You're growing up． That means you're probably experiencing lots of changes， all at once． Your body is changing． It might even seem as if your entire self is changing． It can be confusing and even scary．1.And it's good!

Growing up means that you can do more， learn more， and start to make your mark on the world． In order for that to happen， your body produces chemicals called hormones that help both body and mind grow． Hormone levels change constantly， rising and falling．2.But it's partly to blame for intense emotions， surprising reactions， and mood swings．

Because of the way your brain develops， it is somewhat ruled by emotion now and through your teen years． As a result， growing up can seem like an emotional roller coaster!3.

◆Take care of yourself． If you eat right， sleep enough， and get good exercise， your brain will be much more able to deal with the stress．

◆4.When you feel your moods swinging or you're upset， or confused， some quiet time will allow you to gather your thoughts and get calmer．

◆Practice relaxing your body and deep breathing when you wake up and when you go to bed．5.Plus， when stuff happens during the day， you'll be able to calm yourself quickly with a deep breath or two before you react．Your body is changing．

A．Take a time-out．

B．But the truth is， it happens to every teen．

C．Work out regularly to keep physically fit．

D．This changing is needed for your body's development．

E．It will help you fall asleep-and start the morning right．

F．Here are a few things you can do to make the ride smoother．

G．Usually， these feelings settle down when you realize what is going on．

    The end of the school year is in sight - Christmas cards， candy canes and of course， end of year reports．

While most parents welcome an assessment of their kids' performance， they do not expect their own input to be evaluated． But a school in the UK is changing that． As well as assessing their students， they are dishing out grades to mums and dads． Parents that are really involved in their kids' education are rewarded with an A， and parents that haven't done their bit get a disappointing D．

The school， Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire， uses standard such as whether mums and dads have attended school events such as plays and parent teacher evenings to decide on the grade． The school's principal， Donna Chambers， said that the scheme had been well received．

"There were some critics． In spite of it， between 15 percent and 20 percent of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two per cent，" she explained．

Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement． "The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one． That one hour initial conversation saying they could improve will make a difference to the rest of that child's academic life"， she said．

But while the scheme may be well intentioned， it is likely to be connected with parent shaming． There are lots of reasons why some mums and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments， looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives．

And of course， being involved in your kid's education doesn't begin and end at school． There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered． And what about all the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute？ Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!

1.What do schools usually do at the end of the school year？ ______

A. Evaluating kids' performances．

B. Making Christmas cards．

C. Dividing candies．

D. Grading parents．

2.What does the school's principal Chambers say about the scheme？ ______

A. It uses a new way to evaluate kids．

B. It has gained much acceptance．

C. It gives parents further education．

D. It improves kids' motivation for learning．

3.What does the author think of parents being involved in kids' education？ ______

A. It adds to parents' burden．

B. It brings shame to parents．

C. It means far more than being graded．

D. It increases parents' commitment to education．

4.What is the passage mainly about？ ______

A. There is too much stress for parents about their children's academic life．

B. Parents as well as their children are on the list of the year school report．

C. Parents should be involved in children's school life．

D. Whether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets．

    At some point in life， many people suffer a mental problem． While most people get over it， for others it doesn't go away easily．

The World Health Organization （WHO） says that about 20 percent of children and teenagers across the globe suffer from mental illness． It's thought that the number of children and teenagers with mental illness around the world will increase by half by 2020． It will become one of the main causes of disease， disabilities and even death．

The reason for mental problems among young people may be the increasing pressure in life． Study and relationships have always caused huge stresses for school children． For instance， they experience school bullying（欺凌）and academic pressure．

In China， the picture isn't bright， either． About 30 million Chinese children and teenagers under the age of 17， or 10 percent of children and teenagers in China， have a mental health challenge， reported China Daily．

Also， according to China Daily， Chinese people don't seek help with their mental problems． They fear that others will think less of them if they admit that they are in trouble． Many Chinese people are ashamed of their mental problems and mental illness is taboo（禁忌）in any Chinese families．

In the UK， over three-quarters of young people believe their mental health problems have a social shame and a quarter of young UK people wouldn't ask for help if they developed a mental problem．

Young people who don't seek help for their condition may be creating problems for themselves in the future． If you feel something is wrong within you - seek help．

Feeling down？ Here are three things to try if you feel low．

●Go to a psychology teacher． The teacher will listen to you and offer help - for free!

