What {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) English for? Some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(learn) lists of words—the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(long) the lists, the better. That's wrong. Many students know hundreds of grammar rules, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they can't speak correctly or {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fluent). They are afraid of making mistakes. English is the working language. It is widely {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(speak) and used in the world. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. English is also the language of global culture. You can listen to English songs {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the radio {#blank#}8{#/blank#} use English to communicate with people around the world through the Item. With so many people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(communicate) in English every day, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

    A critical factor "that plays a part in people's susceptibility(敏感性)to colds is age. In the past four years, the University of the Michigan School of Public Health {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (do)a study, revealing some general ru1es for the public. It says that babies are most likely {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (catch)a cold. Babies will catch more than six colds during their first year {#blank#}3{#/blank#} average. Besides, boys have more colds than girls when they are under the age of three. When they grow older than three years old, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is easier for girls to catch colds than boys. Girls might catch three colds, while boys catch two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (annual).

    Generally speaking, the incidents of colds continue to decline while people are growing older. Elderly people who are in good {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (healthy)have as few as one or two colds every year. One exception is found among people in their {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (twenty), especially women, who show a rise in cold infections. This is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} people in this age group have young babies to bring up. Adults who delay {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (have)children until they are more than thirty experience {#blank#}10{#/blank#} same sudden increase in cold infections.

    An old Spanish proverb goes, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? Too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. It is universally{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(acknowledge) that everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know{#blank#}2{#/blank#}day, or the hour. You can dream about writing a great American play, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it is never going to happen if you don't actually put pen to paper. In other words, dreams can't come true{#blank#}4{#/blank#} you take action. Tomorrow is not promised. Today is all we have. Therefore, don't go to your grave{#blank#}5{#/blank#}unfulfilled dreams. One of the biggest dream killers is fear. There are so many people who could have achieved{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(amaze) things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you wanted to do, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(capability) or good enough. In the movie After Earth, Will Smith's character{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say), “Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.” Choose not to let fear stop you from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(achieve) your dreams. All in all, make the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(decide) to go after every dream, big or small, right now.

Smiling

    Smile is a universal language, which is widely used throughout the world. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(amuse), but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:

    In an attempt to be open and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(friend), people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other and this nonverbal communication shows being polite in the United States. But in China, smiling is not only {#blank#}4{#/blank#} expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer(嘲笑).For example, when a child {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fall) from a bike, the adults in China may smile, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

    Related {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (meaning)about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly laugh that comes from the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think {#blank#}10{#/blank#} silly to laugh that way.

    A recently survey shows{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the students of our school like to do in their spare time. Much to my{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(surprising), more than half of the students like doing sports,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} only eight percent students prefer{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(read). It seems even worse that about 36 percent students would like{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(surf) the Internet. There are also a few students{#blank#}6{#/blank#}think that playing musical instruments is wonderful according to the chart.

    In my opinion  teenagers should do more{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(exercise) and reading because it is our duty to study better for our future. We know that surfing the Internet can give us information that we need, but many students can't control{#blank#}8{#/blank#}and spend too much time surfing the Internet. So we can say it will do harm{#blank#}9{#/blank#}them if the students are crazy about it. The best way to solve the problem is to make students form their own good hobbies.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}in this way can the students enjoy their study and life.