Sharing a room with a family member or a friend can be tough (困难), but it becomes especially difficult when you are sharing it with someone you hardly know. If you find yourself in a similar situation, do not despair. There are things you can do to help you cope with having a roommate, no matter who it may be.
First of all, you have to remember that you get what you give. If you are nice to others, then others will be nice to you as well. You also need to set boundaries for yourself and for the other person. So before your new roommate moves in, talk to him. Set the rules early on and discuss your hopes.
Remember that there are two things that make up any good relationship: belief and respect. The same thing applies to (适用于) having a roommate. You have to respect each other. So he has that new PS3 game that you have always wanted to try out? Ask permission first. If he says no, don’t ask him for it again. If he lets you borrow his stuff, take care of the item and treat it as if it were your own. Make sure that you return it in the same condition as when you borrowed it.
To keep away from disagreements over who does the housework, clean as you go. For chores (杂务) that can be shared, you may want to divide it equally so that you don’t do all the housework. Take turns in washing the dishes. You may do it every other day or you may divide the task so that you only have to do it in the morning and your roommate will only have to do it at night.
When it comes to food and grocery items, determine what can be shared. Don’t be too mean when it comes to sharing food. On the other hand, determine what you can share and what you can’t and be clear about it. The advantage of sharing food is that you can save on time and food preparation.
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．Why you need a roommate. |
| B．How you drive a roommate you don’t like. |
| C．What you do to find a roommate. |
| D．How you can get along with your roommate. |
| A．Borders of two countries. | B．Personal space. |
| C．Public relations. | D．Something shared by all roommates. |
| A．money and gifts | B．attraction and good words |
| C．trust and respect | D．threats and orders |
| A．There are always quarrels between roommates. |
| B．Try to do all the chores by yourself. |
| C．Share everything with your roommates. |
| D．Try to do the chores by turns. |
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【推荐1】How should you view this pandemic situation? You shouldn't look at this situation as a force that drags you down.
Identify your core (核心) skills.
Reinventing yourself means taking a new direction. Most likely, though, it will be based on the foundation (基础) that you have built before.
Imagine new possibilities.
Having identified your core skills, you can then imagine new possibilities. How can you use your core skills to provide value for people in a new way? Be creative in your imagination. Don't let negative voices stop it.
Be resourceful.
Going in a new direction isn't easy. There are pitfalls (陷阱) along the way. If you aren't careful, you could pursue one thing at the expense of other more meaningful things in your life. That's why it's essential that you spend time reflecting. It could be in the form of prayer, journaling, or something else. The important thing is that you take time to reconnect with your deepest values.
| A．Take time to reflect |
| B．Figure out your true value |
| C．Let it go to unexpected directions |
| D．Luckily, you still own your core skills. |
| E．One such foundation is your core skills. |
| F．Instead, view it as your chance to do something new. |
| G．Like it or not, there will be difficulties along the way. |
【推荐2】Nearly all of us have a bad habit, whether we know it or not. Some people say they want to get rid of it but don’t know the proper ways. Here’s some advice on how to get rid of bad habits.
Make a list. Write down all the reasons why you want to stop a certain behavior, how it’s hurting you and why to get rid of it, this will help a lot. Look at that list regularly.
Join in other activities. It’s wise of you to do something else when you want to stop your bad habit. If you get angry easily, for example, you can practice having a deep breath or going for a walk.
Give yourself a present. Before you take action against a bad habit, decide what you’ll do to celebrate it if you reach your goal.
Keep off bad habits. If you are fat and want to lose weight, keep junk food out of your house. If you are a heavy smoker with coffee, turn to tea and keep away from friends who like smoking.
Be patient. Bad habits develop over years, so you probably won’t be able to get rid of them quickly. In fact, people often give up several times before being successful, so you should be patient.
Find support. Don’t be afraid to ask for support from friends, family or other people who have the same bad habits as you. When you talk to others, they might be able to provide advice or encouragement that you usually wouldn’t get from yourself.
1. The writer gives us ________ pieces of advice in the passage.| A．four | B．six | C．five | D．seven |
| A．When you want to stop your bad habits, don’t do anything, please. |
| B．You can write down all the reasons for getting rid of bad habits. |
| C．When talking to others, you can get what you can’t get from yourself. |
| D．It’s not easy to get rid of bad habits in a short time. |
| A．how to get rid of bad habits | B．why we have some bad habits |
| C．what to do to have a bad habit | D．where to find some support |
【推荐3】With unfamiliar environments, a heavier workload (工作量), and social challenges, the change from primary school to high school is difficult.
When 800 new high schoolers graded their feelings of worry on a scale (量表) of one to ten, one quarter said seven or more, suggesting serious stress (压力). Disturbingly, these uneasy youth were the most likely to cut classes, start smoking or even get involved in (卷入) self-harm, according to McGill University researcher Dr. Nancy Heath, who has studied the students for three years.
