It was our national holiday. I was pleased that I would have 7 days off. So I decided 【小题1】 (visit) my grandma in the countryside with my parents.

One the morning of Oct. 1, I 【小题2】 (wake) up by my mother. She told me to set out early, 【小题3】 we might be blocked on the way. Hearing this, I thought she was 【小题4】 (frighten) me.

However, when we got to the expressway, I 【小题5】 (begin) to realize what I thought was wrong. There w ere so many cars on the road that we found 【小题6】 very hard to move forward. More than five hours passed, but we still had over 700 km to go. Hungry and thirsty, I could hardly stand it any 【小题7】 (long), I really want ed to cry! Fortunately, my mother and father kept on comforting me 【小题8】 (patient). Eventually, we arrived at Grandma’s, but it was already 11:00 p.m.

【小题9】 a boring and unpleasant journey! Never will I forget it. I think it is a bother to go home during such 【小题10】 (holiday) for many people. It's high time that our government did something to solve this problem.

Sitting on a scaffolding (脚手) platform, Liu Zhicheng gives the final touches to a painting of flowers and cranes (鹤). With brushes and paints he makes the two cranes look vivid - flapping (拍打) their 【小题1】(wing) and ready to catch a fish.

In addition 【小题2】flowers, cranes and pine trees - visual elements local villagers are familiar with - Liu, 【小题3】 27-year-old painter, is experienced in using different elements from 【小题4】(tradition) culture. He paints Ne Zha from the namesake Chinese animated film, pandas and fairies in ancient costumes.

“I am 【小题5】 (deep) interested in rural China and hope to do my part in 【小题6】(bring) some modern street decorations to villages,” Liu says.

Last year, he began a two-year project of painting 100 walls in Yongsheng county 【小题7】he was born. So far, he 【小题8】(complete) more than 30 walls.

His artworks also attract curious children who crane their necks to see him paint. “If our work can sow seeds of deep 【小题9】 (appreciate) in children’s hearts and open up new opportunities for 【小题10】 (them)future careers, it would be wonderful,” he adds.

Living in a car isn’t really so bad. Not when Daddy makes a nice place to sleep in the back of the Suburban, and the bathrooms and showers in the RV park aren’t too far away. In Janet Fox’s Carry Me Home, things are tough for 12-year-old Lulu and her little sister, Serena, but not too tough, 【小题1】 they always have Daddy, and Daddy knows things will get better. And it seems like they really will- until Lulu wakes up one morning and Daddy isn’t there.

A few days go 【小题2】 but Daddy doesn’t come back. Lulu knows that she and Screna are on their own. Lulu is determined 【小题3】 (keep) them together. But with no more money 【小题4】(come) in and a cold Montana winter approaching, Lulu is running out of choices.

Carry Me Home 【小题5】 (consist) of short chapters that alternate between the present and the past. Readers see Lulu and Seren’s lives when their mother was still alive and in the immediate aftermath (后果) of her 【小题6】(dead), giving them an understanding of how Lulu’s family comes to be in this impossible situation and why she feels that the weight of her little family rests solely on her young shoulders. Fox 【小题7】(gentle) describes the way Lulu manages their basic 【小题8】(need) while balancing the difficulties and joys of navigating 【小题9】 new school and finding her way in the world.

Fox’s novel encourages readers to understand why people 【小题10】 experience homelessness are individuals with stories and, like everyone, deserve compassion and support.