【推荐1】Change is scary.     1     It can go hand in hand with the fear that we might hurt someone else if we think about ourselves. The truth is that you’re so much more courageous than you give yourself credit for and far stronger than you realize. Here are some ways that you can use to help yourself make the process of creating change more manageable.
Make change into small bite size pieces.     2     Remember that as long as you attempt to take regular practice towards your goal, such as eating more healthily every day, or walking twenty minutes a day, you’re heading in the right direction to make changes.
Form a habit of keeping a diary every day. Writing a journal every night before going to bed can effectively help you cope with the emotional impact of the change process. Go to grab a pen or pencil and remember a journal is not for being neat and tidy with good spelling.     3    .
Rest is essential to success. Have a rest and take timeout to build your energy.     4     If we don’t give ourselves time to rest, we just end up burning out by the constant striving and worry. As we don’t have the energy to keep going, we have to give up!
    5     Just accept it! I’m sorry to say that unless some people are really secure in themselves and truly happy in their own life, they’re never going to like your changes. This has nothing to do with whether they love you or not. They are just for self-preservation! Therefore, give them a little time to adjust and get used to it.

A．It is a step into the unknown.

B．It’s not being lazy to have time out.

C．No one else is going to like your changes.

D．Don’t try to eat the elephant in one sitting.

E．Creating change is about building your character.

F．Keep repeating your small steps over and over again.

G．It’s a private place where you can speak out your inner thoughts.

【推荐2】The Science of Talking with Your Preschooler

Language is the fullest and most useful way of communication,and we can teach young children how to use language by engaging them in conversations.     1     .There are three main conversation techniques that parents can use to help their preschoolers develop important oral language skills.

    2     .The more details that are added in a conversation,the more opportunities the young child has to learn new words.Listen closely to what the child is talking about,and then explain it further to help a preschooler expand language.

Interact by asking questions and telling answers that are meaning to the child’s interests.    3    .It also serves preschoolers opportunities to use the new words.By asking different types of questions like who,where,why,what,how and when,young children are encouraged to use their own words and express their own ideas.

Help young children learn to use their language to consider and solve a problem.By“wondering aloud,”an adult models his thinking process and exposes preschoolers to curiosity and the abstract uses of language.“Wondering aloud”is simply saying out loud what you are thinking.    4     ,you can involve your child in what you are doing and demonstrate how to think through a problem to come to a conclusion.

Strong oral language skills developed during the preschool years will help a child’s success with later reading comprehension in schoo1.Engaging your young children in rich conversations can help them build important language skills.    5     .

A．If gestures are added

B．By expressing your thoughts in words

C．Clearly explain new words and add details

D．It can also help you and your child to have fun together

E．Having good conversations with preschoolers is a“science”

F．Employ simple words to make abstract thoughts easier to understand

G．Such practice helps a child maintain interest on a topic or all acridty

【推荐1】My first term at MIT（麻省理工学院）was awesome—I got all A’s, and I declared math as my major. My parents were expecting me to become a doctor like them so I was trying to satisfy them. But I was desperately running away from them. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. My third term, I ended up with a D in math. I didn’t do that well in my other classes, either. It seemed like all my friends were doing so well, getting opportunities over the summers.

My fifth term, I realized that I was awful at higher-level math. I had lost all confidence in myself. I went to a few classes at the beginning of the term, but after by midterm, I had totally stopped. My only relief was the dance team I was on. I would sleep all day, and then go to dance practice, and then go back to sleep. As expected, I failed in all of my classes and had to withdraw from MIT.

I had no choice but to tell my parents. Instead of yelling or hitting me, though, they just held me and cried. The next day, my dad took a day off from work and took me to a nearby, small arts college.

I had lost all confidence in myself. Before my first biology test, I didn’t think I could pass. I did pass. Since I had so much free time, I decided to join a biology lab. I realized that was what I wanted to do! I wanted to be a scientist!

This past May, I graduated with the highest honors, and now I have my PhD in biology. Though it ended up taking me 5 years to graduate from college, I can say now that dropping out of MIT was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I’ve realized that a person is not their grades. I’ve realized how much my parents loved me. I’ve finally discovered my passion（热情）in life!

1. How was the author’s first term at MIT?

A．He was busy with exams.	B．He knew his goals clearly.
C．He did well in all subjects.	D．He was fed up with math.

