Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don't know how {#blank#}1{#/blank#}housework. Because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.

    Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents{#blank#}2{#/blank#}away on business(出差), so they asked Joy {#blank#}3{#/blank#}home alone. At first she thought she would be happy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}her parents were not in. She could do what she liked. But it was six o'clock {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the afternoon, she felt hungry.“Oh, it's time {#blank#}6{#/blank#}supper. Where can I get my food?”she said to herself.Later she found some food in the fridge, but she didn't know how to cook.At that moment, she missed her{#blank#}7{#/blank#}very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and{#blank#}8{#/blank#}some food to eat.

    Many teenagers are the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}as Joy. So I think they should learn some basic life skills,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}as cooking, cleaning their rooms or dressing themselves properly. They shouldn't depend too much on their parents.

    Yang Liang is a student in Grade Two in the First Elementary School in Rongcheng. His father {#blank#}1{#/blank#} when he was three. His grandfather {#blank#}2{#/blank#}in bed for many years. His mother worked so {#blank#}3{#/blank#} that she is ill now. She will not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} money for her family. The family is in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Yang Liang can't go to school {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  other students. When the local government knew the things, they took 10, 000 yuan  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the family. They let Yang Liang keep his{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Yang Liang needn't {#blank#}9{#/blank#} any money for school. When the famous ping-pong player Deng Yaping knew this, she {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to help him finish his study until he graduated from the university.

Rick: Hello, Rick speaking.

Steve: Hi, Rick. It's Steve. How's it going?

Rick: Not bad, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. The weather's great. What are you doing?

Steve: I'm playing basketball {#blank#}2{#/blank#}some friends at the park

Rick:{#blank#}3{#/blank#}like you're having a good time.

Steve: Yeah. Is your brother at home?

Rick: Oh, he's not here. He's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}at his friend's home. Can I take a message for him?

Steve: Yes. Could you{#blank#}5{#/blank#}tell him to call me back?

Rick: Sure. No problem