Do you have dreams? Some children wish to be writers when they grow _________. That means they want to write stories or books. They would be happy if many people read their stories or books some _________, but I would like to tell these children that they will need to be good readers and read a lot before they become good writers.

Nearly all great writers often listened to _________ stories long before they started school. They also _________ on reading for years. Even when they had become writers, they spent much of their time _________ books instead of watching TV in the evening.

_________ you are a good reader, it won’t take you long to do the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you _________ have time to read more books for fun. You will read so well that you will _________ want to look for more books to read.

If you want to be a writer, reading is very _________. When you decide to become a writer, you had better tell __________, “I must read more and more if I really want to become a good writer.”

Learning to take notes in class is important. Note-taking is a(n) _______ that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. You need to prepare a _______ for each subject so that you can find everything _______ when a test comes. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that’s great. You can copy them or write down the most _______ points of all in class. _______ your teacher doesn’t like to write anything down on the blackboard, you will have to write down something important that is said again and again by him. If you can’t _______ what the teacher is saying, don’t be afraid to ask your teacher to _______ what you miss. Of course, you may ask him after class. In your free time, you may _______ your notes with others’. Maybe you can find some mistakes in your notes. It can be good for your learning. After class or before tests, review the most important and useful _______ in your notes, and you will ________ less time reviewing and get better grades. Your notes are a good study record and taking notes is one of the best ways to improve your grades.

Students often learn their lessons in class. They sit in the classroom listening to their     1     (teach).

This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn? Of course not. There is another way to learn. Students can teach     2     (they). For example, if you can not remember anything     3     you are doing your homework, what will you do? You can read your book to find     4     answer.

How can you teach yourself? The first thing is to read. Read something you are     5     (interest) in. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. A clever student usually does     6     (good) in asking questions. The     7     (three) is to answer the questions yourself by working hard, by     8     (read) books and sometimes by asking other people. These are the ways of teaching yourself. If you keep doing     9     these for a long time, you are sure     10     (make) great progress in your study.

10 . You may study differently from your friends, but your study habits are not wrong!

Kelly and Maria are best friends with a lot in common. They love doing things together, such as going to movies and concerts, shopping, or just sitting at a small cafe. Since they take a lot of the same school subjects, they would love to study together, but they find this impossible. Their working styles are so completely different that they can’t be in the same room when they are studying!

Kelly would like to study in a clean, open space, when Maria works best with books, papers and other things around her. Kelly prefers to study in a totally tranquil room, but Maria loves to play music or even have the TV on. Kelly can sit for hours without moving, and often gets all her homework done in one sitting. Maria, however, is always getting up, and says that she thinks best when she’s on the move.

You might be asking yourself: which way of studying gets better results? Many people think that a silent, tidy environment is the way to go, ________. Some study has even shown that outside noise and untidiness help some people focus (聚焦) their attention, because it makes them form a “wall” in their mind around what they are doing and improves their focus.

So, if you’re used to studying at a busy shopping center, don’t worry about it. If you work in total silence, that’s OK, too. According to Kelly’s and Maria’s study habits, we can know that the best way to study is the way that works for you. In their very different ways, both of them do well in school, and both finish their work within the required time as well.