My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} seems that she can't control herself well, just clicking constantly with the mouse. Let me tell you what happened last night. It was the fourth time she {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(shop) online for hours. I had already reminded her {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I said and replied confidently, “With the New Year {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(approach)”, preparation is necessary. Besides, I haven't bought things on the Internet for a whole week.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless. In most cases, the things she bought aren't good value for money. Maybe she just enjoys {#blank#}6{#/blank#}process of buying online.

    Nowadays, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the development of technology, online shopping is becoming more and more convenient. Those {#blank#}8{#/blank#}stay at home can buy whatever they want. In the meanwhile, it causes a series of problems. One of them {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) more spending than before, because people are {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(easy) attracted by the discount. So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation（诱惑）is an important lesson many people need to learn.

    You might have seen this in US TV dramas. A group of girls knock on people's doors, trying to sell cookies. What are they doing? They are Amercican Scouts（女童子军）,and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sell) cookies is a tradition of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they).

    Selling cookies is just one activity among all the fun things that Girl Scouts do. The Girl Scouts of the USA is a group {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (found) in 1912.It offers all kinds of activities to girls and lets them learn skills.

    Boys can be scouts too. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they join a different group called the Boy Scouts of America (RSA), {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was founded in 1910.

    Now there are 1.9 million Girl Scouts in the US, according to the group, Usually, they go {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (camp) and learn how to build fires and use a compass. Sometimes they also stay {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (indoor) doing crafts or learning arts. Every time they do an activity or pass a test, they get a badge.

    The Boy Scouts love to win the badges too. They have a ranking system. And winning enough badges is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} must to get into a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (high) rank. The highest rank is "Eagle", which {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (require) at least 21 badges. Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon, and Bill Gates, the father of Microft, were both Eagle Scouts when they were young.

    Talent shows are getting increasingly popular among China's national and local TV programs nowadays. They help some ordinary people. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} performance talent realize their dreams. Some of them even can become stars overnight. Even if they could not become famous, the whole progress can also enrich their life experience, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} can make their life more colorful.

    What's more, with people's life getting better and better, more and more people are not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (satisfy) by only material conditions. They are seeking for spiritual and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (culture) activities. At this time Talent Show Programs catch their attention and bring them pleasure and fun.

    However, every coin has two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (side). Though talent show programs {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (true) bring us lots of pleasure, they have caused many negative effects, especially on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} youth. For example, many students have spent too much time and money {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (watch) various programs, which {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (effect) seriously their studies. What's more, the programs give them illusion that everyone can be famous overnight.

    All in all, we cannot live without amusement. As long as the talent show could entertain and inspirit {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (we), there is great sense to encourage them.

This is where my kids grew up

    For years now, I've been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is more than just a building. In the front room, there's a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines. Every growth stage {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mark) in pencils, with each child's name and the date.

    Of all the objects and all the memories, it's this one thing in a home that's {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(hard) to leave behind. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress. Friends I know have visited their previous home only {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(discover) their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. Over the years, I've talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do {#blank#}5{#/blank#} about it.

    They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer {#blank#}6{#/blank#} work is about capturing the beautiful things in life. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(take) photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph {#blank#}8{#/blank#} we had experienced in all those years. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(transform) them into a beautiful history of my family.

    Three weeks later, my children's wonderful gift made its way to me —{#blank#}10{#/blank#} life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.

I was very frightened when{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wake) up in hospital last Thursday. I fainted in my PE class because of low blood sugar levels. Fortunately, I was rushed to hospital{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(immediate). The doctor helped me and I made a full recovery within two days. My experience proves what a bad idea{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is to try to lose weight by skipping meals. Now I know this extreme weight-loss method has serious side{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(effect). Now I also understand that being healthy and{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(energy) is more important than being slim.

From now{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, I will pay more attention to my health rather than my weight. I will eat a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(balance) diet to make sure I have enough nutrition. Exercising regularly is also{#blank#}8{#/blank#}important part of a healthy lifestyle. My doctor tells me that it will help me concentrate better in class. So, I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(play) sport with my friends every other day after school, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I hope can help me get into shape.