When I look at myself in the mirror, I see a person that has not only changed physically, but mentally as well. In the three years of high school, my second year was the most ____ one because I had to do what most teenagers would never want to do.
It all ____ in the middle of my second year in high school. One day, my dad asked me if I had ever ____ going to Holy Family Catholic High School which was good at preparing students for ____ . After many nights of careful thinking, I ____ to go to Holy Family, Transferring schools in the ____ of high school was the hardest thing for me to do, ____ , it was the best decision I could have ever made.
I was one of the ____ people at my school who had had to ____ transferring to a new high school as a junior. On my ____ day of school at Holy Family, I didn’t know what to expect. My ____ kept thinking about finding all my classes, making new friends, and wondering if people would like me. To be honest, I hated uncomfortable situations, and ____ I would just sit there and be quiet. But this time was ____ for me, I thought that now that I was in a place where no one ____ me, I could be whoever I wanted to be. I decided to ____ the schools’ soccer and track teams to try to meet more people.
The experience of transferring shoos has ____ affected my life in a dramatic way. It has shaped me into a more outgoing person and a harder worker, ____ me to achieve more than I could have imagined. The ____ I have gained by attending Holy Family will ____ me throughout my life. I will have to use these skills in the next couple of years while I try to further my ____ by going to college.
1.A. available B. important C. difficult D. interesting
2.A. ended B. began C. stopped D. lasted
3.A. learned from B. thought of C. given up D. turned down
4.A. career B. holiday C. college D. choice
5.A. advised B. pretended C. refused D. decided
6.A. case B. name C. future D. middle
7.A. thus B. otherwise C. however D. besides
8.A. successful B. wise C. careful D. few
9.A. experience B. enjoy C. avoid D. admit
10.A. first B. precious C. usual D. exceptional
11.A. classmates B. mind C. teachers D. emption
12.A. finally B. fortunately C. suddenly D. typically
13.A. different B. common C. tough D. occasional
14.A. changed B. accepted C. knew D. introduce
15.A. join B. leave C. ignore D. appreciate
16.A. invisibly B. originally C. expectedly D. positively
17.A. begging B. pushing C. inviting D. forbidding
18.A. honors B. skills C. chances D. connections
19.A. benefit B. judge C. challenge D. impress
20.A. test B. design C. education D. information
Everyone knows the basics of looking for a job, but only about 20%g of job applications can be successful Employers know what they need and personalities that fit the position will get the job. Use this chart to match your personality with potential jobs.
Personality: social butterfly
Potential Jobs: retailer, restaurant host or hostess, coffee shop staff, tour guide, receptionist.
Comments:
●Retailers base their weekly labor budget on sales from the week before.
●1. .
●Receptionists at health clubs and resorts are usually part time. These jobs also allow studying during downtime.
●Personality: love children
Potential Jobs: daycare teacher, summer camp counselor, nanny.
Comments:
●Aside from daycare, try any business with a nursery, children’s department, or places children would love to have a birthday party.
●Recreation centers love summer help.
●Experienced nannies may earn a living while in college. 2. .
Personality: great students
Potential Jobs: tutor, community college librarian, cafe staff.
Comments:
●3. . Teens may also check community centers, library bulletin boards and ask guidance counselors.
●Community college openings are open to everyone, and teens will love the environment.
4.
Potential Jobs: lifeguard, summer camp counselor, swim coach, children’s sport coach.
Comments:
●Lifeguards must he certified.
●If you’re good with kids, recreation renters love summer help.
·They also may hire good athletes as teachers.
Whatever job you decide to take, remember you are a student first, 5. , however, what you do with your study stays with you forever. By all means work, but work responsibly.
A. Jobs come and go
B. Personality: readers
C. Personality: athletes
D. Some even get rooms and meals
E. Restaurant servers must be over 18 years old
F. Many tutoring firms hire exceptional students
G. This provides insight into the industry opportunities
Have you ever heard of the phrase “we just can’t communicate”? Most people communicate with the ability to read or write well. This might not be the case as you will soon find out.
