Marie：Roy and Carla, what are your ideas for solving these pollution problems？

Roy：To cut down air pollution，we should take the bus or subway instead of   {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

Carla：Yeah, or ride a bike. There are other advantages of bike riding. It's good for health and it doesn't{#blank#}2{#/blank#}   much！

Marie：Great ideas！What about waste pollution?

Carla：Mmm, I thank simple things like bringing a bag to go shopping can help. I started doing that a year ago.

Roy：Me，too. Also I never take wooden chopsticks or plastic{#blank#}3{#/blank#} when I buy takeaway food. I use the ones at home．

Carla：And remember to throw rubbish in the bins and keep{#blank#}4{#/blank#} places clean and beautiful for everyone·

Marie：So together, our actions can make a{#blank#}5{#/blank#} and lead to a better future！

    Emily was stressed(焦虑不安) for days about her school project. She was so busy and had no time to work on it. Then, the night before it was due( 到期的), her dad came to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} her. "He said he was just going to help a little bit," said Emily. Three hours later, Emily's dad {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a great work of art. It was no sunrise that Emily got an A.

    Many parents think it is their duty(责任) to help their children with school work. It's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to see why kids need help. In most US schools, homework {#blank#}4{#/blank#} more time and effort than it once did. Studies {#blank#}5{#/blank#} that many kids are stressed over school. With spots, music lessons, and other activities, it's hard to find time to do hours of homework every night. Some kids also {#blank#}6{#/blank#}that if they don't get help from their parents, they won't do as well as classmates who do get help.

    Could this helping be hurting? Many experts(专家) say yes, especially when parents cross the line {#blank#}7{#/blank#} helping ~d doing.

    Homework is a way to practise what you have learned. Many teachers say that students who can't do their homework should let the teacher {#blank#}8{#/blank#}so that they can get more help.

    A recent study looked at kids who got a lot of homework help from parents. These kids scored {#blank#}9{#/blank#} on tests than kids who did homework by themselves.

    Kids are Busy, but part of growing up is learning to balance (同等重视) activities and schoolwork. And {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you ask for help, just make sure you are the one who is doing the learning.

    Everyone has a dream. Catherine's is to own a bakery(蛋糕店).

    The 14-year-old American girl became fond(喜爱) of baking and decorating(装饰) cakes when her mother first {#blank#}1{#/blank#} her how to do it. Her parents found that she is talented {#blank#}2{#/blank#} making cakes. She made her first cake for her sister's birthday. "I had never {#blank#}3{#/blank#} done anything like it before," she said. "It was pretty good and I actually realized how much I liked cake decorating." After making her sister's birthday cake, Catherine tried making the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} one for herself.

    Catherine had thought about starting {#blank#}5{#/blank#} own business years ago, but she didn't start receiving orders until she put pictures of her cake designs on Facebook.

    A few hours later, somebody saw Catherine's cake designs and called to order a cake for $15. That was her first {#blank#}6{#/blank#} cake. It proved to be a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} experience.

    Realizing the public's interest in Catherine's designs, her family decided to create a business for her. She has made about 35 cakes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} she started, including birthday cakes and wedding cakes. And she made her cakes without {#blank#}9{#/blank#} sketch(草稿) first.

    Catherine's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} were surprised that she could create such impressive(印象深刻的) designs at such a young age.

    It's very important to know something about traditional presents. In the West, people often take flowers when they {#blank#}1{#/blank#} others. Different flowers have different {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. For example, people often give red roses to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} who they love. In Greece, you must not give white flowers because white flowers are for the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. When you go to a foreign country, it is always best to check what people {#blank#}5{#/blank#}do. If you remember this, you can avoid making a lot of mistakes.

    My cousin Peter is a 12-year-old boy who is quiet and easy-going. He works hard at school and always{#blank#}1{#/blank#} good grades. So my parents always tell me {#blank#}2{#/blank#}from Peter, to be as hard-working as him. "If you work harder than Peter, we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} so happy." They sometimes say.

    Last weekend, I went to Peter's house to ask him for help with my computer, because he's good at that. But just before I got to his house, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} him running to me in a hurry.

    "What's going on?" I asked him.

    "I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to stop two boys from fighting."

    "Who are fighting? And why are you running?"

    "My brother Alan and I …"