【推荐1】We always enjoy pointing out some unusual holidays to add to your calendar. Now jot these down, learn something new and have fun!

Random Acts of Kindness Day (February 17)

If you have encountered a homeless person and given money, that’s a random act of kindness. The idea of this day is to get lots of people doing something kind for someone they don’t know with no expectation of getting anything in return. This concept is trickier with social distancing but even a big smile and a “hi!” from across the street qualifies.

I Forgot Day (July 2)

Did you forget to call Grandma on her birthday or return that soccer ball you borrowed from a friend three months ago? Today is a good day to clean the slate. Make a list of things you meant to do but forgot. Work through the list, and don’t get discouraged if you don’t accomplish everything in one day. Just remember to keep the list in a place where you’ll see it. Otherwise, you know what will happen.

DOGust First (August 1)

If your family is one of the many that adopted dogs from animal shelters last year, you may not know, for example, Luna or Cooper’s actual birthday. The North Shore Animal League thought of that problem in 2008 and picked today as the birthday of all shelter dogs. Give your pup extra love today, and consider what you can do to help other shelter dogs.

World Vegetarian Day (October 1)

It’s not hard to go without meat for one day, but how about one month? The North American Vegetarian Society asks people to help reduce greenhouse gases by pledging to eat no meat, fish or fowl (basically chicken or turkey) in October. The pledge is tricky for kids to make on their own because Mom and Dad are usually in charge of preparing meals. Ask them if you can participate or if the whole family could try it. You will probably be surprised about how many tasty meals are meatless.

1. Which can be described as a random act of kindness?

A．Sally tries to help her students with their Math.

B．John greeted strangers in the lift with a big smile.

C．Kelly visits the old in the nursing home regularly.

D．Mr. Robert told a story in the lecture today.

2. What does the author mean by the last sentence in “I Forgot Day”?

A．You may make up with your friends.

B．You may finish all the tasks earlier.

C．You may miss the chance to celebrate.

D．You may forget your to-do list.

3. What does the underlined word “tricky” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．difficult	B．helpful
C．incredible	D．healthy

【推荐2】    1    . The increasing costs make us doubt whether there’s real value to a college education. Is the thousands of dollars of debt and the time lost for study worthwhile? The answer may lie in the value of a college education and rates of return on investment.

On the financial side, there’s enough data to suggest that on average a college graduate will earn a great deal more than a high school graduate. In America, over a lifetime a college graduate will earn on average about MYM2.1 million compared to MYM1.2 million for a high school graduate. Compared with the cost of attending a four-year university, about MYM10,000 per year, and even adding the cost of lost working time,     2    .

College graduates have the possibility of increased earning power.     3    . The Institute for Higher Education Policy ever published a report stating that people who finished a college or university program experienced a number of assistant (辅助的) benefits. They included higher levels of saving，improved quality of life, more hobbies and free time activities.

And for well-educated people, they tend to be more open-minded and more cultured.     4    . Many research studies have shown a positive connection between higher education and good health, not only for yourself, but also for your children,

So it appears that there’s really much value in a college education.     5    .Go now!

A．They also enjoy other benefits.

B．To encourage us to have a high college education.

C．Why not go to college and have a high college education?

D．It costs a lot to go to college or university.

E．It's clearly of financial value to attend university.

F．Some previous research can prove this.

G．Besides, college education can even improve your health.

