As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re   (1)  at the same time.

At school, they have to follow the strict school  (2)  . For example, they   (3)   have long hair or wear strange (奇怪的) clothes.

And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose   (4)   for them.

On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel   (5)   and bored. They   (6)   interest in school things slowly. Some students can’t   (7)   it and leave home. Because their parents only care about children’s study and they never   (8)   what they want.

“Many students can do nothing  (9)   study. Some students even don’t know  (10)   to get on well with others and how to take care of others,”said an expert (专家).

   “This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,”said another expert.

Most people who work in London prefer to live outside the city. ___  (1)  ___ do people like to live outside the city of London?

It’s because of the high ___  (2)  ___ of housing in London. If you rent（租）a small flat without a garden in the city center, you will have to pay a lot. With the same money, you can rent a house in the country with a beautiful garden. What a great ___  (3)  ___ thing it is!

In addition（另外）, people want to rest from the noise of the big city to have a quiet sleep as well as enjoy enough ___  (4)  ___ air of the country. That’s very important to anyone.

However, not all the people like being quiet. Some people love ___  (5)  ___ streets with lots of nice shops and wonderful restaurants in the city. They can have ___  (6)  ___ at weekends with their friends in the country to help improve（提高）their health. How exciting the holiday will also be!

Do you think that the population problem is the greatest one of the world today? 2000 years ago, the world’s population was very   (1)  . For several thousand years it grew quite slowly.   (2)  during the last three or four hundred years, it has grown very   (3)  . Today it is growing faster than   (4)  before.

In one minute,   (5)  250 babies will be born in the world. Just think how many more   (6)   will be born in a year!

A UN report said that the population of the more   (7)   countries has been 1,214 million by 1990. It is said that by the end of the   (8)   2010, the world’s population was about 7 billion. This means much more food   (9)  be produced. We must have smaller families with   (10)   but healthier children. If we don’t do something like this, there will not be enough space for anybody else to stand on the earth. 

Without a doubt it is very important that we have a healthy and balanced diet. I thought I would    (1)   a blog about the differences that I have found between food and mealtimes in England and France. It is clear that  (2)   is very important in French culture and is an important thing which    (3)    the family together.

The main difference  (4)   the French and English diet is the meal at lunchtime. When I was at school in England, we only had one   (5)    for lunch and would mainly eat a sandwich and snack. We would   (6)   our main meal in the evening. However, in France, the lunchtime is about two hours and most    (7)   and teachers can go home for it. I think it is    (8)   for the students because they have longer time to relax.

Another    (9)  is the way people shop. When people shop in England, they always buy the things they need for the week.    (10)  , shopping in France is much more casual. Every day you can buy anything you need in the shops.

Food is a big part of France culture and I love discovering this.

Life used to be fun for teenagers in Britain. They used to have  (1)   to spend, and free time to while away (消磨) and meet in teenage coffee bars. But for many young people, life is   (2)  now.   (3)  are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are more  (4)  , and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are more interested in   (5)  exams. They know that good exam  (6)  may bring them better jobs.

Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to spend less and  (7)   more. They want to be   (8)  to get homes of their own one day.

For some, the answer to unemployment (失业) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big     (9)   . Every day hundreds of young people   (10)  in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay.   (11)  don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed (失业者) in London.

When you read the newspapers and watch the news on TV, it’s   (12)   to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not true. They do their  (13)  at school, find some kinds of jobs in the   (14)  , and get married in their early twenties. They   (15)  well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. If they don’t, they won’t be British, will they?

Everyone is good at   46  , but some people are truly talented.   47   always interesting   48   other people show their talents. Talent shows are getting   49   popular. First, there were shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows   50  the world, such as China’s Got Talent.

 All these shows have one thing   51  common. They try   52 the best singers, the most talented dancers. The most exciting magicians, the   53  actors and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best or sing   54   beautifully? That’s up to you   55  . When people watch the show, they usually play a role in deciding the winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.

Do you often watch TV?Many middle school students like   41   TV very much.But   42   Monday to Friday，they must go to school.So on Saturday and Sunday they   43   at home and watch TV day and night.They don’t know it’s   44   for their eyes.Usually，children like to eat fish，meat and chicken，but they don’t like vegetables   45   fruit.They don’t know   46   more vegetables and fruit is  47   than eating meat.At school the children only do a few   48   of sports or never do any sport.They don’t know it isn’t good for their health.We always   49  of ways to keep healthy.We should eat   50   vegetables and fruits and do enough sports every day.And we should watch TV and read books in right ways.

Many students in the USA get part-time jobs when they are in the middle school or high school. Students have classes from Monday to Friday. They usually work __41__ .Some students also __42__in the afternoon or after school. They do these jobs to __43___ pocket money.

When I was in the high school, many of my friends worked at McDonald’s or KFC. It is not difficult to learn ___44__ to cook fast food and students can learn it __45__. You can even learn how to use a cash register(收款机).__46___these jobs are not very fun.

Some kids are __47__ to get jobs they like. My friend, Jenny, likes __48__ very much and wants to learn how to __49__ her pet. She is happy because she __50__ a part-time job in a pet hospital. She thinks she is very lucky.