She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term     1    (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as     2     model (模特) in New York.

Sarah     3    (tell) that she could be Britain’s new supermodel earning (挣) a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah,     4     has taken part in shows along with top models, wants     5    (show) that she has brains as well as beauty. She decides to carry on with her     6    (educate).

She has turned down many     7    (opportunity) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree     8     engineering or architecture (建筑学).

Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school     9    (come) first. I don’t want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is     10    (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don’t want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can’t model any more.”

Learning a foreign language is a challenging task，    1       it can also be a very enjoyable experience.Here are a few     2    (tip) on how to learn a foreign language well.Firstly，work on your own pace.You'll find     3    more effective to study for half an hour rather than try to do a whole unit at once.Secondly，use language    4    (communicate)．Don't worry about     5    (get) things wrong.The important thing is to build up your     6    (confident) in speaking.Thirdly，build up your vocabulary.You should learn vocabulary by topics or in sentences，    7     is very effective.Besides，get used to     8     (hear)     everyday language at normal speed.Listening to the course recordings     9    (frequent) is a good choice.And above     10    ，have fun learning language.

In order to know a foreign language     1    (complete), four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear it     2    (speak). Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without     3    (hesitate). Thirdly, we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to succeed     4     language learning.     5     good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only to memorize rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and     6    (they) meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are satisfied with only a few rules we     7    (memorize), we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of advice for those     8     are studying a new language. Practice is very     9    (importance). We must practise speaking and     10    (write) the language whenever we can.

Keeping a diary in English is one of the most effective     1    (way) to improve our English writing ability. Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes     2    (little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. Gradually we’ll learn how to express     3    (us) in English. As for me, I have kept this habit     4     I was 12 years old and I was the first student in my class     5    (write) English diary. I often have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases. And it is     6    (extreme) hard for us to use English properly. As far as I am     7    (concern), we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary. When we meet new words, we can first put them down in our notebook and then look up     8     words in our dictionary. We can also ask our English teacher for help .     9     short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English. If we persist (坚持), our English     10    (become) better and better.