You probably think you will never be a top student. However, anyone can become a better student if he or she does his or her best. Here are some tips to help you.

Plan your time carefully. You should plan your time for such things as eating, sleeping and dressing. Then make a good, regular time for studying.

Keep your study quiet and clean. When you sit down to study, you can put your heart into it. Make good use of your time. Listen to everything that the teacher says. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Go over your notes. Review the important points. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss next day, read the material. It will help you study better.

Develop a good attitude to tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It helps you know what you are not good at.

The world will still go on even if you fail in a test, so don’t be too worried.

How to Learn and Remember English Vocabulary

Learning and remembering vocabulary plays an important part in learning English. Here are five fun and effective (有效的) ways to increase your vocabulary.

★Read and listen. Learning new words through reading or listening is better than just memorizing words. Find what you are most interested in and read news from BBC or VOA. 1.________ Try to guess the meaning of new words you come across.

★Use effective dictionaries. As you all know, a dictionary is a must when learning new words. However, you may wonder what kind of dictionary best for you. 2._______ One dictionary gives definitions (解释) and examples of a word in English and the other gives translation in your native language.

★Arrange (整理) new words into kinds. Spend some time in arranging new learned words each week. For example, you can put adjectives describing a person’s personality into one kind. 3._______ Also it’s useful for you to make connections between the words.

★.4________ Try to use new words in conversations with a partner. If you can’t find a partner, just choose a topic and talk to yourself. It also helps when you use them in your writing.

Dogs are the best pets of humans. They come in all sizes. Some dogs are as small as a football, and others are as tall as a desk. Dogs’ fur(毛) is different, too. It can be long and soft, or smooth and hard. People don’t mind the kind of fur, because all dogs are good to hug.

Dogs need to be taken care of. Short-haired dogs are the easiest to look after. But all dogs need a bath once in a while. Giving a dog a bath is a lot of fun. After you give a bath to your dog, it shakes the water off its body. Be careful, or you will get wet!

Dogs like to make their owners(主人) happy, so dogs are easy to train. They can follow simple orders.

Dogs are really amazing animals. Some dogs pull sleds(雪橇) across icy places. Some save people who fall into the river. Other dogs do tricks(表演绝技) in movies. A dog has even flown in a rocket(火箭) to space.

Why not keep a dog as a pet?