Teachers always have found that teaching and learning become     1     (enjoyable) when students are actively involved in the lesson. Their active engagement, however, does not come automatically. In most cases, teachers have to find ways to get them     2     (involve).

Hai K. P. Huynh,     3     English teacher at American - Vietnamese International English Centre demonstrates how teachers can get students more actively engaged in the learning process and take charge of their learning by giving them the opportunities to find and correct mistakes by     4    .

The effective way is to prepare an activity    5     students take over the role of correcting mistakes, which is normally done by the teacher. The teacher purposefully becomes the ‘mistake maker’.

This technique definitely brings forth several benefits. For instance, by switching the role of the ‘mistake corrector’, the teacher can often observe that students get excited. The degree of excitement is increased when the class     6     (divide) into two teams to compete with each other in finding and correcting the mistakes.

Another benefit is     7     they have the opportunity to identify the possible mistakes on their own instead of the teacher     8     (tell) them what the mistakes are. This technique also helps the teacher check his or her student’s understanding of a grammar point or comprehension of a reading task. It    9     be used to reinforce and improve their production skills such as writing and pronunciation.

    10     the activity is a simple technique, it is very effective in getting students’ attention and participation. It can easily be developed to satisfy teachers’ needs.

Three Days to See

I have often thought it would be     1     blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Now and then I have tested my seeing friends     2     (discover) what they see.     3    (recent), I asked a friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she     4     (reply). I asked myself, how was it possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find     5     (hundred) of things to interest me through mere touch. And I have imagined what I should most like to see     6     I were given the use of my eyes, say for just three days.

On these three days, I should not only want to see the people     7     kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living,     8     also I should like to see the pageant of man’s progress. I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And     9     same method can     10     (apply) to the other senses.

【推荐2】If you make a career choice while you are still in high school, you will save time and money in the long run. Students who do not plan ahead may delay starting college or take extra courses     1    (give) themselves time to make up their     2    (mind). U.S. News and World Reports     3    (say) that the average annual tuition at a four-year college is $ 35,000. If you spend     4     extra year in school, you may have to take out additional loans or pay extra money to cover the cost.

Choosing a career while you are in high school also gives you time to explore your     5    (choose) industry. If you find a career     6     sounds interesting, you can follow someone in the field and see what it is     7    (real) like to have that job. You can also apply     8     a chance to get an informal position related to your desired industry. This will help you build a professional network even before you graduate from high school. Professional contacts are very     9    (value), especially when you are looking for a job in your field. If you do as much as you can to build a network     10     you are ready for a job, you will be more likely to succeed.

In the Ming Dynasty, a Chinese man     1    (name) Wan Hu made the world’s first rocket,     2     unluckily he lost his life with it. It was not until April 24, 1970     3     China launched(发射) its first man-made satellite Dongfanghong-1 successfully. To celebrate the first big success in the count’s space     4    (develop), we now make April 24 China’s Space Day.

China also announces new plans     5    (make) a space station and go to Mars and further space. It will finish building its space station around 2022. According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, at that time,    6    (become) an astronaut will be a normal job. More astronauts are needed than ever before. They need to be able to finish difficult     7    (task).

By now, China has been choosing astronauts     8    (main) from pilots like Yang Liwei. In the future, astronauts     9    (pick) from engineers, doctors and space technology experts. Another plan is about Mars. In order to explore Mars, China sent a spacecraft(航天器), whose name is Tianwen-1,    10     Mars on July 23,2020. It will land on Mars and even bring back things from Mars.