Many   students   feared maths   subject,   and I   was among   them.   Once I failed 【小题1】 the mathematics, I was 【小题2】(annoy), My friends started making fun of me. I was 【小题3】(luck) that my mother was a maths teacher. She always helps me, but I didn’t take that seriously.

When my mother【小题4】(tell) that I didn’t pass the maths subject, she got shocked. But 【小题5】(fortunate 幸运的), she didn’t shout at me. Instead, she gave me 【小题6】 inspirational speech.

Later on she started teaching me mathematics. She encouraged me 【小题7】(play) with maths and really I enjoyed a lot, from which maths became my favourite subject. Now I also teach those friends who really fear maths. They think that maths subjects is very difficult and it has lots of formula( 公 式 ) to remember. But my mother taught me maths in an 【小题8】(interest) way. I used that technique to solve problems. From this my 【小题9】(confident) has increased and I’m happy that most difficult subject has become a game for me.

Becoming an engineer 【小题10】 uses scientific knowledge to solve problems is my dream. It may support me through hardships and setbacks.

Learning isn’t simply about earning degrees or attending storied institutions. Books, online courses,   MOOCs,   professional   development   programs,   podcasts,   and   other   resources   have never   been more accessible, 【小题1】 (make) it easier than ever to make a habit of lifelong learning. Every day, each of us 【小题2】 (offer) the opportunity to pursue development. People who devote themselves to learning and who exhibit curiosity are     almost always 【小题3】 (happy) and more socially and professionally engaging than those who don’t.

Xie Lei, a 21-year-old Chinese student, arrived in London six months ago to get a business qualification. It was the first time that she 【小题1】 (leave) her motherland and she found it hard for her to adjust 【小题2】 the new life, which took up all her concentration in the beginning.

She is now halfway through the 【小题3】 (prepare) year, which most foreign students complete before 【小题4】 (apply) for a degree course. Xie Lei lives with a host family 【小题5】 gives her a lot of advice and comfort when she misses her family. Xie Lei’s course helps her to get 【小题6】 (use) to the academic requirements of a western university. She was shocked when her tutor gave her 【小题7】 E for her first essay. Only after the tutor told her did she learn 【小题8】 she couldn’t copy exactly what other people had said without acknowledging them and that she should give her own opinion and explain it by referring to other 【小题9】 (author). Now she is trying to have a balance between study and a social life though she is 【小题10】 (occupy) with her work.