●Call 800-800-1100． It's the number of a hotline run by the Mental Health Research and Prevention Center． The line is open 24 hours a day．

● Tell your parents and visit the hospital if the situation gets out of control．

1.According to the WHO， about ______ of children and teenagers worldwide experience mental illness．

A. 10 percent    B. one fifth

C. 30 percent    D. three quarters

2.Chinese people don't ask for help with their mental health probably because ______ ．

A. they think less of their mental problems

B. they fear that they may get into trouble

C. they are ashamed to admit having mental problems

D. they are unwilling to avoid their mental illness

3.School children with mental health should try the following three things EXCEPT ______ ．

A. consulting their teacher

B. calling a hotline for advice

C. communicating with their parents

D. hiding their mental illness from others

4.What is the purpose in writing this article？ ______

A. To analyze the major causes of young people's mental illness．

B. To describe the current situation of young people's mental health．

C. To encourage young people to deal with their mental problems properly．

D. To introduce mental problems to Chinese young people．

We all think best when we're well rested． A clear， alert brain allows us to focus， learn and remember information， and to be creative． On the other hand， when we're sleepy， we make more mistakes and are less productive in school and at work． In a report from Psychological Science， researchers at the University of Paris report sleeping between two learning sessions improve your learning．

In this study， 60 French adults were randomly divided into a "sleep" or "wake" group． They all were given 16 French-Swahili words in pairs in random order． After studying a pair for seven seconds ， the Swahili word appeared on a screen and the participants were asked to type the French translation． If they made a mistake， the words appeared again until every word-pair was correctly translated． Twelve hours later， they did it again． The wake group did their tests first in the morning and then in the evening so they had no time to sleep in between． The sleep group members did their first session in the evening and the second came the next morning， after a good night's sleep．

The sleep group members did much better at recalling the correct translations and were quicker to learn when they make a mistake． Both groups were eventually able to learn all the word-pairs but getting some sleep allowed the sleep group to learn in less time and with less effort， A follow-up showed that the sleep group still did better than the wake group a week later and even six months later，

So， if you have to learn something， study and then get a good night's sleep．

1.What is the difference of the two groups' tasks？ ______

A. Who to learn．    B. What to learn．

C. How to learn the words．    D. When to learn the words．

2.How did the participants deal with a typing mistake they made？ ______

A. Translating the same word again．

B. Leaving the wrong word alone．

C. Asking for a correct answer．

D. Redoing the typing twelve hours later．

3.What does the underlined word it in Para． 2 refer to？ ______

A. Correcting the mistakes．

B. Typing the French translation．

C. Typing the Swahili words．

D. Showing the Swahili word on the screen．

4.Compared to the wake group ， those in the sleep group ______ ．

A. typed more quickly

B. made fewer translation mistakes．

C. learned with more effort．

D. learned all the word- pairs．

◆Electric Underground

7：30 pm-1：00 am Free at the Cyclops Theatre

Do you know who's playing in your area？ We're bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands． Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract（合同）？ If so， come early to the talk at 7：30 pm by Jules Skye， a successful record producer． He's going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music．

◆Gee Whizz

8：30 pm-10：30 pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope

Come and see Gee Whizz perform． He's the funniest stand-up comedian（喜剧演员） on the comedy scene． This joyful show will please everyone， from the youngest to the oldest． Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7：00 pm for drinks and snacks（快餐）．

◆Simon's Workshop

5：00 pm-7：30 pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage

This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy（喜剧）． The workshop looks at every kind of comedy， and practices many different ways of making people laugh． Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years' experience of teaching comedy． His workshops are exciting and fun． An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny．

◆Charlotte Stone

8：00 pm-11：00 pm Pizza World

Fine food with beautiful jazz music； this is a great evening out． Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD， with James Pickering on the piano． The menu is Italian， with excellent meat and fresh fish， pizzas and pasta（面食）． Book early to get a table． Our bar is open all day， and serves cocktails， coffee， beer， and white wine．

1.Who can help you if you want to have your music produced？ ______

A. Jules Skye．    B. Gee Whizz．

C. Charlotte Stone．    D. James Pickering．

2.What do we know about Simon's Workshop？ ______

A. It requires membership status．

B. It lasts three hours each time．

C. It is run by a comedy club．

D. It is held every Wednesday．

3.When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs？ ______

A. 5：00 pm-7：30 pm．    B. 7：30 pm-1：00 am．

C. 8：00 pm-11：00 pm．    D. 8：30 pm-10：30 pm．

假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你校将为留学生举办春节庆祝活动，请你给Peter写一封邮件，内容包括:

1. 活动的时间和地点;

2. 活动的内容;

3. 邀请其参加。

注意：1. 词数不少于50;

2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

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Sincerely,

Li Hua

    Imagine looking at yourself in the mirror; you do not look like these stick -thin models seen across the media. Your legs are too big, your bottom is too small, and you are too pale. You are too “ugly” You stare in wonder and anger, “Why don't I look like them?" However, you don't need to imagine this situation, because this is a bitter truth for millions of people. In the media，one can quickly see the ideal body, the ideal face, and the ideal person. The advancement of unrealistic beauty on social media causes millions of people to become dissatisfied with their looks.

Dissatisfaction with one's appearance can cause dangerous behaviors like dieting, which result in eating disorders like Anorexia Nervosa (神经性厌食症) and Bulimia Nervosa (神经性易饿病). Eating disorders have seen a dramatic increase following the rise of social media, 119% increase according to recent statistics. According to Brittany Tackett, a mental health professional,“30% -50% of patients in eating disorder hospitals used social media as a means of supporting their eating disorders.”

