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1、The Force of Habits Habits,whether good or bad,are gradually formed.The more we do a thing,the more we tend to like doing it;and if we do not continue to do it,we feel uncomfortable.This is called the force of habits,and the force of habits should be fought against.This applies even to such good thi

2、ngs as work or rest.Some people form a bad habit of working too much,and others of idling too much.Bad habits,once formed,are difficult to get rid of.The wise man always remembers to check any bad habit.He warns himself“I am now becoming idle”or“I like too many sweets”or“I smoke too much”.And then a

3、dds,“I will get myself out of this bad habit at once.”The Way to Achieve Success Many people say that they owe much of it to the cultivation of certain good habits in early life.In forming good habits,I think we should pay attention to four things,that is honesty,industry,enthusiasm and thrift.“Hone

4、sty is the best policy.”This is a proverb to which we must pay attention.There are so many temptations in society that through a little carelessness we may go astray.But when we are honest,people will not be dishonest to us.Industry gives every man and woman,every boy and girl,proper work to do.To d

5、o nothing is going to ruin oneself.Enthusiasm is a great force.Ones soul will expand if one devotes oneself to a noble cause.The difficulties in our way are tremendous,but what can we not accomplish,if with enthusiasm There are many proverbs,which set forth the advantages of thrift.Since we live in

6、the world in which money is a very powerful thing,we should always try to save a portion of our earnings for future use.These are the four things to which we must pay attention.It is only by this way that we can achieve success.TV-A Blessing or a Curse As TV enters more and more families,people begi

7、n to wonder about its advantages and disadvantages.Some believe it is a blessing,others hold that it is a curse to society.TV,as a mass media,can bring to people new information on economies,culture,arts,and many other fields.People can enjoy their favorite programs at home.In some countries,some TV

8、 stations provide such programs as looking for dangerous criminals and lost children,helping to find an ideal lover,and others which are quite beneficial to society,some TV stations provide various useful seminars for people of various ages and social status.But on the other hand,TV may exert bad in

9、fluence on people.Some programs are full of violence.As a result,people,especially juveniles,are led to commit crimes.An increasing number of people are so indulged in TV programs that some even neglect their duties.In my opinion,the attitude towards TV all depends on oneself.People should choose th

10、ose programs,which are useful,and can bring to them the sense of beauty.On Test and Test Taking The purpose of a test is to check how much we students have learned about a subject.It not only helps make our newly acquired knowledge permanent,but also enables us to find out what needs to spend more t

11、ime improving.But some students do not deal with test correctly.Some of them are afraid of failing in a test.They cheat even at the risk of being caught on exams.Though cheating might give one“better grades”,it adds nothing to ones knowledge.This dishonest behavior will do one more harm than good.I

12、think that we go to college in order to have our further studies,and prepare us to be qualified for the future job.Therefore,we should take a correct attitude towards test.As long as we study diligently and review our lessons regularly,we are sure to be used to serve its real purpose.The Dictionary

13、The dictionary is a living teacher.Whenever you come across a new word,just consult it and you will get a clear definition.Every student,whether attending school or self-taught,should always have a dictionary at hand.As a study aid,it is convenient,inexpensive and almost omniscient(all-knowing).Lang

14、uage skills will develop with your constant use of various dictionaries.The more you use them,the more familiar you will become with them.Sooner or later,you will be quite skilled in finding the page,scanning the entries and locating the exact meanings of the new words.But you should have one thing

15、in mind.As a language student,you can never become too much attached to dictionaries;basic language skills do not come from dictionaries,but from your practice.Expose yourself to the language by listening,speaking,reading and writing more,and that is the only way to the mastery of a language.On Lear

16、ning Learning is ones own business,which cannot rely on others.As we know,learning is a process of accumulating knowledge.It is ones life-long task,which cannot be accomplished in one move.A successful learner is an independent one who has both an indomitable(unyielding)will and amazing endurance.He

