Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own microblogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colourful platform to show their talent. For     1    , it is a useful way to release their     2     (press). And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.     3     many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing a microblog will take a lot of time and energy,     4     should be used to study.

I am     5     (great) in favour of this activity. Today the Internet     6     (play) an important role in our life. Therefore, as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this     7     (meaning) tool to communicate and display ourselves.

What’s more, opening and organising microblogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being good     8     computer skills and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful microblog. As a result, we improve ourselves while     9     (organise) our microblogs.

In fact, the microblog itself is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it that     10     (matter). We should take advantage of it and avoid some bad effects.

The Internet is an     1     (amaze) information resource. Students, teachers     2     researchers use it as     3     important tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the     4     (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it     5     (connect) with individuals from other countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments associated with the Internet, there are also certain fears and     6     (concern). One concern is a lack of control over what     7     (appear) on the Internet. With television and radio the editors will check the accuracy of the contents of programs, and with television there are limits on what kinds of programs can     8     (broadcast) and at what time of the day. However,     9     the help of the Internet, parents can check a published guide to determine what     10     (suit) for their children to see.

Nowadays, with the growing     1    (popular) of smartphones and computers, an increasing number of students are choosing to learn English beyond the classroom in     2    (vary) ways.

It can easily be seen that the percentage of students    3    choose listening to English     4     (song) and watching English movies is respectively 65% and 50%. However, those choosing reading English books and visiting English learning websites only account     5    18% and 12%.

As far as I’m     6    (concern), it is a disturbing trend. For students, what benefits most to their study is reading English books     7    (constant). Because of their lack of self-discipline, they’re more easily     8    (addict) to chatting online or playing games.     9     is urgent for students themselves to improve their self-discipline, and it’s also urgent for parents and teachers     10     (strength) the guidance.

Nowadays, nine in ten children are now at school. However, the figure is not as     1    (impress)as it sounds. Even if most of the world's children go to school,     2    awful lot of them learn pretty much nothing there.

According to the recent World Bank study of seven African countries, half of nine-year-old cannot read a simple word and three-quarters cannot read a simple sentence. The reason is terrible     3    (teach). Several recent studies suggest educational technology can help. It seems     4    (bring)bigger improvement in poor countries than in rich ones. Some of the rare     5    (resource)being spent on teachers could therefore be better spent on educational technology. That doesn't mean dumping computers on schools, hoping that children61.    6    (understand)how to use them. Instead, it means providing schools     7    software that children can use with minimal help from an adult. It gets things right     8    (much)often than the teachers do. Besides, it sends teachers clues about    9    they are supposed to be teaching.

Of course, good     10    (tradition)teachers are not replaced, and are never likely to be.

Many families in the United States have a     1     (large) income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult     2     (make) ends meet anyway. 

Why isn’t a dollar worth as much as it used to be? Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay     3     the necessities of life. For many years now, the cost of living has increased    4     (great), so the value of the dollar has decreased. 

No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps    5     (increase), but economists believe that workers and producers can make prices go up. As workers earn money, they have more money to spend,    6     they demand more goods. If there is     7     demand for certain goods, the prices of these goods go up. At the same time, if there’s a    8     (short) of goods, the prices also increase. 

Families need to know     9     happens to their money. They need to make their income meet the cost of living, so many people plan a family budget. Budgeting    10     (help) you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases.

In the United States, over 25 percent of senior citizens(people over 65) live alone. Without friends and family members nearby, senior citizens are likely     1     (have) depression(抑郁症).

Providence Mount St. Vincent, a retirement home(养老院) near Seattle, Washington, has     2     (recent) run a program. Over 400 senior citizens live at Providence Mount St. Vincent, and over 40 children from a few months old     3     five years old go to day care there. The children spend the day there with the senior citizens while the     4     (worker) look on.

The program has clear advantages. For the old people, they read to and play games with the children,     5     makes the senior citizens feel     6     (use) and happy, and if they feel happy, their health may improve.

The children also get a lot from the program They have     7     group of people to play with in a safe environment. Some of the old people are disabled, and     8     (stay) with them helps children learn     9     (be) more understanding of people with disabilities.

Now, there are many programs s like the one at Providence Mount St. Vincent. It     10     (believe) that even if the young and the old don’t have a shared past or future, their shared present can be perfect.

According to a recent survey, violence (暴力) did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also     1     (express) their great concern about it. Experts hope     2     whole society should pay more attention to the psychological health of teenagers.

Nowadays, school violence is a hot topic. I think this is a phenomenon(现象) , which     3     (call)for our great concern. We should make every effort     4     (prevent) violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school if their personal     5     (safe) could not be guaranteed(保证). In fact, violence can be learned.     6     (actual), children learn violent behavior from adults or from     7     they see on television or on the Internet.

If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence with violence, for it will result in     8     (much) fighting. I will tell my teachers and parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me     9     the bad guys.

All in all, we students should behave     10     (we) and keep away from violence.