Not only can social media become a support-system for unhealthy behaviors, but an article written by Rachel Simmons, a Time magazine writer, suggests that people who spend more time online tend to link their self-worth to their looks. A study conducted by Park Nicollet Melrose Center also says that in the 1990's, fifty-percent of women wanted to lose weight. Now it finds that eighty-percent of women want to lose weight. Although this higher percentage cannot be directly related to the rise of social media, one can argue that the unrealistic and damaging beauty expectations that social media presents contribute to this number.

In addition, social media causes stress. A survey was conducted in which people were asked whether or not they used social media, and how stressed they felt they were. The study found that “social network users are, in fact, 14 percent more likely than non-users to characterize their lives as at least ‘somewhat stressful.’ Non-users are 28 percent more likely than users to say their lives are ‘not at all’stressful”. Additionally, stress may have more connection to self-confidence than is believed.

So，there you are again, standing in front of the mirror criticizing the parts of your body which do not follow the idealistic images of models seen on social media. Your legs are too big, your bottom is too small, and you are too pale. You are too “ugly”. Although this time, you realize it is not you who are the problem. The problem is the unhealthy and unrealistic standards that social media encourages. So the next time you are looking through Instagram, opening WeChat, or commenting on Twitter, ask yourself, “Is it worth it?”

1.Which of the following statements would the author agree with?

A. Social media drives most women to lose weight.

B. Social network non-users enjoy a life free of stress.

C. It's unnecessary to follow the image standard of models.

D. Few people compare their own appearance with a model's.

2.According to the passage, what problems may social media cause?

A. Pale face, wrong self-assessment, stress.

B. Stress, overweight, wrong self-assessment.

C. Eating disorders, mental problems, ugliness.

D. Eating disorders, wrong self-assessment, stress.

3.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion

A.     B.

C.     D.

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To state an argument.    B. To describe a study.

C. To analyze different ideas.    D. To compare personal opinions.

阅读下面的短文和问题，根据短文内容，在相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整。

Patrick and Rachel Hugens have biked around the world. The Hugenses, who live in Boise when not on their bikes, are 25 months into their latest round-the-world adventure, scheduled to end in March. They've visited 36 countries on this tour, touching Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. “Traveling by bike is the greatest freedom," Rachel said via email. “You can see people's daily lives and can communicate with them.”

Rachel warns, “Cycle touring can become addictive.” Bike tourism is on the rise in the United States and around the world, according to the Adventure Cycling Association. The U. S. Bicycle Route System has grown 66 percent in the past two years and now has a presence in 24 states, including Idaho, and the District of Columbia.

Dennis Swift，secretary of the Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking Association, rode across the U.S. last year- from Seattle to Salem, Mass. Six people started the tour and three finished, riding 52 out of 56 days. They averaged about 60 miles per riding day. Swift also rode through the Basque Country with a group of Boise cyclists last year. He's planning to participate in a Virginia bike tour this year. “When you get older, your health is most important,” he said. “My mom had Alzheimer's disease. They say what's good for health is good for the brain, so riding is one thing to be first in my life.”

This is the third time that the couple have quit their jobs to tour. Rachel is a nurse; Patrick is an architect. Both regained their former jobs when they returned home in 2000 and 2007. They're uncertain what will happen this time. They've given themselves a chance to save extra money by going to work by bike and avoiding some bills that are basic for most ( cell phones, cable TV).“Traveling changes your view of money and what it can do for you,” Rachel said. “We've met some cyclists traveling long term. They have many reasons to spend wisely.”

“The fellow cyclists we meet mostly come from Britain, Germany, Spain, Holland, Australia or New Zealand," Rachel said, “It is so nice to see that people all over the world are friendly and welcoming.”

1.How many countries have the Hugenses visited on their latest tour? (不多于2个单词)

___________________________________________________________________

2.Why does Dennis Swift ride bikes? (不多于2个单词)

___________________________________________________________________

3.How do the Hugenses save extra money for their bike tours? (不多于10个单词)

___________________________________________________________________

4.What is the passage mainly about? (不多于3个单词)

___________________________________________________________________

根据括号中所给提示完成下列句子。

1.他们的工作总是充满挑战。(be flled with)

_________________________________________________________________________

2.去年这家公司为无家可归的人筹了钱。( raise money)

_________________________________________________________________________

3.经历了这么多困难之后，我仍旧坚信我的梦想会实现。( come true)

_________________________________________________________________________

4.为了圆满完成这项任务，我们的团队贡献了很多。(contribute)

_________________________________________________________________________

5.人们更喜欢用微信(WeChat) 而不是现金支付，因为它更方便。(prefer)

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在下列句子中的空白处填入适当内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

1.Qi Baishi is a great artist _________ paintings are priceless.

2.Everyone__________ (sleep) when the earthquake started.

3.The girl _________ won the gold medal was interviewed on TV.

4.The weekly meeting _________ (hold) at 2:00 p. m. every Monday.

5.I still keep the photo of the house _________ I lived when I was in London.

6.After graduation, Lily _________ (work) for three different companies so far.

7.Cyclists _________ wear helmets ( 头盔) while riding bikes in the US. If not, they'll be punished.

