Students these days often have a lot of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (worry). Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(bad) thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} teenager from London, agrees. "Problems are normal in life," says Laura. "But I think talking to someone helps a lot. Unless we talk to someone, we'll certainly feel worse."

    Laura once lost her wallet and she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) afraid to tell her parents about it. She worried for days and didn't know {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to solve the problem. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (some) money. She just kept thinking, "{#blank#}7{#/blank#}I tell my parents, they'll be angry!"{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(final), she talked to her parents and they were really {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(understand). They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more careful. "I will always remember to share my problems in the future!" Laura says. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (him).

    Can you write down Chinese characters(汉字) that are read to you? It can be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(difficult), especially when the Chinese characters are not included in most dictionaries.

    Lu Jialei, a student from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (win) the Chinese Character dictation(听写)Competition on Oct. 18, 2013.

During the competition, the host read Chinese characters to the student, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(explain) their meanings and gave example sentences. The student was required to write down the Chinese characters.

    Winning the competition was a(n) {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (surprise) to Lu. "I am not the smartest one," she said. "But I pay attention to details(细节)."

    To prepare {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the competition, Lu and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese for 10days. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} had a secret wepon(武器).She studied how Chinese characters were formed.

    In the final round of the competiton, the host read wanluan to Lu and said it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mean) graceful（优雅的）. "I had never heard that before!" said Lu. But she made a good guess. "Chinese characters meaning graceful often have '女' in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they), while many Chinese characters pronouncing luan have '亦'. So I wrote it down: '婉娈' ."

    Lu has good reading habits. "When others pay attention to the main idea of a(n) {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(story), she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to express himself or herself," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher.

    Su is happy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Learning to write Chinese characters is an important part of inheriting(继承)culture," said Su.

    Once upon a time, there was a girl named Alice. When she was nine years old, her mother died of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (ill). Later, her father got {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (marry) again to a pretty woman called Linda.  At first, Linda was nice to Alice. Two years {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, Linda's daughter, Alice's stepsister Helen was born. Alice's life changed a lot. Linda didn't allow Alice {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（go）to school. Alice had to spend the whole day {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（look）after Helen. From morning to evening, Alice had to stay {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Helen. When Helen was hungry, she had to get food for her. When Helen was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, she had to get her some water. When Helen felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（sleep）, she needed to make the bed for her. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}Alice didn't have enough food to eat, enough water to drink or a good place to live. When Helen grew up, Linda thought she {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（do not）need Alice's help any more. So she asked a witch（女巫）to turn Alice into a stone.