About aspirin:

    Aspirin is a commonly used drug which can be taken to relieve discomfort caused by numerous medical problems including headaches, toothache, inflammation and infections. It is also suitable to treat colds and flu-like symptoms, and to reduce a high temperature.

    Who can take aspirin?

    Adults and children over 16 years of age.

    Who should not take aspirin?

    Women who are pregnant, or plan to become pregnant. Aspirin may harm your unborn baby.

    Women who are breast-feeding. Aspirin can pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby.

    People who have any problems with the way the liver works or with the way the kidneys work.

How to take aspirin:

    Take aspirin after meals, with a full glass of water or milk.

    The recommended dose (剂量) ranges from two to three tablets at a time. Never take more than 4g 12 tablets) in any 24 -hour period.

    You must not take these tablets with any other medicine which contains any aspirin or painkiller.

    How to store aspirin:

    Keep all medicines out of the reach and sight of children.

    Store aspirin in a cool, dry place, away from direct heat and light.

    Do not put aspirin in the bathroom because the dampness there can cause it to lose its effectiveness.

    Throw away aspirin that smells strongly of vinegar.

    Possible side effects:

    Feeling sick, increased risk of bleeding, stomach pain, indigestion and heartburn are common. If these effects continue, contact your doctor.

    Ringing in the ears, difficulty breathing, dizziness, and mental confusion are rare. If these occur, stop taking the drug and contact your doctor for further advice.

    Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don't. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.

    "A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them," Donna George said. "They are sadly mistaken."

    George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. "It is better for children to hear things at a high level than where they are," George said. "Parents are their child's first teacher." Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.

    Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Jones said that while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.

    Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents' job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.

When you finish your day at school, you probably rush to your dormitory or home as quickly as possible. But for some people, their day begins in the middle of the night.

Welcome to the interesting world of "the Master", the owner of a small restaurant located in a busy district that only opens from midnight to 7 am.

Earlier this month, Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-fai announced that he had directed and starred as the Master in a remake of Japanese director Joji Matsuoka's famous comedy Midnight Diner. The new movie is expected to come out in Chinese mainland cinemas later this year.

While serving regular soup every night, the Master is also willing to make customized (定制的) dishes if his customers ask. Besides its delicious food, what makes this eatery special is that it's a place of sanctuary and togetherness.

Midnight is often when worries, loneliness, and sadness occur, and midnight diner provides the simple comforts of food and drink, and more importantly, a warm place where people can keep each other company, talk, and share their stories. The customers，stories cover everything, from problems at work to parenthood, romance, friendship, and the regrets of a wasted life. Listening to their stories, customers offer encouragement and advice to one another. But the Master only provides the life lesson- a good day must follow a bad one-when necessary.

Despite feeing different kinds of disappointment, people need to find their own satisfaction in their seemingly messy lives. The small pleasure can be a good hot-pot meal," Japanese culture website JapanPewered.com noted. It's easy to lose sight of what gives life meaning as we go about the daily routine of work and home life."

After all, no one is flawless (无暇的) and no one's life is perfect, but imperfections are the space where possibilities live. As Kelly Mcneils, author of Your Messy Brilliance, wrote, "The good, the bad, and the ugly, they are our greatest wealth because they include every single part of ourselves and leave nothing out-and when we fully accept all parts of ourselves, we discover our true power."

Whenever we see a button, we want to press it because we know that something will happen. This is true in most cases, for example, on a doorbell. But some buttons are actually fake (假的), like the "close" button on a lift.

Many people are in the habit of pressing the "close" button because they don't have the patience to wait for the lift doors to shut. But lifts' "close" buttons are a complete trick, at least in the US — the doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press.

It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in the US, making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter. Only US firefighters and repairmen can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys.

But to normal lift riders, the buttons aren't completely useless. According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control.

"A sense of control is very important. It reduces stress and increases well-being," said Ellen J. Langer, a psychology professor at Harvard University. Experts also added that a lot of buttons that don't do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose.

For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons don't live up to their names either. Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change faster, but that was before computer controlled traffic signals were introduced.

But psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little "white lies'', they still continue to push fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort.

Much meaning can be conveyed clearly in our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.

 On a bus you may look at a stranger, but not for too long. And if he senses that you are staring at him, he may feel uncomfortable.

The same is true in our dailylife.If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you.Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. .If a man stares at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to look away from her, his intentions are obvious. He wishes to attract her attention, and let her know that he is admiring her.

However, when two persons are engaged in a conversation, the speaker will only look into the listener's eyes from time to time to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking.. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking as if he's trying to control you, you will feel awkward. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim. He wrongly believes that looking straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. .

Actually, eye contact should be made based on a specific relationship and situation.

A. On the contrary, it will give him away.

B. Do you have such a kind of experience?

C. That's what normal eye contact is all about.

D. Actually, continuous eye contact is limited to lovers only.

E. After all, everybody likes to be stared at for quite a long time.

F. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex.

G. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel annoyed at being stared at that way

I turned 16. My father gave me his 1969 Chevrolet Malibu car -a gift1on me at that age. What did I know about classic2? The important thing was that Hannah and I could3 Tucson with the roof down.

Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much4, almost five foot ten. "Hannah is a 5 ," my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a(n) 6agency.

A month after my 7, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we 8at the McDonald's drive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to 9 .

"Let's drive around for a while," I said. It was a10 night, full moon hung low. Taking a sudden 11, I hit a patch of dirt and lost control of the car. I then ploughed through a neighbor's land scape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The12came to rest halfway up the tree trunk.

The French fries were everywhere—-on the floor, the dashboard (仪表盘), and my lap. There was an impossible amount of13 on Hannah's face and some pieces of skin were hanging into her eyes. In the 14, my parents told me quietly the best plastic surgeon(整形手术) in the city had ended her modeling career.

When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her15. She sat beside me and took my hand." I drove into the back of my best friend's car when I was your 16 ," she said. "I ruined her car and mine."

"I'm so sorry," I said.

"You are both17 ," she said. "The rest is not important." I stared to protest, but Sharon stopped me. "I 18 you. Hannah will, too."

Sharon's forgiveness19 Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay friends throughout high school and college and to watch our children playing together. The scars(疤痕) are so faded that no one else would20 , but in the sunlight I can still see it just below her hairline—-which, for me, is a sign of grace.

Rock music developed in the 1950s and the early 1960s. At that time the Beatles entered the world of music from Liverpool.

After they were given an (invite) to appear live on BBC, the Beatles  (quick) became famous in Britain with nationwide tours. By mid-1963, the Beatles(be) extremely popular in England. They became the (hot) thing on the pop music scene in England.

(determine) to have a tour to the United States in 1964, they were not sure how the Americans would react the new type of music. Beatlemania hit New York on February 7, 1964. Hundreds of fans jammed the airport to greet them. They performed their first concert in America at CBS television's 53^rd street studio, was broadcast live and attracted the largest one night audience in  history of television. The Beatles were so successful that they were described as a British invasion (入侵) by local and nationwide newspapers. Thanks to the Beatles, a lot of (opportunity) were opened up to new faces on the market. Many rock bands were able (follow) in the footsteps of the Beatles.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Once there was a spider called Anansi. He wondered if how to be more intelligent. He went around the village to collecting wisdom with a basket. Soon his basket was full. He wanted to hide it on the top of a tree. Therefore, with the basket tying to the front part of his body, he found hard to climb the tree. Then his youngest son walked by, "Why not carry a basket on your back instead?” Following his advice, Anansi climbed the tree easily, but he wasn't pleasing." I have collected so many wisdom, but my baby son is still wise than me. Take back your wisdom!" He throw the basket of wisdom into the air. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.

1）孝敬父母是中华民族的传统美德；

2）独生子女的问题：以自我为中心；

3）学校制定尊敬父母的“十条规定”；

4）家长和学生的反应。

注意：

1）词数100左右，题目和开头已经给出；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：美德 virtue      独生子女  only-child       规定 regulation

Respecting Parents Program

A program called “Respecting Parents” has been started in our school recently,