We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and all kinds of exams. Yet would it be____(surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding as it is in China?

    In US high school, everything____(record) into your studying document, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing____(turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps contrary to____we used to think of the US high school students, they pay more attention to their____(academy) performance to try to get into a distinguished university.____, they'll be disappointed after graduation from high school.

    Like university students, US high school students have the____(free) to choose the courses that most interest____(they). Even a ninth grader can sit____the same classroom as twelfth graders. But this also means he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her differently just because he or she is a few years____(young).

选择关联词填空，然后用选一组关联词造句。

假若……就……         因为……所以……         既……又……

虽然……但是……       不仅……而且……      不是……而是……

①____你一直和时间比赛，你____可以成功。

②小华____努力学习，____成绩好。

③____我知道人永远跑不过时间，____可以比原来跑快一步。

④树木____可以美化环境，____为人们做房子提供材料。

⑥跑步____能锻炼身体，____能培养人的耐力。

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（江苏文明网）9月份以来，东台三位驴友（指参加自助旅行、一般性探险等的爱好者）勇救被困深山10天的陌生女孩的事迹从陕西一路传回江苏，并通过网络在全国网友中传颂。在11月30日公布的“中国好人榜”中，常勇、何明、崔蓉蓉这三位70后青年，成为11月份的“见义勇为好人”。
9月14日，三人所在的“腾龙户外团队”一行五人在鳌太线上行进，他们遇见了被困深山长达五天之久的北京女孩果果。在腾龙团队已有人产生严重高原反应、果果身体不适的情况下，常勇、何明、崔蓉蓉三人毅然决定将果果带出鳌太线。在4天的艰难跋涉之后，他们终于带着果果走出深山。面对陕西电视台的跟踪报道，面对果果的衷心感谢，面对网友们的热情赞誉，他们却说，谁遇到这事都会这么做，我们真的只是做了力所能及的事。