This term Li Xiao has a new     1    . It’s geography. Li Xiao doesn’t like it. “It’s not     2    ,” he thinks. So he     3     plays games in class.

Mr. Yang, his geography teacher,     4     him playing games in class. He comes to Li Xiao’s desk and asks him, “    5     are you from, Li Xiao?”

“I’m from Chongqing, Mr. Yang.”

“That’s a nice place (地方). Can I ask you some     6    ?”

“Sure.”

“Why are there many mountains (许多山)     7     Chongqing? Where is the Jialing River?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Yang. I don’t know,” Li Xiao says.

“So, do you want to     8     the answers?” Mr. Yang asks.

“Yes, I do.”

“Good. The     9     can’t help you, but geography can. So let’s have     10     first, OK?”

“OK.”

Are you tired of wearing the same school uniform（校服）every day? How about     1     a pair of socks to add（添加）some color to a boring uniform?

At schools in many countries, students love wearing     2     socks. Adele Rooney is a 13-year-old     3     in Hong Kong. She likes to wear different socks every day. “Socks are a fun     4     to stand out（突出）in boring school clothes,” she said.

Many boys and girls also use socks     5     different patterns（图案）to show     6     character（个性）. Milly Nichols, 15, is a high school student in Western Australia. Her favorite pair of     7     has little hamburgers all over. It shows that she likes to joke around.

Today, I can buy socks from many stores,     8     they can be expensive.     9     I find nice socks in cute stores along the street here in China. I’ll     10     some as gifts（礼物）for my friends in Sydney when I go back!

In most schools, all students must     1     school uniforms (校服) when they are at school.     2     not every student likes the school uniforms.

Wang Lin, a 13-year-old girl from No. 8 Middle School, says, “Our school uniforms are out of     3    . But, we have to wear them every day.”

Su Ning, Wang Lin’s     4    , thinks differently. He     5    , “I like my school uniform. It is a symbol (象征) of my school and I like     6     school very much.”

Mr Wu, their teacher, tells the reporter (记者), “It’s     7     for the students to wear uniforms. It saves (节省) a lot of     8     and money. In the past (在过去), my daughter Mary spent too much time     9     for her clothes. But now, she     10     asks me to buy clothes for her because she has to wear her uniform to school.”

Do you like your school uniforms?

Do you like wearing the school uniform every day? In China, most of the school uniforms are     1     sports clothes. They are really good for students to exercise, but there are no differences     2     girls’ and boys’! This makes students want to wear     3     cool and beautiful clothes.

What do the students in other     4     do with the uniform? They put the importance on the socks. For example, some     5     socks in different colors. A thirteen-year-old girl from South Korea says it is an     6     way to make her special (特别的) in the boring uniform. Some     7     wear socks with different pictures on them. Milly, a student in Australia, likes eating best. So on her socks, we can see     8    , cakes or other food.

School uniforms are not so nice, but they help students study     9     and keep healthy. We need to wear them. Also, we can     10     about some ways to make them more fashionable(时尚的) and make ourselves more different.

Jim is a new student in No.1 Middle School. He is a(n)     1     boy. Many students live near the school, just like     2    . It’s only about 15 minutes’ walk from his home to school.

The school makes a lot of     3     for the students. For example, students can’t be     4     in class. Also, they can’t     5     in the hallways or speak loudly in the library. Look! Jim is running and they are     6     the P.E. class. He likes doing sports because he thinks it can help him to keep     7    . Jim’s favorite subject is music. That’s because he wants to be a     8     in the future. On     9    , he also takes violin classes. He is very busy but he     10     his life is colorful.

As we all know, schools cannot operate without proper rules.     1     my cousin’s school had a new experiment. All the students could make rules by     2    .

During the first day of this school year, the teacher asked his students to make their     3     rules. Each student was asked to post a list of rules. Then the whole class held a meeting to     4     which rules were better than others.     5    , the class had 30 rules.

Students will be     6     for breaking the rules. For example, if a student is late     7     class over a certain number of times, he or she will lose the     8     to be a merit student (三好学生) this term. When a student uses a cellphone during a class, the phone will be kept by teachers     9     the end of the term.

My cousin thinks the rules work     10     in the class. “We’re the ones who made the rules, so we have to obey the rules,” said my cousin.

Every school has its own rules.     1     many rules are there in your school? At some schools, the students have to wear uniforms     2     school days. But many students don’t like to wear uniforms. They think uniforms are the ugliest clothes in the world.     3     they are not allowed (允许) to wear     4     own clothes at school.     5     some students draw pictures of cartoon characters (人物) or some famous     6     on their uniforms. They think it’s very     7     that everyone wears the same.     8     is very unfair that teachers and students are dressed     9    . But most of the students follow the rules.     10     do you think of it? Do you like your uniform?