Luckily, there’s a good cure for your high schooler’s worries — volunteering. Parents are already struggling with over-scheduled kids, but the mental-health benefits of this particular after-school activity are widely recognized. “There’s clear evidence (证据) that doing something for others can help people manage stress,” Heath says. The biggest benefit is making new friends. High school is a social minefield (雷区). Teens struggling to find new friends can feel lonely.
They need a back-up social scene outside the classroom, Heath suggests. “Volunteering and getting involved gives a sense of community and belonging.” Team sports and some hobbies are social, but they can’t match the other benefits of volunteering. Serving food in a soup kitchen or chatting with lonely old people forces a teenager to focus on the needs of others, instead of thinking about their own worries.
We’ve found that, among youth who volunteer through our service programs, 61 percent report feeling increased self-respect. They’re 1.3 times more likely to have a strong sense of self than their peers (同龄人), and are more comfortable adapting to (适应) changes, according to an independent study by research firm Mission Measurement.
This winter, encourage the new high school student in your house to find a cause they’re interested in and get involved. It won’t help them find their locker, but it will ease the stress.
1. What would anxious high schoolers probably do according to Heath?| A．Disturb their schoolmates. | B．Damage the environment. |
| C．Stay away from school. | D．Harm other students. |
| A．It may reduce their mental pressure. |
| B．It may be good for their physical health. |
| C．It may help improve their learning skills. |
| D．It may free them from their busy schedules. |
| A．They are glad to help their peers. |
| B．They begin to respect other people. |
| C．They are able to fit in with the new conditions. |
| D．They know more about their problems than peers. |
| A．Researchers. | B．Teachers. |
| C．Students. | D．Parents. |
A study of 2,000 shows that barely half of people know who their neighbors are. A majority would never ask their neighbors to look after such things as keys (68 percent), pets (89 percent) while they were out and even taking in parcels is taking trust too far for more than a third of us (35 percent), according to research for InPost UK.
One in ten (11 percent) have had parcels taken by a neighbor or from right outside their house. When it comes to deliveries, almost a quarter (26 percent) have gone into work late or have left early to wait in for a parcel. This gives rise to people queuing in the Post Office more than 20 minutes to pick up or send a parcel.
As a result, shoppers are looking for more convenience this Christmas. While 83 percent will still get gifts sent to their home, one in five (19 percent) will have parcels delivered to their office and 33 percent will click and collect in store or from a nearby shop.
In addition, almost two thirds of online shoppers (64 percent) are considering using parcel lockers because they provide a local 24/7 service.
Jonathan Smith, chairman at InPost UK, said: “It’s surprising that people don’t trust those closest to them to help them out and to see that missed deliveries are still such an issue, especially as we head into the peak shopping period.”
1. What’s the problem of British delivery parcels?
| A．They are always stolen by strangers. |
| B．Some missing parcels are suspected to be taken by neighbors. |
| C．Most of the parcels have to be picked up in the post office. |
| D．Deliveries almost cause 50% going into work late or leaving early. |
| A．merely half of people know their neighbors |
| B．only one in four Britons trust their neighbors to take delivery of a parcel |
| C．a majority would ask their neighbors to look after their pets |
| D．two thirds of online shoppers still get their parcels sent to their home |
| A．Unexpected. | B．Critical. |
| C．Overstate. | D．Optimistic. |
| A．The delivery problem in Britain |
| B．How can we trust each other |
| C．The trust crisis（危机） in neighborhoods in Britain |
| D．The way to improve delivery |
【推荐2】My father is a retired army officer and thanks to his job, I was able to stay in many different places. Changing schools, homes, cities and towns was a part of my growing up years. Thus, making new friends came very easily for me. All I can say about my experience is that to find new friends is always easy. Because someone in your new school is also looking for your valuable friendship.
The first step towards making new friends is to accept the fact that you need to meet new people. If you keep complaining about your situation, then it’s not going to get you anywhere. Maybe you’ve moved to a new place or a new neighborhood or you have changed a job, whatever the situation is, staying alone is never a perfect idea. Thus accept your situation and try hard to make a new friend.
Get in touch with people. This is the only way of coming across people and making friends. Begin with a small change every day. Talk to the person sitting next to you in your classroom. Share your interests with your neighbour. Talking to the closest person to you will help you build confidence in yourself. This will give you an opportunity to discover new people.
The biggest mistake that most of us make, while looking for new friends, is that we look for the same qualities that we liked in our old friends. As a piece of friendly advice, no two people are the same. Therefore, it’s not correct on your part to expect a new person to have the same qualities as your old friends.
