A week before   this   term started,   Zhou   Ziyu, ____ eighth-grader   from Heilongjiang,   got some big news. Her school plans to delay（ 推 迟 ）its start time to 8:00 a.m. __ was quite happy! Zhou used to（过去常常）get up at 6:00 a.m., but would study until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. the night before. Her school asked students   __ at 6:30 a.m. in summer and 7:00 a.m. in winter. She felt like she          ______   get enough sleep. “I often took nap打盹）in class. I couldn’t concentrate（集中精力）while doing homework,” Zhou said.

In fact,   ___of the schools in Heilongjiang plan to adjust（调整）their start time. Primary and middle   schools will expect students to arrive at   8:00   a.m.   or   _____. The   change   will help more students get enough sleep. In genera（l   通常）,       ____Chinese middle school students have toarrive at school at around 7:00 a.m. Students have to get up at 6:00 a.m. or even ______     if they        live far away from school. They often stay up（熬夜）late ______ the evening, so they can’t get the nine____of sleep and they can’t stay ___or alert（思维敏捷的）.

Zhejiang and Guizhou provinces are carrying out similar policies（ 政 策 ）, though only at primary schools. In the future,___ provinces might join in.

However, some __ still worry about the rule. Liang Chen, 13, from Harbin No. 69 High School, prefers to（更喜欢）have some study time before class _____ in the morning. He thinks this is the best time to study and remember things. “My studying efficiency（效率）in the morning     _______much higher than during other times,” he said.

High school students in the US must be filled with joy these days. Schools in Virginia are paying students who do well in the tests and now one in Utah is giving them ________, just for showing up!

The latest plan of West Valley City's Hunter High School is to ________ students go to school every weekday. Those that came to school every single day from October 7th to November 22nd could have their ________ placed in a drawing, and the winner would win a car. Students that not only came every day, but also came to every class were allowed to ________ their names twice.

When the ________ came out at the morning meeting on November 26th, there were about 1,200 cards with names in the box. School officers then chose ten names and asked the ________ students to turn a wheel for prizes.

Kaylee Duke, the grand prize winner, took home a ________. The junior does not even have her license yet, though she is planning on getting it soon. The other ________ were not as lucky as Kaylee. They received prizes ________ gift cards to headphones to even an iPad mini-all because they showed up at school every day!

And it seems like the plan is ________. According to Hunter High School officials, the number of students who haven't missed a day of school this year, is up by 33%!

Peter’s aunt comes to see his family and brings a kite to him. His mother gives it to ___________ after lunch. Peter ___________ to fly it but his mother doesn’t let him ___________ so. “It’s time to go to school,” says to his mother, “or you’ll be ___________ for class. You can play after supper.” Peter is ___________ but he listens to his mother. Now Peter is in the classroom but he’s looking out. Some children are ___________ near the river. They are very high and Peter can see them ___________. He doesn’t listen to Miss Black. “Peter, please ___________ nine things with milk in them.” says Miss Black. Peter doesn’t hear her. A boy behind him taps (轻拍) his back and   Peter knows it. He stands up and Miss Black ___________ the question again. He thinks for some ______________ and then says, “Yes, teacher, tea, coffee, cake and ... er — six cows.”