How many times have you been to the doctor’s office and listened to an educated professional explain something to you that is just unintelligible. These people keep asking you, “Do you understand?” and sometimes out of embarrassment because you don’t want to look like stupid, you tell them. “Yes, I do understand.” This isn’t a good way to communicate, either.
How do we communicate in a positive way to get our points across? Ask the persons you are communicating with if they understand what you just said. In another case, if someone is talking to you, use the statement, “Just to make sure that I understand what you just said” and then repeat back your understanding of their conversation. Sometimes just asking a few simple questions and clarifying your understanding can bring great benefits to any communication.
In some countries like Japan, you might find them reading your body language more than the words you are communicating with. Sometimes just by the way someone stands or reacts to something you said, you can get a valuable insight to what the other person means in this conversation. Don’t forget, however, this could also lead to a misunderstanding. Again if you think someone is communicating with their body language, try not to assume that you know exactly what message they are trying to get across. Always ask them if they understand what you are talking about.
A person is responsible for what he says and to make sure that the other person completely understands the point he is trying to get across. Why not start using some of the simple skills in this article to help with your communication skill? You will start to see the benefits within a short period of time.
1.What does the underlined word “unintelligible” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Hard to speak. B. Impossible to notice.
C. Improper to repeat. D. Difficult to understand.
2.What does people intend to do when they repeat your conversation?
A. Learn the way that you speak.
B. Check the meaning of the conversation.
C. Express the new message to each other.
D. Try to remember the content of the conversation.
3.What does the author think of communicating with body language?
A. It can help us understand others’ words.
B. It can give us more comments about others.
C. It can express our ideas accurately.
D. It can teach us how to react to others’ words.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. Communication and Body Language
B. How to Express Yourself Positively
C. Simple Good Communication Skills
D. Communication and Misunderstanding
Exercise is known to benefit people’s mental health, but scientists recently discovered that too much exercise may have a negative effect on it.
The researchers studied about 1.2 million people in the United States in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The participants, on average, experienced 3, 4 days of poor mental health each month. Those who did exercise experienced 1, 5 fewer days of poor mental health per month, compared to those who didn’t exercise at all. The team found that people who exercised for 30 to 60 minutes three to five times a week had the best mental health, but those who exercised for more than three hours had worse mental health than those who didn’t exercise at all.
The scientists think that people who exercise so much may experience poorer mental health because that much exercise can be a sign of obsessive (强迫症患者) behaviors that have been associated with poor emotional and psychological outcomes. However, the only mental health disorder that the researchers looked at was depression.
Among those who had been diagnosed with depression, people who did exercise experienced 3.75 fewer negative mental health days than those who did not, showing an ever greater difference, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 7, 6 percent of people in the U.S. age 12 and over have depression. While all types of exercise appeared to help with mental health, cycling, gym-based exercise and team sports were the most beneficial.
The team also looked at more specific factors, like education. People with a college education reported 17.8 percent fewer days of poor mental health than those without that level education Additionally, people in a healthy BMI (体重指数) range reported a 4 percent reduction in poor mental health days thin those whose BMIs were high. Even salary was a factor: compared to people with bower salaries, those with higher salaries experienced a 17 percent reduction in poor mental health days.
The study showed that exercise can help with mental health, but that in some cases, limiting it may be necessary.
1.What did the study find?
A. People should do exercise three to five times a month.
B. Too much exercise may affect people’s mental health.
C. The more exercise people do, the healthier body they have.
D. People who do exercise have problems in mental health.
2.Which of the following sports benefits people s mental health most according to the text?
A. Skiing. B. Football.
C. Mountain climbing. D. Motorcycle racing.
3.How many factors that affect mental health are mentioned in the text?
A. Two. B. Three.
C. Five. D. Four.
4.What can we infer from the text?
