据报道，我国许多城市的中小学生有了不同形式的新型“寒假作业”，以下是相关情况：

1. 武汉地区：给父母洗脚，让学生学会孝敬父母；

2. 长沙地区： 卖报纸，让学生体验生活， 学会独立；

3. 广东河源地区； 学讲客家（Hakka）故事，让学生更好地传承文化。

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请你根据上面提供的信息写一篇英语短文，包括如下要点：

1. 各地学生假期作业的形式及其目的；

2. 你对上述假期作业的看法。

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只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

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句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

参考词汇：孝敬 show love and respect

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves?

Here are some tips:

1. Forgive yourself

You may have made those mistakes in the past, but is there anything you can do about them? I don’t think so, except learning from them. It’s true that you are not perfect, but neither is everybody else. It’s normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.

2. Focus on your strengths

Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths. You always have some strengths which give you a unique combination nobody else have. Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.

3. Stop comparing yourself with others

You are unique. You can never be like other people, and neither can other people be like you. The way you measure your success is not determined by other people and what they achieve. Instead, it is determined by your own life purpose. You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it’s useless to compare yourself with others.

Your new product ________ better if it is advertised on TV.

A. sells B. sold C. will sell D. would sell

When we visited our headteacher again ten years later, he had changed so much that we could hardly ________ him.

A. remember B. know

C. believe D. recognize

_______ with so much trouble, we failed to complete task on time.

A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face

There is only one of the oldest customs that ________ in this district so far.

A. was kept B. were kept

C. has been kept D. have been kept

The teacher _____ him to learn English well, but he wouldn’t listen.

A. persuaded B. tried to persuade

C. preferred D. expected

There was a small boy living on a farm which seemed like so far away from everywhere. He needed to get up before sunrise(日出) every morning to start his and out again later to do the evening ones.

During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence（篱笆）so in the distance he could see the house with windows. He thought how great it would be to live there and his mind would wander to imagine the modern equipment and appliances(电器) that might exist in the house. “If they could golden windows, then there must have other nice things.” He then himself . “Some day I will go there and see this place.”

Then one his father told him to stay at home and his father would do the chores（杂务）. Knowing that this was his , he packed a sandwich and across the field towards the with the golden windows.

As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he the distance and something else was very wrong. As he approached the house, he saw golden windows but instead of a place with in bad need of a painting surrounded by a broken down . He went to the tattered (破烂的) screen door and knocked. A small boy very close to his opened the door.

He asked him if he had seen the house with the golden windows. The boy said “Sure, I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch (走廊). As he sat there, he looked from where he just came where the turned the windows of his home to golden.

1.A. works B. chores C. songs D. jobs

2.A. white B. yellow C. golden D. red

3.A. like B. see C. provide D. afford

4.A. agreed B. talked C. promised D. asked

5.A. wonderful B. distant C. strange D. accessible

6.A. day B. evening C. afternoon D. morning

7.A. chance B. choice C. time D. moment

8.A. flew B. ran C. moved D. headed

9.A. place B. house C. field D. farm

10.A. misjudged B. judged C. misunderstood D. understood

11.A. few B. many C. various D. no

12.A. window B. fence C. door D. wall

13.A. father B. weight C. age D. height

14.A. forward B. back C. left D. right

15.A. moon B. sun C. sunset D. sunrise

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees，anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop used in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable(可行的). As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff（教职员工）use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1.The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _____.

A. use for their schoolwork

B. access the Internet

C. work at home

D. connect them to libraries

2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引号)?

A. They don’t really talk.

B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.

D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3.Which of the following is TRUE about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B.1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4.“A window on the world” in the last paragraph means that students can ______.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The program is successful.

B. The program is not workable.

C. The program is too expensive.

D. We don’t know the result yet.

When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late, but it’s not my fault; the car broke down(抛锚).” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility（不负责任） or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of（不管） how your colleague（同事）fails to do his job well.

This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stop on for success.
1.According to the passage, winners __________.

A. deal with problems rather than blame others

B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C. have responsible and able colleagues

D. blame themselves rather than others

2.The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.

A. avoid B. accept C. improve D. consider

3.When your colleague brings about a problem, you should __________.

A. find a better way to handle the problem

B. blame him for his lack of responsibility

C. tell him to find the cause of the problem

D. ask a more able colleague for help

4.When problems occur, winners take them as __________.

A. excuses for their failures

B. barriers to greater power

C. challenges to their colleagues

D. chances for self-development

5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Winner’s Secret.

B. A Winner’s Problem.

C. A Winner’s Opportunity.

D. A Winner’s Achievement.