8.Cathy wanted to go shopping _________ the rest of the family wanted to stay at home.

9.The Fifth World Internet Conference ( 世界互联网大会)，_________ began on November 7, was very successful.

10.Brian and his group members _________(have) the opportunity to go to London next month if they win the game.

    If you ever have the desire to break out into song—in the shower, in the car, maybe at your neighbor's karaoke night—you should embrace it whole-heartedly. This ancient art not only makes you feel good, it can also improve your well-being, reduce your feelings of pain, and even extend your life.

Using your voice to sing, rather than simply carryout a conversation, offers unique benefits because singing affects our bodies. Also, studies link singing with a lower heart rate，decreased blood pressure and reduced stress according to Patricia Preston-Roberts, a music therapist. She uses song to help patients who suffer from a variety of problems.

Singing, particularly in a group, seems to benefit the elderly particularly well. As part of a three-year study examining how singing affects the health of those fifty-five and older, a Senior Singers Chorus was formed by the Levine School of Music in Washington, D. C. The seniors involved in the chorus, as well as seniors in two separate arts groups about writing and painting, showed significant health improvements compared to those in the control groups (控制组).Obviously, the arts groups reported thirty fewer doctors' visits, fewer eyesight problems, less depression, and less need for medication.

Even lead researcher Dr. Gene D. Cohen, director of the Center on Aging at George Washington University, was surprised at how big an effect the seniors' arts participation had on their health. Cohen said, “The average age of all the subjects was eighty. This is higher than life expectancy. So, if an effect were to be achieved, one would ordinarily expect to see less decline (下降) compared to the control group. The fact that there was so much improvement in many areas was the surprising factor." The seniors also noticed health improvements and they reported feeling better both in daily life and while singing.

The part of the brain that works with speech is different from the part that processes music. “People seem to enjoy doing something jointly with other people. There are a lot of facts that being socially involved is good for people with dementia (老年痴呆).”Ballard said.

The arts are showing up as a treatment tool in hospitals across the country. If you are thinking of volunteering, singing at a hospital may be a good choice—not only for the patients, but also for yourself.

1.In the first paragraph, the author ________.

A. expresses a desire for singing

B. offers some advice on singing

C. puts forward his point of view

D. states the importance of health

2.Why was Cohen surprised at the results of the study?

A. The study was not expensive as expected.

B. Arts acted as a treatment tool in hospitals.

C. People's health in the arts group improved greatly.

D. The seniors themselves noticed health improvements.

3.What is the author's attitude towards arts?

A. Doubtful.    B. Positive.

C. Negative.    D. Worried.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Avoid Getting Dementia

B. How Seniors Live a Healthy Life

C. How to Keep Our Brains Healthy

D. How Singing Improves Your Health

The Climb to the Top

My life as a kid was a sweet life. I lived in a beautiful house with the beautiful surroundings in Puerto Rico. There was one particular thing I loved and it was a huge tree that was in my backyard. As a child, I used to climb the tree every day. Every time I went, I climbed higher and higher, reaching new branches, obstacles, and pathways on my way up. One day, I reached the top and I could see my island. I felt I was on top of the world, and nothing could stop me. Then, there was the day that seemed like the end of my life. This specific day changed my life forever.

It was a nice summer day. After breakfast, my family headed to the park to see my baseball game. In the evening we went to a carnival (嘉年华) in my town. My grandma was selling blankets under a tent. Suddenly, the mood of the day changed when my parents took me to my grandma's tent. Still to this day, I remember the exact words my dad said to me, “Son, how would you like to move to the United States?” I couldn't believe what he said. I then ran away from him as the tears rolled down my cheeks. My perfect life was being taken away from me.

Two weeks later, we arrived at New York in late July, and my aunt and uncle drove us to Springfield，Massachusetts where we lived for seven years. Once we got there, I met my mom's family for the first time. September came and school started. I was afraid to go to a new school and make new friends. Most kids ignored me and some tried to talk to me, but I couldn't understand them or say anything. My first year in the United States was not fun or easy but I worked hard and got through it.

Now that I'm grown, I look back on the journey that I've been through: living in a new place with no friends, new language, and new schools. Despite all those problems, I still remembered that special tree. That tree taught me to never give up and reach higher. I have beaten every difficulty that I have met in life and I just kept moving forward. My perfect life was never taken away from me; it has just started.

1.When the author was a kid, he _________.

A. thought his life was very pitiful

B. expected to live in a beautiful house

C. dreamed of traveling around the world

D. enjoyed the pleasure of climbing a tree

2.Why does the author mention the baseball game and carnival in the passage?

A. To compare life with that in America.

B. To introduce his family tradition.

C. To show he didn't like studying.

D. To state his daily life routine.

3.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us about _________.

A. the family that he had met before

B. his new friends in Springfield, Massachusetts

C. the living conditions when he arrived in America

D. his difficult experiences during the first year in the US

4.The author has realized that to live a perfect life is _________.

