What can help you make a fortune in the future? Graduating from a top university might not be enough. A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school, the more money you’ll earn later.
The idea that popularity could have a serious impact on one’s earning potential shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life, social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work.
“If a person has lots of friends, it means that he or she has the ability to get along with others in all kinds of different situations,” said Xu Yanchun, 17, from Nantou High School in Shenzhen, who totally agreed with the recent finding. “Also, friends always help each other. They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you occasionally feel depressed,” said Xu. She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary”.
Maybe that’s why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendalholism(交友狂症). A woman even complained that the networking website Facebook’s 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts.
But what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency?
“Call me uncool, but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing. It seems, however, that this is no longer the definition of ‘friend’,” said Meghan Daum, who works with the Los Angeles Times in the US.
1.The new study from the University of Essex in Britain shows that _______.
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A．if you have more friends you will not live happily |
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B．the more friends you have in school, the more money you’ll earn in your late life |
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C．the less friends you have, the poor lives you will live |
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D．friends can make more money for you |
2.According to Xu Yanchun, when you have lots of friends, it means________.
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A．you have the ability to earn more money |
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B．you will not feel lonely |
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C．you are quite content with your life |
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D．you have the ability to get along with others in various situations |
3.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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A．The passage mainly tells us something about the friendship. |
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B．Friendship plays a more important part in our daily life than anything else. |
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C．Friends are currency. |
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D．Friends give you success. |
4.We can learn from the passage that _______.
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A．if you have more friends, you can make a fortune in the future |
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B．graduating from college means that you can make a fortune in the future |
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C．friends mean a form of currency |
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D．friends can make you wider social circle and make you feel better when you feel depressed |
A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was 16 at home by his father, Neil, will 17 a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18 the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student 19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.
Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the 20 . I have started the first-year books 21 and it is all right, not too 22 . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge, 23 I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me-- 24 I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing 25 with other people who go there.”
But 26 his age he will not be able to 27 many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally 28 to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out 29 . ”
Arran, 30 plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he 31 the youngest person to be 32 a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the 33 to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he 34 with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.
Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to 35 his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.
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---Is there anything else I can do for you, Jack?
--- No, thanks. I really appreciate ______ when you lent all your notes to me before the exam.
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It is uncertain ______ side effects these weight-loss drugs will bring about, although hundreds of thousands of patients have taken it.
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– Which color do you prefer, red or black?
-- Red. For red _____ a sense of energy and strength.
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B．conveys |
C．contributes |
D．concentrates |
