In China, people think being modest(谦虚的）is a virtue(美德）and being proud is bad. Once I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl, " Your spoken English is good. "But the girl answered," No, no. My English is very poor. "The boy felt {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. He thought he might not make himself understood or the girl had not heard him  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} " Yes, you speak very well," he said again. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the girl still kept saying " No". In the end, the boy didn't know {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to say. What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the praise in the same way as the American people do. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you have made is very delicious, you should say," "Thank you." In western countries, if you say " No" while working, people may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say "No", you'll certainly be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} upon by others. So in the west, you should be  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to show yourself. In my opinion, being confident does not mean being proud, so sometimes you should be confident of yourself.

    The summer holiday was coming but Zach was a little sad. He would have to move {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the holiday, leaving his friends and his tree house. The tree house was Zach's favorite place to go to when he wanted to be alone. He also liked {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his friends there. They would play for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    Zach told his mom, "I don't want to move. I'm going to miss my friends. I'm also going to miss my tree house. I want to take it with me." "Zach, but we have to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} your father's changed his job. He is already {#blank#}5{#/blank#} waiting for us. You will have a much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} bedroom, and you will meet new friends at your new school," {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his mom. Zach wasn't so sure.

    When Zach and his mom arrived, Dad took Zach to the backyard. There, Zach saw a big tree house. "Wow!" Zach shouted. "This is great!" All of a sudden, Zach heard a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} voice. "Are you moving in? My name is Joey and I live next {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Can I have a look at your tree house?"

    "I think I'm going to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it here after all!" Zach told his mom and dad that night.

    Water is the most important of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but it's {#blank#}1{#/blank#}true. The human body can go without food for a long time. We've got many examples for this. Yet two or three days without water can usually make people die. Man can't live without water.

    Many people don't understand how much water the human body needs to work{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, and many people, especially young people, do not drink{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, even in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say, about two thirds of our body is water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. If we don't drink some water, we won't have enough water. And if we don't have enough water, we'll feel{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.