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       It was sunny and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} again at this time of year. John went to the beach to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his weekend. He was lying on the sand and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}to music. Suddenly he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} someone crying for help. He {#blank#}5{#/blank#} up hurriedly and looked towards the voice. He saw a little boy waving(挥动) his hands in the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a little far away. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#} off his clothes and jumped into the water{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. He swam to the little boy, held him, kept his head {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the water and swam back to the beach. At last, the boy was safe. He thanked John a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    Different people like different things. What do these people like?

    Daming's grandparents like {#blank#}1{#/blank#} some exercise in a park every day. Daming's mother likes to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for clothes. She spends much money on them. Betty's cousin likes to read {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and magazines and she also loves films. Tony's sister likes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and going to concerts. Lingling's aunt and uncle like football, and they usually watch football on television.

    How do you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} presents for them?

    When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools. The 15 - year - old boy always {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. "What should I do if my answer is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ?" Wang asked. Wang said only six or seven students in his class raised their hands when a question was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . "I think it's a problem that may affect our study, but I am afraid to make {#blank#}4{#/blank#}in front of my classmates," he said.

    Why didn't the students raise their hands in class? Hu Wei, a teenager expert from Chinese Academy of Science(中国科学院) gave an explanation to us. He said, "They are lack (缺乏) of confidence, and they're afraid of losing faces {#blank#}5{#/blank#}they may give wrong answers. "

    To encourage students to raise their hands in class, Hu suggested that teachers should try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers {#blank#}6{#/blank#} repeating the question. Hu also advised students not to be shy, but to be brave {#blank#}7{#/blank#}to try.

    Sun Ping, 16, from Tianjin, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}when she isn't sure if she has got it right. Sun can't understand why some of her classmates keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. "It keeps me enthusiastic (热情的) and confident to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. My idea," Sun said. "Raising my hand has really made me excellent."