Many people think that if more time is spent，  (1)  work will be done．So students have to   (2)  the whole day doing homework except during the three meals．It is not strange to see students lost in a sea of homework both at school   (3)  at home．

Modern students usually have many hobbies．They love music, sports, reading and watching TV．A two-day weekend give them time to do what they  (4)  . However, there’s  (5)  homework to do, so they usually don’t want to do it  (6)   Sunday night. In such a short time, students may finish it carelessly. The badly done weekend homework makes teachers  (7)  .

Things always get  (8)   without the right ideas. Too much homework makes students  (9)  interest in learning. A horse runs faster after a rest, but for students only rest is not enough. We should  (10)   this situation. We should give students more time to relax.

Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber(橡胶) ball. If you drop it, it will bounce(反弹)back.

But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?

Don’t look down on your worth(价值) by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.

Don’t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best to yourself.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. Be brave!

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you are going.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure(宝藏) you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery(秘密), and today is a gift; that’s why we call it “ the present”. Life is not a competition, but a trip ,step by step.

Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable(一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own. But if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring these things of your own. That’s because some hotels in Beijing have no longer provided guests with these disposables (一次性用品). Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It’s a waste of natural resources (资源) and is very bad for the environment.

In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take 100 to 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw away, the better environment we will have.

So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again. Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life:

Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones.

After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then use it over and over again.

Do not use paper cups.

At your school canteen (餐厅), use your own bowls and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.

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For American teenagers, doing a part-time job is an important part of growing up. They can learn some important skills by doing a part-time job. They can also make some money in this way. Many teenagers believe that making their own money brings them pride and freedom.

American teenagers can do part-time jobs at the age of 14. On weekdays, they may go to work a few hours a week after school. They usually work for longer on weekends.

In summer, American teenagers are excited if they find part-time jobs at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks. These jobs can bring them much fun.

Some of the most stressful(有压力的) jobs include teaching, nursing, and police work. But these jobs can be useful for the future. When they grow up, the students with work experience are more likely(可能的) to succeed than those without work experience.

A favourite job for teenagers is taking care of babies, and they can start before the age of 14. What they only do is to stay in the house and make sure the kids are OK. At the same time , they can do their homework, or talk on the phone with friends.

It is important to balance(平衡) school, homework, and a part-time job. Many American teenagers agree to do a part-time job and they value(珍视) their work experience and the skills from the job.

       a week after school on weekdays.

We all know that the British people love their manners. They are part of their national identity (特性), as well as having fish and chips and complaining about the weather. Recently I read online that they said “sorry” up to eight times a day.

After some researchI have not been able to find any specific reasons why they are like this. I suppose, for centuries, manners, including how they behave at table and talk to other people have been one of the differences between the lower and upper classes and those manners show their social classes. Britain has traditionally been a quite conservative (保守的) country. There are many articles suggesting that their seemingly polite attitude of always saying “please” and “thank you” is quite false because it is impossible for a person to always feel that he or she wants to thank someone or say “please”.

Maybe it is forthis reason that people are going one of two ways: they are too polite and hold back their feelings or they are not polite at all and express their true feelings directly. Some British people are tired of pretending that they are always happy and having to please others. But sometimes because they feel they have to be polite, they are prevented from saying what they truly think.

       ① The upper classes should have good manners.

       ② They have learned much about politeness at school.    

       ③ They like to hold back their true feelings.

       ④ They are not honest at all.

 Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me  (1)   a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have   (2)   up with a whole variety of reasons.   (3)  important reason is that I want to be a better man. Many things make human beings different   (4)   or better than or even superior to animals. One of the most important things is   (5)   .If I fail to receive higher education, my education won’t  (6)  As I want to be a fully    (7)    man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to   (8)   I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are   (9)   the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and can  (10)   fit into society

Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plan. So airlines（航空公司）offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?

To solvethis problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don’t want to lose customers.

However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude（海拔）we can not taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure（气压）reduces one third of the sensibility（感觉）of our taste buds（味蕾）. So our taste buds become senseless. The sad face, however, is that our noses don’t know it.

All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy（辛辣的）food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.

Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.

Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.

Car-hailing company DiDi signed an agreement with TAL Education Group to provide free online courses for the children of taxi drivers. The courses, worth 3 0 million yuan, cover all subjects from primary to high school. Children can study courses at home, saving parents’ time to spend or pick up children from off-line after-school classes.

According to Zhu Jingshi, vice president of DiDi, all 153 million registered (注册) taxi drivers of DiDi can ask for the courses on the company’s mobile app. The car-hailing company will evaluate (评价) the drivers and provide courses on the basis of the time they became registered drivers with the company, the number of passengers served and evaluation from passengers.

The health and education of children have remained top priorities(优先权) of Chinese parents, including taxi drivers. A survey done by DiDi and TAL showed that although the average monthly income (平均月收入) of taxi drivers is only 6000 yuan, many would like to pay 40 percent of their income for their children’s education.

The survey found that most taxi drivers were born in the 1970s and 1980s and worked seven days a week. More than 70 percent of them have children under 18 but very few have time to be with family and children. Only 8 percent of them said they had guided their children in doing homework. Because of these, 60 percent of drivers hope their children could re ceive the guidance from professional services.

There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.”That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully(感激的）in return.

 We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who selfish(自私的），because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.

 We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.

 We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.

There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.