The other day, my friends and I talked about the rules we have in school. At our school, we have to wear uniforms every day.

    The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is that all my classmates think the uniforms are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} .We think young people should look smart and we would like to wear our own clothes. Our {#blank#}3{#/blank#} believe that if we did that, we would concentrate more on our clothes than our studies. We disagree. We would{#blank#}4{#/blank#} more comfortable and that is good for studying. If we can't do that, we should be allowed to design our own uniforms. That would be a good way to keep {#blank#}5{#/blank#}teachers and students happy.
    It's also probably a good idea for parents to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  teenagers to study in groups during the evening. I know we get noisy sometimes, but we learn a lot {#blank#}7{#/blank#} each other. We also think that vacations should be {#blank#}8{#/blank#} .At present they're too short. Longer vacations would give us time to do things like volunteering. Last summer I{#blank#}9{#/blank#} an opportunity to volunteer at the local hospital, but I couldn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I had to go back to school. It would be a good experience for me because I want to be a doctor when I'm older.

    It is helpful for English readers to improve reading speed. Before{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to read the material(素材), learn about the background knowledge.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}its help, you can read faster. While reading, many students think the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}thing they should do is to look up the new words. That will make them feel bored and disturb (打扰) their speed! What's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, they always pay more attention to English grammar than the main idea of the material. To tell the truth, you'd better grasp(领会) the main information in a short time.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, this is the key to making your reading speed faster and faster.

—They're both teachers.