A. to never give up    B. to always make new friends

C. to forget all problems    D. to remember sweet memories

Amazing Movies

Are you looking for some movies? You've landed on the right place. Let's take a look at the list I've collected.

1.If you are interested in a relaxing movie, you can go and see ________.

A. I.Q.    B. Creation

C. A Beautiful Mind    D. Good Will Hunting

2.Which two characters are experts in mathematics according to the passage?

A. Will Hunting and Sean.    B. John Nash and Will Hunting

C. Charles Darwin and Sean.    D. John Nash and Charles Darwin.

3.The main purpose of the passage is to __________.

A. recommend actors    B. promote movie sales

C. introduce movies    D. compare movies

The Grass Cutting Days

Every time we headed out to cut grass, Dad was there to watch. I used to______why he came with us. He stood watching us in the sticky Florida heat when he could have been inside_______with air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor's yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. To make matters worse, we had an old lawn mower that kept breaking down as we tried to cut ______ her backyard jungle. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty. I ______ the tall glass of cold juice I would drink in a minute to cool down.

I was just about to turn off the lawn mower ______ I saw Dad pointing to one single blade of grass (一片草). I thought about the small amount of money I was getting ______ for cutting grass so high that it almost broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out and yelled, “You missed a blade.”

I frowned (皱眉)，hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing. Though ______ and discouraged, I still went back to cut that blade of grass. I thought to myself, “That one blade isn't ______ anyone. Why won't he just let it go?”

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his ______ : When you're running a business, the work you do says a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an honest businessman, you must deliver a quality product. That single blade of grass ______ the job was not done.

Other neighbors took ______ of the good work we did and we soon gained more ______. We started out with one customer, but by the end of the summer we had five, which was all we cared to handle because we wanted time to enjoy our summer break from school.

The lesson my dad taught me stayed with me: Be ______ , If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, ______ your word. Give your customers the kind of ______ you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much pride you take in your work.

1.A. wonder    B. understand    C. know    D. expect

2.A. hiding    B. relaxing    C. playing    D. talking

3.A. in    B. back    C. up    D. through

4.A. pictured    B. decided    C. required    D. invented

5.A. until    B. before    C. when    D. while

6.A. involved    B. caught    C. changed    D. paid

7.A. tired    B. ashamed    C. touched    D. shocked

8.A. surprising    B. frightening    C. hurting    D. embarrassing

9.A. punishment    B. message    C. cruelty    D. expression

10.A. seemed    B. realized    C. meant    D. found

11.A. care    B. notice    C. place    D. control

12.A. business    B. workers    C. experience    D. prizes

13.A. patient    B. powerful    C. prepared    D. professional

14.A. break    B. give    C. save    D. keep

15.A. advice    B. service    C. attention    D. warmth

请阅读下面图画和短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章.

（写作内容）

1. 用约 30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2. 结合上述信息,简要分析目前人们回家过春节的意愿变化的原因; (不少于两点)

3. 结合自己的例子，谈谈人们是否应该回家过春节？说明原因。

（写作要求）

（1）写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

（2）作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

（3）文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

（4）不必写标题。

（评分标准） 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Why We Struggle to Say ‘I Love You’

For many Asian-Americans, the phrase belongs to the wonderful world of white people we see in the movies and on television.

So many of our Asian parents have struggled, and suffered in ways that are completely beyond the imaginations of their children born or raised in North American comfort. This struggle and sacrifice was how Asian parents say “I love you” without having to say it. And so many of us children are not expected to say it either, but instead are expected to express love through gratitude, which means obeying our parents and following their wishes for how we should live our lives.

Our parents, for the most part, told us to get a good education, get a good job and not speak up, things they had to do to survive. They have encouraged, or forced, many of us to become doctors, lawyers and engineers, and to feel ashamed if we do not. What these parents did not do was tell us we could become artists, actors or storytellers, people engaged in seemingly trivial, unsafe and unstable professions.

I have met so few who have proudly told me that their children are English majors or have become writers or artists. But I became a writer despite, and perhaps because of, their resistance to the idea, my inarticulate(难以言喻的) desires pushing against their inarticulate sacrifice, all of it taking place before a backdrop of refugee（难民）life and racial reality.

I grew up in the relatively diverse city of San Jose, Calif., in the 1980s. My neighbors were older white working-class people, Mexican immigrants and Vietnamese refugees. Then I went to a mostly white high school, with only a handful of students of Asian descent. We knew we were different, but we found our difference a little difficult to put into words. We called ourselves “the Asian invasion.”

The irony was that we had not invaded America. America had invaded us, or at the very least had occupied or fought in our countries of origin or heritage. We were here because America was there.

Looking back, what I only belatedly realized was that I needed — we all needed — more stories featuring us. More voices belonging to us. More advocates telling our stories in our way with our faces, our inflections, our concerns, our intuitions. We just needed to be at the center of a story, which would include all the aspects of human subjectivity, not just the good but the bad, the three-dimensional fullness that white people took for granted with the privilege of being individuals.

