What Teenagers Can Do To Earn More Respect

As teenagers continue to grow and develop into young adults, the transition(过渡) into adulthood has begun. With so many physical and emotional changes going on, certain manners are often for gotten and other adult traits are not yet accepted as a way of life.  1.   By doing the following things, you will earn more respect.

Contribute to the household

At the very least, clean up after yourself. As a teenager, you are old enough to clean up after yourself. When you make a mess, clean it up.  2.  All chores that you do help to reduce the load of the person who did them before. Now that you’re old enough and capable, why shouldn’t you contribute to the household?   3.    

Be responsible

      4.  Whether they are basic things, like brushing your teet h or doing your homework , or more involved chores that contribute to the household, simply fulfill your responsibilities on time. When adults know that they can rely on you, their trust and respect for you will increase.

3.  Solve more of your own problem without asking for help

Instead of taking the easy approach and asking for help, make an effort to solve your problems on your own first. The “easy way ” is only easy for you, but it is an extra task for the person from whom you are seeking help. Seek help only after you have made an honest effort to solve your own problems.  5.   When you become a good problem solver, you increase your valve to the community.

A.The people doing the chores before will greatly appreciate the help.

B.It will make your life more pleasant.

C.Everyone has certain responsibilities.

D.When speaking to a group, speak loud enough.

E.This includes. But is not limited to , your dishes and your room.

F.By being aware of these manners and traits, you can manage them sooner.

G.Depending on the problem, 15 minutes of effort is usually a good guideline.

【小题1】 多数人统治，人头都算数；少数人统治，人头就落地。
Under m     rule, heads are counted; under minority(少数) rule, heads are cracked.
【小题2】 愚者的心长在嘴里，智者的嘴藏在心里。
The heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is in his h    .
【小题3】 快活的人通常都是傻瓜。
A m     man is usually a fool.
【小题4】 趁热打铁。
S     the iron while it is hot.
【小题5】 麻烦不找你，别去找麻烦。
Never trouble trouble until t     troubles you.
【小题6】 不要以从别人那里借来的观点为生。
Don’l     on the borrowed opinions of other men .
【小题7】 幸运和不幸是邻居。
F     and misfortune are next-door neighbors.
【小题8】世界是一出戏，要是事先知道情节，就不值得看了。
The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the p   .
【小题9】患难见真情。
A friend in n    is a friend indeed.
【小题10】 工欲善其事，必先利其器。
A craftsman who wishes to do his work well must first s     his tools.

1. 多数人统治，人头都算数；少数人统治，人头就落地。

   Under m      rule, heads are counted; under minority(少数) rule, heads are cracked.

2. 愚者的心长在嘴里，智者的嘴藏在心里。

   The heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is in his h     .

3. 快活的人通常都是傻瓜。

   A m      man is usually a fool.

4. 趁热打铁。

   S      the iron while it is hot.

5. 麻烦不找你，别去找麻烦。

   Never trouble trouble until t      troubles you.

6. 不要以从别人那里借来的观点为生。

Don’ l      on the borrowed opinions of other men .

7. 幸运和不幸是邻居。

   F      and misfortune are next-door neighbors.

8. 世界是一出戏，要是事先知道情节，就不值得看了。

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the p    .

9.患难见真情。

   A friend in n     is a friend indeed.

10. 工欲善其事，必先利其器。

   A craftsman who wishes to do his work well must first s      his tools.

Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring. Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind becomes a storm, it can be very destructive (毁灭性的).

A series of such storms struck the US last month and caused very serious damage and human pain.

Every year, major storms cause many problems around the world. There is nothing people can do to stop these powerful forces of nature. But new techniques are helping scientists to predict how, when, and where big storms will happen. The more exact scientists’ warnings are, the better people can prepare for the storms.

Predictions are improving. “We’ve gotten better over the years, especially the last few years,” says Phil Klotzback, a scientist at an American university. How is a storm formed? Even if scientists know where a storm will happen, winds can suddenly change, carrying the storm to a new direction. “For a hurricane to happen, conditions have to be just right,” Klotzback says.

First, the ocean water needs to be warm enough so that it evaporates and rises into the air. As it rises, the air containing drops of water cools and turns back into liquid. This process gives off heat. This produces energy like an engine that causes winds to increase. It drives the formation of a hurricane.

If wind speeds reach 40 miles per hour, the system is called a “ tropical storm”, and it gets a name. At 75 miles per hour, it becomes a hurricane. Hurricanes that hit the US start when a thunderstorm forms off the coast Africa. Storms also develop over tropical waters in other parts of the world.

On average, 60 or 70 storms form off Africa every year. About 10 of them get names. There are usually about six hurricanes. Two tend to be very big, with winds of 115 miles per hour or a bit higher.

The hurricane season lasts from June to November. Ninety percent of all hurricanes hit in August, September and October.

1.According to the text, hurricanes usually ________.

2. The underlined word “evaporates” (in Paragraph 5) probably means “________”

3.Which of the following about the information of a hurricane is the correct order?

a. The ocean water evaporates and goes into the air.

b. Heat creates energy and causes winds to increase.

c. The vapor cools.                        

d. The ocean water is warm enough.

e. The vapor changes back into liquid.       

f. This course gives out heat.

The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which customs, opportunity and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty－five and can be expected to live another thirty－five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances and convenience foods.

This important change in women's life－pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full－time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school－leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full－or－part－time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage: with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.

6. Which of the following is the topic of this passage?

A. The marriage of women: past and present.

B. Women and their jobs.

C. The social changes in the lives of women.

D. Women's role in family life.

7. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the amount of time the women spent taking care of children ________.

A. was shorter than in previous centuries

B. was longer than in previous centuries

C. was considered to be surprisingly long

D. accounted for a great part of their lives

8. One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she ________.

A. is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves

B. does not like children herself

C. need not worry about food for her children

D. can retire from family responsibilities when she reaches sixty

9. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ________.

A. stay at home after leaving school

B. marry men younger than themselves

C. start working again later in life

D. marry while still at school

10. What can be inferred from the last sentence?

A. The husband tends to share greater share of duties of family life.

B. In the past, the husband used to provide money for the family while the wife ran the home.

C. The wife does not have her own abilities and interests.

D. Both the husband and the wife should be satisfied with their family life.