Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.

    Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1, 646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2, 159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.

    Why do people work so many hours？Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.

    Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull(迟钝的) boy. "If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

Mao Buyi never went toa music school. It seems impossible for him to become a pop singer.

But Mao loves musicand writes many songs by himself. In September, 2017, he became the winner of The Coming One (《明日之子》) ,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

The 25--year-old manwon people's hearts with his original (原创的) music,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.People have played his hottest song more than 500 million times on QQ Music, reportedi feng. com.

Before joining in theshow, Mao worked as an intern (实习生) nurseat a hospital in Hangzhou. He dreamed of becoming a pop star, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

"So I write songsto enjoy myself, "{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

In the interview, hesaid he was lonely during his internship. He lived in a small rented (出租的) room. He had to work late. He put all these feelings of life inhis songs.

And the songs easily havea chord (共鸣) with his fans. "Theemotion (情感) in Mao's songs is real and touching, "said Chinese actor Chen Xiao, one of the judges of the show.

Whatdo you think of Mao Buyi's life in the hospital?{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A.It was comfortable.

B.It was lucky.

C.It was happy.

D.It was hard.

I have a good friend. His name is Jack Green. His parentsoften call him1andhe is a(n)2boy.He is from New York. He is thirteen. He3in Xiuhu Middle School in Yiwu. There arefour 4 in hisfamily. They're his father, his mother, Jack and his 5.His father is a teacher. He teaches English6Bingwang Middle School. He can only speak7Chinese, so he goes to a(n)8class every Saturday. Helikes9inChina very much. He says10 is very important in the world. Everyone in Chinalearns it very hard. He says his students are very 11.Jack's mother is a nurse, and she 12very hard, too. Lucy is his sister. Sheand Jack are in the13school.They like it very much. Jack likes eating Chinese 14 very much. He often eats dumplings near ourschool. He is 15at playing basketball, too. We often playit together.

Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th, 1820. In 1851, she trained as a nurse. Two years later she went to a British military (军事的) hospital so that she could help British soldiers. Before she arrived, many soldiers died in the hospital because it was dirty. Nightingale worked hard to make the hospital clean and stop soldiers dying. When she returned to England in 1856, she was a national heroine. Nightingale wrote two books about nursing and she also started a school to train nurses. She died in London on August 13th, 1910, when she was 90 years old.

In a pond，there lived many fish. They never listened to anyone. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

He told the fish， "It could bring danger to your life if you never listen to others. " {#blank#}2{#/blank#}" It is that old duck，talking to himself again. " they would say. 

One afternoon，the duck was resting near a stone beside the pond，when two fishermen stopped there to drink water. 

The fishermen saw that the pond had many fish. " Look!This lake is full of fish，" said one of them. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. "

The duck heard all this. When the fishermen left，he quickly went into the pond and said to the fish，" You all have to leave this pond before morning. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

But the fish just laughed and said. " There have been many fishermen trying to catch us. They never made it. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

Don't worry about us，Mr. Duck. "

The next morning，the fishermen came to the pond. Very soon，they caught all the fish. The fish cried. "If only we had listened to Mr. Duck. Now we have to pay with our lives. "

"Are you listening, Simon?" Mrs. Jacobs asked.

Simon hardly ever listened in class. 1 was so much better. He wanted to be heard!

"2 you listen, you'll learn something." Mrs. Jacobs said. She tried every day, but 3 never paid attention (集中注意).

That evening, Simon started to feel a little sick (生病的).

The next 4 , when he opened his mouth to say, "Good morning," words didn't come out.

Simon's mother looked at him. "Honey, you've lost your voice (声音)."

"Can I stay at home?" He tried to ask his mother, but 5 came out. Instead (相反), his mother sent him to school.

When he got to school, Mrs. Jacobs said, "6 ," to him, but he just nodded (点头).

Penny raised (举起) her hand. "Mrs. Jacobs, 7 isn't Simon talking?"

"I'm sick. I can't talk." Simon tried to say 8 but no one could understand. He wrote it down instead.

Everyone started talking at once. They were excited, worried, and surprised.

Simon sat in class and felt 9 . Because he couldn't talk to his neighbors. He 10 them talk to each other, but he couldn't even do that. In math class he could hold up fingers (手指) if the 11 was less than 10, but that wasn't fun. He 12 to try to pay attention. It wasn't that bad. He could do his homework that night. It gave him extra (额外的) TV time and game time 13 he finished all his work.

The next day, even though his voice was coming back, he stayed 14 again. The third day, he could talk fine, but he didn't interrupt (插话). He listened and raised his hand to speak.

What a 15 that one day made.