What have you imagined when you thought about being an International student in the U. S. before you actually became one? 1       Whether you are suffering from homesickness or simply want to know how to make life easier,here are a few tried and tested tips from other international students that could help.

1. Surround Yourself with Positive People 2       I bet you don't want to lose sight of why you are studying abroad after spending the time and money to get to the U.S. 3       Their positive attitude will inspire and motivate you when you feel down or lost.

2. Don't Be Afraid to Ask Some cultures don't consider asking questions a positive thing. My Japanese friends tell me that asking questions was somehow a negative thing to do in Japan. 4       It shows your effort to understand and the fact that you are listening to them. So never be afraid to ask questions!It is one of the most important things to be a successful student.

3. Leave Your Comfort Zone 5       Maybe that's a movie marathon,rowing on your town's river or even an underwear run. This is the best way to meet new people and find out what your college life is all about.

   A. But American people love questions！

   B. If you have a chance,attend a sports event with your new friends.

   C. The key to staying on track is to surround yourself with positive people who have good influence on you.

   D. Studying in a foreign country creates all kinds of challenges for international students.

   E. Try doing things you would not normally do.

   F. There are many negative influences in the U.S. that you may not have had in your country.

   G. However,there are a lot of things you can enjoy in the U. S. that you can't do in your country.

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One day,when I was in my way to school,I saw Jack,a student of Grade 3 in our school,rode along the street. Suddenly a car is running towards him. He turned left quickly or it was too late. The car hit him and he fell off his bike,making him hurt serious. The driver was so frightening that he drove away as fast he could,leaving Jack helpless on the spot. Fortunately I saw which had happened and remembered the number of the car. So I reported of this to the police. Now the driver had been caught and will be punished for his wrongdoing.

Everyone has many teachers during the school time. But there is one 1        is the best among them always staying with you. That is interest.

Interest can be 2        very good teacher. It 3       (guide) you to discover things you are interested in and explore the mysteries of some4       (amaze) things. When your teacher asks you to learn something,you are forced to,not active. But if you are interested in something,you will be glad to study it. You will search the Internet to find information or ask someone who knows something about it. You will try your best to analyze it and understand it. Doing so always 5       a good effect 6        yourself.

The famous basketball player,Michael Jordan once said "I love this game. " 7       asked why he could make great8       ( achieve) in basketball. Interest became the teacher of Jordan. The love of basketball took him into the glory of success.

9       (root) in everyone*s heart,interest is not far away from us. What's the most important is how you take it. Our hearts are many wireless stations,the 10       you receive messages sent by interest,the more successful you will be.

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Because of poor childhood reading habits,most people read up to 10  times slower than they actually could. 1       But,by employing certain basic techniques along with some consistent practice,your reading speed and accuracy will increase without taking away from your overall reading comfort.

1. Identify why you're reading.

Before you start reading,you need to seek out your motivation. 2       Think about why you're reading the book in front of you. Is it for fun? A job? School? Your reasoning will help you find the right frame of mind for the task and aid in absorbing the information more efficiently.

2. Narrow down on the important parts.

3          A good speedreader is also smart. Learn to read selectively and change speeds. Think back to your initial reading goals. If you know which topics are essential,don't be afraid to slow down during the important areas to maximize your retention (i己個乙力) . 4       Don't let an unimportant paragraph get the best of you.

3. Use a guide.

Training your eyes to pick up the reading pace and maintain it is the final step. Naturally,the eyes tend to pause or drift from the page―even for a split second―during regular reading. In reading an entire book,the amount of time lost can be significant. 5       The easiest way to control them is with a guide,which can be as simple as your index finger (食指) or a pen.

   A. Another thing to consider is the type of book you are going to read.

   B. In that case,find a book and a quiet place to read.

   C. We can't expect an average reader to become a "speedreader" overnight.

   D. So it's critical to keep the eyes on the page.

   E. Conversely,you should also be ready to skip paragraphs and unnecessary words.

   F. Don't try to read through each page at top speed.

   G. Why you read is essential for deciding how fast to read.

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Shortly after I first come to Korea,I had a call from a yong Korean I met： " I just got married,and my wife and me would like you to come to our house for dinner the next Saturday. " " Thank you. Fd love to. I'm looking forward to meet your wife." I said,excitingly. " She is not beautiful,yet she can't cook very well. But I hope you to come." Hearing this,I was surprised. Was he tired from his new wife? Why did he say so to another man? But when his wife met me at the door,I was astonishing to see she was very beautiful. Only then I realize that I had misjudged the husband.

Not a day passes that you are not called upon to make many choices. Most of them are of 1       importance. It just depends on 2        you like it or not.

But sometimes you must make significant choices such as those that will affect your future. You are called upon 3         ( select) your courses for the following term or year. You may find 4        strange that you should choose between 5        important activity and a parttime job after school. Such 6          (choice) can be difficult and the final decision may be of 7         (last) significance.

Making a choice always means 8       (give) up one thing for another. You cannot be in two places at the same time. You cannot spend the same money twice. You must decide which of the two things is9       (much) important and make your choice. It pays as many things as you can 10        you act. A hasty decision often leads to regret and the loss of time,money and opportunity.

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Talking of exams,I felt that they are one of the important activities in a school life. Since the first day I go to school,I have had to deal to them almost every day. After every exam,there is always a certain time for me to suffer. The world before me seems to be sad. I feel that all my book are hateful. When it were not for my family,I would throw them away. During exams I always like a computer. I try to take out every piece of information to answer my questions. Fm nervously. My heart beats hardly. After exams the world seems to be bright again. Now all are over

Every family has its share of problems. Here is 1        one family decided to do about its problems.

A newspaper recently printed an article about a family in Wisconsin. The family's name is La Chapelle. The 2          (interest) thing about the family is that it has its own constitution (憲法) .Young Tim La Chapelle suggested 3          (write) it. He is one of the six children. 4       oldest is twenty years old; the youngest is seven.

They decided that a constitution 5       (need) . Although the members of the family love each other,they 6       (usual) disagreed. They couldn't agree about doing the jobs that needed to be done. Which child should wash the7       (dish) ？

Which child should clean the house? Who should cut the grass and set the table? The answers 8        these questions were written down. All the children in the family signed the constitution,which named Tim's father and mother as "president for life".

There is a law about the time 9        the children in the family must go to bed. According to the constitution,everyone10       (young) than fourteen must go to bed before 10 pm. By coincidence,Tim is fourteen years old.

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Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life,but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.

Email is a form of communication that is changing,for the worse,the way we write and use language,say some communication researchers. 1       These are a few of the recently recognized features of email,say experts,which should cause individual and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

Naomi Baron,a professor of linguistics at American University says , " 2       " She also says the poor spelling,grammar,punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect a growing unconcern to the way we write.

Baron argues that we shouldn't forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in emails. The professor says , "   3       ”

Others say that despite its poor prose (文字) ，email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn't: It has made writing fashionable again.

"4       " says Lancashire,a University of Toronto professor of English. "It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech."

Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email's close similarity to speech. "It's like a circle of four or five people around a campfire, " he says.

Still,he accepts that this newfound freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. "Almost every day I get emails that are apologies of previous emails,”he reports. In the US,the number of emails sent in a day exceeds the number of letters mailed in a year. 5      

   A. Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits.

   B. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

   C. Email is often used to send messages,pictures to their beloved ones.

   D. It is also changing the way we interact and build relationship.

   E. The more we use email and its tasteless writing,the more it becomes the normal way of writing.

   F. Email will replace letters in the near future.

   G. Email is a critical new communication technology.

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