If you like to dance, paint, play some sports, listen to music or read, join their clubs. Joining a club help you come across different kinds of people in all kinds of situations. Clubs are great places to meet people, share common interests and know one another better. Joining a gym is also a great way to meet people; learn from them and have things to talk about.
1. What does this text mainly tell us?| A．Some suggestions on how to learn more. |
| B．Some advice about how to make new friends. |
| C．Some tips on how to get on well with others |
| D．The author’s life experiences in different places. |
| A．move from one place to another |
| B．teach the author lots of useful things |
| C．make lots of friends in his life |
| D．be very strict with the author |
| A．Trust other people too easily |
| B．Judge a person only by what he says |
| C．Compare new friends with our old ones |
| D．Forget our old friend after we have new friends. |
| A．Teachers. | B．Parents. |
| C．Foreign travelers. | D．Students. |
【推荐3】I’ll soon be the birthday of one of my closest friends, Susie. I still cannot decide what to give her. She’s a rare friend because she has been there for me all the time whenever I need a friend to talk to. I can always depend on her to be the first to arrive to give me advice when I have problems. I guess I am so lucky to have her as a friend.
It’s more than seven years since I first met Susie in our school. I joined the theater group and she was a director then. At first I thought she was intimidating but in the end I realized that she needed to keep a strict image (形象) in order to make her actors, and actresses take her seriously. And then during practice I got a chance to know her better. In fact, she was a friendly and warmhearted person. Soon we become good friends.
I don’t know exactly what to give my friend on her birthday as I believe she has everything. So it’s really hard to buy her a gift she will like. This year I want something different and special but I don’t know what to give. One day I searched the Internet without any purpose and to my surprise there is a really lovely site where we can buy all kinds of gifts.
I scanned (浏览) some of their items and I found cool and exciting gifts. I chose a special personalized bracelet (手镯). I’m sure that this will look perfect on her. I put our names as part of the design of the bracelet so that it’ll remind us that we’ll be good friends forever. I can’t wait to give her my gift but I won’t tell her yet. I don’t want to destroy the surprise.
1. The writer considers Susie as a rare friend because ________.| A．Susie is good at solving problems. | B．Susie is a friendly and warmhearted person. |
| C．Susie and the writer have lots of things to talk about. | D．Susie can always offer help when the writer is in need. |
| A．satisfying | B．frightening | C．friendly | D．warm-hearted |
| A．without difficulty | B．while searching online | C．with the help of her friend | D．while shopping in a store |
| A．give her friend a big surprise | B．make the present more special |
| C．make her friend remember their friendship forever | D．make her friend remember the difference between them |
| A．the importance of a gift | B．the importance of a friend |
| C．a special gift for a special friend | D．a way to get along with a friend |
【推荐1】Self-healing (自愈) “electronic skin” that stretches into a circuit board and attaches to the human body could be a more environmentally friendly alternative to the current wearable devices, scientists have said.
Some US researchers are developing a thin, skin-like wearable device that they say is fully recyclable and has the capability to repair itself. The electronic skin can perform sensory (传感) tasks such as tracking a daily step count or measuring body temperature and heart rate, and can be shaped to be comfortably worn on any part of the body.
The team said their work could lead to a future where recyclable high-tech skin allows people to collect accurate data about their bodies while cutting down on electronic waste. “Humans will have produced over 60 million tons of discarded (废弃的) smartphones, laptops and other electronics by 2025. Our solution is to start with how we make the device, not when it’s already been thrown away,” said Professor Xiao, leader of the team.
The researchers used a screen printing technique to create a network of liquid metal wires for the circuit. They then used two thin films made of a self-healing material called polyimine to cover the circuit.
The researchers said the resulting device is a little thicker than a Band-Aid which can be applied to treat the wound. It can also stretch by 60 per cent in any direction without messing up the electronics inside. The electronic skin can heal itself in 13 minutes if damaged. The bonds that hold together the polyimine material will begin to grow together to reform a network across the cut, similar to skin healing.
However, the electronic skin is a long way away from being able to compete with the wearable devices in the market. One of the main limitations is that it still needs an external power source to work. “We haven’t realized all of these complex functions yet, but we are marching toward that direction,” Professor Xiao said.
1. Which of the following is not the function of the skin-like electronic?| A．Taking body temperature. |
| B．Keeping track of everyday steps. |
| C．Collecting data on electronic waste. |
| D．Stretching to fit anywhere on the body. |
| A．The process of producing the electronic skin. |
| B．The future the electronic skin may face. |
| C．Why the electronic skin is so popular. |
| D．How the electronic skin works. |
| A．Confident. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Indifferent. | D．Worried. |
| A．Electronic Skin: An Effective Way to Cure Diseases |
| B．A Recyclable, Self-healing Wearable Device Is Invented |
| C．Professor Xiao: Expert Devoted to .Improving Electronics |
| D．Traditional Wearable Electronic Devices Are on the Way out |
【推荐2】In Europe, there are countless cities which are worth visiting, among which Prague and Vienna are both wonderful and exciting cities with a stunning modern atmosphere and ancient history and culture. If you’ve got a European vacation planned, but your limited time or budget can only allow you to explore one of these amazing cities, it may not be an easy decision to make, since each of them may own some unique or outstanding features.
