There's no one reason why women return to school. Going back to school provides private and public benefits. College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions. College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (little) on government support.

    Making the switch from {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}often a necessary one. Financial {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (dependent) for women is key, says Nancy Schlossberg, professor at University of Maryland. “I think {#blank#}6{#/blank#}important for women to do some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced {#blank#}7{#/blank#}never married.”

    To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run. She says, “You are going to do much better than before {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} education that enables you to do what you have to do in life. The question is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you are ready at this time to go for it.

    Singles' Day falls on November 11th every year in China, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine's Day in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} people created Singles' Day.

    On Singles' Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attend) blind date（相亲） parties, and some people even decide to get{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (marry) to strangers. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (promote) their goods.

    More and more people are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can't help buying things {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I need them or not. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.

    Last Friday, my friend David called me and invited me and our friend Tom to a party in his university. Tom and I are in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} same class. We both wanted to go to the party, but there was a problem—we'd have a final exam on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) Monday.

    “Don't worry. We can come back on Sunday and won't miss the exam,” really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to go to the party, Tom said. So I decided to go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him.

    The party was great and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) enjoyed ourselves there. However, we stayed up late on Saturday night and slept all day on Sunday and didn't make it back to our university until Monday morning. We missed the exam. Then we went to our professor's office and explained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we missed the exam. We lied that there was a flat tire（车胎漏气）on our way back to the university. Our professor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (agree) that we could take the exam the following day.

    When it was time to take the exam, Tom and I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take)to different rooms. After we opened the test paper, we saw only one question, “Which tire?”

    Neither Tom nor I answered the question. Instead we told our professor the truth. Luckily, he later gave {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) the real test paper. And both Tom and I made a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (decide): never to lie again.

    We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (correct) and wisely. First, some of us are upset about our body style and looks. It's unnecessary and it's not important at all. We needn't care about it. It is one's inner beauty that{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (matter). Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers, parents and classmates. Faced with this, we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying to remove the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends, I think being open-minded and friendly will do us good. Third, we may fall behind others, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to work efficiently, full of{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (determine). At last, some of us don't have much pocket money, so they feel unhappy. Isn't it strange? So long as we have some, that's enough. And we can learn how to spend money.

    Sometimes your friends start to talk about a new video game or a new app they have downloaded. It sounds pretty cool, and your friends really seem to like it. You become so {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) in it that you want to buy it too. Has this ever happened to you?

    In the US and in places around the world, there is a similar feeling of wanting the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(new), greatest tech gadgets (小玩意). There is a big {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(attract) to getting the latest technology even though people may not need it. But why is this?

    As to(关于) these technologies, there's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} initial （最初的） excitement that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(get) people's attention, according to Richard Larson, a director at MIT, US. If there's a big group of people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} want these things, you want to be a part of the excitement too.

    One of the major US {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(company) that really take advantage of this is Apple. It comes out with a new iPhone with very small changes every year. But people still flock (涌入) to the stores even if they have just bought the previous phone.

    However,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} （buy）these things may not always be the best choice. You could be buying things that you don't really need and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spend) too much money just for the right to show it off to your friends.

    Not only that, but our need to always be on your phones or playing video games takes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a lot of time in our lives. So is this excitement over technology a good or a bad thing?