Since the one-baby policy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (carry) out in China, Chinese families have been shrinking from one with over 10 members to the other with only three including parents and one baby. Things are usually out of our expectation. Apart from the benefits {#blank#}2{#/blank#} have been mentioned enough, small families are now beginning to have {#blank#}3{#/blank#} own problems. Because parents are having fewer children, they increasingly feel the need {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (control) the lives of those children. As a result, many children are becoming less {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (depend), determined and ambitious than in the past.   

Parents today discourage their children from doing housework, extracurricular activities and socializing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they fear it will interrupt their education. For example, when I was younger I wanted to learn the guitar {#blank#}7{#/blank#} my parents wouldn't allow me because they believed it would distract me from my studies. They are happy as long as I perform {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (wonder) in my exams but don't seem concerned about how I develop {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a person.

To some extent, I understand parents' concerns, but I think they should love their children for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they are, not what they want them to be. We deserve the chance to chase our own dreams and learn on our own. Even if we fail, we can learn from those failures.

Recently I failed an exam. However, after I came out of my teacher's office, I told myself, "Smile! It's not so serious."

    I smiled a big smile and it{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(work) a little, really.

Everyone gets{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I came{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a sentence in the Bible, "Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." It suddenly struck me, "{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (worry) about a problem doesn't help. Why not just {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(give) a big smile and face up to the trouble?"

    Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (laugh) is better than tears and anger. I {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (convince) that there's something magical about a smile. A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me the courage to move on.

    Remember, whenever you're faced with a setback, whenever you've been treated{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(fair), all{#blank#}9{#/blank#} matters is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}it will shine on you.

    There is a good new for astrophiles. The last full moon of 2017 is going to appear a little bigger and brighter than most.

    Dec. 3 will bring a supermoon,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (mean) a full moon that happens at perigee—the same time that the moon is closest to the earth.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} this particular occasion, the moon will appear 7 percent larger and 16 percent brighter than usual. Not only will this be the only full supermoon of 2017,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it's also going to kick off a series of three full supermoons in a row. The full moons on Jan. 2 and Jan. 31 will be super {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (one) and even they'll be blue super moons,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} means the second full moon in a single month.

    While some moonwatchers might be getting excited, some people think the hype（炒作）around supermoons isn't all it{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (regard) as being. A scientist slammed（抨击）the term last year as something made up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (complete) and a waste of everyone's time. He acknowledged that supermoons would appear bigger and brighter, but that actually an amateur {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (observe) wouldn't notice the difference. Another scientist {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make) a similar{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (argue) back in 2012.

    If the supermoon makes you want to go out and appreciate the sky's beauty, we say “Go for it.”

    Last summer, as soon as school was over, I thought maybe I could spend the summer {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a way different from previous ones. But how? Perhaps I could take {#blank#}2{#/blank#}part-time job and make some money. I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(offer) an interview soon after I filed my application to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The interview was three days ahead{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(prepare) for it, I went through Interview Skills, a book{#blank#}5{#/blank#} prepares readers for job interviews. My mom and dad tried to help by {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(give) me simulated (模拟的) interviews one after{#blank#}7{#/blank#}.I was all ready the day before the interview.

    I answered all of the manager's questions {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (perfect). After all, my mom and dad had expected all of them and I just needed to repeat the answers I had prepared. Besides, I had carried myself well through the interview. My facial {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (express), my voice, my...…all were excellent. I felt the job was already mine. That night I calculated how{#blank#}10{#/blank#} money I would make, and I planned the ways I would like to spend it.

    Charlie Chaplin was a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (humor) actor. He entertained us nonverbal (不用语言的) humor. Born in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (poor), he became famous for using a particular form of acting in entertaining silent movies. He was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} charming character, well-known throughout the world. He played a poor and homeless person, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wear) large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat {#blank#}5{#/blank#} carrying a walking stick. The character was a social failure in the movies, but he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (love) by all the people. By overcoming {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (difficult),being kind to people unkind to him, making a sad situation entertaining and eating a boiled shoe, Charlie Chaplin made {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（we）happy and excited. Charlie Chaplin produced, directed and wrote movies in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   he starred（主演）. In 1972 he was given a special Oscar {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his outstanding work of bringing humor to us all through films.