—No, shorter than that now, about half an hour.

—Yes, I used                 short hair.

Jack              be too busy to care about his son's study.

He was at home                     him.

Mr Smith                           a doctor.

I                    my TV programme.

I             leave my job.

A:       .

B: I don't know how to invite my friends to my home for dinner on Saturday night.

A: You can say "      ".

B: Thank you! And I received an invitation for a party and I don't want to go.       .

A: You can say "sorry" and give an excuse.

B: Can you give me an example?

A: Yes. You can say "      ".

B: OK.        By the way, would you like to come over for dinner on Saturday night?

A: Thank you. I'd love to. See you!

B: See you!

    Mary is a student in        nursing school. She is going to graduate next month. She has two job       (offer). One is in a city hospital, and the other        in a country hospital.

    The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It       (give) excellent care to its       (patient). It's in a big city, near museums, theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, $1,700 a month. But the apartment       (rent) are high.

    The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a       (generally) hospital. It takes care of all      (kind) of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers       mountains. The salary is average, $1,400a month. But the apartment rents are low.

    Mary likes the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital       choose.

    Middle school can be difficult for teenagers. They would like 1 good grades, have their own hobbies, keep cool and make friends. But it's2 for them to do all the things well at the same time. Because they have a lot to do 3 in school and after school.

    Jenny is in Grade 9. She is good at her 4and gets good grades in exams. She 5 school clothes but likes fashionable girl clothes very much. She also likes to6 pop music every day. However, she is too busy with her lessons at school. And she has too much homework to do at weekends. So she has 7 time to keep her hobbies. And she has so much heavy schoolwork that makes her feel tired and unhappy. She is worried 8herself a lot now.

    Tony is in Grade 11. He loves his school life. He did the best in his class when he was in Grade 10, but this year he 9 interested in playing football. And he plays football every day. Although he tries his best, he doesn't do 10 than last year.

    Everything can go well if you use your head. But never only think about keeping cool.