【推荐3】Nervous suspects locked up in Britain’s newest police station may feel relieved by a pleasant yellow color on the door . If they are close to confessing（供认）a crime , the blue on the wall might tip the balance.
Gwent Police have abandoned colors such as greys and browns of the 20th-century police cell（牢房）and have used color psychology to decorate them .
Ystrad Mynach station , which recently opened at a cost of ￡5 million has four cells with glass doors for prisoners who suffer from claustrophobia（幽闭恐怖症）. Designers have painted the frames yellow , which researchers say is a calming color . Other cells contain a royal blue line because psychologists believe that the color is likely to encourage truthfulness .
The station has 31 cells , including 12 with a “live scan” system for drunken or disturbed prisoners , which detects the rise and fall of their chest . An alarm alerts officers if a prisoner’s breathing stops and carries on ringing until the door is opened .
Designers and psychologists have worked for years on color . Blue is said to suggest trust , efficiency , duty , logic , coolness , thinking and calm . It also suggests coldness and unfriendliness . It is thought that strong blues will stimulate clear thought and lighter , soft colors will calm the mind and aid concentration .
Yellow is linked with confidence , self-respect and friendliness get the color wrong and it could cause fear , depression and anxiety , but the right yellow can lift spirits and self-respect .
Ingrid Collins , a psychologist who specializes in the effects of color , said that color was an “ energy force ” . She said : “ Blue does enhance communication but I am not sure it would enhance truthful communication . ”
Yellow , she said , affected the mind . Red , on the other hand , should never be considered because it could increase aggression . Mrs. Collins praised the designers for using colors in the cells . Gwent is not the first British force to experiment with color to calm down or persuade prisoners to co-operate , In the 1990s Strathclyde Police used pink in cells based on research carried out by the US Navy .
1. The expression “ tip the balance ” in Paragraph 1 probably indicates that the blue might __________ .

A．let suspects keep their balance

B．help suspects to confess their crimes

C．make suspects cold and unfriendly in law court

D．enable suspects to change their attitudes to colors

2. Which of the following helps alert officers if someone stops breathing ?

A．Scanning equipment .	B．Royal blue lines .
C．Glass doors .	D．Yellow frames .

3. The passage is mainly concerned with __________ .

A．the relationship between colors and psychology

B．a comparison of different functions of colors

C．the use of colors in cells to affect criminals’ psychology

D．scientific ways to help criminals reform themselves in prison

【推荐1】Young trees don’t just grow; they develop a personality and learn more about their environment and how they should best behave in it. They also help each other out whenever there’s trouble.

Personality, just as among people, varies among trees. Some are anxious, some bold. On the author’s land, there are three oak trees growing close together. One of the oak trees always starts to shed its leaves two weeks earlier than the others. Since they all experience the same temperature, the same soil and the same length of day, such variables can’t be the explanation. So what’s happening? Well, this tree is simply more careful than the others. Whoever holds on to their leaves longer can do more photosynthesis(光合作用) and store more nutrients. However, the longer a tree keeps its leaves, the higher the risk of injury.

Not only do trees make their own decisions, they also learn from their mistakes. A tree, for example, keeping its leaves too long during one year will never make this mistake again. This leads to several other conclusions:trees must notice the temperature and the length of the day and be able to save their experiences somewhere. Obviously, trees don’t have brains, but it is thought that in the sensitive tips of their roots they keep track of information and experiences.

But trees aren’t only clever when it comes to caring for themselves. They also support each other whenever there’s trouble by giving warnings and even taking care of sick and weak conspecifics with nutrients. For example, one time the author found a very old tree stump. Its insides had rotted a long time ago to topsoil. But the wood on the outside of the stump was still living. How was this possible? Well, the stump was nourished by its neighbors with nutrients from the root system, and had been for at least 400 years!

Why do trees do such a thing？It’s simple: it’s better together. Trees need the forest; it protects them from storms, provides the right microclimate and warns them of attacks.

1. Why does the author mention the three oak trees?

A．To illustrate trees can learn from experiences.

B．To show trees can make independent decisions.

C．To explain trees are quite supportive to each other.

D．To prove trees have the same personalities as humans.

2. According to the text, which of the following best describes general features of trees?

A．Anxious and bold.

B．Smart and adventurous.

C．Helpful and well­behaved.

D．Adaptable and supportive.

3. What does the underlined phrase “do such a thing” mean?

A．Give warnings.	B．Offer assistance.
C．Depend on others.	D．Provide nutrients.

4. Where does this text most probably come from?

A．A public lecture.	B．A science book.
C．An experiment report.	D．A travel journal.

