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Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things. I teach my daughters to develop a habit of 1 others. The little acts of

2 give you opportunities to provide service for others. They can make you remember how 3 it feels to be kind and helpful.

We 4 in a rural （乡村的） area. Most of what we 5 is beautiful nature. One of the exceptions to the 6 is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows as they drive along the rural roads. One of the few 7 of living there is the lack （缺少） of 8 public services， such as rubbish collection， which is common in the 9 .

A helping behavior that I practise regularly with my daughters is picking up rubbish in our neighborhood. My daughters often have a 10 to see who can collect the most rubbish. They will often say to me in a （n） 11 voice， “Theres some rubbish， Daddy— 12 the car！” And if we have time， we will often get out of our car and pick it up. 13 it may seem strange， we do it. In fact， we 14 it. We pick up rubbish in parks， on sidewalks， almost anywhere.

One day I saw a stranger picking up rubbish on the road. I stopped. He 15 his head and smiled， “I saw you doing this with your family. Its a good 16 to protect our environment. ”

There are many other ways to 17 kindness for others. You may share a dinner with a beggar， visit 18 old people in the nursing home， or help the blind 19 the street. You can think of something that can be finished 20 but helpful. It is fun， self?satisfying， and whats more， it can set a good example. Helping others is helping yourself.

1. A. watching B. welcoming C. helping D. teaching 2. A. kindness B. happiness C. carefulness D. silliness

3. A. hard B. unusual C. easy D. great 4. A. work B. live C. travel D. stay 5. A. see B. dream C. need D. develop 6. A. nature B. beauty C. area D. weather 7. A. favorites B. disadvantages

C. wishes D. answers

8. A. comfortable B. modern C. necessary D. excellent 9. A. city B. village C. sky D. street 10. A. rest B. competition C. look D. talk

11. A. surprised B. tired C. excited D. angry 12. A. speed B. start C. move D. stop 13. A. Although B. But C. And D. Since 14. A. enjoy B. experience C. forget D. understand 15. A. covered B. lowered C. shook D. raised

16. A. sport B. idea C. result D. question 17. A. provide B. buy C. describe D. make 18. A. sad B. successful C. healthy D. lonely 19. A. clean B. cross C. design D. draw 20. A. suddenly B. impossibly C. easily D. hardly

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Kites are invented in China 200 years ago. The earlier kites were made from wood， which were expensive. Kite flying began to spread between the ordinary people only after paper was invented and then kite making cost little. Weifang City is the birthplace of the kite. Now the kite flying is more and more popularer here. Every spring people from all over the world come to take part the International Kite Festival. They would see beautiful kites fly in the sky. I believe you will enjoy themselves here. I hope youll go to the Festival every year.