2. How did the author’s parents react to his failing at MIT?

A．They hit him.	B．They yelled at him.
C．They quit their jobs to teach him.	D．They forgave him for what he did.

3. In the arts college, the author _________.

A．rebuilt his confidence	B．volunteered at many labs
C．found it hard to learn biology	D．hated the learning environment

4. What do we know about the author from the last paragraph?

A．He felt sorry for his parents.	B．He discovered his true interest.
C．He realized the importance of grades.	D．He felt ashamed of his failing at MIT.

【推荐2】Being a successful high school student

Being a successful high school student requires both patience and motivation. Unfortunately, there are often many things that can make your success difficult. Here are some tips which can help you become a successful high school student.

Remember that school is important.

It's important to have fun and have lots of extra after school activities, but school study should always be your top priority (优先的事物).    1    

Get involved at your school.

You don't have to be a superstar or a cheerleader to do this.     2     These may include recent events, such as the basketball game held last Friday or attending school events like dances and variety shows.

Take up a sport to get fit.

It's easy to forget to stay in shape when the workload gets heavy.     3     So join a sports team at your school to make you less worried about your schedule and have a healthy body.

    4    

Not being an athlete is not an excuse for not having something to do after school. If you're interested in art, join the art club. Music? Join a band. If you're not into any of your school's clubs, advise your principal to start a new one. Most likely he or she will say yes.

Focus on yourself.

Don't compare yourself with others.     5     Every day you should only try to make yourself better, instead of worrying about how the girl sitting in front of you has nicer clothes or is getting better grades, etc. Ten years from now. this won’t matter.

A．Join all kinds of clubs.

B．Find a club to develop your interests.

C．All you need to do is stay on top of things.

D．High school is only a competition with yourself.

E．So never take homework, tests and quizzes lightly!

F．Changing your attitude towards study can contribute to your success.

G．Doing some sports can help you relax your body and improve your study.

【推荐3】Smartphones are perhaps one of the things we like most or least. While they create a shared and communicative digital(数字的）experience, their use also greatly reduces the amount of direct communication we have. So, while we feel closer than ever through smartphones, research shows that we're actually lonelier than ever.

We see this situation most commonly among the youth who were born into the digital age. Phones have increased the level of isolation(孤立). Janet Behrens, principal of Iowa Valley Junior-Senior High School, noticed it in the lunchroom, where students had their heads down looking at their phones and had little conversation with each other.

Then, she created a lunchroom policy, which requires all students to leave their phones behind during Friday lunches and sit at a table with students they may not know. During Friday lunches, kids pick a card that shows which lunch table they will be sitting at that day. Each table provides ideas for conversation starters, in case students have trouble thinking of things to talk about with kids they might not know.

Anyone who knows teens knows that they are likely to refuse to follow this kind of forced socialization(合群). So they may not quickly agree with such an idea. However, the new program is different. After taking a few weeks to get used to the new program, kids are kinder to each other and they actually look forward to Friday lunch hour. Sahara Kanke, a ninth grader, said, “I think it's fun. I was a bit confused when I first knew the program. But I like doing it now. People are nicer to each other now because they got to know each other at lunch.”

Policies like this are important. ABC News reported that students who use phones and computers less during class scored half a grade higher than students with smartphones. Due to the advantages of reducing smartphone use among the youth, schools around the world have been testing different methods to help students overcome the difficulties.

1. What does the author say about the smartphones?

A．They have caused a waste of study time.

B．They enjoy great popularity among young

C．They provide lots of interesting activities for people.

D．They can both improve and weaken connections among people.

2. What does the underlined word “it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Students' dislike of school food.

B．Students' loneliness brought by smartphones.

C．Students' refusing to follow some school rules.

D．Students' making new friends through the Internet.

3. What can we learn about the new policy?

A．It aims to get students to share their problems.

B．It can improve students' problem-solving ability.

C．It calls on students to stop chatting online at school.

D．It encourages face-to-face communication among students.

4. What does Paragraph 4 suggest?

A．It is pretty difficult to get along with teenagers.

B．It is challenging to carry out the new program in school.

C．The new program has drawn students closer to each other.

D．Young students were glad to join the program at the beginning.