We think it’s probably a good idea for parents to allow teenagers ____in groups during the evenings. I know we get ____sometimes, but we learn a lot from each other. We also think that vacations should be ____.At present they’re too short. Longer vacations would give us time to do things like volunteering. ___summer I had an opportunity ___at the local hospital, but I couldn’t because I had to go back to school.

1.A .to watch      B.to study         C.study          D.play

2.A. noisy        B.quiet           C.crowded       D.lonely

3.A. short         B.quicker         C.longer         D.slower.

4.A. Last          B.Next           C.Before         D.In

5.A. volunteering   B.to volunteer     C. volunteering    D. volunteered

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Dear Joyce,

You must be very busy these days. I called you several times,    1.  no one answered. Are you still busy 2.  on the report?

I called you because I am having problems with Mom and my friends these days. You know, I am a shy person. That’s   3. I have few friends. Last month, some of my classmates   4.  me to the Internet café after school. It was a lot of fun  5. we could play the latest online games there, and it was the first time that I felt I was not alone anymore. However, my grades were getting   6. than ever before, and Mom found out the reason. She got really angry with 7. ! She wouldn’t even let me go out with my friends again, so I had to   8. them that I couldn’t go out with them any more. My friends laughed at me and even called me a coward (胆小鬼). I couldn’t stand    9. , so I went to the Internet café 10.  them like before. Mom is really disappointed with me now. I didn’t want to make her sad, but I still want to have my own friends. What should I do?

Last, Mom and I miss you a lot. We hope to hear from you soon.

Your brother

Ben

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Secrets of top students

Example One: “If I don’t understand what my teacher is explaining in the science,                        

I ask him to say it again,” says Anna Lee. “also asking more helped a lot.”   

1.____________

Example Two: “When a teacher asks us to do a lot of homework，”says Dave Roman “ I             

will draw up a timetable and plan to do it little by little, so it isn’t so tiring.

2.__________

Example Three: One student put a vocabulary list on the wall of the bathroom. He

learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth. Another student used the time

to remember biology terms while practicing running.                     

3.____________

Example Four: In high school, Mike played football, painted and was in the band.

“I was so busy that I couldn’t waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything in order.” He says.                                                4.__________

Example Five: Christi is an excellent student at the university. If her math teacher

asks her to do five problems, she does ten. If the history teacher asks her to read

five pages, she reads ten. “Part of learning is practicing,” she says, “and the

more you practice, the more you learn.”                              

5.___________