【推荐1】At Tuesday’s meeting of the School committee, Superintendent (总监) Russell made his opinion clear.

He _________ the children in his city’s public schools to wear school uniforms. “Uniforms make life easier for _________. Parents do not have to decide what kind of clothes to buy for school. And it’s easier to get ready for school each day. Children from poor families wear the same clothes as children from _________ families,” he said.

His advice caused a discussion. Two committee members, Stan Oakley and Mae Stokes, said they thought it was a good _________. Mr Oakley thought that the schools would look much tidier. Others were not so sure.

What problem is the superintendent trying to solve? Will children really feel better if they wear uniforms? Some students like to express themselves through their clothes. Uniforms can stop creativity.

Paying for uniforms might be _________ for some poor families. They will have to pay for the uniform no matter how much it costs.

Mr. Russell has asked the school committee to vote (投票) for his plan. _________, this city is not ready to make a decision yet. They need more information. The school committee should _________ students, parents, and teachers in towns that have school uniforms. They should do research to _________ the cost of uniforms. Then they should hold public _________ to talk about their results. Some people think it will be __________ to rush into a vote on this question. Do you think so?

When you see those students wearing all kinds of beautiful school uniforms (校服), have you ever hoped that you can also wear those ones? I used to hope that I could ________ the school uniforms I liked although it was not quite possible. I didn’t like our ________ at all because they were not fashionable but ugly in my eyes.

Last Friday morning, on my way to school, when I was ________ my school uniforms, I made an important decision. I decided to make my school uniforms different. I wrote some words on the back of my clothes, such as “Cool” and “Champion”. I also drew some characters of my ________ cartoons.

After school, I found some people looking at me with strange expressions on my way home, which made me ________. I knew they were surprised at my school uniform. It was much more beautiful than before! Then I met my best friend Li Mei. She looked at me in surprise. A few ________ later, she ran towards me and said, “What did you do to your uniform?” “Don’t you think it’s ________?” I asked. “Of course not! You shouldn’t do that! You can’t treat it as a piece of white paper and draw on it! It’s against the rules!” Of course I know our school has strict rules that require students not to draw on clothes, or we will be ________. We may be told to clean our uniforms or more seriously, to buy a new one. What she said reminded me of these so I got nervous ________.

I lowed down my head. After all, we have to ________ the rules.