I was very happy that I had done well in the final exams last term. But as mid-term exams were around the corner, I started to become nervous about (A) I could make progress or not.
(C) I'm too unusual in my class.
My mother is also my history teacher and I have grown up watched by teachers of other subjects. This means I am always under a lot of pressure. I always feel that if I fall behind others, people will think badly of me. Started to force myself to stay up later and study harder than others, but soon I became tired.
Luckily, my head teacher noticed I was acting unusually. She decided to try to help me. One morning, I was reading outside the classroom. My teacher came along and said with a smile, "Peter, improving your grades by staying up late isn't a long-term way to solve problems. You have to think of other ways to improve your efficiency (效率) in short time."
I looked at (D) her and nodded.
"You are not a machine. You need rest, " she continued. "When you are studying, consider nothing but studying. But when it comes to rest, think of nothing but having a good rest! Don't pay so much attention (B) your rank in the exam, you will find that study is simple and happy; listened carefully and began to understand what she was saying. Study and rest are not like water and fire, two things that cannot be mixed. Instead, study is like reaction(反应) in chemistry and having rest is like catalyst(催化剂) that improves the reaction.
(A) ;(B)
c : the scientific study of the structure(结构) of substances(物质) and of the way that the react (反应)with other substances