Nowadays, there are many stay-at-home children (留守儿童) in China. You can’t 【小题1】 (想象) how hard their life is. Firstly, they can’t live with their parents. They miss their parents so much that they often feel 【小题2】 (孤独的) and unhappy, especially when they are 【小题3】 (生病). 【小题4】 (第二), they can’t often talk with their parents so sometimes they can’t be in 【小题5】 (限制；约束) by other family members. It is easy for them to be 【小题6】 (疯狂的) and they may often 【小题7】 (争吵) with others. What’s more, some of them may have 【小题8】 (问题；困难) in their study and some are under too much pressure, but their parents can’t help them out in time. Luckily, more and more people 【小题9】 (意识到) the danger and they try to come up with some ways. I 【小题10】 (希望) in the near future the life of stay-­at­-home children will be better.

Born in the city, we regard the country life as something far away. We are used to the e【小题1】 in the city. We are even getting used to the noises and pollution in the city. It has become a p【小题2】 of our life. I have never b【小题3】 to the country. Nature is a word strange to us. This summer I had the chance to go with my parents on a v【小题4】 to the countryside.

For the first time in my life I have the experience with the country life. Here I realize what a life of nature is. This is a small village f【小题5】 from cities. It is at the foot of a mountain. The life there is simple. It is different from the city l【小题6】.

There are few cars or other transportation (交通工具) on the way. The air is fresh. The sky is high. The people are friendly. They are not as busy a【小题7】 those in the big city. Everywhere you can find people bathing in the sun. They drink clean water. The water comes from the mountain. They e【小题8】 the quiet life very much. What’s m【小题9】, there you can hear the sound of nature. You can find the children playing with water in the river and the dogs running after the people. All these make a w【小题10】 picture of countryside. How I love the country life!

Today we are developing a new idea—Money is the measure of all things. Increasingly, people are being judged by what they own, and not by their good qualities. This is 【小题1】(certain) true among many people in China.

According to a survey that 【小题2】(do) in 2013, China is the most materialistic (物欲横流) country in the world. Twenty-three percent of Chinese said they measured success by the things they owned (cars, homes, jewelry, designer clothes) compared 【小题3】 just 21 percent in America, 20 percent in Canada and 16 percent in Britain.

Recently, this worship of materialism 【小题4】(spread) into schools 【小题5】 some kids like to show off their Apple Watches, iphones 6s and expensive running shoes, feeling very good about 【小题6】(they) . Seeing this, some poorer students now feel intimidated (威胁) by their 【小题7】(rich) classmates. In some cases this has affected their performance in school.

【小题8】 having rich parents doesn't automatically (自动地) bring good grades and having poor parents doesn't automatically bring bad grades. It is hard work 【小题9】 is the key to 【小题10】(succeed) , not the cost of your running shoes. And hard work is what develops good character—that, not money, should be the true measure of all things.