Popularity is the state of being liked, enjoyed or supported by others. Natural, we all desire to win popularity in one way or another. To enjoy popularity, we are supposed to regard the class as our big family and try our best to take active part in all our class activities. We should be responsible for the work and keep team spirit on mind.

To be a popular student, we must show our respect, concern and sympathy for other. As a result, we never hesitated to lend a hand to those in need. We ought to be strict with ourselves in everything we do it at school and make an effort to achieve all-round development, be good not only at our lessons but also at sports, music, painting, social services and so on. In time of success we remain modest, when in time of difficulty we keep strong-minded.

All in all, being a popular student among the classmates and teachers come to those who can overcome their shortcomings but keep improving their personal qualities.

2 . As you work to develop your career (事业), whether you are applying for a job right now or planning what you will do in the future, three things are vital: your passion (激情), your value and your goals. These are three obvious but related beliefs that you need to both know for yourself and be able to communicate to others.     1    

Passion is what drives you. Your passion is what brings a smile to your face, what lights your creative engine and what makes you approach a problem with passion. Your passion could be for a specific field, profession, industry, customer, type of problem, or some combination.     2     The success itself is enough.

    3     It consists mainly of your problem-solving abilities and all the qualities that come with them, such as your skills, knowledge and experience. When you know your value, you can state this to develop cooperation and to encourage employers to hire you.

Goals are what you want to do.     4     They may be very specific, like “I want to work in City X on consumer products in the beauty industry.” Or they could be more general, such as “I want to use my passion for science communications to advance STEM.”

Knowing your passion can help you better define (界定) your value and clarify your goals. And understanding your goals can help you go better to your passion and pronounce your value.     5    

With the quick spread of COVID-19, more and more people around us are tested p    1    and people grow more and more     2    (焦虑). Here are some effective measures to p    3    you from being infected(感染)with the virus.

First, wear masks wherever you go, though it is not c    4    for you to perform daily routine. Second, m     5    distance from others. It is of extreme importance to avoid direct c    6    with those who have fever, cough or other COVID-19 symptoms(症状). Third, eat properly to ensure you have enough     7    (营养). If you have to eat outside, bringing food from home is     8    (推荐). Last but not least, we should a    9    importance to rest and exercise, which can help you     10    (恢复)sooner if you should fall ill.

Imagine a stranger moved into your house. You would have to adapt to many changes, like sleeping in the same room, cooking in the same kitchen, and     1     (use) the same bathroom. What if that stranger argued with you, or took some of your things     2    asking? That would be quite a(n)     3     (pleasant) experience, wouldn’t it? Now, pause for a moment and consider that you will be a stranger to your future roommate. It’s always a good idea     4     (see) things from someone else’s angle, especially if you have to coexist     5     (peaceful) with that person for the entire school year.

Your relationship with your roommate should be similar to a business partnership. In other words, don’t do anything     6     you wouldn’t like your roommate to do. Share your duties and respect each other’s     7    (private) Living with a roommate in college can really brighten     8     darken your study years. Seeing things from another’s side is your survival guide to the world of strangers who can become your     9     (good) friends or worst enemies. It’s important to remember that there       10     (be) no naturally unfriendly people, but a lack of empathy (感同身受) can often lead to conflict.

6 . Good study skills matter now more than ever. Many students study by reading their notes and textbooks over and over again. Research studies show there are more effective ways to use your valuable study time.

Practice, practice, practice!

Musicians practice their instruments. Athletes practice sports skills. The same should go for learning. If you want to be able to remember information, the best thing you can do is practice.

Don’t just reread books and notes

Too often, when students reread material, it’s superficial (浅薄的). Rereading is like looking at the answer to a puzzle, rather than doing it yourself. It looks like it makes sense. But until you try it yourself, you don’t really know if you understand it.

Mistakes are okay as long as you learn from them

It’s vital to test your memory. It doesn’t really matter how many seconds you spend on each try. But it’s important to go the next step. Check to see if you were right. Then focus on what you got wrong. In fact, making mistakes can be a good thing. Mistakes are actually a primary key to learning.

Test yourself

Try to quiz yourself the way the teacher asks questions. Put questions on one side and the answers on the other side. Friends can even quiz each other on the phone.

Find examples

Abstract concepts can be hard to understand. It tends to be far easier to form a mental image if you have a concrete example of something. Indeed, it helps to have at least two examples if you want to apply information to new situations.

Don’t worry. This is natural for many people. In 1885, Hermann Ebbinghaus    1     (publish) a book called Memory and presented a famous forgetting curve. According to him, the sharpest     2    (lose) of memory occurs during the very early period after learning. This means timely review during this period, with a few revisits to     3     is learnt, can significantly help us to remember the information.