When it came to mass media’s representations of us — film and television, morning radio disc jockey jokes— we got only the bad. We were the servants, the enemies, the houseboys, the invaders.

As a result, so many of us who watched these distorted(扭曲的) images and heard the stupid jokes learned to be ashamed of ourselves. We learned to be ashamed of our parents. And the shame compounded the inability to say “I love you,” a phrase that belonged to the wonderful world of white people we saw in the movies and television.

We had to learn better, but the truth is that Asian parents have to learn better, too. You cannot be proud of your artist and storyteller children only when they win Golden Globes. We honor your sacrifice for us, but you have to encourage your children to speak up as well, to claim their voices, to risk failure, to tell their stories and your stories. At the very least, you cannot stand in their way.

We are still the Asian invasion in the eyes of many. We cannot accept this as our price of entry into American society. If we must assert ourselves and speak out against racism when it is directed against us, we must also do so when it benefits us. And we do that by challenging and changing the American story. We do it by taking the stage and by telling our own stories, which is really, in the end, our way of saying “I love you” to our parents, our families, our communities and our country.

Predictions about higher education’s future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and universities. In one camp: those who paint a rosy picture of an economy that will continue to demand higher levels of education for an increasing share of the workforce. In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll（入学）in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.

“We are living in an age for learning, when there’s so much knowledge available, that one would think that this is good news for higher education,” Bryan Alexander told me recently. Alexander writes often about the future of higher education and is finishing a book on the subject for Johns Hopkins University Press. “Yet we’ve seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years.”

Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time. “We’re going to see many different ways through higher education in the future,” Alexander said, “from closer ties between secondary and postsecondary（中学后）schools to new options for adults. The question is, which institutions adopt new models and which try desperately to hang on to what they have.”

“The fact is that to maintain affordability, accessibility and excellence, something needs to change,” Rafael Bras, Georgia Tech’s provost (院长), told me when he unveiled the report at the Milken Institute Global Conference this past spring.

The commission’s report includes many impressive ideas, but three point to the possibility of a very different future for colleges and universities.

1) College for life, rather than just four years. The primary recommendation of the Georgia Tech report is that the university turns itself into a place for lifelong learning that allows students to “associate rather than enroll.”

“Students who we educate now are expected to have a dozen occupations,” Bras said. “So a system that receives students once in their lives and turns them out with the Good Housekeeping seal(印章) of approval to become alums (校友) and come back on occasion and give money is not the right model for the future.”

2) A network of advisers and coaches for a career. If education never ends, Georgia Tech predicts, neither should the critical advising function that colleges provide to students. The commission outlines a plan in which artificial intelligence and virtual tutors help advise students about selecting courses and finding the best career options. But even for a university focused on science and technology, Georgia Tech doesn’t suggest in its report that computers will replace humans for all advising.

3) A distributed presence around the world. Colleges and universities operate campuses and require students to come to them. In the past couple of decades, online education has grown greatly, but for the most part, higher education is still about face-to-face interactions.

Georgia Tech imagines a future in which the two worlds are blended in what it calls the “atrium” — a place that share space with entrepreneurs and become gathering places for students and alumni.

In some ways, as the report noted, the atrium idea is a nod to the past, when universities had agricultural and engineering experiment stations with services closer to where people in the state needed them.

Whether Georgia Tech’s ideas will become real is, of course, unclear. But as Alexander told me after reading it, “There is a strong emphasis on flexibility and transformation so they can meet emergent trends.” This is clear: colleges and universities are about to undergo a period of deep change — whether they want to or not — as the needs of students and the economy shift.

1.What can we learn from the two camps’ opinions about future colleges?

A. Future workforce will have high levels of education.

B. The expensive traditional degree is losing its appeal.

C. Traditional higher education is not practical.

D. Declining enrollment in college results from easy learning.

2.What should traditional colleges do according to Alexander?

A. They should provide new options for adults to enter colleges.

B. The should strengthen the ties between secondary and postsecondary schools.

C. They should abandon what they have and change their historical mission.

D. They should offer more freedom to students throughout their life.

3.What can we infer from the commission’s report?

A. Students can return for further study or make donations freely after graduation.

B. Artificial intelligence and virtual tutors will perform better in career guidance.

C. It focuses on how to make people enjoy good education without stress.

D. There is no point in requiring students to be present at school.

4.The underlined words “two worlds” refer to _______.

A. Basic education and higher education

B. entrepreneurs and students

C. present education and future education

D. virtual education and real classes

5.What does the author think of atrium idea?

A. It corresponds to the past idea in some way.

B. It is hard to realize despite its flexibility.

C. It makes some industries more accessible.

D. It is a practical solution to the declining enrollment.

6.The passage mainly talks about _________.

A. a reflection on the drawbacks of current higher education

B. the key factors which determine higher education’s future

C. two camps’ opposite opinions about higher education's future

D. a comparison between traditional and future higher education

I’m 47 years old. Two days ago, you sent me an email, which I did not answer. I didn’t answer it, in part, because I am 47 years old.

