Wonder why you get angry so{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (easy) while your friend smiles all the time? It's probably {#blank#}2{#/blank#}you both have different personalities（个性）.

         Personality is also about {#blank#}3{#/blank#}people think, behave, and react to everything around them from day to day.

         So what {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) people think and behave in certain ways?

         Part of the reason is that people are born like this. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}baby gets his blood type, genes(基因）and other physical things when he's still inside his mother. These things may help decide what the baby will be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

        But one's personality doesn't stop here. Family life, school learning and life experience can also make you the person you are. This doesn't mean it's impossible {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (change) your personality. You can always try to make yourself {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (good). Don't get too worried about your week points. Just accept them. This is a good way start making changes.

        If you don't know how to make friends, find out why. Is it because you are too shy? Tell {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (your) to smile at people. Start talking to people using warm greetings.

        Don't give yourself a hard time about it. It's not easy to change lifelong {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（habit） overnight.

       Keep working at it. One day you'll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new one.

    Are you looking forward to going abroad? These years, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (country) such as the US, the UK and Australia.

     “Chinese children hope to go abroad {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) a wider view (视野) of the world,” said Li Mingshan, a Chinese writer who has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (live) in America for many years. In a talk Li told more than 300 parents and their children that life abroad can be surely {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hard) for young people than that in China. “They have to meet a culture shock and language problems.”

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, these are not the most difficult things. To most children, looking after {#blank#}6{#/blank#} 

while they are studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge (挑战).

    Zhao Baohua, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}18-year-old student began to study in a high school in Australia last October. To his surprise, he was hardly given {#blank#}8{#/blank#} homework! “So we have more free time and more space for thinking.”said Zhao. “But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you don't know how to plan your time and money, you will not have an easy time.”

     “Learning abroad at a young age {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) students learn foreign languages quickly, but students and parents should know about the challenges. Make sure that you are ready for it.” Li said at last.

    Students surely like vacations. But when I ask some students what they usually do on summer vacation. Their answers {#blank#}1{#/blank#} me really surprised(感到惊讶) a lot. Some students say they just stay at home and play computer games all day. Some say they have many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in summer school. Many students don't even(甚至) like the vacation because they think their vacation is not really fun but {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. The summer vacation this year is coming soon. Do you want to have a better {#blank#}4{#/blank#}? Here are some tips (建议)for you.

    First, find out what you are interested in and join some clubs. Next, it's just right for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} some time and money on some trips. Learn to be friendly {#blank#}6{#/blank#}you meet new friends. If your parents take you to other countries, try to learn a second language.Take some photos {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the beautiful places along the way. Finally, remember to finish your homework on time and know something about your lessons in Grade Eight.

    I am sure that you can use your time {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and have a good plan(计划), you will have a wonderful summer vacation.

    Mr Black was over fifty years old.  He sometimes made some {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (mistake) in his work, and he lost his work. So he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  (have) lots of free time to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. There they talked {#blank#}3{#/blank#} anything they liked.

    One day, some old men were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sit) together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (clever) than young people. Then one of the old men said that young {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(man) were stronger than old men. All of them agreed that this was true, but Mr Black didn't. He said, "No, now I am as strong as when I was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} young man." His friends were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surprise) at what he said.

    "Well," said Mr Black. "Near my house, there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I tried {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (move) it, but I couldn't because I was not strong enough. I am an old man now, and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I try to move it, I still can't. So I am as strong as when I was young. "