假如你是第一中学的学生张明，你要写一封信给你们学校的心理老师，告诉他你的问题并请求帮助。要求所写内容必须包括下表中所给的信息，可适当发挥，且意思连贯，语句通顺，不少于80字。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Wang，

I'm a Grade 8 student in No．1 Middle School．

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Best wishes，

Zhang Ming

根据汉语意思用英语完成句子。

1．父亲经常鼓励我要取得更好成绩。

Father often ________ ________ ________ get better grades．

2．自从她六岁以来，她就一直弹钢琴。

She ________ ________ ________ the piano since she ________ six years old．

3．你介意打开窗户吗？这儿有点热。

Would you ________ ________ the windows? It's kind of hot here．

4．你朋友对集邮感兴趣吗？

Is your friend ________ ________ ________ stamps?

5．如果周五晚上你能完成作业，我们周末就去度假。

If you ________ your homework on Friday night，we ________ ________ on vacation on the weekend．

People all over the world eat rice．Millions of people in Asia，Africa and South America eat it every day of their lives．（3）Some people eat almost nothing but rice．

Rice is a kind of grass．There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice．Farmers grow rice in many countries，even in the southern part of the United States and in eastern Australia．

No one really knows where rice came from．Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places．They think that one kind of rice grew in Southern Asia thousands of years ago．（4）Someone in china wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago．Another kind probably grew in West Africa．Other scientists think that rice came from India，and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world．

There are two main ways to grow rice．Most rice grows in wet soil（土壤）．People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand．This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago．In some countries，people now use machines（机器）on their rice farms．

People use every part of the rice plant（种植）．They make animal food and rice oil from it．They also make baskets，brooms and roofs for their houses．They burn dry rice plants for cooking．

（一）根据短文内容，简要回答问题。

1．Where do scientists think rice came from?

2．What do you think is the best way to grow rice? Why?

（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3．_________________________________________________

4．_________________________________________________

（三）给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5．_____________________________

阅读短文，根据短文内容和已给出的首字母，在空白处填入适当的单词。

Gift giving is different in different c__1__．In Japan，people sometimes give s__2_ gifts．But they are not opened．Later，the same gilt may be given away to someone e__3__．Many people have enough things and don't want too many gifts t__4__．In Canada，many people will not give big gifts to someone else．They will pay f__5__ a park bench or a tree to help r_6__ a person．In the USA，some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather t_7__ buy them gifts．In Sweden，d__8__ something for someone is the best gift．People don't need to s__9__ too much money．I__10__，making a meal is enough．

根据句义完成句中已给出首字母的单词。

1．Please keep your v________ down，the baby is sleeping now

2．My brother is not old enough to d________ a car．

3．P________ my teacher will come，but I'm not sure．

4．Please speak c________，or I can't understand you．

5．The doctor asked Mr. Wang to give up s________，because it’s bad for his health．