Ollie Simmons was good at maths, but Ruby Riley wasn’t. Well, Ruby didn’t think she was. She s    1     (坐) next to Ollie and so she just copied him. This was the best way she had found to do maths and she didn’t have to think at all.

One day the teacher said, “We will be having a maths test after lunch.” Ruby f    2     (感觉) there were butterflies in the stomach. “Can I copy off you?” she whispered to Ollie. Ollie thought for a minute. “What will you give me?” he whispered back. Ruby s    3     (给……看) Ollie a stone she had. It was r    4     (圆形的，球形的) and smooth and the colour of the sea. “OK!” he said, “Give me the stone, and then you can copy my answers.” Ollie got full marks in the maths test and so did Ruby. Their n    5     (名字) went on the top of the maths champion chart.

Every week there was a maths test and every week Ollie and Ruby got full marks together. Ollie had to s    6     (分享，共享) the top place with Ruby, but it was worth it. He had a torch, a key chain, a g    7     (高尔夫球) ball and a gift box!

One day, there was a maths test again. This time, Ruby picked a watch, t    8     (认为，以为) everything would go as usual—Ollie would let her copy and they would be on the top of the chart together again. But she was wrong. The headmaster came into Ruby’s class. “I want to see Ollie Simmons,” she said. Ollie was gone for a long time. Then the door o    9     (打开). It was the headmaster again. “Ruby Riley,” she said, “Come with me, please.” Ruby felt like a bird in a c    10     (笼子)—there was no way to escape. The headmaster told Ruby that every lunchtime for five weeks she had to do maths. “You have to learn to think for yourself,” she said. “And Ollie has to learn a lesson, too. He’s going to teach you.”

Hector stood in the front of his fifth-grade classroom as one of the last two competitors in the Room Five Geography Bee. His o    1     (对手) having missed the last question, it was Hector’s turn. If he answered his question correctly, he would be the Room Five champion.

“Where did I put that second sheet of questions?” Mr. Adler w    2     (私语) while searching through a thick pile of papers on his messy desk. Mr. Adler, though a great teacher, had a r    3     (名声) of being disorganized with a long history of misplacing things. “Oh well, I apologize for the d    4     (延误),” said Mr. Adler after what s    5     (好像) like a long time. “Hector, please tell us the c    6     (首都) city of Brazil.” Hearing the question, Hector smiled. Then, there was the answer.

Later that day in the courtyard, many classmates c    7     (祝贺) Hector. Wearing a proud smile, he g    8     (同…打招呼) and thanked them all. Oh, the sweet taste of victory.

As it was getting late, the courtyard became deserted. But Hector still didn’t want to l    9     (离开). Then he saw Mr. Adler c    10     (穿过) the courtyard and holding a half-open bag full of papers. As he h    11     (匆匆) past, an envelope dropped out but Mr. Adler was unaware. He turned a corner and d    12     (消失) out of sight. Hector picked it up. On the envelope were the words “Fifth Grade Geography Bee Questions and Answers”. Hector s    13     (盯着看) wide-eyed at the envelope. Before he even had time to reflect on the consequences, he opened it and read the questions.

As soon as Hector had done it, he k    14     (知道) it was the wrong choice. He’d c    15     (作弊) and whatever he did now, he couldn’t change the fact. “What if Mr. Adler thought I s    16     (窃取) this morning’s questions too?” Hector thought. “He’d take away my Room Five victory for sure.” Little did he know that one of the best days in his life would be turned into the worst so quickly. Torn by his conscience, Hector was t    17     (完全) at a loss what to do.

Before he realized it, Hector found himself standing in Mr. Adler’s room. He saw Mr. Adler searching for something on his messy desk. “Mr. Adler, are you looking for this?” he asked, holding the open envelope. “Oh, that’s e    18     (正是) what I’m looking for!” Mr. Adler said, “but what on earth is the matter?” Looking at the confused e    19     (表情) on Mr. Adler’s face, Hector got up the c    20     (勇气) to tell him the truth. To his surprise, Mr Adler actually p    21     (表扬) him for his integrity and wished him good l    22     (运气) in the next day’s competition.

