Being a teenager can be tough. “Troubled” and “rebellious(叛逆的)” are often labels that people give kids in their teens. There are even scientific theories explaining that the likelihood of teenagers taking is due to the fact that their brains aren’t fully developed yet.
But a new study by researches at the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University may have finally cleared up this misunderstanding.
The adolescents(青少年) lack experience.
Instead of being something to worry about, sensation seeking is actually necessary, since the process of learning usually goes hand in hand with taking risks. "Teenagers need to build experience so that they can do a better job in making the difficult and risky decisions in later life. ‘Should I take this job? or ‘
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| A．Should I marry this person? |
| B．It turns out that teenagers are fine. |
| C．Adolescents should do as follows. |
| D．What can parents do to help the kids? |
| E．There's something scarier than taking a risk. |
| F．In other words, they just can t help it. |
| G．Therefore, they keep trying things out for the first time in their life. |
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【推荐1】When people succeed, it is because of hard work,but luck has a lot to do with it.
When it comes to success, luck can mean being in the right place to meet someone. Nothing can replace hard work, but working hard also means you’re preparing yourself for opportunity.
How many of the great inventions and discoveries came about through a lucky mistake or a lucky chance? One of the biggest lucky mistakes in history is Columbus’ so-called discovery of America. He changed history, but he was really looking for India.
Success comes from pure luck and no hard work can be a real problem.
| A．Opportunity often depends on luck. |
| B．Luck is also important in people’s life. |
| C．Success without some luck is almost impossible. |
| D．Hard work plays a very important part in success. |
| E．However, Columbus’ chance discovery wasn’t pure luck. |
| F．For example, consider a teenage girl who becomes a movie star. |
| G．People who work hard help make their own luck by being ready when opportunity knocks. |
【推荐2】When I was 10, I was always joked by my fellow Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) mates, including John. Words were like, “Dick is the best player in the CCA! He only knows how to play ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’ on the trumpet (小号)!”
Once, the moment I left the school, I took out my earpiece, listening to recordings like a broken recorder. I got so engrossed (专注) that I didn’t see the wall in front and fell on the ground. Luckily for me, a passer-by saw what had happened and immediately called the ambulance. When I woke up in the hospital, however, the nurse told me that I suffered severe leg injuries. I could have stopped practicing but that was not what I wanted. I wanted to practice even in the hospital. “One leg injury would not stop me; it would only make me feel more motivated,” I replied to the nurse.
That was a hard period of my life. If I had not been careless, I would not have this problem. Yet if I haven’t gotten myself into this problem, I would not be as motivated and would not have that experience teaching me a life lesson. My parents and my best friend had come to give me emotional support, telling me what had happened during CCA today and advising me on how to become a better player. After day-and-night hard practice, I finally perfected and went back to my CCA.
On the selection day itself, the conductor praised me and asked how I had improved so much. I explained that it was because of my determination, my family and my friends. The conductor then said that I was a role model and that the whole band should follow my motivation and practice instead of being like John. This experience made me what I am today. Currently, I am the best player and the head of the secondary school military band.
1. What did the author want to do after hearing the nurse’s words?| A．Go back to his team. | B．Continue his practice in the hospital. |
| C．Stop practicing and get some rest. | D．Meet his family and friends. |
| A．He got the first prize on the selection day. |
| B．He didn’t give up even with severe injuries. |
| C．He performed better than John. |
| D．He was selected the head of the band. |
| A．Creative. | B．Intelligent. | C．Determined. | D．Friendly. |
| A．A terrible accident | B．An unexpected result |
| C．A desire to be better | D．An experience to shape myself |
【推荐3】"Hope has proved a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far," said Dr. Snyder, a psychologist.
In research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first term was a more accurate predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point averages in high school. "Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them," Dr. Snyder said. "When you compare students with equal learning ability and past school achievements, what sets them apart is hope."
In seeking a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the usual belief that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right. "This idea is not concrete enough; it fails to clarify two key components of hope," Dr. Snyder said.
"Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be."
Despite the wisdom in the old saying "where there's a will there's a way," Dr. Snyder has found that the two are not necessarily connected. In a study of people from 18 to 70 years old, Dr. Snyder discovered: only about 40% of people are hopeful in the technical sense of believing they typically have the energy and means to accomplish their goals; about 20% of the people believed in their ability to find the means to attain their goals, but said they had little will to do so; another 20% have the opposite pattern, saying they had the energy to motivate themselves but little confidence that they would find the means; the rest had little hope at all, reporting that they typically had neither the will nor the way.
"It's not enough just to have the wish for something," said Dr. Snyder. "You need the means, too. On the other hand, all the skills to solve a problem won't help without the willpower to do it."
1. What does Dr. Snyder think can best predict a freshman's academic performance?| A．His S.A.T. scores. | B．His high school grades. |
| C．His level of hope. | D．His family background. |
| A．clear | B．pure | C．universal | D．popular |
| A．It is quite realistic. | B．It is not inspiring to students. |
| C．It is totally wrong. | D．It is not always true in reality. |
| A．No pains, no gains. | B．Hope emerges as key to success. |
| C．Will gets it going. | D．Where there's a will there's a way. |
