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I felt (5) from my college friends because they knew nothing about my previous life After a year and a half at college I am still struggling with the sensation of double (6) and double worlds which leaves me feeling uprooted. As college students, we bounce back and forth between home and school. We have to realize that there is only one constant in our lives, and that is our selves. College is the time when our identities become more (7) and when we are free enough to not completely belong to anything or anyone or any place - we just belong to ourselves and the blossoming independence of our identities.

Language is like the air we breathe. It is (3)and we often take it for granted. But a close examination of the English language has led to some interesting findings about its crazy usages, For example, people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway. If we (4) paradoxes, we find that nightmare can take place in daylight while (5) can take place at night; quicksand works slowly, and boxing rings are square. The list can go on and on.

In fact, all languages are a little crazy in one way or another. Walt Whitman might say that languages (6)  themselves because language is the (7) invention of human beings.

gift is not always expected. You may bring a dish if it's a potluck. Wear comfortable and (2) clothes for informal dinners, and try to arrive on time. In case of lateness, remember to (3) your host of the delay. Also, (4) the host on the wondertul meal or eat lots of food

A few of the other rules include: Don't get past the living room unless it is a housewarming party or the host offers you a guided tour around their house;

don't stay too long and wear out your (5) , don’t drop by (6)unless you are very close friends of the host; don't mess up your living area if you stay as a house guest. Obeying these rules may help you avoid becoming a(n) (7) on the host.

Hospitable Americans may even invite you back if they think you are a pleasant guest.

(1)information over the Internet. Few people could have imagined the changes this easy (2)to the Inter

net would bring about. Thanks to the invention of the In ternet, information and communication goes global. For example, social networking platforms connect people al I over the world. It is (3) that about two billion peopl e are using Facebook and one billion people are using WeChat. Besides, Twitter and Weibo have changed the way to share or obtain information. They allow people t o post their ideas, upload videos and pictures online. T he biggest (4)

_made possible by the Internet is e-co

mmerce. Now, people can shop 247 without stepping f oot out of the door. The (5)of smartphones also pro

motes changes in the methods of retail (6)

and onlin

e banking. Now, it is safe to say a world of information and communication possibilities is at our (7)

come out smoothly. On the contrary, the production team met with big difficulties in its(4)

. Though there was a lot of good

material, the team at first didn't find the movie's(5) The movie's song "Let It Go," by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez, turned out to be a turning point. Another headache facing the team was how to end the movie. While all the members of the team had their own ideas, Frozen could have only one (6). The problem lay, again, in the core of the movie.

After discussion, Jennifer Lee decided that the core of the movie is about love and fear: Anna is all about love, and Elsa is all about fear. This (7)the problem and set the tune of the movie: Love is stronger than fear.

J. K. Rowling suffered countless (5) before the

Harry Potter series got published and became popular all over the world. Even the tech genius Steve Jobs wa

s once fired from Apple. But it helped him enter one of t he most creative periods of his life. These successful people had one thing in common: They all rebounded fro m failure and (6) greater success. The stories tell us that though (7)from failure can be difficult, failure can teach us important things and can be of gr eat help to us in the future.