Onmyfirstdayofhighschool，Iaskedaneleventh-graderwheremyclasswas．Andhetoldmeitwas"onthefourthfloor，nexttothepool．"Ifoundoutfiveminuteslaterthatwedon'tevenhaveafourthfloorandthere'snopooleither!Besidesthat，Ididn'thaveanytroublewiththeolderkid．

Ithinkthebiggestdifferencebetweenmiddleandhighschoolisthehomeworkload（工作量）andsizeoftheschool．Iwentfrommaybefifteenminutesofhomeworkanighttoseveralhours，soIhadtolearnhowtomakefulluseoftime!Ourclasssizeisaround550，butjoininginclubs，sports，music，andotheractivitiesatschoolmakesiteasiertogettoknowpeopleineverygrade．

ThebestadviceIcangiveabouttheyearsyouspendinhighschoolistolearnthingsforyourself，notjusttogetagoodgrade．TherehavebeensomanyteststhatI'vepreparedforthenightbefore，gottenanA，andnotrememberedanythinglater．I'vechangedthatthisyear，andIenjoyschoolsomuchmore．Don'ttakeeasyclassesjusttohaveasimpleyear．Ifyouhaveachoicebetweenchemistryandsports，thefirstwillprovetobealotmoreuseful!

Whiledrinkingandsmokingmightbepresentinsomemiddleschools，they'realsoaroundinhighschool．Ihavealotoffriendswhopromisedthey'dneverdrinkorsmoke，butarenowpartyingeveryweekend．Ifyouhave"fun"andspendyournightswastedinsteadofstudying，youwillregretitwhenyou'reapplyingfor（申请）college．The"friends"whosayyou'realoserfornotpartyingarereallynotyourfriendsatall．It'shardtoseeyourclosestfriendsgrowapartandgoindifferentdirections，butdon'tfollowtheirfootsteps．Createyourownpathinlifeandmakeyourowndecisions．

33．Whathappenedtotheauthoronhisfirstdayofhighschool？___

A．Hehadafightwithaneleventh-grader．

B．Hefellintoapoolonthefourthfloor．

C．Hewasfiveminuteslateforclass．

D．Hewasfooledbyaschoolboy．

34．Theauthoradviseshighschoolstudentsto___．

A．chooseusefulclasses

B．giveupsports

C．trytheirbesttogetgoodgrades

D．getreadyforteststhenightbefore

35．Thelastparagraphmainlytellsus___．

A．nottoloseourselvesinhighschool

B．