4. He went to bed without (have) dinner.

3. After school,I have to take part in football (train) .

1. Good habits are good for the (develop) of us teenagers.

2. When I came into the room,I found him (look) through my diary.

   “I have an hour to eat dinner and do some homework. After dinner it's football,and I'm home by 7: 00 p. m.，” says Bryan,an ll-year-〇ld boy.

   But once he’s back home,it's still not time to relax. There's more homework to finish. While he hardly has any time to relax himself,Bryan does find some “me time”. For example,he relaxes when he rides his bike to school. Bryan is busy,but he isn’t overscheduled (日程過滿的) .

   But many kids are. Author Annie Fox say^s lots of kids are overwhelmed (被壓倒的) with after-school lessons and homework.

   About 90 percent of children aged 9 to 13 said they felt stressed from being too busy,according to a KidsHealth. org survey of 882 kids. And 24 percent said they felt this way all the time.

   It's not just the dance lessons and soccer games that make kids have less time to relax. “Even when kids are walking down the street,they receive text messages and phone calls. They can never just be free,” Fox says.

   Why are some kids overscheduled?

   Fox says some parents hope their children have the soccer skills or flute (長(zhǎng)笛) abilities needed to do well in high school and get into a good college.

   But Fox says everyone,even grown-ups,needs a bit of ume time?, to avoid being stressed. “There's a Wiwme Pooh (《小熊維尼》) quote where he says, ‘Sometimes I sit and think;sometimes I just sit.

(1) (如果你有太多的家庭作業(yè)) ，for example,10 mnutes’ listening to music can help you get things done. “(2) When you are stressed out,it's not the time to make a decision about anything”’ Fox says.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下列任務(wù)。

任務(wù)一:把(1) 處括號(hào)里的句子譯成英語(yǔ)。

1.                                                     

把(2) 處畫線的句子譯成中文。

2.                                                     

任務(wù)二:根據(jù)英語(yǔ)釋義及首字母提示，從短文中找出答案。

3. h ： work that teachers give their students to do at home

4. s ： an ability to do something well

任務(wù)三：回答問題。

5. Why are many kids so busy?

   I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 1 but a failure (失敗者) .”

   After five years of poor jobs,I fell in 2 with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me , “You’ve 3 in everything you’ve ever done. You can't give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something 4 about my life,because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was 5 .

   So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I 6 during the day in a high school and went to evening classes at college. Later,I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time,I was offered a part-time job as a 7 at LeedvS University. I began to feel 8 of myself—here was once a poor boy who'd left school early,now teaching at the university. My writing career (生涯) 9 when I discovered my own style.

   Now I'm rich and 10 ,have been on TV,and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said ,“I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1. A. anything   B. something   C. everything   D. nothing

2. A. work   B. love   C. help   D. study

3. A. failed   B. won   C. beaten   D. succeeded

4. A. difficult   B. easy   C. negative   D. positive

5. A. terrible   B. excellent   C. wrong   D. right

6. A. stayed   B. taught   C. lived   D. studied

7. A. boss   B. scientist   C. teacher   D. student

8. A. proud   B. sad   C. tired   D. happy

9. A. set off   B. went off   C. broke off   D. took off

10. A. cool   B. famous   C. clever   D. helpful

10. —Why not see a film tonight?

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   A. Thank you!

   B. That's a good idea!

   C. It’s very kind of you.

   D. You are right.

9. Everybody in our class thinks he is easy to.

   A. get up   B. get on with

   C. come on   D. catch up with

8. Don’t compare them each other. They are different in fact.

   A. for   B. with   C. in   D. as

7. I stayed at home going shopping with my mom.

   A. instead   B. instead of

   C. rather   D. would rather