题目内容：

We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and all kinds of exams. Yet would it be1.(surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding2.it is in China?

In US high school, everything must3.(record) into your studying document, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing4.(turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps completely different from5.we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to6.(they) academic performance in order that they can get into a distinguished university.

Like university students, US high school students have the7.(free) to choose the courses that most interest them. Even a ninth-grader can sit 8. the same classroom as 12th-graders. But this also 9. (mean) he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her10.(different).