Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something?     1     course not. There is another way to learn. Students can teach     2     (they).

How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are     3     (interest) in, it can open your eyes. The     4     (two) is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don’t understand or you want to know more about. You can     5     (写下) these questions. A clever student is usually good     6     asking questions. The third you must do is that you must answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text of other books, but never by asking other people. This is the way of     7     (teach) yourself. And you must do this by yourself. If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to be     8     (success) in your study.     9     (无论什么) ways you use to study, you must work hard. I think your dream will come     10     in the future.

Last year, I did not like my English class, every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I couldn’t understand her most of the time.     1     (使……完整) English sentences in class was also difficult for me.

Then one day I watched a movie as     2     (通常的). It was a famous English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with it! So I began to watch other English movies. I could not understand them at first, but the body language of actors helped me to get the     3     (可能的) meanings. I also found I could get the meaning by listening to the     4     (关键性的) words. My vocabulary got bigger as well by learning from English     5     (电台). I learned expressions like “It’s a piece of cake.”, “You are as old as a     6     (小山)”. I did not understand these sentences at first, so I looked them up in a dictionary and I plan     7     (练习) them every day. Now my teacher was     8     (满意的) with my homework. I feel     9     (自信的) in English than before. I believe I     10     (改善) my English in the future.

The 8th grade is never easy for teenagers. It is f    1     of new experiences. However, many of them find class and schoolwork “uninteresting”, according to a report from Civic Enterprises. Do you have the similar feeling? If you do, the following a    2     can help you a lot.

Be active in class. Speaking up in class might be difficult, especially for those who are too s    3     to speak in p    4    , but it helps to make you express yourselves c    5    . It’s okay if you give a wrong answer. Sometimes the “wrong” answer can lead to an even more interesting discussion than the “right” one.

Get enough r    6    . Sleep research suggests that a teenager needs between eight and ten hours of sleep every night. When you have too much homework, try to i    7     your efficiency instead of getting controlled by your procrastination (拖延).

D    8     healthy habits is also helpful for you to set up for a healthy future. Get regular exercise, eat a healthy diet, and maintain your hygiene(卫生). They will bring you good results one day if you keep at them.

Make good friends. A good friend is someone you can d    9     on. He will s    10     your right decisions even though few people are on your side.

It is important for all of us to sleep well. Here are five tips (提示) for     1     a good night’s sleep.

Tip one: Don’t go to bed with the     2     on. Some people think they can sleep well with the TV on,     3     the noise and lights stop you from really sleeping well, so     4     it off!

Tip two: Don’t think too much before bedtime. Do your     5     homework early in the evening. Do your easy homework later. If your brain (大脑) is too busy and full of ideas, it may     6     you a long time to fall sleep.

Tip three: Don’t play games on your phone before you go to sleep.     7     make your brain too busy and active.

Tip four: Turn off your     8     when you go to bed. If possible, leave your phone in     9     room.

Tip five: Play music but don’t play it too loud. Turn the sound     10    .