【推荐1】In modern-day society having a smartphone is considered normal, even essential. Most teens can’t imagine living without a mobile, yet I still don’t own one. Why? Because my mother does not consider it n    1    . This may seem unreasonable to many, but sometimes I agree with her. Of course, I experience the downside often enough. I feel a bit left out, when everybody in class talks about a post they saw the other day. Very often I feel embarrassed when I must e    2     why I can’t be part of online groups.

During lessons our teachers like working with mobile phones. I do have a Nokia phone though, and I phone my father who works a    3     nearly every day. I’ve grown up without constantly messaging someone or posting something and sometimes even going weeks without a mobile! I do feel angry that people are always telling me they have p    4     on me because I don’t own one.

Being an outsider in this world of technology, I sometimes feel I’m the only one that notices the c    5     in people when they get a smartphone. I’ve been to many birthday parties where everyone spends more time on their phone than talking to one another and I’ve seen my friends completely stuck in their online world. It makes me sad that so many people lose themselves in a world that doesn’t e    6     and ignore the people around them.

I enjoy the freedom I get from not being available all day long and I feel able to spend most of my free time reading or doing s    7     interesting. Maybe one day I will get a smartphone, but I am not going to be unhappy because I don’t own one. So trust me, when people say that it’s better to have a smartphone, they’re wrong!

【推荐2】The American think a lot about time. They learn to     1     time. As children, they are     2    to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time , they say that time     3     .     4    a person is dying, then he is living on borrowed time.

Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything In America. A working American has to work hard for eight     5     a day .This is working time. In his free time, he also works hard for     6     money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled     7     activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks    8    .They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings       9     money, comforts and progress.    10    sometimes they also hate time, for they have become servants of the clock.

Students these days often have a lot of     1     (worry). Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes     2     their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe the worst thing is     3     (do) nothing.

Robert Hunt     4     (advise) students about common problems. “It is best not to run away from our problems. We should always try to solve them.” He thinks the     5     (one) step is to find someone you trust to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be     6     expert like himself. Students often forget that     7     (they) parents have     8     (much) experience than them, and they are always there to help them. In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it     9     half.     10     you’re halfway to solving a problem just by talking to someone about it!