【推荐2】The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know. Millions of people worldwide are now under required or voluntary lockdown. Nearly all public attractions, including museums and aquariums, are closed, and the usually crowded streets of popular tourist destinations are empty. An unexpected silver lining during these challenging times for humans is that many zoo animals are finally getting a chance to leave their normal habitats and move about freely.

The first animals to take advantage of human absence were Annie and Edward, two penguins that live at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. A video released on March 15, 2020 showed the couple eagerly duckwalked around, exploring the aquarium’s various exhibits. The video, which instantly became popular, inspired other institutions to share short videos of their four-legged creatures playing as well.

The Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio joined the fun trend on March 16, 2020, with a “Home Safari” live-stream series—the first starring its adorable baby hippo Fiona. “Let us help make your children’s hiatus from school fun and educational,” zoo officials announced. “Join us for a Home Safari Online Live each weekday at 3 pm, where we will highlight one of our amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home.”

Meanwhile, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has kept its webcams(网络摄像头) rolling, allowing fans to enjoy lovable animals without leaving home. Animals in the wild are also lively as humans stay indoors. The absence of cruise ships is bringing large numbers of dolphins to a port in Cagliari, while groups of wild turkeys are happily walking on the streets of Oakland.

The animals indeed appear to be having a good time, and the heartwarming videos and images shared on social media are also bringing much-needed cheer to millions of humans worldwide. Stay strong and healthy! We are all in this together!

1. What changes has the COVID-19 pandemic caused to the zoo animals?

A．They will be faced with unexpected challenges.

B．They get a chance to wander freely in the wild.

C．They are now under required or voluntary lockdown.

D．They can enjoy a free life without tourists’ disturbance.

2. What does the underlined word “hiatus” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Course.

B．Sightseeing.

C．Activity.

D．Interruption.

3. Why has the San Diego Zoo Safari Park kept its webcams rolling?

A．To compete for more viewers online.	B．To enable people to admire animals at home.
C．To film the animals wandering in the zoo.	D．To record people’s life in the COVID-19 crisis.

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．The Pandemic Affects the World	B．Lovely Animals Bring fun to People
C．Animals Play in the Absence of Humans	D．Stay Strong and Healthy in the Pandemic

【推荐3】Adults perform better when they have a lot to gain or lose. But scientists did not know whether teens did too. To find out, Insel asked 88 people between the ages of 13 and 20. She had them try a game. The participants looked at pictures of planets on a computer screen. They had to click as fast as they could when they saw a planet with designs. They were not supposed to click if a planet had no designs.

The participants could earn 20 cents for right answers but lose 10 cents for wrong ones. In other sessions, they’d get a dollar for right answers, and lose a half dollar for wrong ones. Players of all ages wanted to win the money, and cared more about bigger rewards than smaller ones.

As Insel expected, adults performed better when the stakes were high. But teens 13 to 18 played just as well whether they stood to win 20 cents or a dollar. Only 19- or 20-year olds stepped up their game for the higher stakes.

Insel’s team published this work November 28, 2017, in Nature Communications.

Brains change and mature during adolescence. And not all parts grow at the same rate. Insel was interested in two areas in particular. One is deep inside the brain and just above the ears. Called the ventral striatum (腹侧纹状体), it helps the brain calculate rewards. The ventral striatum becomes mature during the teen years.

The brain’s prefrontal cortex (前额叶) takes longer to mature. This area is important for planning and setting goals. It may not mature until early adulthood.

Nerve pathways - think of them as the brain’s “wiring” - connect the ventral striatum and prefrontal cortex. This lets the two regions communicate to make decisions. But because the prefrontal cortex matures later, the wiring between the two may not be complete until adulthood.

1. Which of the following can explain Insel’s research?

A．Teens ignore key points in many aspects.

B．Adults behave better with higher rewards.

C．Teens give more attention to exams than usual work.

D．Adults behave more maturely than children in every way.

2. What does the underlined word “stakes” refer to?

A．The final results of games or experiments.

B．The things that can be gained or lost in races.

