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Bags of Love

       Last year, I was assigned to work at an office near my mother's house, so I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped out with the housework and contributed to the groceries.

      After less than a week, I started noticing that the groceries were running out pretty quickly — we were always suddenly out of something.  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (wonder) how my mum could consume them so quickly, I began observing her daily routine for two weeks. To my surprise, I found that she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and head out every morning at about nine. Eventually, I decided to follow her and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} happened truly amazed me. She was taking the food to the refugee camp, in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she distributed it to children.

       I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area. The kids were very friendly with her and even looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me —why would she not want to tell me about what she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (do)? Was she worried about how I would react or that I would stop {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (buy) the groceries if I found out?

     When she got home, I told her about my discovery. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her she didn't need to keep it a secret {#blank#}7{#/blank#}me. She told me that some of the children lived with an older lady in a shelter while others slept on the streets. For years, my mum has been helping out by giving them whatever food she could spare. I was so impressed by {#blank#}8{#/blank#} selfless she was.

    The Internet is a must for our daily life, but it has brought about some social problems. Some people s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to the opinion that the Internet has positive effects on our lives. For one thing, it provides a{#blank#}2{#/blank#} information for us, ranging from weather forecast to academic research. For another thing, People employ the Internet to build interpersonal relationship. People from d{#blank#}3{#/blank#} backgrounds can communicate with others globally.

    However, others think otherwise. They make the a{#blank#}4{#/blank#} ( 假定，假设) that the Internet has some drawbacks. There is too much information on the Internet that has not been e{#blank#}5{#/blank#} for accuracy, which b{#blank#}6{#/blank#} people to find correct and relevant information. Another disadvantage of the Internet is that it influences people's private lives. People's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (上瘾) to the Internet damages their c{#blank#}8{#/blank#} to live normal lives, thus leading to their w{#blank#}9{#/blank#} from the outside world. However, they are supposed to limit the excessive use of the Internet and u{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the responsibility of accompanying their family.

    At my first class in the Forks High School, Mr. Banner, my English teacher sent me to an empty desk at the back without {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (introduce) me to the class. It was harder for my new classmates {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(stare) at me in the back, but somehow, they managed. I kept my eyes down on the reading list the teacher had given me. It was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fair) basic: Bronte, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Faulkner. I'd already read everything. That was comforting… and boring.