Do you think an individual can make a difference? Ask Rossano Ercolini, the Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “   (1)  ”. Eroclini is a young   (2)  in a small town in Italy. After   (3)  the news of reducing waste on the radio, he decided to teach his students to   (4)  paper and replace plastic water bottles in the school lunchroom with   (5)   glasses.

When his town announced plans to open an incinerator to burn waste, Ercolini knew it would be   (6)   to his students. Incinerators are huge heaters that burn all waste and poisonous materials, leaving behind   (7)  . You might think it is  (8)  than sending waste to landfills. It is true that landfills   (9)  space, smell bad, and that poisonous materials can make underground drinking water   (10)   to use. But incinerators have their own   (11)  . Burning will   (12)   poisonous gases into the air, causing breathing problems. People will have to wear a mask   (13)  they go out. The smoke also causes pollution, and even   (14)  the greenhouse effect.

Ercolini was worried about the   (15)  of his community and felt it was his duty to   (16)  them. He organized town meetings and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle.  (17)  , Ercolini has advocated the zero-waste movement, the   (18)  of which is to reduce the waste to the least possible amount. He has already   (19)   plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities.  (20)    his efforts, there are more than 100 zero-waste towns in Italy now!

Violence and wars have been part of our lives since the beginning of the human race.So achieving world peace is what many people are pursuing ,but how can we make it? I think the first thing we can do is to  (1)  the enemy of indifference.

When I was growing up, I enjoyed watching Superman. The superman would win a victory over the villain(坏人) and save the girl in danger!   (2)  , as I grew older, I recognized superheroes are not always men that possess superpowers, but are  (3)  people like you and me who decide to  (4)  something. Girls in danger are often pitiful children begging for food, or a poor woman  (5)  to get an education. But most of all, the villain   (6)   seeks to take over the world in reality, but rather, our  (7)   . This villain is called indifference, which will give you every  (8)    to turn your back on others’ pain.

“It’s not your fault .You’re just a kid. This task is too big for you to   (9)   . Why should you care about the  (10)   of people thousands of miles away from you?” the villain will say to you.

   (11)   the enemy of indifference slides into the hearts of many people, standing up   (12)  him is the first step towards world peace. We can’t fight for a cause we don’t   (13)   . We must have all read statistics about AIDs or poverty,    (14)   how many times do we look at the statistics and  (15)  the face of a friend, a lover, a parent, or a sibling? Visualize the   (16)  on the street begging as your future son or daughter. Learn to care and give  (17)  .

I believe that we all can make a difference. But to accomplish this, we must  (18)   our way of current thinking, and  (19)   ourselves of the thought that I cannot make a difference. What we do really   (20)  . It all starts by making a choice to care about the people suffering across the street, and across the world.

It’s believed that intelligent people are better at learning languages. Most language learning skills, __  (1)  __, are habits, which can be formed through a bit of discipline and self-awareness. But, some of them are not good enough. Here are the three most common __  (2)  _ language learners make and how to correct them.

Not listening enough

There’s a school of language-teaching experts that believe language learning __  (3)  _ a “silent period”. Just as babies learn to produce language by hearing and parroting sounds, language learners need to practise listening in order to learn. This can develop learned vocabulary and structures, and help learners see patterns in language.

Listening is the communicative skill we use most in daily life, but it can be __  (4)  __ to practise unless you live in a foreign country or attend language classes. The solution? Find music, podcasts, TV shows and movies in the __  (5)  __ language, and listen, listen, listen, as often as possible.

A single method

Some learners are most comfortable with the listen-and-repeat drills of a language lab. Some need a grammar textbook to __  (6)  __ a foreign tongue. Each of these approaches is fine, but it’s a mistake to rely on only one. Language learners who use __  (7)  _ methods get to practise different skills and see concepts explained in different ways. What’s more, the __  (8)  __ can keep them from working in a situation that never changes. When choosing a class, learners should seek a course that __  (9)  __ the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). For self-study, try a __  (10)  _ of textbooks, audio lessons, and language learning apps.

__  (11)  __

It doesn’t matter how well a person can write in foreign script, or finish a vocabulary test. To learn, improve, and truly use our language, we need to speak. This is the stage when language students should calm down, and feelings of __  (12)  __ or insecurity hinder (阻碍) all their hard work. In Eastern cultures where saving face is a strong social value, EFL teachers often complain that students, despite years of studying English, simply will not speak it. They’re too __  (13)  __ making mistakes of the grammar or mispronouncing words in a way that would _  (14)  __ them.

The key is that those mistakes help language learners by showing them the limits of language, and correcting errors __  (15)  __ they become deep-rooted. The more learners speak and practise, the more quickly they improve.

 Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks   (1)   than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more  (2)  than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication(非言语交际) takes up about 50% of what we really  (3)  . And body language is particularly   (4)  when we attempt to communicate across cultures(文化). Indeed, what is called body language is so   (5)  a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.   (6)  , different societies treat the  (7)   between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having  (8)   contact(接触) even with friends,and certainly not with  (9)  . People from Latin American countries,   (10)  , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it’s possible that in   (11)  , it may look like a Latino is   (12)   a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving   (13)  . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep   (14)   —which the Latino will in return regard as   (15)  .

    Clearly, a great deal is going on when people   (16)  . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from   (17)   cultures, there’s a strong possibility of   (18)  . But whatever the situation, the best   (19)  is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be   (20)  .

Chinese Students are generally fond to studying very, very hard for long hours. This is an excellent ____41___ , but it is often an inefficient way of study. An efficient student must have ___42___ sleep, food, rest and relaxation. Every day you need take a walk or play basketball or do something you find ___43___. And it is necessary ___44___ you to see a film or visit some scenic spots [风景区] every ___45___ and then, when you ___ 46___ to your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn the most. Endless hours of nodding over your books are ___ 47___ effective than shorter and more active study session [课时] .

  Finally , be realistic . If you set ___ 48___ objects for yourself, you can only be disappointed in your progress. Psychologists [心理学家] have found ___ 49___ learning tasks ___ 50 ___ this way: first, you make such great progress that you feel very happy. Then your language ability ___ 51___ the same: you believe you are not learning anything ___52___ all and you feel ___53___. This period can last for days ___ 54___ even weeks, but you must not ___ 55___. At some point your language ability will again take ___ 56___ big jump and you’ll see that you really have been learning ___ 57___.

Perhaps we can say that learning English ___ 58___ Chinese medicine which effects come slowly but ___ 59___. Don’t give ___60___ halfway.

 Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks   (1)   than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more  (2)  than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication(非言语交际) takes up about 50% of what we really  (3)  . And body language is particularly   (4)  when we attempt to communicate across cultures(文化). Indeed, what is called body language is so   (5)  a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.   (6)  , different societies treat the  (7)   between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having  (8)   contact(接触) even with friends,and certainly not with  (9)  . People from Latin American countries,   (10)  , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it’s possible that in   (11)  , it may look like a Latino is   (12)   a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving   (13)  . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep   (14)   —which the Latino will in return regard as   (15)  .

    Clearly, a great deal is going on when people   (16)  . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from   (17)   cultures, there’s a strong possibility of   (18)  . But whatever the situation, the best   (19)  is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be   (20)  .

Years ago,if a teenager had some problems in his life,he might go home and write in his diary;now, a teenager with __41___ problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客).In many ways, a diary and a blog are very ___42___; But what makes blogging different from writing in an traditional diary?

The biggest difference is that a blog is much more ___43___ than a diary. Usually,a teenager treats his diary like a book full of secrets that he does not want to ___44___ with others.

It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog instead of a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

The biggest ___45___ with blogging is that anyone can read what you write.If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something ___46___ about him in my diary, he would never know. ___47___, if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might read her blog and get angry.

There are also ___48___ to blogging, of course.If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me…”, no one would know about it.However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly ___49___ and tell her how much they like her.Blog help people ___40___ in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

Every dream has something to do with our feelings, longings, wishes, needs, fears, and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we    (1)   . If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the    (2)   on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are    (3)     or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will     (4)    tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.

       (5)    the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you     (6)     you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young     (7)    are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school examinations,     (8)     people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

     To show you how that is    (9)    while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream,    (10)    is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his    (11)     was rubbed     (12)   a piece of cotton. He would dream that he     (13)     in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him,    (14)    on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

     There are some scientists who have made a special    (15)   of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams    (16)    . Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it    (17)    an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are     (18)     expressions of wishes that didn’t    (19)    . In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes     (20)    out.

Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970，when the average age of independent living was 21? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销）not  (1 )  higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when   (2 )  with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s    ( 3)  become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?

The answer in two words: parental   (4)  . Those two words best summarize the   (5 )   between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be  ( 6 )  involved with their kids. They were available    (7)   crisis, but they stood a (an)  ( 8 )   distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s   ( 9 )  , back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was   (10)    children learned to be responsible and determined.

Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are  (11)  when it comes to an understanding of their purpose in their kids’ lives. Their involvement leads them to personalize everything that happens to their kids;     (12)  , the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are  (13)    .

University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions   (14)    what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework  (15)  a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.

Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with the    (16)    of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities grow kids who don’t know how to    (17)    their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids,   (18)        with peers grow kids who don’t know how to avoid much less trouble.

These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don’t want to leave their     (19)   . And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to     (20)    being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.