Middle school students in China usually have some problems, such as stress, anger and loneliness. There are d1. causes of these problems.
One of them is too much homework. It seems that a student’s homework is never done. Many students can h2. find any time for their hobbies. They all hope to achieve a balance between schoolwork and their hobbies. But it’s difficult to achieve this goal, so they feel s3. about that.
Another is endless e4.. Some of them are too difficult for students to get high marks. Some students even d5.their abilities when they fail in the tests. Many students are afraid of tests and endless tests almost drive them m6..
Students also face the problem of the generation gap (代沟). A7. to a recent report, about 60% of the middle school students think their parents don’t quite u8. them. And their parents often say no to their decisions. P9. their parents want to protect them, but that really makes them sad.
Not all the students know how to d10.with those problems. Can you give them some advice?
A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew．
One day, his friend g l1. the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and
plant it. The farmer was h 2.with the gift, but when he got home，he did not know w3. to plant it．
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the r4., strangers would steal the fruit．If he planted the tree in one of his fields，his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the a 5.．If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit．F6.，he planted the tree in the woods．But w 7.sunlight and good soil(土壤)，the tree soon died．
Later the friend asked the farmer why he planted the tree in such a poor p8.．“What’s the difference?’’ the farmer asked angrily．
The friend a 9.，“If you planted the tree in the sunlight, at least someone could e 10.the fruit．Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit，but also you have destroyed a good apple tree” .
In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In a1.way, failure may be a way towards success. Edison, the i2.of the light bulb（灯泡）, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked w3.he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he smiled and said, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways that won't w4..
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? Then you can decide w5.to keep on working hard or try it in a better way, and things will probably not go wrong n6.time.
Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think c7.about this question. “If I am able to achieve my goal, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing anyway.
The t8.thing to keep in mind about failure is that it's mother of success. Don’t give up easily. Learn to “live with yourself" even t9.you may have failed. Maybe this will help you s10.in what you are doing in the end.
Once a rich boy bought a magic mirror（镜子）. When he a1.home, he looked in the mirror. His face looked sad. He tried to smile and make f2.faces, his face looked still sad. Then he did many happy things, but his face always looked sad.
“Oh, what a terrible mirror! It doesn’t work!”he said a3..
The next day on his way to buy some chocolate, he saw a little girl c4.sadly. The rich boy went up to her and asked what had h5.. The little girl said she couldn’t find her parents. “Don’t worry. I’ll help you,”the rich boy said. So they went to look for them together. L6., they found her parents. They were so thankful for his help.
After the rich boy r7.home, he looked in the mirror as usual. I8., his face looked very happy this time. The boy u9.the magic of the mirror. The mirror could show the t10.feelings of its owner. The rich boy had helped that little girl so he felt really happy.
Tennis boring fun soccer baseball interesting ping-pong basketball difficult volleyball relaxing
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My father likes playing sports . He h1. a great sports collection . He has four t2. , one v3. three b4.,three s5. . four b6. .two ping-pong. b7..and many ping-pong b8..