The next day the entire school came to watch the Fifth Grade Geography Bee. Besides being g    23     (内疚的), Hector was puzzled at Mr. Adler’s reaction yesterday. But soon he felt relieved to find that the questions had been changed. He could i    24     (想象) Mr. Adler working late last night to prepare the new questions, grateful from the bottom of his heart for what Mr. Adler had done for him. When it was his turn, he c    25     (集中) his mind and answered all the questions correctly, becoming the final’s champion. The final gave Hector the sweet taste of victory again.

Jennifer Jones, 15, told friends in her class that she was feeling unwell. She then passed     1     in her morning PE lesson and     2     (rush) to hospital.

Jennifer was found to have     3     (danger) low blood sugar levels and was treated immediately. Her worried parents told the doctor that their daughter missed breakfast that day     4     hardly touched her dinner the night     5    . Fortunately, she is now out of danger. Her doctor says that she will make a full recovery     6     a day or two.

Jennifer’s classmates hope to see her back at school soon.    7     say that she has struggled with eating problems for a long time. “Jennifer thought that skipping meals would be a simple way     8     (reach) her target weight,” her friend Laura Williams told our reporter. “She has not eaten breakfast for the last few months. She told me she had trouble     9     (concentrate) in class. I warned her that skipping meals was     10     (health), but she wouldn’t listen.”

It can be a big headache to balance your developing     1     (精神需求) too. You enter a strange middle ground — no longer a small child but not quite an adult. You have both a new desire for independence and a continued need for your parents’ love and support. You feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions    2     (自行). Unfortunately, your parents do not always agree and that makes you feel unhappy. “Why can’t they just let me go?” you may wonder.    3     (另一方面), when you are struggling to control your feelings, you wish they could be more caring and patient — sometimes they forget that growing up is     4     (一段艰难的旅程). It can be difficult when your parents treat you like a child but expect you to     5     (行事) an adult. All of this can lead to a breakdown in your relationship.

Although sometimes it may seem impossible to get along as a family, you can     6     (采取措施) to improve the situation. The key to keeping the peace is     7     (定期和诚实的沟通). When you disagree with your parents, take a minute to calm down and try to understand the situation     8     (从他们的角度). Perhaps they have experienced something similar and do not want you to go through the same pain.

After you have thought it through, explain your actions and feelings calmly, listen carefully, and     9     (解决他们的担忧). Through this kind of healthy discussion, you will learn when to     10     (退缩) and when to ask your parents to relax their control.

    1     are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude. Carefully plan your study,     2     and balance your schoolwork with other activities. As a senior high school student, you must     3     improve your communication and problem-solving skills. Last but not least, always     4     and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. In time you will     5     a well-rounded individual.

Many teenagers feel lonely as if no one understands them and the changes they are going through.     1     Day by day, everything seems different, yet the same. Life never seems to be going fast enough; yet, in other ways, like a race car, life seems to be rushing too fast and even going out of control.     2    别的人也有过同感吗?

These feelings are a common part of adolescence the time of life between child and adult. And,     3     though it may sometimes be difficult to believe, you are not alone —every adult has gone through adolescence, and     4    你的朋友和你一样正经历着这个阶段。It is common for teenagers to feel lonely and misunderstood.     5     These feelings can be thought of as growing pains —the difficulties that teenagers face as they grow to adults.

10 . Although sometimes it may seem impossible     1     as a family, you can     2     to improve the situation. The key to     3     is regular and honest communication.

Friendship has a double advantage — happiness    4     meaning and a trouble shared becomes     5    .Naturally, this kind of openness results from a close friendship.     6     , we feel free to share our joy and sadness in full measure.

We often     7     to recognize other people’s weaknesses than our own. As a result, if     8     only by our own feelings, our judgements     9    . On the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important decisions that we all have to make. Also, when we want to talk our problems over with a friend, we have to put our thoughts into words first. This alone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more     10    of our problems.