【推荐1】What do you think of tests or exams? Many students may be a    1    of them. They think they have too many of them and they worry about them. They are so n    2     when they are taking exams that their minds may go empty.

This is a problem called test anxiety(考试焦虑症). I    3     you have this problem, it means that you do not t    4    yourself or you want higher grades very much. But you must know that this problem isn’t all bad. In some ways, it can help you. When you are stressed, you will think and do things more c    5    . However, too much stress can make you do b    6     in tests. And you may even feel ill because of stress.

Then what should you do? F    7     of all, don’t worry. When you are having exams and worrying about them, stop what you’re doing and close your eyes for half a m    8    . Tell yourself, “I can!”. Then i    9    you are in a comfortable place and let yourself get relaxed. After that, go on with the test, start with easy questions and answer them carefully. This will make you calm down.

The most important thing is to g    10     ready early. You can study for the tests three or five days earlier before they begin. This will help you do better.

Do you want to grow up quickly? Students at Marietta Middle School in Ohio, US, may tell you that parents’ lives are not so easy.

Students had an i    1     class in their school’s gym (体育馆) on June 4. They thought about their lives at the age of 28 and chose (选择) jobs and families. Then they got their salaries (薪水), which was the money they got from work, and they also had a list about how to spend money. They w    2     around the gym and put money into boxes. The boxes stood for different k    3     of expenses (开销), such as food, travel and childcare (养育孩子).

Eighth-grade Sierra Unruh found out the childcare cost was the most expensive. This made her so surprised.

In the end, some students had little money left (留下) because they didn’t spend c    4    .

Judi Perrine, a teacher at the school, told The Marietta Times that the a    5     helped students understand their parents’ lives and how to use their money better.