17、 will try to discover his own way of learning.Instead of waiting for the teachers help,he will make efforts to create favorable conditions on his own initiative.It will certainly be of great help,if there is good environment,sufficient books and equipment,as well as instructions from teacher and ben

18、eficial friends.But even if one has got all these favorable conditions,one cannot be sure to succeed in learning.So the most important factor in learning consists in ones own effort.To learn is rather a painstaking and persevering business.Many a man is a failure because he cannot bear such indispen

19、sable hardships.Unremitting(never stopping)efforts can compensate for the lack of talents and thus enable one to get considerable progress in learning.Is Failure a Bad Thing Failure is a common occurrence(happening)in our daily life.Whatever we do,there are always two possible results:success or fai

20、lure.Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries,sometimes failure cant be avoided.Different people hold different attitudes towards failure.When faced with it,some can stand up to it,draw a useful lesson from it and try their best to fulfill what they are determined to do.Others,however,los

21、e heart and give in.They do nothing but complain about themselves and objective conditions.As a popular saying goes,“Failure teaches success.”In my opinion,what really counts is not the failure itself,but the proper attitude we should take after it.I trust that as long as we keep to what is right an

22、d correct what is wrong,that is to say,learn a lesson from failure,we will be certain to succeed.So I am of the opinion that failure is not a bad thing.Recreation It is impossible to keep in good health unless we take sufficient(enough)recreation.The mind,too,requires change to make it acute(sharp)a

23、nd vigorous.There is much truth in the old saying,“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”There are many games for people to indulge(enjoy)after their work of study.Among them are football,tennis,and kite-flying.Other forms of recreation are boating,fishing,gardening,cycling,walking,chess-playi

24、ng,and reading.Those who spend most of their time in the open air and have constant muscular employment,should adopt reading or some other quiet forms of recreation.Persons who sit much at their business should take a kind of recreation that will supply their muscles with exercise.Recreation provide

25、s people with the kind of rest and relaxation.It makes people feel happy,energetic and confident,meanwhile it prepares people to do much better than ever in their daily work.On Todays Education I think one of the main problems with todays education is that too much emphasis is placed on test score.I

26、t has become the most important criterion(standard)for college enrollment.A student,however creative and intelligent,will not be admitted into a college for his total scores are just one point less than required.It is also on of the crucial(decisive)factors either in job assignment or in employment

27、competitions.The competition for high scores among students becomes intense.Students find themselves concentrating more on strategies to achieve high scores than on acquiring the knowledge.They will play truant(stay away from)of some subsidiary(less important)courses and skip over the substance,whic

28、h will not be tested on.Teachers are apt to give their students high scores.As their job is judged mainly by the students performance in terms of scores,some teachers tend to set easy papers to test their students on or narrow down the scope of the exam,even give them the hints to exams,or favor the

29、ir students with higher scores.As a result,the competition for high scores becomes so intense that it actually affects our education results.Weekend Weekends are important.They provide people with the kind of rest and relaxation that are essential to a happy and healthy life.Im one of those who know

30、 how to enjoy their leisure on the weekend.A good sleep at Saturday night usually helps me to recover from the hard labor of the week.A delight Sunday trip to the suburbs makes me fresh and free from any tension.If I stay at home,I usually do some light reading or practice Chinese calligraphy-a trad

31、itional writing skill which has an extraordinary calming effect.Sometimes mother invites me to help her cook and I am always happy to accept her good rest on the weekend always makes me feel happy,energetic,confident and ready to all the hard work ahead of me.You cannot work happily and efficiently

32、until you learn how to rest and relax on the weekend.My View on Job-Hopping Some people tend to stick to their positions all the time,as they think the longer one works in a particular field,the more skillful one will be at it.Some have been teachers all their lives.Some devote their life energy to

33、scientific research.Such people love their work and turn out to be specialists in their own field.They are usually high achievers.Some are different.They are in the habit of job-hopping,for they always pursue(follow)what is new and stimulating(interesting).They never seem content with their present