C．The ambitions or energies that one experiences in games.

D．The powers that make one feel less pressure or pain.

3. From the passage, we can know ___________.

A．the experiment aims to find out adults’ behaviour facing high stakes

B．teens have better performances in the first rounds

C．adults care less about the experiment at first

D．adults and teens show differently with high stakes

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Unlike adults, teens don’t perform better with high stakes

B．Who perform better, adults or children?

C．Stakes are the key points in promoting one’s passion

D．Whether low stakes or high stakes, one behaves similarly

【推荐1】Do you consider redecorating your preschoolers room? What about a new paint job? Before you start painting the wall red, you might want to take a look at some research about the psychology of color from the Paint Quality Institute.

According to Debbie Zimmer, color expert at the Paint Quality Institute, “Color psychology can help you choose paint colors that create the right mood in a room affecting not just your own feelings, but those of everyone who enters the space.” Blue, which often ranks at the top of surveys exploring “favorite” colors, has been shown to slow pulse rate and lower body temperature. So blue is a terrific color choice for bedrooms, but less so for dining rooms, according to Zimmer.

Green, also one of the most popular colors, is a little more versatile (通用的). Zimmer says, “Because it’s calming, green paint is a good color choice for bedrooms, and since it’s the color of many appetizing (开胃的) fruits and vegetables, it can work in dining rooms, too.”

Zimmer says, “Red represents energy and excitement and is associated with desire and passion, so it’s a perfect paint color for dining rooms and adult bedrooms, but wrong for children’s rooms.” “However, pink is one of the most calming colors and is a fine choice for a baby’s room.” she says.

Orange is a happy color too and it has energy and warmth about it. However, it’s clearly not the color of calm, so it’s best not to use it when painting a place where you want to relax, according to Zimmer.

Anyway, the bottom line is to choose what makes you and your little one happy. “No one will spend more time in your home than you will,” says Zimmer, “so it’s important to paint with those colors that are personal favorites. Choose colors you love and you wont go wrong!”

1. Which room is a place that is painted properly according to color psychology?

A．An orange kid’s room.	B．A green dining room.
C．A blue kitchen.	D．A red kid’s bedroom.

2. What does the underlined word “terrific” in Para. 3 mean?

A．Beautiful

B．Terrible

C．Special

D．Wonderful

3. What color should be avoided when a bedroom is painted?

A．Orange.

B．Blue.

C．Green.

D．Pink.

4. According to Zimmer, what should we consider first when we choose paint colors?

A．Our personalities.

B．Our preference.

C．Our purposes.

D．Our daily habits.

【推荐2】A team of farmers, university researchers and environmentalists is busy at work in the wetlands of eastern England. They are digging into the area’s wheat fields, looking for wet earth that could hide lost ponds underneath. It takes the group of diggers just a few hours to revive (使复活) one dying pond. It’s near Hindolveston, a thousand-year-old village close to the North Sea.

“As soon as the buried ponds get water and light, they just spring to life,” says Nick Anema, a farmer in nearby Dereham. He’s brought seven ponds on his farm back to life. “Frogs and all the insects like dragonflies can be seen here again,” he said.

But the battle for the wetlands is a struggle. While efforts to stop losses are continuing, wetlands around the world are still being filled in and covered up. Over the past three centuries, almost 90% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared. The loss rate has increased since the 1970s, with wetlands now disappearing three times faster than, the world’s forests.

Some 5,000 wetland-dependent animal species could die out because of such losses. Wetland loss can also affect human beings. Wetlands act as natural storage areas for water. Losing those areas could lead to more severe flooding in many parts of the world. And the act of removing water from wetlands can release huge amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to climate change.

Human-made wetlands, however, aren’t decreasing in number. Rice fields, water reservoirs and agricultural stock ponds have all increased since the 1970s. Yet scientists are concerned about this phenomenon. “People brag (自夸) about the fact that there’s been no net loss (净损失) of wetlands. But what they’ve done is destroy natural wetlands and create artificial ones,” says Stuart Pimm, a Duke University professor. “It makes it look like you’re doing no harm when the reality is very different.”