Sightseeing
While both cities are rich in sightseeing adventures, Prague is definitely more beautiful as a city. You can walk along the Danube River for breathtaking views, sit in one of the many cafes that dot the urban landscape, and breathe in the amazing architecture both old and modern that makes up this Central European metropolis (都市). Vienna is a hotbed of history, home to such great sites such as the Hofburg, Schonbrunn Palace and Gardens, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.
Shopping
You most likely don’t travel all the way to Europe just to go shopping. But, if you happen to be a shopaholic, Vienna is definitely a better choice. But be warned: fine goods you buy in Vienna will sometimes be three times more expensive than what they are in the United States or Canada.
Cuisine
When it comes to great dining, both cities are equally fascinating. Austrians are known for their love of sweets and snacks, which is reflected in many bakeries, cafés, and restaurants scattered around Vienna. Some restaurants in either city offer local cuisine, though you’re more likely to be eating a combination of Western European or even Americanized food. Bear in mind that Prague (being that it is in Central Europe) will be far less pricey than Vienna.
Culture
What do you hope to see on your trip? Palaces? Medieval Cathedrals? The Opera? How about museums? If you do happen to visit both cities, you’ll find that culture equally as enriching. However, Vienna has more world-class museums which display the rich history of the area.
1. Which word can best describe Vienna about sightseeing?| A．Diverse. | B．Historic. | C．Modern. | D．Romantic. |
| A．Prague has more appealing tourist attractions than Vienna. |
| B．Vienna is a paradise for shopping due to the cheap goods there. |
| C．The food can cost more in Vienna compared with that in Prague. |
| D．Prague is home to many world-known museums and cathedrals. |
| A．By comparison. | B．By listing examples. |
| C．By providing figures. | D．By asking questions. |
【推荐3】STEM is short for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Strengthening STEM education is vital to preparing kids to compete in the 21st century economy, because kids’ success is driven not only by what they know, but by what they can do with what they know. As a result, it’s more important than ever for youth to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to solve tough problems, gather and evaluate evidence, and make sense of information. The following camps provide the skills needed to succeed in the highly competitive society.
Steve & Kate’ s Camp
December 26th to January 24th
Steve & Kate’s Camp was founded on the belief that when you trust kids, they learn to trust themselves, and develop creative confidence that will help them unleash (突然释放) their true potential. It offers a safe, judgement-free environment where kids can be themselves, explore their passions and make a few mistakes along the way.
Phone:415-389-5437
App Camp
February 16th to March 28th
Asheville School is offering a unique app camp experience for teenagers across the US and abroad who are interested in learning how to make exciting new apps for the iPhone and iPad. Students will learn about Apple’s Swift programming language and learn Apple’s new AR technology.
Phone:828-254-6345
Game Camp Nation
April 17th to June 9th
Use your child’s energy for video games to fuel their future, strengthen self-confidence and make new friends. Creativity, Critical thinking & Communication: We emphasize the 3Cs needed for success in today’s media-driven world. Hands-on projects spark curiosity. Our groups are intentionally kept small, and our staff encourage the kinds of peer interaction that easily make friends.
Phone:619-446-6495
Camp Motor-sport
August 10th to October 7th
For the camper who loves to hear those famous words “Start your engines!” Camp Motor-sport offers exciting motor-sport focusing on summer camp programs for girls and boys aged 9 to 17. In addition to gaining valuable seat time, campers get hands-on experience with the STEM aspects of automotive design. When not driving, Camp Motor-sport still has all the fun campers expect including a private lake with swimming, boats, and gaga ball just to name a few.
Phone:888-836-1212
1. Which camp will you choose if your kid has a long Christmas vacation?| A．Game Camp nation. | B．Camp Motor-sport |
| C．Steve Kate’s Camp. | D．APP Camp. |
| A．Steve & Kate’s Camp | B．APP Camp |
| C．Game Camp Nation | D．Camp Motor-sport |
| A．415-389-5437. | B．828-254-6345. |
| C．619-446-6495. | D．888-836-1212. |
| A．They both make learners become confident. |
| B．They both appeal to learners full of curiosity. |
| C．They are both popular with programming language learners. |
| D．They are both free of charge for teenagers all around the US. |
| A．motivate teenagers to prepare for the competition |
| B．share information on how to spark kids’ curiosity |
| C．help teenagers compete successfully in society |
| D．attract parents to enroll their kids in the camps |
