Most people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave) in the hands of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their grown children visit them {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(occasion), but more often, they do not have any regular visitors. The truth is that the idea is an unfortunate myth — an {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (imagine) story. In fact, family members provide the most care {#blank#}4{#/blank#} elderly people need. Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, has studied {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the American family is changing. He has reported that by the time the average American couple reach 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness than before, family members must provide long-term care. More {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (psychology) have found that all caregivers believe that they are the best people for the job. Social workers interviewed caregivers to find out why they took {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the responsibility of caring for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} elderly relative. Many caregivers thought they had obligation {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (help) their relatives, stating that helping others make them feel more useful. Most hoped that by helping someone, they would deserve care when they became old and dependent. Caring for the elderly and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (take) care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone who might be involved.

    I am so tired of winter. First it was all the snow and now it's just rain, rain, rain. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (seem) like the cold and rain have been here so long that I can {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hard) remember what the sun looks. It has been wet and miserable for weeks and weeks.

    All I want to do is climb into bed, crawl under the covers, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hide from the world until spring is really here. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}official first day of spring is in less than a week, but you wouldn't know it at all from the weather.

    I have been feeling so bad lately and think it has a lot to do with the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (depress) weather this month. March is just the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (bad) month in my opinion.

    Today I got thoroughly wet{#blank#}7{#/blank#} my way home from work. It started to pour when I was walking to my car, which {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (park) at the end of the lot. Why do I always forget {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bring) an umbrella with me?

    I had a hard time {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (drive) home. I was wet and the traffic was terrible. But I am home now and happy that the day is over.

    When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible — and it can be surprisingly{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (benefit) to your physical and mental health. So far, research {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (show) that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. “People who forgive show {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (little) anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help reduce the tiredness out of the immune system and allow people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (feel) more energetic.”

    So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something {#blank#}5{#/blank#} gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don't wait for an {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (apologize). “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things in {#blank#}7{#/blank#} same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting a very long time.”

    Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (accept) the action of the person who upsets you. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person's perspective. You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (you) from that person's point of view.

    Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Halfway{#blank#}1{#/blank#} his talk, the speaker stopped and decided{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(create) a group activity. He went around the hall and gave each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write his or her name on the balloon{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(use) a marker pen. Then all the balloons{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(collect) and put in another room.

    The speaker then led the group to the room full of balloons and asked them to find the balloon that had their name{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(write) on within five minutes.  Everyone was{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hurry) searching for their name, bumping into each other, pushing each other around. It was chaos. At the end of the five minutes no one could find their own balloon.

    Now each person was asked to randomly collect{#blank#}7{#/blank#}balloon and give it to the person whose name was on it. Within two minutes everyone had their own balloon. When everyone quieted down, the speaker began to talk, saying that this is exactly{#blank#}8{#/blank#}was happening in our lives.

    We may like to think of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(us) more important than others, but our happiness sometimes lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you will get your own happiness.

    Stephen Hawking, who tried{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (explain) some of the most complicated questions of life while himself working under the shadow of a poor physical condition, has died at the age of 76.

    He died{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (peace) at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday. The UK's Press Association reported his{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (die), citing (引用) a spokesman for the family.

    “Mr. Hawking and his contribution will be remembered forever, ” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday. “He was an outstanding scientist and a fighter who struggled against the disease and contributed greatly{#blank#}4{#/blank#}mankind's understanding of science”.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (bear) in Oxford, England on 8 January, 1942, the British theoretical physicist{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) for his groundbreaking work with black holes and relativity, and was the author of several popular science books{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (include) A Brief History of Time.

    His{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (child), Lucy, Robert and Tim, said: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and{#blank#}9{#/blank#}extraordinary man{#blank#}10{#/blank#}work and legacy(遗产)will live on for many years.” They praised his courage and persistence and said his talent and humor inspired people across the world.

    Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} farm, which looked almost abandoned.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it began to rain heavily. While {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the cow. In order to support his family, Mr.

    Johnson {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (begin) to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton, too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market {#blank#}9{#/blank#} people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (he) that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.