3 . Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly.     1    

The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn.     2     It does mean, however, that you must be willing to do whatever is necessary to learn. Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you learn other things. Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life. Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier. Sometimes the subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly.     3    

Here's some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruption (打扰).     4     Be sure you understand what you should learn before you start. Read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things. When memorizing something, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing.     5     Never forget the importance of reviews and previews.

7 . When I was young, my grandmother used to tell me stories. I’d like to _______ with you one of my favorites.

Once, there was a young boy. He was very _______ because he couldn’t keep his friends. He asked his father why this was so. His father _______ replied, “Son, each time you say or do something that_______one of your friends, hammer (锤) a piece of wood into the _______ .” The curious boy did as he was told and soon he made fence (篱笆) out of the wood.

“Father!” he cried, “I can’t get out! I am blocked by this fence!”

“Well, Son, each time you say something _________to a friend, you can take one piece of wood out.”

The boy _______this, too. On the first day he took out one piece of wood and on the second day he took out another two. On the third day he took out some more. Finally he had _______all of the wood. “But Father!” he cried again, “Look at the _______in the ground! They are big and dark! Oh, how ugly!”

“Son,” his father said, “this is why you aren’t able to ________ your friends. Remember: when you hurt someone’s feeling, no matter what you do to ________ up for it, there will always be a scar (伤痕) in his________.”

From that day on, the boy was very________of his words and actions and he never hurt his friends’ feelings again.

I always keep this story close to my heart. It has________me lot. I am always careful not to hurt any of my friends because they are people that I wouldn’t want to________.