Have you ever picked strawberries yourself? The sweet fruit looks nice, but light pressure can make them out of shape, so you have to be very 1. when picking them. Nowadays, there are many young people who are just like strawberries. They 2. (easy) break down when they face difficulties. There is a name for them--- strawberry kids.
3. are many children so easy to break down? Because many students are the only child in their daily life. Their 4. [ˈpeərənts] do almost everything for them in their life. They 5. ever get criticized(批评) at home and always feel good about themselves. If these students are criticized strictly by teachers, they will feel upset and begin to doubt their own 6. (ability). Many schools care more about students' grade instead of 7. (develop) their personality. As a result, students get satisfying grades while they are not mentally strong enough.
Young people should learn how to make 8. [ðəmˈselvz] mentally strong. An expert said, whenever you are in trouble, don't ask for help too quickly. You should try to deal with problem 9. (one) by yourself.
Growing up is not just a happy process. 10. [peɪnz] also go along. The most important thing is to face them bravely and learn from mistakes.
1.father, twice
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3.necessary, library
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1.你想知道对方最喜欢的学科，你会怎么问:
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2.你想去医院看病，但是不知道路怎么走，你会如何询问警察:
Excuse me, ___________________________________________________?
3.临近中考，老师想知道你晚上通常几点睡觉，他会这么问:
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4.朋友想知道厦门的天气怎么样，他会如何问你:
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5.你打电话要找Tom，你会怎么问:
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Learn to Refuse
Believe it or not, I’ve always been a people pleaser. I often put others before myself because I want to make my friends happy. 1..
“Can you help me with English practice?” Grace asked me on the first day after she became my desk mate. “Of course.” I replied without hesitation (犹豫). Grace has been working really hard on her studies and needed my help – although I didn’t have much time left for her.
One day after school, while I was doing a huge amount of homework. Grace’s phone call came. She complained a lot and it made me feel bored, but I still felt bad about saying no. When Grace ended the call, the clock said it was 00:15 a.m. 2.. This was bad for a Junior 3 student who is going to take an important exam this June. Finally I burst into tears. I felt so tired and realized that the stress had an effect on my health. I tried to get myself out.
3., so Grace has to come the second. It’s now important for me to say no,no,no.
“Can you do me a favor?” Grace asked. “Sorry….I just have to review my biology notes,” I answered. “All right, it’s up to you,” she said. 4.. Anyway, it’s not so hard to say no at all.
To be honest, I have felt much happier since learning to refuse. I have more time to spend on my study at present.
5., but sometimes I say no because I know everyone has a limit.
Your brain controls everything you do. It makes it possible for you to think, learn, create and feel; to blink(眨眼) and breathe and for your heart to heat –this fantastic control center is your brain. It is so amazing that a famous scientist once called it “the most complex(复杂) thing we have yet discovered in our universe”.
Can this small grey organ(器官), which weighs less than one and a half kilos, really do so much? Amazingly, your brain contains about 100 billion neurons(神经元) -it would take you over 3 ,000 years to count them all. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the world. And although one neuron creates only a little electricity, all your neurons together can produce enough electricity to power a light bulb (灯泡).
So exactly how fast does your brain work? Well, imagine this: a bee lands on your foot. Neurons in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses other neurons to send the message back to your foot to shake the bee off quickly. These neurons can send this information at more than 320 kilometers per hour. No computer has your brain's unbelievable ability to deal with the amount of information coming from your eyes, ears and other sensory organs.
But how does your brain allow you to learn things that you will use in the future? The structure (结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or learn something. For example, riding a bike seems impossible at first, but soon you are able to do it. How? As you practice, your brain sends "bike riding" messages again and again Soon, the actions are learnt and you are able to ride a bike easily from then on.
1.From the passage we know that neurons___________.
A. receive messages very slowly B. are only found in your skin
C. send messages to your brain D. need electricity to work
2.In Paragraph 3, the writer mentions computers to ___________ .
A. compare them with the human brain
B. show how fast they have become
C. say that computers have no abilities
D. ask people to use computers more
3.When you have a new thought, ___________ .
A. your brain will power a light bulb B. your heart beats faster
C. you remember something D. the structure of your brain changes
4.Which of the statements about the brain is TRUE?
A. The speed of the neurons in the brain can be up to 320 kilometers per minute.
B. The electricity produced by the neurons can hardly power a light bulb.
C. We learn a new skill by sending the messages again and again through the brain.
D. After receiving the information, the brain send the same neurons back to your foot.
5.The article is mainly about ___________.
A. all the steps when your brain learns things
B. what an unbelievable organ the human brain is
C. how the brain makes people smarter than computers
D. the things you can do to make your brain work faster
Many people thought that the USA former president Calvin Coolidge always lived in the White House. However, he sometimes lived in the nearby Willard Hotel.
Once, in the middle of a night, the president woke up to see a thief searching his clothes. Coolidge calmly spoke up from the darkness, "I wish you wouldn't take that watch."
"Why?" asked the shocked man.
Coolidge answered, "Take it near the window and read what is engraved(雕刻) on the back of it."
The man read, "Presented to Calvin Coolidge, Speaker of the House, by the Massachusetts General Court." He was very surprised!
"Are you President Coolidge?" he asked. He had never thought he would find the president sleeping in a hotel!
"Yes, I am," Coolidge said. Then he asked, "Why are you doing this?"
The young man explained that he and two friends travelled to Washington D.C. during their college vacation. They spent all of their money and had no money to pay the hotel bill and buy the train tickets back to school.
Coolidge added up the cost. It came to $ 32. That may not sound like much now, but it was a big number then. "I'll give you the $ 32 as a loan(借款) ," the president said, "and I expect you to pay me hack."
The young man thanked him. Coolidge left him with this warning: "You are a nice boy. You are better than you are acting. You are starting down the wrong road. Just remember who you are."
It wasn't until after the death of Mr Coolidge that this story was allowed to come out. It was first published in the newspaper Los Angeles Times. And the most interesting of all is that the president's notes show that the young man was indeed better than he was acting. He repaid the $ 32 loan in full.
1.How did the young man get to know the president?
A. By looking at the back of the watch.
B. By looking at the loan.
C. The boss of the hotel told the young man about it.
D. The president's wife told the young man about it.
2.How did the young man travel to Washington D.C.with his friends?
A. By air. B. By bus. C. By train. D. On foot.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The young man's family was always poor.
B. The hotel cost was rather cheap at that time.
C. The young man never got in touch with the president again.
D. The young man learned a lesson from his experience with the president.
4.How did people first get to know the story?
A. From the president himself. B. From a newspaper.
C. From the young man's notes. D. From the young man himself.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Money can be given up when necessary.
B. People should be forgiven(原谅) for their mistakes.
C. Everyone can become better after an unusual experience.
D. An act of kindness may change a person's life.
