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I’m David, the editor of YOUTH. We all know the exchange students are going back to the US soon. We would like to give them some traditional Chinese things as gifts, such as Chinese paintings, silk, tea …Today I would like to collect some ideas. In your article, you should:
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Do you have any problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If so, you will find Being a Happy Teenager written by an Australian writer Andrew Matthews.
In his book, Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers. There are many subjects, such as parents and friends, and the book says we should stop being angry and should forgive (宽恕). The book tells us some useful ways, such as how to understand better what you learned. Many teenagers think happiness comes from a good exam result or praise(表扬) from other people. But you can still be happy when there are no such “good” things.
Success comes from a good attitude(态度). If you learn from problems, you will have success in the future. Some school students have problems, such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that happiness comes from thinking in a positive(积极的) way. If you are tall, you can get a better view(视线) when you see a film; if you are short, your clothes and shoes take less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important lesson, “You choose to be happy!”
Answer the following questions according to what you have read.
1.What’s the name of the book written by Andrew Matthews?
2.What’s in Matthews’ book?
3.According to Paragraph 2, where does happiness come from for many teenagers?
4.Is it right to think in a positive way?
5.What’s Matthews’ most important lesson?
Music is heard in every corner of the world：in every community and in every culture. W1.? Music is part of human nature and it is needed for many reasons in our lives.
Music plays an important role in helping us 2..We hear it when we are shopping, in hotels, airports, and restaurants. There is music that you can dance to, sing to, or you may just prefer to listen to it for entertainment. In the movies, music is as important as the acting. Although most people don't pay a3.to it, a good movie has music that helps create the mood for the story.
However there are times when music does more harm than good,for example,when you listen to music that is too 14..You might think this is OK now,but that's only because you're still young.Listening to loud music is not good for ears and it can even make you d5.. If music is a necessary part of your world, keep the volume（音量）down.
Sherlock Holmes（夏洛克•福尔摩斯）is considered to be one of1.（great） detectives in the world. Pictures of Sherlock Holmes always show2.（he）wearing a strange hat, smoking a pipe and looking3.（careful）through a magnifying glass, trying to find clues. Clues are important in4.（solve） crimes, and Holmes also uses his imagination and his knowledge of science to catch criminals.
In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes investigates（调查）the mysterious5.（die） of the Lord of Baskerville（巴斯克维尔爵士）. Using science, he6.（discover） that the murderer used a large dog to run after the lord. He finds out where the dog7.（hide）in the forest around Baskerville House.Holmes discovers who the murderer is by reading about the history of the Baskerville family.By doing this, he finds out that the8.（one）Lord of Baskerville from long ago had a secret son. The grandson of this secret son wanted9.（kill） all of the Baskerville family so he could become the new lord. At the end of the story, Holmes makes the murderer10.（stand） beside an old picture of the first lord so everyone can see how similar they look.
Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
1.The writer mainly _________ in this article.
A.tells us how to achieve personal space
B.explains why people need personal space
C.introduces some knowledge about personal space
D.argues for the importance of keeping personal space
2.Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?
A.A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume.
B.A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time.
C.A person who hears strange noises when reading at home.
D.A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him.
3.What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?
A.People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before.
B.People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times.
C.There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs.
D.Food service is better provided than seats on the plane.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses.
B.If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated.
C.People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space.
D.Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space.
