Meng Meihui,14,from Dongying, Shandong, loved reading certain pieces of work. But she paid particular attention to her classmate’s every composition, just to find her faults.
“Everyone said she was better at writing than me. I didn’t believe it. I wanted to beat her,”Meng said. Meng was caught by the green-eyed monster-jealousy(嫉妒)
Jealousy is _____among students. Most people may feel a little bit unhappy when others are better than them. It’s natural. However, if students don’t change theirs mindset(思维方式)and deal with it well, jealousy can bring out many problems.
Su Lulu, 14, from Xiamen, Fujian， said those who are too jealous of others might lose _____easily.“Few people like those who always try to find faults in others,” Su said. “A popular student should be open-minded.”
Besides affecting students’ interpersonal(人际间的)relationships, jealousy may also limit students’ development.
Meng said that during that time, she paid too much attention to her competitor(竞争者)and_______to improve herself. “It was tiring and useless,” she said.
Luckily, Meng_____ realized the problem. She stopped her silly behavior and focused on her own progress.
Wang Xiao, a psychology(心理学)teacher at Huangshi Foreign Language School, Hubei, agreed with Meng’s practice. Wang said the best way to deal with jealousy is to turn it into motivation(动力)
“___those who are better than you and focus on yourself, ” Wang said. “It’s more important to improve yourself than to be better than others.”
Wang also suggested that students be confident about themselves. “Everyone has their advantages and disadvantages. Don’t _______your disadvantages with others’ advantages,” he said.

In most schools，all students must wear school uniforms when they are at school．But not every student likes the school uniform．

Li Jia，a 13-year-old girl from No．9 Middle School，said，“I don't like my school uniform at all．It is too ugly．I think young girls should wear some colorful clothes．But，I have to wear it every day．”

However，Su Yang，also a middle school student，has different opinions．He said，“I like my school uniform．It is very beautiful．It is a symbol（象征）of my school and I like my school very much．”

Mr. Chen，a teacher，told the reporter，“It’s good for the students to wear uniforms．It saves a lot of time and money．In the past，my daughter spent much time on her clothes．But now，she seldom（很少）asks me to buy clothes for her because she has to wear the school uniform．”

Do you like your school uniform? Welcome to write to us．

1．Most middle school students must wear the school uniform because ________．

A．their parents ask them to do so

B．the uniforms are beautiful

C．they don't have money to buy other clothes

D．it's the school rule

2．What do you know about Li Jia?

A．She doesn't like the uniform because it is expensive．

B．She is an ugly girl．

C．She doesn't like her school uniform at all．

D．She never wears her uniform．

3．What does Su Yang think of his school uniform?

A．He thinks it is very beautiful．                     B．He thinks it is very ugly．

C．He doesn't like it．                                      D．He likes a symbol．

4．The word “opinion” probably means ________ in Chinese．

A．校服                   B．看法                   C．情况                  D．成绩

5．From the passage，we know that ________．

A．most students like their uniforms

B．most students don't like their uniforms

C．different people have different opinions about their uniforms

D．uniforms are very popular in China

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do more work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. However, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing. The teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?
It will be decided by today's students themselves!
【小题1】Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______.