buy-for-you shops are becoming popular among the old.

Mr. Li, a 65-year-old man, is crazy about this way of shopping. He says, “I can’t use the Internet. After I happened to find a buy-for-you shop, I decided to try. Finally I got what I wanted. I was so happy.”

The shopkeeper Mu Lan says she started the business of offline buy-for-you in order to help people like Mr. Li. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers. Mu Lan is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In her city, over 300 such shops opened their doors only in April.

In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in communities. And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 yuan for customers, they usually get 5 yuan as service fee.

What if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let’s say, like a quality problem? The shopkeepers say they will deal with any quality problems if people use their buy-for-you service.

Most children love to ride bikes.     46    . If you know the following rules, you’ll be safe.     47    . There are many different styles and sizes to choose from. When you buy a helmet（盔）, make sure it fits. Ride along the right-handed side of the road if you aren’t going to make a left turn or pass other people. If you want to cross a busy street, you’d better get off your bike and wait for the light to change, then walk it across the street. Keep your eyes and ears open. Do not wear headphones.     48    . Stop at all the stop signs. When you ride with a friend, do not ride with a friend, do not ride next to each other.     49    . Keep your bike in good repair, clean, an well-oiled.     50    . Or it could make you have an accident.

71. 根据所给内容，以“The changes to my hometown”为题，写一篇短文。

要求：

1. 字迹工整；

2. 要点全面；   

3. 分段写作；     

4. 注意时态；   

5. 字数80词左右。

要点：

过去：

1. 空气清新，环境很好；

2. 房屋小、旧，人们走路或骑车上班；

3. 曾经是个宁静的地方。

现在：

1. 住房宽敞明亮，很多人有了自己的小汽车；

2. 人们可以坐公交车或火车去城里；

3. 生活条件好了，空闲的时候可以出去旅游。

4. 这些变化给人们带来了现代化的生活，他们感到很高兴。

将来：请你展望家乡的未来(1—2句)

The changes to my hometown