I almost answered your email after bedtime, which is when I have often answered emails. My laptop was put on my bedside table. My husband sat on his side of the bed, and he leaned back and asked me if I’d given any thought to whether the chickens would need to be kept away from the apple trees after he sprayed them with something to keep the bugs away.

We moved on to the children’s math grades, then to the way they just take their socks off and leave them, inside out, no matter where they are. I looked at the clock and saw that it was not as early as I’d thought, not for a lot of things, and so we turned off the light, and I did not answer your email.

Your email sat among emails from bosses and editors and orthodontists all through the next workday. My children were at school, and I had not yet managed to write 300 words nine more times. I thought about answering your email in the afternoon, while my older daughter and I waited outside the school for her sister to finish a piano lesson. My daughter probably would not have minded. She is almost 13, and sometimes, when she sits in the house texting while I try to talk to her, I sprayed her with the bottle I keep on the counter to spray the cats when they start scratching the back of the sofa. I could have answered your email then. I admit it. We could have sat there, in peaceful silence, each staring at our phone. I had time to answer your email, and I did not.

I snuggled(依偎) my youngest son at bedtime that night, because he asked. I snuggled him even though your email was calling, and some part of me wanted to pull away from the tedium of bedtime and reply. Replying would have felt fresh and new, while bedtime felt old and stale. I would like to say I snuggled my son and did not give your email one single thought, but that would not be true, and it would also be rude, even though it is a state of mind to which many of us aspire. Instead, I hovered(悬停) somewhere between presence in the bedtime moment and awareness of your email and many others. I spend a lot of time in that gap, sometimes drafting mental responses to emails, which I am later surprised and sad to find I have not actually sent.

It is possible that I will answer your email later, in a few hours, or in a few years, maybe when I am 57, and I will be so happy to have your email. We will trade words, and those words will again seem so real to me, a whole world in my laptop, where I live, sometimes, because there is so much that is attractive in there, where time moves fast and yet never moves at all. I will take my laptop outside and I will sit among the trees, listening for the voices of children who are no longer home, and I will answer your email.

It is also possible that I will not — that I, in fact, will never answer your email. If that is the case, if the people and the places and the things around me still press upon me with more urgency than your email and so many others, I hope that you will forgive me. I have already forgiven myself.

1.Why does the author mention chickens and the children’s math grades?

A. Because daily routines took up most of her time.

B. Because she was troubled by many unimportant things.

C. Because she was more concerned about her family.

D. Because she often put off answering email till bedtime.

2.What can be learnt from the author’s description of her daughter?

A. The author used to answer emails while waiting for her daughter.

B. The author would rather play with her daughter than answer emails.

C. The author and daughters liked to use their phone alone.

D. The author regretted the time spent on the phone.

3.What tone does the author use in answering emails after snuggling her son?

A. humor    B. embarrassment

C. apology    D. happiness

4.What do the last two paragraphs mainly tell us?

A. Learn to forgive yourself for not answering emails in time.

B. The world outside is so attractive that we should enjoy it now.

C. I will surely answer emails without children around.

D. Answering emails is a thing of little urgency.

The key to getting people to work together effectively could be giving them the freedom to choose their collaborators (合作者) and the comfort of working with established contacts, new research suggests.

In the study, David Melamed, an assistant professor of sociology at the Ohio State University and lead author of the study, and his co-authors found participants through the Amazon Mechanical Turk website — a service that allows researchers to hire people from around the world for a variety of purposes. For this study, all participants were from the United States.

Those who agreed to participate played online games in which each player started out with 1,000 monetary units that translated to $1 in real money they could pocket. If one player agreed to pay another player 50 monetary units, that second person would actually acquire 100 units. Each of the 16-round games included about 25 participants, some of whom participated in multiple games. In all, 810 people participated in the research.

Some of the games included random networks, where certain people could interact. Others included clustered (群集的) networks, in which a small group had multiple connections — an arrangement that was designed to mimic (模拟) real life, where humans often run their lives in packs. And the networks were either static (静态的) or dynamic (动态的). In static networks, a player could interact only with the appointed partners. In dynamic networks, participants could cut their ties with another player and form new connections. Furthermore, some of the games included reputation information. Participants were labeled based on their history of willingness to share money. The idea was to test whether those known to collaborate were favored by other players based on reputation — a factor shown in previous research to play a significant role in whether a person is likely to partner with another.

Melamed and his research partners were surprised to find that whether people are likely to partner with others had nothing to do with reputation in this study. The findings might have departed from previous studies because of the difference in size and study design, he said, explaining that much of the previous work in this area was conducted in groups of 100 or fewer and mostly involved student subjects. The Turk network used for the new study has been shown to be representative of the U.S. population in terms of age, race and other factors and the introduced players had no previous connections.

Cooperation rates overall were high — and highest when the participants were cooperating in clusters and had the ability to drop a partner in favor of another. “What really seems to matter is the ability to change the structure of a network,” Melamed said. “And the patterns of relationships also made a difference. Those in a known cluster with multiple connections cooperated more.”

1.What did David Melamed and his partners do for their study?

