You know how wonderful you are, and you know that others know how wonderful you are, but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy? For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship. When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do, but the good news is that there is. Don’t let jealousy spoil your relationships. Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.
It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is, but if you want to save your friendship you’ll have to do just that. Don’t approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited), just take some time alone with them and let them know that you’ve been feeling like there’s been something coming between you. If they refuse to respond, then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling. Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.
When you figure out what is annoying your friend, ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better. If, for example, (s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesn’t get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from the swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you. Remember, though, that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise. Don’t limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy. Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.
Even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy. This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies. Before taking extreme action, chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise. If you can’t, be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you won’t.
1. According to the author, the jealousy emotion is _________.| A．normal | B．productive | C．destructive | D．extreme |
| A．Walking up to him / her and asking him / her why he / she is jealous of you. |
| B．Walking up to him / her and asking him / her what the problem is. |
| C．Spending some time with him / her and letting him / her know how you feel. |
| D．Spending some time with him / her and letting him / her know you think there’s something between you. |
| A．friendship | B．relationship | C．admiration | D．jealousy |
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【推荐1】That you start out on one career doesn’t mean you’re stuck on it forever. People decide to change careers for many reasons. For example, your career goals have changed,
Think about why you want to leave. It’s important to pinpoint what makes your current job not satisfying. Maybe your problem is with your boss. Maybe your personal values have shifted to something dramatically different.
Assess your abilities. What skills do you have that would be valuable in other types of roles? If you’re stumped, try reading over the job description for your current position to see what types of skills you use every day.
Research potential new careers. And don’t limit yourself to online searches. The best way to find out what a job is really like is to talk to someone who has it. Reach out to your network of contacts and try to set up informational interviews with people who do the kind of work you’re interested in.
Revise your resume(简历). If you’ve worked for many years in one industry but are trying to make the leap to another,
| A．your previous resume may fit it all |
| B．your resume will need some serious revisions |
| C．Can you think critically communicate effectively or work well on a team? |
| D．If possible, shadow someone at work so you can get a realistic view of what’s involved. |
| E．Don’t resign in a rush. |
| F．Never give up in midway. |
| G．you’ve discovered new interests |
【推荐2】Railcards
Want to save on the price of your train tickets?Then you'll need to buy a National Railcard.The first step is to pick the right Railcard,but don't worry!We'll walk you through each type and help you find the one most suited to your needs.
The Network Railcard
Spend £30 on a Network Railcard for the year and look forward to 1/3 off your train tickets during off-peak(非高峰）times.Enjoy discounted travel across 16 counties(郡）in the South East,even including the whole of London!It is a great option for anyone who doesn't fall into any of the other Railcard categories,as people of any age can hold one.
The Student Railcard
At the cost of just £30, this Railcard is excellent value for money.Whether you have an early morning lecture or you're rolling home in the early hours after a night out, you can still get 1/3 off on all passenger rail services within the UK!The only requirement for this Railcard is that you need to be within the ages of 16 and 25.
The Millennial Railcard
This Railcard is available for all who are between the ages of 26 and 30, regardless of peak or off-peak times.However,it is currently only available digitally, with users being required to download the Railcard app and show ticket inspectors during train ticket checks.Costing just £30,the new Railcard can be used across the UK.
The Disabled Persons Railcard
Any passenger with a disability is eligible(符合条件的）to apply for one.It only costs £20,making your overall discount for the year even better!The most important thing is that any types of tickets can be purchased throughout the UK rail network. Besides,it can also get you discounts on London attractions.
1. Which Railcard just applies to train services in part of the UK?| A．The Network Railcard. | B．The Student Railcard. |
| C．The Millennial Railcard. | D．The Disabled Persons Railcard. |
| A．Riding hours. | B．Railcard category. |
| C．Age range. | D．Service charge. |
| A．It cannot be used during peak times. |
| B．It offers discounts on London attractions. |
| C．It is the cheapest among the four Railcards. |
| D．It requires its owners to download an app. |
【推荐3】If you just move to a new school, all the kids already have their friends, you may often feel left out. The other kids don’t want you to join their games or conversations. Don’t be so upset.
Your facial expression communicates a lot，too.
Join a club or try out for a sports team.
| A．Don’t wait for people to approach you. |
| B．Keep a smile without looking unhappy. |
| C．It may seem there are established friend groups. |
| D．Make sure to show your best self. |
| E．Here are some tips you can follow. |
| F．That way,you’ll be with people who share your interests. |
| G．Most people just are often open to welcoming others. |
【推荐1】The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit instead of insects (昆虫). Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one place for years. Sometimes several hundred of them occupy (占据) a single tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise in the morning, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.
Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one each time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her breast wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the ground and squeaks (尖叫) for help. Then the older ones swoop (俯冲) down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of dead baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.
