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All of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years．It's the age when we have to deal with the most in our life．This transition (过渡) from childhood to adulthood is for some, but rough for others．The most important thing about being a teenager is ．When we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do．Unlike before when we were small kids, even if we made a big trouble, we didn’t need to pay anything for it．

It’s all not so about being a teenager though．We don’t have to have our take us to somewhere we want to go or we couldn’t go before．We can have with friends or even alone, which we couldn’t have because we were too to know what pleasure is! It's a very enjoyable time of life．During this age, we are old enough to what is good for us, and make decisions by ourselves without others．

But like the saying goes ‘‘All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue ．” During this period, we are having much for our studies．If we don't pass, we won’t get jobs, and things will take a turn for the ．With the present world economy in _ , we have to do really, really well in our 14 for a job． Adults say that their _ is the hardest part of life．But I think the transition from a kid to an adult is much than being already an adult．What we do in our teenage years will what we become and how we lead our life in the future．

In conclusion, it is quite that parents put much pressure on an already stressed out teenager．If they realized that, living condition for teenagers would be much better．_ .for the teens ourselves we should get to know what is best for us．What's more, we should understand the right of life we choose at this age can make us happy for the rest of our existence．

1.A． chances B． changes C． feelings D． expectations

2.A． smooth B． practical C． demanding D． necessary

3.A． knowledge B． independence C． confidence D． responsibility

4.A． easy B． strange C． bad D． interesting

5.A． guides B． partners C． parents D． friends

6.A． fun B． trouble C． relation D． business

7.A． proud B． young C． smart D． mature

8.A． predict B． remember C． imagine D． understand

9.A． guiding B． helping C． inviting D． consulting

10.A． occasionally B． temporarily C． forever D． increasingly

11.A． pressure B． passion C． motivation D． panic

12.A． better B． worse C． fewer D． more

13.A． decline B． hope C． increase D． debt

14.A． contribution B． education C． application D． qualification

15.A． promotion B． work C． experience D． age

16.A． harder B． happier C． easier D． lighter

17.A． reflect B． confirm C． determine D． identify

18.A． vital B． urgent C． common D． unnecessary

19.A． Or B． Otherwise C． But D． Because

20.A． experience B． way C． condition D． power

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For high school leavers starting out in the working world, it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find an internship (实习). In some countries, schools have programs to help students onto the path to work. In the United States, however, such programs are still few and far behind.

Research shows that if high schools provide career-related courses, students are likely to get higherearnings in later years. The students are more likely to stay in school, graduate and go on to higher education.

In Germany, students as young as 13 and 14 are expected to do internships. German companies work with schools to make sure that young people get the education they need for future employment. But in America, education reform programs focus on how well students do in exams instead of bringing them into contact with the working world. Harvard Education school professor Robert Schwartz has criticized education reformers for trying to place all graduates directly on the four-year college track. Schwartz argued that this approach leaves the country’s most vulnerable(易受影响的)kids with no jobs and no skills.

Schwartz believed that the best career programs encourage kids to go for higher education while also teach them valuable practical skills at high school. James Madison High School in New York, for example ,encourages students to choose classes on career-based courses. The school then helps them gain on-the-job experience in those fields while they’re still at high school.

However, even for teens whose schools encourage them to connect with work, the job market is daunting. In the US, unemployment rates for 16-to-19-year-olds are above 20 percent for the third summer in a row.

“The risk is that if teenagers miss out on the summer job experience, they will become part of this generation of teens who had trouble in landing a job,” said Michael, a researcher in the US.

1.In the author’s opinion, German high school leavers ______.

A. enjoy more career-related courses than that of US

B. need more career advice from their schools

C. perform better in exams than American students

D. are less brought into contact with the working world

2.According to Robert Schwartz, high school students should _________.

A. directly carry on higher education

B. get contact with the working world

C. focus on their performance in exams

D. not miss out on the summer job experience

3.The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 6 most probably mean “______”.

A. incredible B. motivating

C. impressive D. discouraging

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Remarks on recent US high school education reform

B. Tips on finding jobs for high school leavers in US.

C. The lack of career-based education in US high schools.

D. The severe situation of unemployment in US.

After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled(回忆), Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said , ‘You have to let me in .’ ”

“Impressed--she was a National Merit (全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil--Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.

On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击) the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.

“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”

Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was , absolutely who she was and what she believed in :cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said.

1.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infer that ________ .

A. Yale was her last choice

B. Marie Colvin was confident of herself

C. Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin

D. Marie Colvin was good at persuading

2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin’s life ?

a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.

b. She was admitted to Yale University.

c. She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.

d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.

e. She began to take an interest in journalism.

A. d→e→c→a→b B. b→c→d→e→a

C. e→d→c→b→a D. c→b→e→d→a

3.From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin ________.

A. dislikes the choice of her daughter.

B. cares little about her daughter.

C. knows her daughter very well.

D. doesn’t fully appreciate her daughter.

4.What can be the best title of the text ?

A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.

B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case

C. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.

D. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.

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There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”．1.I’d say, too many．Our dreams should not, and cannot wait．We have to go for them now! Here’s why．

1． 2.