1. What’s the team’s work in eastern England intended for?

A．Digging wet earth for research.	B．Researching into an old village.
C．Bringing dying ponds back to life.	D．Finding wetlands created by people.

2. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．Various functions of wetlands.	B．Serious consequences of wetland loss.
C．Wetlands’ key role in climate change.	D．Wetlands’ importance to living things.

3. Which of the following reflects Stuart Purim’s opinion?

A．Artificial wetlands can’t replace natural ones.

B．Creating artificial wetlands upsets the balance of nature.

C．Keeping the total number of various kinds of wetlands is important.

D．It’s important to balance the numbers of natural wetlands and artificial ones.

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

A．Seeking for More Wetlands	B．Saving the World’s Wetlands
C．Causes of Wetlands’ Disappearance	D．Natural Wetlands vs. Artificial Wetlands

【推荐3】It could be the return of “The Blob (变形怪体),” and scientists are worried. A mass of warm water extending from Baja California in Mexico all the way to Alaska and the Bering Sea could result in death for many sea lions and salmon, as well as poisonous algae (藻) blooms that can poison mussels (贻贝), crabs and other sea life. When it happened in 2014 it was known as “The Blob” and disturbed sea life between Southern California and Alaska. Now it’s back. The ocean heat wave began to form in June.

The surface temperatures in the affected areas are 5 to 7 degrees above the long-term average. The so-called blob (团)covers an area of 4 million square miles, or three times the size of Alaska. It’s 165 to 325 feet deep. The warming comes from some high pressure that keeps winds calm.

Whether it will last as long as the 2014 heat wave is impossible to know. “If the weather patterns that led to its development change all of the sudden and we get some cold weather and storms, then it could disappear pretty quickly,” said Stephanie Moore.

The heat waves are unprecedented. Satellite records go back about 40 years and ship observations 100 years, but nothing in the historical record has matched either of these two events.

Along the California coast, the blob-like warm areas are still about 1,000 miles away from shore.

In Washington state, the warm area has reached the shore, where it is causing a poisonous algae bloom that has prompted health officials to warn against eating mussels from state beaches.

Mussels have been collected on Washington shores that contained more than 10 times the regulatory limit of the toxin for human consumption. The warm area that continued to exist off the West Coast in 2014 and 2015 wasn’t something scientists had seen before.

1. What do we know about “The Blob”？

A．It occurred frequently in the USA.	B．It made sea products unfit to eat.
C．It was the most severe pollution.	D．It struck the Bering Sea per summer.

2. What resulted in “The Blob”？

A．Ocean surface.	B．Warm wind.
C．High air pressure.	D．Alaskan’s climate.

3. What does the underlined word “prompted” in Para. 6 mean?

A．Caused.

B．Intended.

C．Banned.

D．Expected.

4. In which column may the text appear in a paper?

A．Entertainment.

B．Culture.

C．Science.

D．Environment.

【推荐1】Something’s happening at the lowest point on our planet,some 1,388 feet below sea level. The Dead Sea, a salt lake close to Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, is shrinking at an alarming rate—about 3.3 feet per year, according to the environmentalist group EcoPeace Middle East.

“It’s not just like one country is punishing the Dead Sea; it’s more like the whole region,” said photographer Moritz Küstner, who visited the area in February to work on his series “The Dying Dead Sea”.

The Dead Sea needs water from the other natural sources surrounding it, such as the Jordan River basin. But around the 1960s, the courses of some water sources it relied upon were diverted. Israel, for instance, built a pipeline during that time so it could supply water throughout the country.

Mineral extraction(提取) industries are another main reason why the water levels are declining, experts say. The Dead Sea’s minerals have been popular for their medical power and can often be found in cosmetics(化妆品) and other consumer products.