A. We must reduce our time of doing regular exercise.
B. Most American children have mental health problems.
C. Doing exercise reasonably is beneficial to relieving depression.
D. The men who don’t do exercise have the worst mental health.
Two years ago, something happened that changed the way I look at the world. On my birthday, my grandfather, walking home with his hands full of groceries, fell and hit his head on the sidewalk. Just as we were leaving to meet him for dinner, we got the call that he was in the hospital. At first, I thought nothing of it, but when I heard the whole story, I couldn’t believe it. He hit his head so hard that he had a blood clot in his brain and it had to be operated on immediately, Everyone thought he would die.
Although my grandfather survived emergency brain surgery, he had complications (后遗症). He could hardly talk and he couldn’t walk. Shortly after, he was admitted to a nursing home. Today, he lives at home with my grandmother and is doing much better, but this isn’t about him. It’s about what I saw at that nursing home.
I saw something that many people haven’t seen, and some do often choose to ignore it, I saw more sadness in those days visiting the nursing home than I thought. In that one place were hundreds of old people who were alone and forgotten.
So what as to be done with the situation of the old? This is not an easy question, but something must be done. Perhaps groups in the community could assign each member to one nursing home patient with whom they could keep in regular contact. Maybe a school could focus on a nursing home and send cards, pictures and letters to residents. If periodic visits were arranged, I’m sure that for some, if not many, those students would be the only visitors they had all month. These are just a few ideas; we all need to work together.
I hope everyone to tour a local nursing home I further expect you to do something about it. You’ll brighten someone’s day, or maybe even his or her life.
1.Why was the author’s grandfather sent to a nursing home?
A. Because of the nursing home’s good atmosphere.
B. Because of the grandfather’s bad physical condition.
C. Because family members wanted him to live outside.
D. Because there were many old people at the nursing home.
2.What did the author think of the old people at the nursing home?
A. They deserved sympathy.
B. They were poor but kind.
C. They always forgot something
D. They needed to care for students.
3.What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?
A. The author’s ways to look after old people in the community.
B. The author’s ideas of helping old people at the nursing home.
C. The author’s opinions about how to visit old people regularly.
D. The author’s reasons for sending old people to the nursing home.
4.What’s the author’s wish according to the text?
A. Old people can live longer and have a happy family.
B. People can help old people when they fall down on the street.
C. People can pay attention to the old people at nursing homes.
D. Government should ask students to visit old people at the nursing home.
Student travel promises to be an enjoyable trip. Not only can students visit several places, they also can learn so much on every trip. For first-time travelers, here are some historical destinations for students to travel.
Athens
It was the center of knowledge, government and system in the ancient world, and every student would be amazed at how this ancient city grew and evolved. Students can visit Acropolis, Agora, Library of Hadrian, Kerameikos, Olympieion & Southeast Athens. Pnyx, Roman Agora & Tower of the Winds, Arch of Hadrian, City Eleusinian and other ancient sites in this, ancient city of Athens.
Egypt
Egypt features 3,000 years old city on the banks of River Nile. Moving your way south from Cairo, the nation’s capital, you can stop at Giza where the famous Great Pyramid stands. It was built by Pharaoh Khufu in 2550 BC. Further south, Saqqara is home to the Step Pyramid of Djoser built in 2630 BC. In Dahshur, the Bent and the Red Pyramids are located. And down south at Maidum, the Maidum Pyramid can be found.
Rome
See ancient Rome still shine with evidences of Raman structure and architectures built more than 2,000 years ago Rome presents the living timeline from the Roman Empire to the shift of the Middle Ages, to the dawn of the Romantic period and Enlightenment (启蒙运动). Rome preserves its temples, churches, arts, and priceless paintings and murals.
Peru
As the center of the Inca civilization, Peru is a great destination for students travel for discovery of South American history. The 500-year old Inca traces could be relived in the Inca Trail that is both exciting and educational. Walk to the Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman, Machu Picchu, and Pisac to have a visit.
1.What are the four destinations famous for?
A. Various arts. B. Traditional custom.
C. Important location. D. Ancient civilization.
2.In which place can you visit the Great Pyramid?
A. Cairo. B. Dahshur.
C. Giza. D. Saqqara.
3.From which is the text probably taken?
A. A student diary. B. A travel brochure.
C. A research paper. D. A sports magazine.
