For me, education has three main o    1    . Firstly, it is to gain knowledge. Obviously, certain kinds of knowledge are necessary not only to     2     (追求) certain careers but also to contribute to the world.

Advertising agencies used to create this kind of advertising and it could be very     1     (有效的). But then they realised that it might not bes    2     for a marketplace where products and services are in direct     3     (竞争) with each other. Particularly now, in modern times, advertisements need to a    4     and hold the attention of the public. For this reason, it’s now normal to see advertisements that     5     (由……组成) of pictures or words from experts to show people how good the product is.

Helen’s parents got a s    1     teacher recommended to them, a woman named Anne Sullivan. Anne was a teacher and former student at a school for the blind in Boston. She’d had     2     (视力) problems early in life as well so she could r    3     to Helen’s difficulties.

Not only is Christopher Reeve known as a superhero in the Superman films, but he is also r    1     as a superhero in real life. Although he believed he would only act on stage, he tried out for and was eventually given the lead     2    (角色) in the Superman film. He soon gained a reputation for raising     3    (意识) for good causes. With a new sense of energy and     4    (投入、奉献), he engaged in a wide     5    (范围) of exercises designed to rebuild muscle, and made remarkable progress.

The     1     (话题) of this article is social networking.

Mark never stops socialising with his friends online. He is     2     (持续不断地) posting updates on social media and receiving messages and updates from the people he associates with online. His sister spent all her time c    3     that she needed to charge her phone. When it was charged, she just spent hours reading about her favourite popstar. They can’t drop their phones, because they are afraid to miss all the important     4     (约会), invitations and news updates.

But in reality, phones don’t bring people closer and people always feel     5     (沮丧的), dissatisfied and alone. Therefore, with cellphones, people are physically close, but mentally far away.

Most students feel their IQ, which refers to Intelligence Quotient, is what     1    (决定) how well they are going to do in life, but new research suggests that EQ is a better way for    2    (预测) success. Professor Salovey says it is IQ that gets you e    3     but it is EQ that gets you promoted.

Steven Spielberg, a great filmmaker, who has won c    1    (无数的，数不尽的) awards and prizes for his    2    (贡献) towards film-making, suffered from several failures in his life. He was not able to get higher examination grades in schools during his    3    (童年). He was suspended three times from the University of Southern California. With passion and d    4    (投入，奉献), he went on to create some successful movies and won many awards including Oscars.

We can remember events in our c     1     because when we experience things for the first time when we were kids, we often have strong feelings of fear or     2     (兴奋). Therefore, when remembering something new, try to connect it to our e    3     (情绪). This is a useful     4     (策略) to improve memory. Given that the sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning, another effective technique to remember things is to r     5     the material learning periodically, especially during the first day after learning.