用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，（每个单词限用一次）。

       Is it good to be in the middle? Sometimes, no, like when you’re in the middle seat on a long car ride. But sometimes, ____, like when you’re in the middle of a great movie. What will happen next? Middle school is ____ bit like that.

     Middle school is called middle school ____  it’s in the middle of your school years. Elementary school is ____ you. High school and possibly college still await(等待) you. Middle school often includes sixth, seventh, and eighth ____, but you might go to middle school earlier or later, depending on how it's done in your area.

    For a kid, going to middle school is often a big change:

       ·First, it often means moving to a new ____, which takes some time to adjust(调整) to.

      ·Second, it may mean taking a different bus, with different students.

      ·Third, the friends you ____ in elementary school may end up going to different middle schools.

    All that can make you ____ a bit scared on the first day of school.

    Other things that probably will be different are the teachers and the work. Have you heard that middle school teachers are really mean and the homework is really, really ____? Oh, dear. We've heard those, too, but usually they’re not ____. Yes, you'll like some teachers better than others, but middle schools are not special for teachers!

《城南旧事》描绘了20世纪20年代北京城的社会面貌，曾被评选为亚洲周刊“二十世纪中文小说一百强”。下列情景可能出现在小说中的是（   ）

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    Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark at night. However, the electric light was not his only invention. Nearly every two weeks, he created something new.

    Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but he was mostly self-educated. He started trying out his new ideas at a very young age.

    When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience didn't end well. He was fired when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked as a telegraph operator (电报员) for five years, but he continued to spend much of his time creating things until the vote recorder (投票计数器), his first invention, came in 1868.

    Thomas Edison was nearly deaf in one ear, but he never minded. Because of this, he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to eat and sleep. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.