And then, of course, there’s the Middle East’s hot, dry climate, which makes it difficult for the lake to refill itself. Last year, Israel and Jordan signed a $900 million deal in an effort to stabilize the Dead Sea’s water levels. It involves building a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea which would be able to not only supply water to Israel and Jordan but also to pump much needed water—some 300 million cubic meters annually—into the Dead Sea.

“This is the most important and significant agreement since the peace treaty with Jordan (in 1994),” said Silvan Shalom, Israel’s energy and water resources minister at the time. Whether the canal—estimated to take three years to complete—will work out positively and as planned remains to be seen.

For now, Küstner shows us that the Dead Sea remains very much a place of interest, with people from all over the world going there to swim in its salty waters.

1. How many reasons for the Dead Sea’s shrinking does the author mention in the passage?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Three.	D．Four.

2. What does the underlined word “diverted” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Switch.	B．Improve.
C．Accomplish.	D．Repair.

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Dead Sea is drying out causing water shortage to humans.

B．Küstner visited the Dead Sea to shoot TV series about people’s life.

C．The Dead Sea’s minerals have been used in some products.

D．The Dead Sea’s water levels have been stabilized by building a canal.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．How the Dead Sea’s water levels’ decline influences human beings.

B．How important the Dead Sea is in Israel,Jordan and the West Bank.

C．What we should do to save the Dead Sea from being destroyed.

D．Why the Dead Sea is dying and the measure taken to save it.

【推荐2】In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (依赖) on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

1. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B．Opinions about competition are different among people.

C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

2. Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?

A．It pushes society forward.

B．It builds up a sense of duty.

C．It improves personal abilities.

D．It encourages individual efforts.

3. The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means “________”.

A．those who try their best to win

B．those who value competition most highly

C．those who are against competition most strongly

D．those who rely on others most for success

4. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?

A．One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others.

B．One’s success in competition needs great efforts.

C．One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D．One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.

【推荐3】When we are kids, we are constantly being compared to others. Our parents may compare us to our siblings (兄弟姐妹). Our teachers probably compared us to other students. Kids compared us to other kids.

Those comparisons created either a sense of humiliation or a sense of pride. Either way, it has become second-nature. Everything we’d done has been followed by looking around and seeking validation (确认感).

Midway through my psychology PhD program at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, I felt that I lacked whatever magical ability is required to finish and publish a project. It seemed as though other graduate students were authoring several papers in the time it took me to complete a single experiment. I worked as hard as I could, but my progress seemed to be incremental (渐进式增加的) compared with theirs. When I shared these concerns with my adviser, she had a different take on the situation. “You’re not doing anything wrong,” she assured me, “you’re just pursuing a different kind of research.”

Comparing yourself to others is not necessarily a bad thing.

When you catch yourself comparing yourself to others, get curious about the feeling that is being triggered (引起). Is it jealousy? Is it obsession? Is it admiration? Is it love? Is it inspiration? Your triggered feelings will give you a clue as to what is going on within you.

Most likely, you are jealous because you wish you had what it takes to achieve what the other has achieved or to have what they have. Get curious and figure out why you still don’t have it and what would it take to get there. It is never a good idea to make yourself wrong for comparing yourself to others or to make yourself wrong for not getting where you wish to be.

But if all this comparison mounts to is bitter jealousy, then your problem is bigger than a simple comparison. Always bear in mind that your only competition is the one in the mirror and—believe me—it is the toughest competition of all.

1. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “humiliation” in Paragraph 2?

A．Virtue.

B．Shame.

C．Excitement.

D．Tiredness.

2. What can be concluded from the adviser’s words in Paragraph 3?

A．The author made great progress.

B．The author worried unnecessarily.

C．The author had magical power.

D．The author did something wrong.

3. What will uncover your inner thoughts when you compare yourself with others according to the passage?

A．Progress made with great effort.

B．Clues found through research.

C．Comparisons triggered by curiosity.

D．Emotions activated by comparisons.

4. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．How to view comparisons in a reasonable way.

B．How to seek validation when compared with others.

C．How to show second-nature in comparison with others.

D．How to get rid of feelings caused by comparisons.