Unit 4 Global warming reading课时作业

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　　Many adults see teens as energetic. Many of us see ourselves as proud. This thinking __1__ many adults and us to have the idea that if we can't handle school or __2__ life well，we are just not trying hard.

　　But in my opinion that may not be __3__．

　　Earlier this school year，I was leaving my class one Friday __4__ suddenly it __5__ like I had pulled a muscle in my back. I knew I was ill.

　　After a few days I stopped eating. This meant I lost __6__； the clothes that I bought two weeks earlier began __7__ loose. This time my parents got scared. __8__，I started sleeping less. My eyelids(眼皮)were constantly __9__．

　　I refused to __10__ that I was ill. I kept my job working 25 hours a week in a shop；I didn't __11__ any classes. When I was hurting，I didn't mind and kept on going. __12__ it kills you，it makes you stronger，right?

　　But now I find myself thinking. Is it __13__ it? I'm taking the classes and working for the newspaper because it does good __14__ college applications. And I'm working 25 hours a week so that，once I get into my dream school，I can __15__ it.

Here I am，already sick from the __16__ of work I'm doing in and out of school. So，what good is a(n) __17__ application if I'm badly ill？What is the __18__ of doing this work if I can't enjoy the results?