Nobody likes to talk about death, but the reality is – everybody is going to die at one point．None of us know the day, or the hour．Therefore, today is all we have．Don’t go to your grave with unfulfilled dreams．Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now．

2．The world is waiting for your gift

I know this may be hard to believe, but the world is waiting for YOU! Yes, YOU! 3. Sure, other people may be able to sing．But they’ll never be able to sing exactly like you．Sure other people can write, but they’ll never be able to write from the same perspective in which you write．Don’t deprive the world of your gift．It’s the oxygen that we need to survive．Thus, it is your responsibility to figure out exactly what your gift is, and use it to better your life and the lives of those around you．

3．4.

You can dream about writing the great American play that you want, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper．You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure．5.They require you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen．Get to it!

A．You can‘t let fear win．

B．Tomorrow is not promised．

C．In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do．

D．How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow?

E．You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody on this earth can copy．

F．Possibilities you never knew existed are waiting on you．

G．Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never come true．

You can love them or hate them, but no matter which tourist destination you visit, chances are you'll see someone with their head buried in a Lonely Planet guidebook．

Lonely Planet is one of the world's largest travel guide brands, publishing more than 500 different guides in eight languages．The popular brand also produces television shows, websites and podcasts (播客) all devoted to travel.

Some people praise Lonely Planet books because they make traveling easy and affordable．They also save time and make sure you don't miss the best things.

They also provide the reviews of hostels, hotels, restaurants and ticket information about your destination.

This can be great if you're a nervous traveler, or if you haven't traveled by yourself before．If you're in a country where you don't speak the language, sometimes there's nothing better than getting into a taxi and opening up a guidebook．You simply point to a map that directs the taxi driver to a hostel that's cheap and clean, with friendly staff and cold beer.

But others criticize Lonely Planet and other travel guide publishers like them．They say guidebooks take the fun and spontaneity (自发性) out of traveling, and that part of the enjoyment of travel comes from the fact that anything can happen．They also regret that if you follow a guidebook, you'll end up doing the same thing and having the same experience as everyone else．You might end up seeing the same group of people over and over, because everyone is reading the same book and following the same route.

Another criticism of travel guides is that they have a large impact on local communities．For example, some locals devote their lives to behaving in ways that attract tourists．They pretend to live a traditional lifestyle, wear traditional clothes and live in traditional houses in order to attract the tourist dollar．

1.The Lonely Planet guidebook can bring you the following advantages EXCEPT that _____.

A．you can speak a foreign language when opening a guidebook

B．you can easily find a nice place to stay in a strange city

C．it provides lots of useful information about your destination

D．it can help you save time and money when traveling

2.People criticize the guidebook because ________.

A．it is not as useful as most travelers expect

B．tourist destinations will be crowded if everyone follows the same route

C．travelers may not get the chance to have unexpected adventures

D．local people keep modern lifestyles under its influence

3.What do we know about the Lonely Planet guidebook from the text?

A．It's a world-famous brand only producing guidebooks for travelers.

B．It's very useful to a person who's nervous about touring an unfamiliar place.

C．It's very useful to a tourist who likes to repeat others' experiences.

D．It is loved by all travelers because of the convenience it brings to travelers.

4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the text? (①－⑦ stand for Paragraph l－Paragraph 7 )

A．

B．

C．

D．

Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart． One person was killed and three injured in the first shooting at Northern Arizona University early on Friday． Later that morning a shooting at a student complex near Texas Southern University left one person dead．

In Arizona, police named the gunman there as Steven Jones, an 18-year-old first year student at Northern Arizona University．Mr． Jones told police he was approached by a group of men and attacked．He fled, produced a gun from his pocket and opened fire when the men caught up with him, Arizona police said．Witnesses told police that the victims were unarmed．

The second shooting in Texas happened later on Friday morning at the University Courtyard Apartments on the edge of the Houston campus． One student was killed, a freshman at the school, the university confirmed, and another person was wounded．Two people have been arrested as suspects and a third is still at large, said Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva．

The attacks came as President Barack Obama visited families of victims of a college shooting in Oregon． On arriving in Oregon, he was jeered(嘲笑) by gun rights activists who oppose calls he made for tougher gun laws after nine people were killed at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, last week．

After a private meeting with families, Mr Obama said he had "strong feelings" about gun control, adding: "We are going to have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from taking place．”

On the edge of this little American town, a few hundred protestors gathered to tell their president he was not welcome． Many were openly carrying handguns to hammer home their message． The demonstrators blamed the shooting here last week on two things: a failure to treat mental health problems and the designation of Umpqua Community College as a gun-free zone． Many of those we spoke to said they had travelled to Roseburg from elsewhere in Oregon to make their voices hear． The hostility to the Democratic president here in Republican rural Oregon was not just political, it was personal．

1.How many people were dead in these two recent university shootings?

A． One．

B． Two．

C． Three．

D． Four．

2.Which of the following is right about the Northern Arizona University shooting?

