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    My biggest problem is that I am too busy.  When l was young, I used to have t{#blank#}1{#/blank#} much time, but these days I get up early and s{#blank#}2{#/blank#} in school all day. T{#blank#}3{#/blank#} I go home and eat dinner. Before I started h{#blank#}4{#/blank#} school, I used to spend a lot of time p{#blank#}5{#/blank#} games with my friends, but now I just don't have the time anymore. In the evening, I used to watch TV or c{#blank#}6{#/blank#} with my grandmother, but now I h{#blank#}7{#/blank#} to study. I love m{#blank#}8{#/blank#}, and my father used to take me to the concerts.  These days, I hardly ever have time for c{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. I do homework and go to bed. I really m{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the old days.

  Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. You shouldn't waste this wonderful opportunity to learn. Here is our advice for you to have a happy school life.

  Advice 1:{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Don't say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up.

  Advice 2:{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school. Teachers can not make everything enjoyable.

  Advice 3:{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Do today's work today. Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You can not finish a race if you rest all the time.

 Advice 4: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Sometimes they are only the result of misunderstanding . Don't be too embarrassed to ask for help. You are young. No one thinks you can do everything!

Advice 5:{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Don't waste life lying in bed on Saturday morning. Go and play a sport, learn the piano, work on a project, read a book, practice English, or help someone with problems. There are always a lot of things to do.

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    A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn't plan to choose the right persons {#blank#}2{#/blank#} usual.

    Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.

    The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “Who put this box in the middle of the road?” the student said to himself, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.

    The second student came along and did the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box but {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of them tried to move it. What's worse, someone even stepped on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.

    Half an hour {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he stopped and began to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, “Congratulations, young man! You are the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?”

    Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.

    To improve your English reading, you should, first of all, choose something you feel important or{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to read. Don't try to read everything. You should{#blank#}2{#/blank#} those written in easy English. Don't read those which is difficult for you at the very beginning.

    While reading, don't read too slowly or look up every new word you meet with. After reading a passage and having its main idea in mind, you may{#blank#}3{#/blank#} and read it again. This time you can read it slowly and look up some new words {#blank#}4{#/blank#} necessary.

    Keep on reading in this way and you'll surely make{#blank#}5{#/blank#} little by little.

    That was a hot summer. When I was five years old just before my sister came to the world， my mother asked me what we  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(应该)name the new baby. I think for a minute and said， “Let's call her Gravy!”

    You know， we pour gravy over meat and it tastes good! My parents found my idea interesting but at last they named the new baby Caroline， {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（代替）. As soon as I saw Caroline I just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( 掉入）in love with her.

     Having a sister {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (改变) my life. When my sister and I played together， we often fought and argued with each other {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （几个）times a week. It made our parents angry. But at the same time， we learned to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（关心）for each other.

     In North America， there are many kinds of families but most families have {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （超出）one child. Of course， some have three or more. In China， most children don't have brothers or sisters and they often feel {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（孤独的）. Some middle school students in China wish that they had a brother or sister. If you are one of them， I have a good idea for you. You can treat your friends or classmates {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  （当作）your brothers and sisters! You know that the good family {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (关系) and friendship can lead to a happy life.