请阅读下面短文，掌握其意思，然后从方框中所给方的词中选出最恰当的10个，用适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共10分）

In America, science is a very important class. In middle school we were ____  how to solve problems by thinking like a ____ . We had to think of a question, guess an answer, and ____  a way to test our guess. There were lots of experiments and other activities. I remember studying how science can explain things like light and electricity.
Our English class is very different from ____  in China, more like Chinese class I think! We read lots of books and talked about them, ____  we could understand what we read better. We learned how to know what information is important when we read and what ____  so important. In my class we all gave six ____  to the class during the year. We had to talk in front of the class for six ____ ten minutes!
We also have health classes. In this class, we learned about our bodies and how to take care of ____  by doing things like eating healthy foods, and not doing ____  things like smoking or drugs (毒品). We cooked a little bit, but I was not very good at it!