How time flies! I will be a senior high school student this term. I am very excited and nervous. I feel excited because I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(learn) more knowledge from my new teachers.  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (especial), I can learn more about English, math, physics, chemistry and biology. I think they are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(interest). I can meet many new {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(friend) in senior high school as well. I think they,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (I) new friends, will be friendly and kind-hearted. I believe I will get along well {#blank#}6{#/blank#}all of my new classmates. As {#blank#}7{#/blank#}saying goes, “A friend is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) to be lost than found.” If you want to make friends with others, you should treat them true-heartedly. It is really hard,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I will try.

I feel nervous because I heard that it is difficult{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(study) in senior high school. I think I will meet many problems. But it's nothing serious, because I know if I work hard, I will be successful at last.

    A researcher has made a report {#blank#}1{#/blank#} says having a lot of money makes you a bad person. Professor Paul Piff spent ten years {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) at the personalities of rich people and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (find) that their behaviour was very different {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the behavior of poor people. Rich people are more likely to break {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (rule), not follow the law, and not care about other people. Wealthy people cheat more at games and are less likely to help other people. Professor Piff told the BBC, “Wealth makes you more {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (worry) about your own interests, your own desires, your own welfare.” He added that rich people think their own goals and needs are the most {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (importance) thing in their life.

    Professor Piff also found that poor people are more generous than rich people. The poor give a higher percentage of their money {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (help) others than the rich. The {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (wealth) you are, the less generous you are. You give significantly smaller portions away to other people. However, he said that rich people could change their behavior and become nicer {#blank#}10{#/blank#} more generous.

    I have great news to report. Yesterday I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (give) a higher position in my company with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (high) pay . I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (work) for my company for a number of years, and things have gone quite {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (good). First, I helped my department increase sales last year. Before that, we only earned 150,000 dollars a year.  We have advertised and promoted our products at trade shows , on TV and in the newspaper , {#blank#}5{#/blank#} brings about a good result. Our company has become better {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) not only in our area but also in other cities. Now, more and more {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (customer) are learning about us ; When you have satisfied customers, the news gets around. Besides increased sales, I've established {#blank#}8{#/blank#} good working relationship with my colleagues. We recognize each other's abilities and respect each other's opinion. All my co-workers believe I have the ability {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (lead) the department in the right direction. Therefore, I accepted the promotion and the pay raise, and I'll do my best for my company and for my customers in the future. I'm sure that we {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (have) a bright future.

    It seems that Chinese people have always loved to discuss {#blank#}1{#/blank#} differences between northerners and southerners. Now, another difference has drawn wide attention: the way northerners and southerners shop for food at markets.

    People from southern China normally buy {#blank#}2{#/blank#}they need for just one or two meals at a time. It's normal for them to buy just half a Chinese cabbage, two {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（potato）and 25 grams of beef at a time, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}， a person may be laughed at if they do this in the north. Instead, buying enough vegetables and meat for a week {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（be）normal.

    The difference could be because {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the different climates. Food can {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（keep）for a long time in the north, as it's {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（usual）cold and dry there. Many northerners have the habit of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（store）food for a long time. But due to the hot and wet weather in the south, southern Chinese people prefer {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（buy）just enough food for one meal or one day. Otherwise, the food may go bad.

    Maybe these debates about different customs help us to understand each other better.