A. They hired 810 people globally.

B. They gave each participant $1,000.

C. They designed 16-round online games.

D. They asked each participant to take part in only one game.

2.Compared with previous research, the new study found that _____.

A. reputation played no role in cooperation

B. student subjects were more likely to partner with others

C. players having connections before were more cooperative

D. cooperation rates were influenced by age, race and other factors

3.It can be inferred that the purpose of the study led by David Melamed is to discover _____.

A. how to change the patterns of relationships

B. what leads people to collaborate most willingly

C. what kind of person is the most popular in a team

D. whether it’s proper to drop a partner in favor of another

As is tradition, technology companies from around the world have flocked to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. There are thousands of eye-catching items to swoon over, whether you’re a nerd or not. Here are a few of the most interesting, exciting and possibly life-changing products seen at the show, which runs from Tuesday to Friday.

1.If one likes doing things by himself, which of the items suits him best?

A. Item 1.    B. Item 2.

C. Item 3.    D. Item 4.

2.Which of the following technologies appeared for the first time in the show?

A. The TV R User’s controlling the TV by Google Assistant

B. Nvidia’s laptops’ solving the problem of power

C. The Dreem band’s detect your heart rate

D. Samsung’s Micro LED technology making a 146-inch TV possible

For our family vacations when our children were younger, we often went river rafting. Rafting meant we could be together as a family,________with the beauty of nature, and meet other people. Plus, it was ________, and being on the river meant our family never had to ask that ________of questions: “What are we going to do today?” It was always clear — ________the boat and paddle downstream! This was our method for strengthening family bonds with less ________.

We also found that the river is always a great ________. For example, sometimes your boat goes through a particularly difficult rapid and you find yourself thrown out of the boat and into the water. When this happens, sometimes you get caught in a ________, where the water is churning（搅动）back upstream. What do you do? The natural tendency is to crazily attempt to swim ________, but in this situation, the water is circulating backward, ________you are actually swimming against the current. This is very dangerous; it is quite possible to ________yourself and be unable to get out of the hole. Unfortunately, people have ________this way. However, if you give up swimming and ________, the water pulls you in and for an instant takes you upstream. Usually, this is enough for you to be ________“spit out” of the hole.

A ________situation came up in a recent coaching meeting I had with a high-ranking engineer of a Fortune 100 company, who described his week as feeling as though he were “swimming upstream.” The more ________he felt, the harder he worked, and the less time he spent with his managers, and with his family. He was unaware that he had become so ________in fighting the daily battles that he had completely________the larger stream, the more vital ________of his leadership role.

Be aware of ________you place your attention. If you become distracted, keep returning to your point of ________.

1.A. interact    B. go    C. live    D. breathe

2.A. inspiring    B. cautious    C. adventurous    D. conscious

3.A. most curious    B. deadliest    C. most interesting    D. greatest

4.A. get in    B. get down to    C. get off    D. get round

5.A. time    B. communication    C. cooperation    D. effort

6.A. teacher    B. mother    C. soldier    D. leader

7.A. mess    B. center    C. hurry    D. hole

8.A. safely    B. downstream    C. away    D. past

9.A. or    B. and    C. but    D. so

10.A. exhaust    B. hurt    C. justify    D. refresh

11.A. disappeared    B. fought    C. died    D. behaved

12.A. relax    B. reflect    C. lie    D. watch

13.A. calmly    B. quickly    C. shockingly    D. amazingly

14.A. positive    B. strange    C. similar    D. confusing

15.A. anger    B. pressure    C. motivation    D. attraction

16.A. involved    B. trapped    C. lost    D. bathed

17.A. lost track of    B. turned blind to    C. lost sight of    D. looked down upon

18.A. calls    B. priorities    C. appeals    D. promises

19.A. where    B. how    C. why    D. when

20.A. target    B. achievement    C. condition    D. focus

It is unwise to disturb one who is devoted to his work. Just _____.

A. face the music    B. fly off the handle

C. eat your words    D. bite your tongue

—That's the third time you've done that!

—Yeah, _____?

A. what of it    B. what’s on

C. what about    D. what for

Keep up your spirits even if you _____ fail hundreds of times.

A. must    B. need

C. may    D. should

To be an expert, a beginner needs to go through a series of _____  stages.

A. intermediate    B. liberal

C. overall    D. demanding

Men must consider eating, drinking, clothing and finding shelter _____ they can pursue entertainment and recreation.

A. until    B. unless

C. before    D. because

Sometimes, the kind of food we serve a person suggests _____ we show our gratitude.

A. when    B. what

C. why    D. how

—I heard Mr. Morgan would be here at 4:00 pm. next Thursday.

—No, he _____ at that time.

A. was boarding    B. would be boarding

C. will be boarding    D. is boarding

Repairs of historic buildings have to be _____ the original structure.

A. in sympathy with    B. in search of

C. in response to    D. in contrast to

After nine years working to protect Siberian tigers, Yang Jun _____ his efforts recognized at the annual award ceremony in Beijing where he was named a "wildlife protector".

A. had B. had had

C. has had D. has