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A letter to Mike

Every day your parents seem to try to ________ everything for you, from the clothes you wear to what time you go to bed. Sometimes, you may feel ________ because you can’t do what you like. Sometimes, you even shout at them ________. You may think they won’t understand you, even if you talk to them.

Well, that’s not true. You are ________ up. You think your parents shouldn’t always tell you what to do next. But your parents may not know this. They think you’re still a baby and need their care. Talk to your ________ and tell them you’ve grown up. Talk to them ________ you have problems.

Parents are happy ________ to you because they really care about you. They want to make sure you’re happy. Talking with them will almost always help you feel ________. Your parents know you better than anyone else. They are there when you are sad or worried.

Your friends are important. But getting ideas from parents is important, too. Your young friends don’t have the ________ that your parents have. When your parents were kids, they went through the same kinds of things ________ you. Your parents can give you help, but your friends can just listen.

Today most middle school students pay little attention to sports. Is it because they have no interest in sports? It may not be the fact.

They often say they have other more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams!

They usually spend over ten hours a day studying for exams. So many of them almost become bookworms. In the summer holidays they could hardly do anything they like. Books stop them from going in for sports.

Because of too much pressure from parents and teachers, they have to work harder.

As for the students themselves, they want to get good results so that they can go further for their studies. They don’t have to put all their effort into studying and give up all the sports and hobbies. In fact, education cannot go without physical exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body.

All the students should remember: If you don’t have a strong body, you can never achieve anything.

Everyone has his or her favorite color. But have you ever taken a color test? You choose your favorite color from a list and then a computer will tell you your personality (个性). If you like red, you may like to take risks.

Some large companies and universities use color to decide if somebody is going to be a hard worker. Some doctors use them to get a quick idea of the problem that a patient (病人) may have.

Choose your favorite color below. Then you will know what kind of person you are.

Frank is a truck (卡车) driver. Recently, he was thought to be a great man.

Last Monday, he was driving on the city road with his son and his friend. Suddenly, he saw a card hit another truck and catch fire. The accident was just in front of his truck. Without thinking, he stopped his truck, found a fire extinguisher (灭火器) and ran towards the broken car. But other car drivers still sat inside their cars. Frank began to fight the fire. His action encouraged (鼓舞) his friend. He also came and lent Frank a hand. Later, Frank’s son and four other men came to help. Another five men pulled the car driver and his granddaughter, a three-year-old girl out of the car successfully. They were all safe except (除了) that the driver’s leg was hurt.

When people talked about his brave (勇敢的) action, Frank said, “I didn’t think too much then. I just did what other people would do in that situation. When I first got out of the truck, I wished that they wouldn’t die. When I saw they were alive, it was really great!”

“My father was so calm (镇静的) and brave. He set a good example to me,” said Frank’s son.

If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many     72    . Above all, they offer us chances to practice what we learn in     73    . Through all kinds of activities, we can also learn more about today’s society and a lot of     74     things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, they help to develop our abilities that we need     75     for our studies now and for our work and life in the future.

We are busy     76     our studies in school, so after school we all need to     77     ourselves. After-school activities just make it     78     for us to breathe fresh air and remove tiredness. Then we can pay attention to our studies and get good results.

Some after-school activities make us useful and helpful to     79    ; some can keep us strong and     80    ; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get     81     and take an active part in all kinds of after-school activities!

82. 现在，越来越多的青少年加入了志愿者的队伍，他们活跃在学校、医院、社区等地方，成为当今社会的一抹亮色。作为一名中学生、请你根据下面表格中的要点，以“Labor Is Glorious(光荣的)”为题，向校报“英语园地”栏目投稿。

Labor Is Glorious

It’s well known that labor is glorious.