1. The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in________.| A．their size | B．the way they rest |
| C．the kind of food they eat | D．their appearance |
| A．lose a lot of their young |
| B．fight and kill a lot of themselves |
| C．move from place to place constantly |
| D．double (翻一番) their number every year |
| A．fly out toward the sun | B．look for a new resting place |
| C．come back to their home | D．go out and look for food |
| A．when there is not enough food | B．only when it is dark |
| C．to protect their homes from outsiders (外来者) | D．to occupy the best resting places |
【推荐2】It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers (生产商) follow certain uniform standards for various features (特征) of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes button. Men’s clothes tend to button from the right, and women’s from the left. Considering most of the world’s population—men and women—are right-handed, the men’s standard would appear to make more sense for women. So why do women’s clothes button from the left?
History really seems to matter here. Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-handed servants, having women’s shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hand, having men’s shirts button from the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.
Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once set, resists change. At a time when all Women’s shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women’s shirts that buttoned from the right. After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides, some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts.
1. What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?| A．It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years. |
| B．It is different for men’s clothing and women’s. |
| C．It works better with men than with women. |
| D．It fails to consider righthanded people. |
| A．They tended to wear clothes without buttons |
| B．They were interested in historical matters |
| C．They were mostly dressed by servants. |
| D．They drew their swords from the left. |
| A．adopting men’s style is improper for women |
| B．manufacturers should follow standards |
| C．modern women dress themselves |
| D．customs are hard to change |
| A．analyzing causes | B．making comparisons |
| C．examining differences | D．following the time order |
【推荐3】There are a number of animals that give off light in some way-including several kinds of insects and fish. Some kinds of mushrooms give off light, too. But most plants don’t give out light. Now, scientists are working to change that.
When a living thing gives off light, it’s called bioluminescence (生物发光). Fireflies are a well-known example of bioluminescence. Though less well-known, many mushrooms are also bioluminescent. These bioluminescent creatures light up thanks to the chemicals called luciferins (荧光素)inside their bodies. Luciferins cause a chemical reaction that can give off light.
Plants don’t naturally have luciferins, so there are no naturally bioluminescent plants. But that hasn’t stopped scientists from trying to create them. In the past, scientists have created plants that made less bright by adding DNA from shining objects. Scientists have also created plants that can give off light by adding luciferins to plants. But it only works as long as the chemicals last. In 2017, a team was able to cause a plant to give off light for about four hours.
Now, researchers at a Russian company have come up with a new method of creating shining plants. By adding certain parts of the DNA from shining mushrooms to ordinary tobacco plants, the researchers were able to create plants that could make their own luciferins. The scientists reported that the light was about 10 times brighter than in earlier shining plants.
The researchers believe that shining plants could help scientists learn more about the way plants work. For example, the moving patterns or waves of light in the plants may show activities in plants that normally can’t be seen. The shining also helps reveal how plants may be affected by things around them. For example, the plants gave off much more light strongly when a ripe banana skin was nearby. But the researchers don’t think the plants will just be used for science. They think many people may want shining plants for their beauty. So they are working with a company to develop shining plants for sale.
1. What phenomenon does the author describe in paragraph 1?| A．Most animals hate giving off light. |
| B．Many plants give off light through scientists’ efforts. |
| C．Animals give off light to protect themselves. |
| D．It’s hard to find plants that give out light. |
| A．It gives off lots of heat to warm itself. |
| B．It has chemical reactions inside its body. |
| C．It lacks energy due to chemical reactions. |
| D．It informs other fireflies of the danger. |
| A．By showing numbers. | B．By making a comparison. |
| C．By providing examples. | D．By making a summary. |
| A．Human development results in less shining plants |
| B．Scientists manage to create shining plants |
| C．People’s lifestyles are reflected in shining plants |
| D．Geography determines the types of shining plants |
【推荐1】In 2019, Tan Zhouhai was a villager in Hunan Province , shooting short videos of his everyday life and uploading(上传) them to the Internet to attract potential customers for farm products.
Tan was used to his videos receiving dozens, sometimes a few hundred, likes from his audience on Chinese social media such as Douyin. That changed when he uploaded a video of his 83-year-old grandfather who was dancing along to a popular song called Little Apple gained 10,000 likes.
Inspired by this unexpected success, Tan asked his grandfather to perform often so that we could see the 30-year-old cooking for the elderly man, who has lost all his teeth, wearing a pair of round sunglasses for added comic effect. The account now has 1.6 million fans and has received at least 3 million likes.
"Before my grandfather joined me, my account（账户） was just an ordinary one about food and was unnoticed on the internet," Tan told the South China Morning Post. "After my grandfather joined, many of my fans have said they were touched. They said they liked my grandfather and think he is so cute."
The country's top two short video apps Douyin and Kuaishou each have more than 400 million monthly active users. More than 70 percent are younger than 35. Tan's grandfather is just one of a number of elderly people.
One online favourites include a 79-year-old woman known as Granny Wang Who Only Wears High-heeled Shoes and Yaoyang's Grandfather, an 80-year-old man who shares humorous stories of his everyday life in the dialect of northeastern China. They have 16 million and 13 million subscribers（订阅）, respectively.
Chen Duan, a data economy expert from Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, said developments in technology had made it easier for elderly people to use digital tools, leading to more of them becoming fans and bloggers of short videos.
"Not every old person can be popular on the internet. It depends on their media sense, their feel in front of the camera and their acting skills," Chen said.
