1 . A Bottle of Milk

I recently heard a story about a very famous research scientist who was interviewed by a newspaper reporter. He was asked why he was able to be so much more _________ than the other person. He said that it all came from an _________ with his mother when he was young.

He tried to remove a bottle of milk from the bridge when he lost his hold on the bottle, spilling the milk all over the kitchen floor! Instead of _________   at him, his mother said, “Robert, what a great and beautiful mess you have made! I have never seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to _________   with the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, Robert played it. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, Whenever you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up. So we would use a sponge (海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He _________ the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk. His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a difficult experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Now, let’s _________ a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top neat the lip with both hands, he could carry it _________. The scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make _________ and he’d like to try a lot of things in different ways.

Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would follow the example of Robert’s mother?

2 . These days, some middle schools in China are trying to do something different.

The students choose classes according to their own needs. For each subject, they can make a choice from different levels (等级) of difficulty. So instead of staying in the ______ classroom, they go to different rooms to have their lessons. And the teachers make special teaching plans for ______.

There are different opinions ______ it.

Xia Rui, a 13-year-old girl, said, “I really love it. I think it’s nice that we can ______ classes by ourselves. My English is poor. I used to be afraid to answer questions in class. I think that the good students may ______ me when I make mistakes. Now I feel much more relaxed.”

But her classmate Chen Gang didn’t agree. “I don’t think it is so good ______ it is difficult for students to find where the classrooms are, he said. “During the break, students can be seen here and there, running and shouting to find their ______.”

“I’m worried that some students may think they are in the lower class ______ lose interest in the subject,” their math teacher, Mr Wang said. “I also ______ that some parents may feel unhappy if their kids study a subject at an easy level.”

“In my eyes, it is good for both students and teachers,” Mr Wang also said. “As teachers, we can make teaching plans more ______ and the students will develop better.”

3 . Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of_______

They feel stressed because they have_______homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams_______And parents usually send them_______different classes at weekends. As a result, so many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On holidays, they could hardly have_______time to do what they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers_______short-sighted. They often read in bed or keep_______for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some_______too much watching TV_______serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.

I think teenagers should think of ways on how to________the problem. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.

4 . Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and_______happily with several books. But after a few days, I felt impatient. The_______of finishing all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it_______to calm down to read a whole book. I didn’t know what to do with it. Then_______one day I thought of "Why not make read­ing fun?" It gave me_______again. Reading is a journey of spirit. Every time we read a book, we are actually talking_______the writer. I tried to put all my effort into his or her books,_______I could feel all of his or her happiness and suffering. Now books have become a part of my life.

See? Attitude (态度) can make a great_______. Someone once said,"Even though the situ­ation is bad, people still have one freedom ( 自由) to_______their attitude. "So,don’t complain about study or work. It helps____________. Try to see things from a different way. Believe me; this will change the situation and help you a lot.