34、situation.Some like to meet more people,make more money and new acquaintances,so they hop from job to job.As far as I am concerned,I want to be professionally strong.I am not in favor of constant job-hopping,as the saying goes“Jack of all trades,master of none”.But I want to cooperate and communicat

35、e with someone else so as to be more creative and less partial.Attending College at Ones Own Expense Nowadays,colleges and universities tend to accept more and more candidates with a score close to the required by charging a portion of their tuition.Moreover,the percentage of the students attending

36、college this way will be increasing year by year.Owing to this practice,college candidates have much freedom in choosing the major they mostly interested in.In addition,those who did not perform well on the College Entrance Exam are able to attend college to have further studies.It is reported that

37、most of these students work harder than their classmates.Certainly this practice has some disadvantages.For example,those candidates who cannot afford the tuition might have fewer opportunities to receive higher education.In my opinion,the advantages of this practice weigh more than its disadvantage

38、s.So I am in favor of it and I believe people will be more willing to accept it as time goes by.School-aged Children Drop Out Its reported that in China about one million school-aged children drop out of school each year and 80%of the drop-outs are from the families which are too poor to keep their

39、children at school.To tackle the problem,the government has launched the Hope Project.It has helped thousands of children go back to school.But in my opinion,this is far from enough.In order to change this situation completely,the government should set aside an adequate amount of money for education

40、,especially for elementary education.And also,the government should establish laws to ensure that no children should drop out of school as elementary school education is compulsory in China,and local governments should aid the poor families so that they can send their children to school.To sum up,so

41、 long as our central and local governments and the whole society pay enough attention to this problem and take effective action,this situation will be changed.Knowledge and Power Knowledge and power are the two things most desired by man.There is close connection between these two things.The man,hav

42、ing done his best in acquiring knowledge,will easily get a high position and perform it successfully.Power depends on knowledge.Knowledge to power is just like a compass to a ship,by which her sailing is made safely across an unknown ocean.A great statesman or a learned scholar can render(give)his g

43、ood services to his country just because he has perfect and profound knowledge.Power only follows knowledge.A man cannot do anything well unless he has some information as how to do it well.A man will sometimes lose his way in a strange land;an apprentice cannot produce any delicate work.Why are the

44、se so Because they are in want of knowledge.If the apprentice wishes to produce good work,he must pay attention to his instructors advice.We are all the future masters of our country.Our country needs our services.How can we fulfill our future tasks To get more knowledge is the only answer.Breakfast

45、 We get the energy for our movements from food.Human beings are just like machines.For us to work properly,we must be well energized.The energy,of course,comes from the three meals a day,that is,breakfast,lunch and dinner.Breakfast is more important than any other meal in a day.For one thing,after a

46、 nights sleep,most of the energy stored in the human body has been consumed.Breakfast serves the purpose of replenishing(fill up again)energy,thus making us energetic again.For another,in the course of a day,morning is the period of time in which we work with most efficiency.Without breakfast,the ef

47、ficiency would be lost.Finally,the constant lack of breakfast can contribute to stomach troubles.Therefore,to keep fit,we must have breakfast every day.It can be a cup of mild with some bread,or a bowl of porridge with some steamed bread,or anything else of the similar kind.Anyway,we must eat our fi

48、ll(eat as much as we can),because a good breakfast can not only ensure our good health but also make a good beginning for a new day.Ability and Gook Looks Old people usually tell the young,“Dont judge a person by his appearance.”Meaning ability is more important than appearance.Indeed,weve seen so m

49、any brilliant but not at all good-looking people.In the film Mozart,an opera singer reiterates(repeat)this view by saying,“For a woman of taste,it is not the looks,but the talent that interests me.”For her,the preference shows ones taste.However,nowadays,with more and more interviewers putting much

50、emphasis on the looks,the appearance of the job-applicants,a lot of people come to the conclusion that appearance is more important than ability because many beautiful girls acquire very good positions although they dont have much talent.In my opinion,ability is definitely much more important than g