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   Do students in other countries also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time? On April 8, a ____  (1)  ____ wrote out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. You will find the answers ____  (2)  __ many of your questions in this report.

   Who studies hardest?

   Chinese students spend the most time ____  (3)  ___. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours ____  (4)  ____ their homework every day. That's much ____  (5)  ____ than the students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).

   Who sleeps most often in class?

   ____  (6)  ___ students fall asleep in class more often, about 45% of them say they sometimes doze off (打瞌睡) in class. In South Korea, it's 32%, in the US, 21%, and 5% in China.

   Who is the most distracted (分心的)?

   American students are the most ___（7）___ in class, but also the most distracted: 64% say they chat with their friends in class; 46.9% say they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% say they send e-mails or read some books which have nothing to do with their ___（8）___ in class.

   ____  (7)  ____ do they do in after school?

   In their ___（10）___ time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students spent a lot of time staying with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most South Korean students watch TV.

Animals are our friends. We should try to protect them. I like animals. Do you like  (1)  ? What's your favorite animal? Let me  (2)  you what animals our family members like. My father likes the   (3)   very much. He thinks the tiger is strong(强壮) and the king of the beasts(兽中之王). My favorite animal is the panda. The panda is  (4)  China. She is very cute. She likes  (5)   bamboo, I   (6)   the tiger. I think the tiger is too scary(可怕的). My mother likes animals, too. She keeps some  (7)  , ducks and pigs in our yard(院子). The chickens and ducks can lay eggs. They like to  (8)  around in the yard. But the pigs don't like to walk. They like to   (9)  very much. And they also like to eat. They sleep and eat a lot. My grandparents keep some cows and   (10)  . After breakfast, my grandfather takes them out and goes back home in the afternoon. We all like to make friends with animals.

Kate’s parents are  (1)   . They teach in   (2)   same school. They can  (3)   a bike to school. They go to   (4)  at 7:00 in the morning. They stay at   (5)  at 5:00 in the afternoon. Kate, and   (6)   brother, Jim are middle school students. They are in the same school. But they are in different  (7)  .   (8)   can play the piano. Now it’s four o’clock in the   (9)  . They are playing   (10)   with their classmates.

 This is Jenny Green. She ____  (1)  ____ a tennis star in her school. She is thirteen years ____  (2)  ____．She usually ____  (3)  ____ breakfast at 7:30．School starts(开始) at 8:30．She has 4 classes ____  (4)  ____ the morning. At 12:00, Jenny has ____  (5)  ____ at school. After that, she has 2 classes. Then, Jenny and her friends usually play ____  (6)  ____ tennis. They play it ____  (7)  ____ two hours. At 6:00 she has a big dinner. Jenny usually does ____  (8)  ____ homework(作业) at 7:30 in the evening. At 9:00 she ____  (9)  ____ tennis games on TV. Jenny usually goes to bed at 10: 00．Tennis is ____  (10)  ____ life(生活). She loves tennis a lot.

Hello, I’m Mary. I’m 12. I  (1)  a little brother. He is 10.  (2)  name is Bill. We have different hobbies(爱好).

I like  (3)  TV very much. Our TV is  (4)  the living room(客厅). I like watching basketball matches(比赛)on TV. I think they’re  (5)  . I like fruit, such as apples,  (6)  and so on. I also like carrots and eggs. I eat a lot of  (7)  .

Bill likes computer games. He thinks they’re funny(有趣的),  (8)  I think they’re boring. Bill   (9)  fruit, but he likes French fries and ice-cream. And he also likes hamburgers. I don’t think they’re  (10)  . So I don’t eat them often.

Qu Yuan was born in China around 2000 years ago. His job was to give some   (1)  to the king. The old king always took his advice.  (2)  the new king didn't like listening to Qu Yuan after the old king  (3)  . Qu Yuan finally  (4)  his job.

    Qu Yuan was very  (5)  at writing poems(诗). People still love his poems very much now. He was a   (6)  poet(诗人), but he was always  (7)  because the king didn't take his advice and it made his country lose many battles(战役).

    At last, he jumped into a  (8)  and died. It was the  (9)  day of the fifth lunar(农历)month that year.

    The Chinese people will never  (10)  Qu Yuan. They eat rice dumplings (粽子) and have dragon (龙) boat race in honor of(纪念)him every year.

There is an old saying: “Take the time to stop and smell the flowers.” I think we should also take the time to   (1)   flowers.

My grandmother knew just   (2)   to do that. She grew flowers with earth, water and love, so her back garden was filled with beautiful flowers. She would smile when she saw the   (3)  shine down on them. In her front garden she planted flowers,   (4)  . You could see red, white, and yellow flowers in it. My mom and I used to walk   (5)   them and enjoy their smells. Beautiful butterflies (蝴蝶) flew down on them. Grandma also cared for the wild flowers. She would send   (6)  and my brother out to pick flowers and would then turn them into delicious wine (酒).

Grandma not only planted flowers in the gardens   (7)   also planted flowers in our hearts. Her delicious dinners made with love encouraged us. Her sweet smile always made us   (8)  . Her hugs (拥抱) and kisses were the sunshine that kept our own love   (9)   day after day.

Take the time to plant a few flowers yourself today. Show your smiles, kindness and love. Plant your wishes, talents and pleasure. Make this   (10)   brighter and brighter with your sunshine.

Julia is 12 years old. She is from Canada. Yu Hua is 13 years old. He is from China. They are good   (1)  . They are in different   (2)  . Julia is in Class One, Grade Seven. Yu Hua is in Class Two, Grade Seven. They have breakfast at home   (3)   the morning. They often   (4)   to school together（一起).

 Julia likes Chinese very much,   (5)   she can’t speak Chinese well. She has   (6)  Chinese books. She often   (7)   them. So she knows a lot about   (8)  . Yu Hua likes English and he can speak it very well. On Sundays, they often do   (9)   homework together. And they   (10)   English songs together, too. They look like brother and sister.

Look! This is a photo of a classroom. It’s a   (1)   photo. A table, eight desks and eight chairs   (2)   in the photo.   (3)   teacher and two students are in it, too.

   (4)   are those on the table? They are three books. A pencil box is on it, too. Two pens and two   (5)   are in the pencil box. A schoolbag is on the chair. What’s that   (6)   the floor? It’s a hat. Oh, no, it’s a bag. It’s   (7)   bag.

The teacher is Miss Green.   (8)   is an English teacher. The students are Bob and Mary.  (9)   is eight. Mary is nine. They are good   (10)  . Their math teacher is Mr. Smith. He is not in the picture.

A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had wanted to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could   (1)   it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.

Then on the morning of his graduation, he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   (2)   he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.

The young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible(圣经) with his name on it. He said angrily, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then   (3)  out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very  (4)  in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family. Realizing that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him  (5)  that graduation day.Before he could go, he received a   (6)    telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take   (7)   of the things that his father left him.

When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible,  (8)   as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to   (9)  the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag(标牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the  (10)  of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”. Sadness and regret(悔恨) filled his heart.