It is natural that young people are often{#blank#}1{#/blank#} （comfort） when they are with their parents.

    They say that their parents don't understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  they are too serious and too strict with their children, and that they seldom give their children a free hand.

   Parents often find{#blank#}3{#/blank#} difficult to win their children's trust and they always forget how they themselves felt when young.

   Young people like to act without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Adults worry{#blank#}4{#/blank#} （much） easily. Most of them plan things ahead.

    Young people make their parents angry with their{#blank#}5{#/blank#} （choose） in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble: It just shows that they feel cut off{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the adult's world, andthey have not yet been accepted into their world. That's why young people want to make a new culture of{#blank#}7{#/blank#} own. And if their parents do not like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people very happy.

    Sometimes youare so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say “yes” to what you do. All you want is{#blank#}8{#/blank#} （leave） alone and do what you like. It is natural enough, after{#blank#}9{#/blank#} （be）a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents' control.

    If you plan to control your life, you'd better win your parents. If your parents see that you have{#blank#}10{#/blank#} high sense of responsibility, they will give you the right to do what you want to do.

    John Snow was a famous doctor in London — so expert that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (expose) to cholera,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died whenever there was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(control) until its cause was found.

    He became interested in two theories that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(possible) explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(affect) people died. He suspected the second theory was correct {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he needed evidence.

    So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(enquire). As the disease spread quickly through poor neighborhoods, he began to gather information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He determined {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(find) out why.

    Do you like trying different things? Are you afraid {#blank#}1{#/blank#} things that you think you're bad at?

    Last year I started to learn Tai Chi (太极)in order to improve my health and reduce my stress. It was something new for me, and I found it to be quite difficult, very {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(difference) from anything I'd ever learned before. Small {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(move) are important in Tai Chi. I was used to being fast and active , {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to learn Tai Chi I had to learn patience. Now I've found that I'm a much more patient person than before, and Tai Chi isn't nearly as difficult as it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) before.

    We tend {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like) things we are good at that's normal. For example, I'm naturally very good at badminton and tennis, but I'm very bad at anything {#blank#}7{#/blank#} involves keeping balance, such as skating, skiing and gymnastics. Tai Chi has {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(great) improved my balance which has been a very good thing for me.

    My point is that you can keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(do) the things you know you're good at and live in your comfort zone, or you can try something new. If you don't try new things, you'll never know what it would be like to try something new to challenge {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(you). It will definitely pay off in the end.

    The day before he heads to a war, an undefeated {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (command) named Qi has a dream in which he loses a battle and dies. When he wakes up, Qi gets ready to go and fight. While gaining successive victories, Qi decides to celebrate, although there is a final battle {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wait) for him. When he gets {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (drink) and falls asleep in his tent, Qi's army {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attack) by the enemy and he gets killed just as his dream predicted. This is the story that has inspired the latest Kunqu Opera production.

    As one of the oldest of the traditional Chinese opera {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (form), Kunqu Opera, which is about 600 years old, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (combine) singing, dancing and lyrical recitation. Performed in the Suzhou dialect (方言).UNESCO listed Kunqu Opera as an intangible heritage(非物质文化遗产)of humanity in 2001.

    Earlier this year, a plan of combining Kunqu Opera and traditional Chinese idioms was developed, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} would allow young Chinese directors and Kunqu Opera performers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) together. The young artists are working on developing original plays based on traditional Chinese idioms to keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#} tradition alive while making it popular again{#blank#}10{#/blank#} new ideas.