1. What does the underlined word "perform" in Paragraph 3 mean?| A．To make an audience happy by acting, singing or dancing |
| B．To do something such as a piece of work, task or duty |
| C．To move data to a large computer system |
| D．To become annoyed |
| A．His grandfather is very cute |
| B．His videos moved his fans after his grandfather joined him,and he changed the content. |
| C．He saw the video, we showed a dancing old man who has lost all his teeth wearing a pair of round sunglasses for added comic effect. |
| D．His grandfather joined him. |
| A．Every old man can become popular online. |
| B．Tan was not popular before his grandfather took part |
| C．Most of active users in Douyin are young man. |
| D．Development in technology changed old people's life. |
| A．Elderly video stars in China |
| B．The young help the old become popular online |
| C．How to become popular on the Internet |
| D．Not every old person can be popular online |
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WELCOME
Welcome to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one the official residences (住所) of the Queen, who sometimes stays here.
Audio tours
Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit. There is a descriptive audio tour for blind and poor-sighted visitors.
Guided tours
Visitors can explore the history of the Castle through a tour of the Precincts with an expert guide. Tours depart at regular intervals throughout the day from the Courtyard and finish at the entrance to the State Apartments.
Visitors with children
For those visiting with children, a special family tour and various activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends. Please note permitted in the State Apartments. However, baby carriers are available to borrow.
St George’s Chapel
Visitors arriving at the Castle after 15:00 from march to October are advised to visit St George’s Chapel first before it closes.
Shopping
Shops offer a wide range of souvenirs designed for the Royal Collection, including books, postcards, china, jewellery, and children’s toys, please ask at the Middle Ward shop about our home delivery service.
Refreshments
Bottled water can be purchased from the Courtyard and Middle Ward shops. From April to September ice cream is also available. Visitors wishing to leave the Castle for refreshments in the town may obtain re-entry permits from the castle shops. Eating and drinking are not permits in the State Apartments or St George’s Chapel.
Photography and mobile phones
Non-commercial photography and filming are welcomed in the Castle. Photography, video recording and filming are not permitted inside the State Apartments or St George’s Chapel. Mobile phone must be switched off inside the State Apartments and St George’s Chapel in consideration of other visitors.
Security
As Windsor Castle is a working royal palace, visitors and their belongings should get through airport style security checks. For safety and security reasons a one-way system operates along the visitor route.
1. A visitor can apply for a free audio tour_______.
| A．in the Courtyard | B．in the State Apartments |
| C．at the Admission Center | D．at St George’s Chapel |
| A．A security guard. | B．A pushchair. |
| C．A free toy. | D．A baby carrier. |
| A．Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle. |
| B．Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops. |
| C．Visitors buying water from the Courtyard. |
| D．Visitors eating outside St George’s Chapel. |
| A．To ensure the safety of others. |
| B．To ensure the security of the Castle. |
| C．To prevent them from disturbing others. |
| D．To prevent the use of the built-in cameras. |
| A．still being constructed |
| B．still used by the royal family |
| C．where the Queen usually works |
| D．where works of art are on show |
【推荐3】Every year, millions of Americans see their personal information leak into the wrong hands. Maybe there’s spyware on their computer, or a service they use suffered a security reach, leaving customers at the risk of exposure. Or perhaps their password is easy to guess.
Don’t fear: You can easily set up proper defenses. Here’s how.
● Clean Your Computer and Smartphone
Before you put new security measures into place, make sure your devices are as spotless as possible. This means installing a good antivirus(反病毒程序)program and taking the time to clear out any spy — or malware(恶意软件)that may have already infected your system. These days, it’s also worth it to make sure your phone is safe from viruses. iPhones are less likely to be targeted by spyware, but Android users should download the Lookout app to scan their devices and ensure everything is as it should be.
● Secure Your WiFi
It’s fairly easy for potential criminals to gain access to your information if they’re able to share your connection —that’s why you want to be careful when using public WiFi. Even though you put security measures into place a couple of years ago, it’s a good idea to refresh your settings.
● Use passwords
What you’ve heard is true: Passwords should use a variety of special characters, numerals, letters, and cases when possible.
● Check the shopping security
Take care when shopping online. Always check the security symbols when using an online site for shopping. If the lock icon encryption (加密) is not there, do not give out credit details. Also, check that the site is legal — never go to a site from a random email and start shopping online.
Keep a separate credit card just for online shopping. This will make it easier to cancel if something bad does happen and your other credit card for “in real life” can still be used uninfluenced.
Don’t store information on any store’s website. It may be convenient but it’s also a possible loss to you if the site is hacked(非法侵入).
1. This passage is mainly about ___________.| A．ways of avoiding identity theft |
| B．tips of freeing computers from viruses |
| C．measures to ensure network security |
| D．steps to keep track of passwords |
| A．clear out everything in the system |
| B．make a random selection of network |
| C．get rid of potential spyware |
| D．refresh the infected system |
| A．the applications of antivirus programs |
| B．the practice of using public WiFi |
| C．the difficult access to passwords |
| D．the separate credit card for online shopping |