A． The gunman was about to graduate．

B． It was the victims who started the fight．

C． The gunman shot the victims out of hatred．

D． The victims attacked the gunman with knives．

3.Mr． Obama probably agreed that ____________．

A． gun control is too strict in most parts of America, especially in universities

B． designation of Umpqua community college as a gun-free zone is a wrong decision

C． Americans should be united to prevent criminal shooting from happening so frequently

D．A failure to treat mental health problems caused the shooting at Umpqua Community College

4.The underlined words in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ____________．

A． emphasize

B． digest

C． commit

D． respond

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How Learning Habits Influence on Learning Results

It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “ Good habits lead to good endings”，which shows the1. (important ) of habits.

“ An apple a day keeps a doctor 2. ” also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps 3. (build）up our body. Thus， good learning habits can help us gain great learning results， 4. (include) high scores and abundant(丰富的) knowledge. At first，learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes to the content of our learning. 5. ( obvious)，a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see，developing a good habit is so important 6. I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits — keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by7. (write) learning summaries and remember to record something8. (impress) and meaningful. Keep 9. in mind, we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.

What's more，I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time and I will conquer this problem by spending more effort 10. ________ concentra tion practice in future.

I believe that through my efforts，I can gain good learning results by having good habits.

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I don't know your name, and I'm guessing that you are about high school age. I ________ you in action yesterday as you saved a little boy from ________ at Lake Elmo beach.

I was sitting on a bench with my friends, ________ their children played in the water. I remember ________ you taking off your shorts, grabbing your ________ device（设备）and heading into the water. My friends and I noticed at that moment the little boy's ________ moving up and down. He couldn't have been more than two years old and ________ to be alone in the water.

You got to him, put your floatation device around him, and ________ him back to shore. We could see the boy was ________ as you carried him out of the water and laid him on the ________ . You started doing compressions（按压）on his chest, that is when we knew it was a bad ________ . We reached you and knew you needed ________ . I picked up my phone and dialed 911.

Soon, the ambulance ________ and several doctors were there to assist you. You appeared ________ as you walked away, as anyone would be. I ________ if this is your first rescue — it doesn’t matter. What you did was heroic, and I ________ you.

Had you been a few seconds later, this ________ could have ended quite differently. You were alert （警觉的）and ________ what was going on in the water, responsible for watching over a hundred kids at that time. ________ your fear, you took action. Because of you, the little boy and his family are________ together today.

1.A. accompanied B. witnessed C. expected D. ignored

2.A. drowning B. missing C. bleeding D. falling

3.A. although B. unless C. if D. while

4.A. imagining B. minding C. stopping D. noticing

5.A. digital B. convenient C. rescue D. nuclear

6.A. feet B. head C. legs D. arms

7.A. pretended B. determined C. appeared D. prepared

8.A. allowed B. lifted C. swam D. dropped

9.A. frozen B. weak C. excited D. calm

10.A. beach B. stone C. board D. bench

11.A. meaning B. process C. presentation D. situation

12.A. food B. money C. help D. time

13.A. pulled in B. set out C. passed by D. ran away

14.A. proud B. confident C. independent D. frightened

15.A. know B. predict C. wonder D. believe

16.A. applaud B. protect C. doubt D. greet

17.A. idea B. performance C. game D. story

18.A. curious about B. aware of C. afraid of D. confused about

19.A. But for B. Regardless ofC. Except for D. Thanks to

20.A. pitifully B. strictly C. happily D. sincerely

I was twenty-two, and in Bolivia. I’d been to every other country in South America, and now I was set on getting into Chile, the last on the list.

After several days, I reached the hills. It was cold, and even the distant mountains were clear. The days were lonely, but one evening I met Filomeno and his fellow teachers. They tried to persuade me not to go to Chile, saying it was a bad place, and that I would be killed. I didn’t believe them. I knew nothing of the current politics; I just wanted to go there.

So I walked into the mountains, feeling excited, and came to a sign with the word "Chile" on it. A frightening soldier appeared, stuck a gun in my back, and pushed me down a slope to the police station. The police chief then told me, "There’s nothing for you here." I explained that I had come to see this beautiful country. But he was annoyed.

In the evening they filled me with food. There was laughter, and I was less tense. Then the police chief took me to a tiny cell. I lay down on the mattress (垫子). Even though I had no light and none of my possessions, I felt euphoric. At least I had arrived! And what a story I’d have to tell! The next morning I was released, and I was told that Chile didn’t want me. Throwing my belongings into my backpack, I shouted and screamed at the soldiers. After all this effort I was being sent home! I stomped (以重踏步方式走) towards Bolivia expecting to feel a bullet. But I’d be back! I told myself.

1.The author went to Chile to ______.

A. visit his friend Filomeno B. settle there forever

C. complete his trip plan D. risk his life

2.The underlined word "euphoric" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "______".

A. terrible B. shamed C. bored D. excited

3.According to the last paragraph, the author lost his temper because ______.

A. he was prevented from entering Chile

B. he was badly treated by the soldiers in Chile

C. it was his last chance to travel

D. his friends had stopped him from going to Chile

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. An exciting fight with soldiers in Chile.

B. How the author escaped from Chile.

C. An adventure in Chile.

D. Why the author went to Chile.

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