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Many teens in high school want to try out for sports because they think playing sports will make them more popular. But there are lots of other     1    （benefit）of sports that teens may overlook（忽视）.

With TV, movies, computers, and video games     2    （become）more and more popular, it has become much     3    （easy）for teens to be home by themselves rather than going out with friends. Teens used to hang out at the mall or drive around the town; now they just sit at home. Getting teens into a sport     4    （give）them an opportunity to go out and socialize.     5     they may not find a new best friend, they will learn how to interact and work as     6    team, something that they'll find     7    （use）later in life.

More and more teens are becoming overweight. If teens see that their physical condition is causing them to perform     8    （bad）, they may be motivated to do other activities     9    （get）healthy. When your children reach their youth, part of good parenting will provide them     10     the direction and encouragement and continue to help them develop a healthy style of living.

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Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a     1     (total) different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid.

The term “third—culture kid”     2     (use) in the 1960s for the first time by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon while     3     (research) North American children living in India. In general, third-culture kids benefit from    4     (they) intercultural experience and they often reach excellent academic results.

Yet many       5     (difficulty) may arise from this phenomenon. Third-culture kids may not be able to adapt themselves completely     6     their new surroundings. Also, they often find it hard     7     (develop) new friendship. Additionally, for a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new country     8     to return to his homeland. For example, after living in Australia for many years, Louis finally returned to the country     9     she was born. She didn’t know anything about current TV shows     10     fashion trends. And she didn’t share the same values as other teens of her age.

3 . China is a big old country and it has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of    1     (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world     2     (great), for example, the thought of Confucius. As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays     3     important role in the world, more and more     4    (foreign) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter     5    kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country’s future. Today, many young people lose     6     (faithful) in traditional culture and they are crazy     7    the western culture. They follow the western fashion,     8    (think) we are the old style. But someday, they     9    (realize) they are wrong     10    (abandon) traditional culture.

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Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese     1    (dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners     2     come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap     3     can be to eat out. I still remember     4     (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I     5    (shock) when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.

While regularly eating out seems to     6    (become) common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be     7    (afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even     8     (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in     9    (weigh) problems.

If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home     10     dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.

5 . Many of us wake up feeling    1    (tire) in the morning. Many of us ignore the problem as the day goes on,    2    (forget) that it might have a    3    (danger) effect. Society even glorifies “burning the candle at both ends” as    4    sign of our devotion to work and family.

Believe it    5    not, all this bad sleep has far-reaching consequences. We just do not give ourselves enough chances to sleep. A survey of over 74,000 people found 35 percent reported sleeping less than seven hours daily    6    average. Furthermore, the amount of sleep    7    (change) greatly over the past 15 years.

This lack of sleep can lead of many serious    8    (problem). One study found that    9    (simple) limiting yourself to six hours of sleep a night for two weeks had similar effects to staying up all night the night before,    10    could make you perform poorly on a timed attention task.

6 . Since a university education in the United States     1    (be) very expensive, most students work in addition to studying. Students     2    (usual) work part-time, but some students take full-time jobs.

A typical job for a students would be working     3    a waiter or waitress. Other typical off-campus jobs would include being a clerk in a store or delivering pizza. Sometimes students also find jobs on campus such as cleaning, working in a cafeteria or library or answering     4    (telephone). Most student jobs are entry-level and low paying, but have flexible schedule    5    (allow) students to attend classes.

Sometimes students also hold more responsible positions such as managers, or if they are lucky, positions in their area of study,     6    they hope will help them find employment after they graduate.

    7    double responsibilities of working and studying result in a very busy,     8    (stress) life for some students.     9    , it is the only way for many people to finance their college educations. Some Americans believe that the work experience is good for the students     10    (they) since it gives them a taste of “the real world” outside the school.

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       Many people think that teachers give pupils too much homework. They say that it is unnecessary     1    children to work at home in their free time. Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not     2    (proper) plan the homework tasks they give to pupils. The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks that they     3    (do) at school already.
       In Greece, many parents complained about the difficult homework that teachers gave to their children. The parents said that most of the homework was     4    waste of time, and they wanted to stop it. Spain and Turkey are two countries     5    stopped homework. In Denmark, Germany and several other countries in Europe, teachers cannot set homework at weekends. In Holland, teachers allow pupils     6    (stay) at school to do their homework. The children are free to help one another. Similar arrangement also     7    (exist) in some British schools.
       Most people agree that homework is not fair. A pupil doing his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much     8    (good) position than a pupil who does his homework in a small,    9    (noise) room with the television on. Some parents help their children with their homework. Other parents take no interest in     10    children’s homework at all.

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A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway    1     (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so    2    (absorb) in his Smartphone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him,    3    (throw) him to the ground. This should serve    4    a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially    5    crossing roads.    6    (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver     7    (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident,    8    led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

The Smartphone    9    (addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even    10    (bad),some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.

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What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know     1    to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more     2    (throw) away as rubbish.
Finally, some companies are thinking of ways     3    (bring) down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products. Dell, Hewlett Packard and other     4    (company) now also take back some old computers.
In some countries, laws have been passed, too. Computer companies have to pay for collecting and     5    (recycle) their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws     6    (be) that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost. That will encourage them to make computers     7    (easy) to repair and upgrade (升级).
Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford     8    at all. Hundreds of organizations are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.     9    computers then go to schools, charities (慈善团体) and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish     10    someone else's useful things and cut down waste, too.