Our life{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(become) better and better. It is{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(real) different from that 20 years ago. Some people have a lot of money. They buy houses {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a swimming pool. They wear beautifully and look successful.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(they) houses are larger and more comfortable. Their cars are bigger and{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(expensive) than the others'. Your family is not as rich as theirs. Your house is smaller {#blank#}6{#/blank#}theirs. But you don't need{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(care) about these. The most important thing for you to do is to work hard.

    I think you{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) a successful man like them in 20 years if you work hard from now on.

    You will have hobbies like taking photos and playing {#blank#}9{#/blank#}piano. You will take a trip if you have free time. And I believe when you get success, you will help{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(other) in the world, especially the people in the poor area.

    Known as "paper paintings" and "painted pictures", New Year paintings are also a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (specially) art form in Chinese folk culture. The paintings are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) "New Year paintings" because they are mostly put up {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the New Year holiday for decoration.

    New Year paintings appeared around the Tang, Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, New ear paintings {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (create) on a small scale(规模). Year after year, there are more {#blank#}5{#/blank#}more New Year paintings.

    New Year paintings show people's best{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(wish) for the future.  Every Spring Festival, almost all Chinese families put up two New Year paintings on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} front door. New Year paintings show the changes in the history of China.

    Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}ancient town in Tianjin, have a history of over 400 years. They show the characteristics(特征) of both wood {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cut)  and Chinese painting. They are about {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(day) life and old stories. In the 2010 World Expo, Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings were shown to the whole world.

    Charlie was a special boy. When he was little, he had {#blank#}1{#/blank#}accident, which meant he couldn't walk. But that had never been a problem for him. He had always been happy to be able to grow and become an {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (old) boy. People called {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Cheerful Charlie because of his happy nature and kindness to others.

    A young boy, known as Waterworks, was a real cry boy. No matter {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always find some {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (reason) to be sad. But Cheerful Charlie didn't give up. He spent some time with Waterworks, trying {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (encourage) him and cheer him up.

     One day when the two boys {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (walk) together in the street, someone dropped a cake from a window above, and it  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(land) right on Charlie's head. The two boys were afraid, and although Waterworks was just to cry, he thought {#blank#}9{#/blank#}Charlie's happy words and finally said, "Wow, Charlie, what a funny face you have!"

     With these words, Waterworks  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(feel) so good, and finally understood why Charlie was always so happy and cheerful.

    We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things. However, most of us usually {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (waste) some things.

    Electricity is one thing that we waste most. Lights, TVs, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (radio) and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them. We should turn them off {#blank#}3{#/blank#} we do not need them. It takes  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (little) than a second to do it. Anyhow, not wasting electricity saves money, because we do not have to pay for the electricity we do not use. The {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two) thing that we often waste is water. Fresh water is precious, so it shouldn't be wasted. It is only a simple matter of turning {#blank#}6{#/blank#}a tap. I am sure everybody can do this {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (easy) if he wants to. Another big waste is food. My mother used to cook so much food that much of it was thrown away. I told her we had wasted so much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (food). She thought I was right and now cooks mainly what we can eat.

    It is not right to be wasteful. I find there is a simple way of not wasting things. That is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (use) only what we need. Do not touch what we do not need. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}this way, we can stop being wasteful.