You must have remembered the story from your childhood: an old man was worried about his sons because they always quarreled with each other. So one day he asked them to break a bundle(捆) of chopsticks tied together. Clearly, none of them could. But when the bundle was untied, they were able to break each chopstick easily. Why? This is because of the power of unity(团结).

    Dr. John Maxwell, in his book Success Journey says that every success is not something you can achieve alone. Think about it —if at the end of all the achievements, you find yourself alone, will you call it success in a real sense? It is known to all of us that success always belongs to unity. But we often seem to forget it when it comes to individual(个人的) success. Most of us consider our success as a personal thing.

    Your dream and your success do not belong to you alone. Even though you work hard towards your dream, there are people who are working behind you to make sure that you are able to give yourself a hundred percent energy.

    Do you think that it is possible without unity? Don't you feel that these people are doing their best so that you can be successful? And so, unity plays an important role, even if you are talking about your personal success. Just like those chopsticks, they can't be broken only when they are tied together.

    So, it is your responsibility to keep unity if you really want to be successful in your trip. Only if you always treat things and people seriously, you will succeed because all the things and people around you have connections in some way.

(Now more and more people like shopping online, but is it good or bad? Here're a few different ideas. Let's take a look at them. )

Fred: I spend time on the Internet and buy many things online. I don't need to go out and wait for a long time. Also, I can always get the best things online. 

Dennis: I like shopping online a lot. I love to buy things on the Internet because people can send the products to me in a few days after I click the mouse on what I want. 

Anthea: Shopping online is a good way for us young people. We can save lots of time. When we buy anything online, we can compare different prices and features at the same time. 

Elihu: l like spending time going here and there in different shops and meeting different people, so I do very little online shopping. 

Harriet: 1 especially like shopping online, because it's much easier to choose my favourite things. Now I also have an online store called Millen to sell clothes. 

A study found that happiness is partly affected by your genes ( 基 因 ). But even if you're not usually a happy person, you can change that. According to experts, happiness is a choice. It's something that you can develop with continuing practice.

Following these tried-and-true tips can help you find happiness:

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Don't compare yourself to others. Everyone has different talents and abilities. It's OK that you're not like someone else. Comparison has been called "the thief of joy". In addition, forgive yourself often. You are not perfect, and you are your own worst critic (批评者).

Reduce screen time.The Internet is full of people who look beautiful. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Yet much of what appears on social media is not real. Many people who compare to those images may result in feelings of discouragement.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Nature helps to reduce stress. Exercise and put your health in the first place. People who get up and move are usually happier than those who don't. Just going on a walk can make a difference.

Limit(限制) the amount of time you spend on the news.Stay aware (明白) of recent events.

But don't spend hours consuming news, which usually includes negative stories and events.

As happiness is a choice, why not choose it? Life filled with love and joy will look brighter!

What else can you do to be a happy person? And why? (At least 20 words.) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

A. advice    B. turn off  C. talks   D. loudly   E. talk about   F. quietly

Dear Sunday Globe,

I am writing to tell you about your passage Smartphones Make Life Easier in last Sunday's newspaper. You did a very good job explaining the good points of smartphones, but you didn't

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} their bad points at all. So, I hope you'll let me give your readers some {#blank#}2{#/blank#} on smartphone etiquette. The first point I'd like to address is loudness. When you talk on your smartphone in public, please don't shout. In fact, the microphones in smartphones are very sensitive. So, you can be heard even if you speak {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. 

Another point is about personal space. I don't think it is polite to make calls in small space full of people. This makes others uncomfortable and forces them to listen to your personal business. What's worse, it stops many face-to-face {#blank#}4{#/blank#} from ever beginning. 

Lastly, doing two things at the same time is dangerous. For example, making calls while driving is a bad habit. Pay attention to the road! Similarly, when staying with your friends, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} your smartphone and enjoy yourselves. 

Yours truly,

Amber Jala

Do you have trouble remembering things? Do you want to know how to improve your1 ? Human brain is very small and . 2 . It is only 2% of our total body weight, but it needs about 20% of the oxygen that the body takes in. We can think 3 if our brains get enough oxygen. So we should always make sure there's enough oxygen in the air when we need to remember something. Besides, what else can we do to improve our memory? Here are some 4 .

First, try to get enough 5 . Our memory works well after we have a good rest. If we want to remember something, make sure we have enough sleep every day.

Second, if we have to remember something big, break it down into small parts. It's6 to remember 198756430387 if we break it into four small parts: 198-756-430-387.

Third, don't get angry if we are not able to remember some information. Just do something to 7 ourselves like listening to music, watching a movie and so on. Later, we can try again.

Last but not least, make up an interesting story. If we want to remember a shopping list with bread, fruits, a coat, oil and a notebook, just make up a story with them. For example, Lisa felt hungry and 8 some bread. She opened the fridge, but only found some fruits. So she put on her coat and planned to go to the supermarket. Unluckily, she tripped over(被绊倒)a bottle of 9 and found her lost notebook under the sofa …

If we follow the advice, we will 10 how good our memory is. So let's try to improve our memory together!

Breakfast is very important for us. If we want to be 1 , we should have a good breakfast every day. For breakfast, we can eat many kinds of 2 , like eggs, bread, milk and so on. They are really 3 for our health.

Eating breakfast is a good eating habit(习惯), 4 many students don't eat breakfast in the morning. That's because they 5 late or their parents don't cook for them. As students, if we don't have breakfast, we may not 6 very well at school. We may become unhealthy and get ill 7 . So we should have 8 every day.

I think everyone should have 9 healthy eating habits. And then we'll 10 longer and better.