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To my son, I am a1: a father he is2 listen to and a man3 the rules of grammar. And I got this4 because my student was unable to describe her feeling on her 5to Europe.However, it doesn't 6 to critize our students. They unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these 7 because there is a sense that they8. On one hand, they are misled by the9. On the other hand, school fails to 10 the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary.Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a 11 and a 12 : often study the road map (check grammar) and13 the car engine (adjust vocabulary). Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a13 car.14 ,15 , and16 communication depends upon grammar and a good vocabulary, the two17 assets for students, but they are18 in schools.

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fill in th blanks.I was admitted into a freshman 1 at Yale that required us to read up Western classics, comprehend them, 2 them and 3 papers with 4 ideas on them. Although this was my first year in an all-English environment, and sometimes I 5 all the hard work, I 6 understand Western society. I 7 my lack of preparation with diligence. I pulled all-nighters, I 8after class to ask questions, I learned 9 in English from my classmates, and I visited the writing 10. As a result, as the year came to an end, I received A’s for all my papers.

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Fill in the blanks with the missing words or phrases (with no more than 3 words) to complete the summary of the text.The daughter is leaving home for independence and the mother feels __1 and free of the_2___ on the one hand, yet _3 if she could take good care of herself on the other. The daughter _4 in her rooms and the mother 5_ the rooms.After the mother finds a large envelope __6_ with “DO NOT THROW AWAY”with all the memorable things the parents gave to the daughter, she feels very 7_. And the mother’s attitude _8completely. Shetries hard to 9___her tears. She believes her daughter will come back one day. The parents are _10____ her with open arms

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Through long-term comparisons of grades as well as of commitment to school between working and non-working students, the research finds that the students who worked 20 hours or more weekly had lower scores, cut class more often, and became less ___1_ to school. Besides, more _2_ students are more likely to work longer hours, and 3_. But once they withdraw from work or 4 on their work hours, their commitment to school is renewed.The research comes up with some contributors to such effects. For one thing, working students have less time to devote to school. So they _5__ by taking easier classes or refusing to do homework. For another, working students are too tired from work to focus their minds on study. And worst of all, their interest in study is _6 bit by bit, 7 their desire to earn big money grows stronger and stronger, thus enabling them to turn to so much drugs and alcohol for recreation as to speed up their 8____ from school.To reverse the trend, the author makes it clear that students should _9 to work no more than 10 hours per week if they want to reap success from school. And above all, as the author points out, it’s time to 10__ the myth that the great value of work takes form in our formative years.

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This passage is about the life of a ___1_ Australian runner, Cliff Young. It mainly describes Cliff Young, an ordinary farmer, won the __2_ 3_ form Sydney to Melbourne through his 4 and _5_ in 1983. To this day, Cliff Young remains a 6_ _7_and brilliant example of how _8_ _9_ can inherently achieve _10____ results.

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Directions: Arrange the following events in the correct order according t the text.

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Jean Harper was raised in a little farming 1) _______ in Northern California. She dreamed of becoming a 2) , and she wanted to crop-dust, make parachute jumps, seed clouds and be an airline pilot. Whenever she talked about her dream 3) , she always 4) _ discouragement and negativity.Encouraged by her senior-year high school teacher, Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, after 10 years of hard work, she became one of the first three 5) pilot trainees ever accepted by United Airlines and one of only 50 women airline pilots in the nation at the time. It was the power of one positive word from her teacher that gave her the strength and faith to 6) ______ her dream.

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There are 1___ and 2_ ways by which one can measure the 3 of employment on ____4_. We compared the grades of students working a lot with those working much less or not at all. We also 5_______ workers with non-workers _6_____ commitment to education.Additionally, we followed students over time as they increased or decreased their work hours, and we – _7_ of different employment patterns on school 8__________.We uncovered numerous explanations for these negative effects: Working students have less time to _9_school assignments, get too tired from work to study, view school less rewarding, and increase alcohol anddrug use because they have more spare money. To summarize, working 20 hours or more weekly can _10_ decreased school performance and increased drug and alcohol use. If students want to be successful in school, they should ______11_ that early employment builds character and 12__ work no more than 10 hours per week.

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