【推荐1】Mario’s class planted fruits and vegetables in the school’s garden. He liked watering them, especially liked watching them grow. He always went to the garden to _________ the plants so that they could grow very well. Most students in his class felt proud that they would enjoy something planted by _________. These fruits and vegetables would be cooked in the school’s kitchen and served as lunch to the school’s teachers and students.

Every morning Mario will spare some time to _________ the plants in the garden. That makes him feel relaxed. One morning he noticed something _________ on the lettuce (生菜) and they seemed weak. He hurried into the _________. “Mr. Gonzales!” he shouted to his teacher worriedly. “The lettuce is covered with bad insects! I think they’re _________ it!”

Hearing what Mario said, Mr. Gonzales just smiled. Then he showed Mario a small _________.

“Don’t worry, Mario. I think I know what caused the _________. There is something in the box that might help. _________ it is small, it can play an important part.”

Mr. Gonzales led his students out to the garden. “Insects called aphids (蚜虫) are eating our lettuce,” he said. “We can use what we know about the food chain to __________ this problem successfully.”

Mr. Gonzales walked to the lettuce. He opened the box, and some ladybugs (瓢虫) __________ flew out!

“Ladybugs?” asked Mario surprisedly. “How can it be __________? Mr. Gonzales pointed to the lettuce and said, “Ladybugs are aphids’ __________. When we put them __________ the garden, they would eat the aphids. Let’s watch what will happen over the next few days.”

After several days, Mario found the aphids __________ in the end. There were no more aphids on the lettuce at all. What Mr. Gonzales did really worked!

【推荐2】Rob Frenette had problems with bullies (霸凌) at school for eleven years. He was always lonely and ________ until one day he was fifteen. He had had enough of the bullies and decided to do something about his problems. He walked into a ________ office and told them about the bullying. The news reporter was ________ and soon his story went into the newspaper and all the TV stations in Canada wanted to talk to him about his ________. They also wanted to hear his ideas to stop bullying.

After that, Rob continued his ________ at school and got better marks in them. But in his free time, he helped ________ with bullying problems. With a friend Katie Neu, he made a website called www.bullyingcanada.cn.

Visitors to the website can find stories, poems and advice about bullying, in both English and French. When people are ________, they can talk on telephone or online to Rob and his team. Every weekend Rob has to ________ e-mails to the website. He also talks to children and teachers, even the members of government around the country, about bullying, to make laws ________ school bullies.

Rob’s most important message is: “When bullies are unkind to you, it isn’t your fault. There’s ________ wrong with you, so you should try to keep ________ yourself. You should be brave yourself. And remember that there are people ________ your problems. What you have to do is just to find those people.”

One of Rob’s ideas is “Blue Day”, a ________ day for stopping bullying in schools. It is called a “Blue Day” because ________ that day students have to wear blue clothes and in class they learn how to stop bullying. More than 150 Canadian schools now ________ Blue Day, but Rob won’t stop until there’s a Blue Day in every school in Canada.

【推荐3】Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel ________ before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration(专心) is their biggest problem. It has a bad influence ________ their study and their test results. If so, use these suggestions to help you.

________ Skills

You should keep studying in the right place. You shouldn’t sit in a place that you use for another purpose(目的).

For example, you always study at the desk, ________ when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to ________.

Before sitting down to study, bring together all the things you need. If you are studying English, have textbooks, pens and a dictionary at hand. If your study desk ________ when you are not studying, put all your things in a box beside it.

Don’t try to do a lot of things at the same time. Finish one thing ________ beginning another. If you need a ________, get up and walk around for a few minutes, but try not to telephone a friend or have something to eat.

Test Skills

All your ________ will be for nothing if you are too nervous to take your test. Getting enough rest is very important. This means that you mustn’t study all night before your test.

When you enter (进入) the examination room, find your seat and sit down. ________ slowly and deeply. Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too often.

【推荐1】I still remember I fell in love with English from a very young age, because I thought it was _______ useful language. _______ learn English well, I started to learn it when I was in Grade 1. But soon I found it _______ than I thought. There were too many words, expressions and many other things to remember. And even if I knew _______ to write them, I couldn't use them correctly and exactly. And I got quite a low score in _______ first English exam. I was worried about it. And this made me _______ my interest little by little.

While I was in trouble, my English teacher gave me much help. He told me that _______ didn't mean everything and I should have some learning skill. I _______ his advice and tried many different ways to learn English. As the day went by, I could do better and better and became more and more interested in it.

During summer vacation, an old lady from Australia visited my school. She had a talk_______ us. It was my first time to meet a foreigner. I got a little nervous at first, __________ soon I found it exciting to talk to her, and I learned a lot from her. How I wish to practice speaking English with foreigners every day!