While the country's leader has encouraged（鼓勵）people to work hard and dream big, some young Chinese are happily resigned to being ordinary（甘于平凡）. It is clearly against the dream of the nation greatly. These young people are called "Buddhist Youth（佛系青年）", and they have held a lazy lifestyle. It is not accepted by most people anywhere.

"Life is quite tiring," said 23-year-old Guo Jia, who believes being a Buddhist Youth means accepting the things you cannot change and going with the flow. In fact, this name has nothing to do with religion（宗教）. These people do something similarly, such as eating the same food every day, allowing their friends and relatives to make all the decisions, and showing no strong feelings about almost everything. They want nothing because they expect（期待）nothing.

As for me, I can't agree with their idea. I think we need to live with a clear purpose（目標）and dream. Only in this way can we live a meaningful life. The value（價值）we live to the people around us is important. So work hard and go up to the place that you can get to. Sunny days will welcome you every morning.

Pressure（壓力）from the society is necessary. It can surely push us to learn more and become abler. That is the truth of life!

1.What kind of lifestyle have Buddhist Youth held?

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2.How old is Guo Jia?

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3.Is the name "Buddhist Youth" related (有關) to religion?

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4.Who makes ail the decisions in the life of Buddhist Youth?

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5.Why should we live with a clear purpose and dream according to the writer?

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6.What do you think of Buddhist Youths?

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Writing (作文)

Write a composition with at least 50 words about the topic "My favourite season"（以“我最喜歡的季節(jié)”為題，寫一篇不少于50詞的短文，要求內容適切，意思連貫，標點符號不一占格。）

Suggested questions:

1. What is your favourite season?

2.What do you like it best?

3. What do you usually do in this season?.

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Lingling often help her parents lay ______ table before they begin dinner.

A.a B.an C.the D.X

There won't be ______ to wake me up if my parents go away on business.

A.somebody B.everybody C.nobody D.anybody

My brother will be ______. Our parents will have a party for his ______ birthday.

A.twenty; twentieth B.twentieth; twentieth

C.twenty; twenty D.twentieth; twenty

Look, so many boys are playing basketball and Daming is ______ them.

A.below B.above C.among D.between

Although he is only six years old he can ______ this kind of car on his own.

A.control B.manage C.punish D.realize

It is important for every one to be ______ no matter when and where.

A.empty B.honest C.simple D.useful

Dr. Bethune worked very hard without resting and managed ______ over a hundred lives.

A.save B.saves C.saved D.to save

Mr. Zhang drove his car so fast that it ______ hit an old man yesterday.

A.clearly B.loudly C.usually D.nearly