2 . Directions: Complete the composition by using proper correlatives.

    1     , most of the children get to know these advertisements by watching TV which are always full of vivid descriptions that have deeply captured the hearts of the children.     2     , children, naive and innocent, have kept asking their parents to bu. those toys, snacks or other goods which they have seen on TV.     3     , pressures coming from their friends, usually called “peer pressure”, have also made some kids unhappy with their life because the parents of their friends have bought the goods but their parents do not. In this case, not only the kids, but also their parents, are under great pressure.

    4     , we sometimes have to admit that some of the advertisements do provide useful information.     5     , many food advertisements often involve the trends and tastes that most children would have, which could be helpful to the doctors or teachers in the field of children's health.     6     , the drawbacks of it are more obvious, the purpose of these ads will never change — making money on kids — and they provide misleading messages as well.

    7     , they always do not concentrate on the qualities or values of the goods but how they look like or in which way they attract children, etc.     8     , parents have to pay much money and their kids are not necessarily satisfied with what they get because they are not as good as they are depicted the advertisement.

3 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Emotional intelligence consists of self-awareness, self-control, self-motivation, enthusiasm, and social ability. People with emotional intelligence understand their feelings and manage them in ways that are positive and     1    . They make decisions about life-what job to pursue, what    2    to take, and whom to marry -with greater confidence and skill than people with low or no emotional intelligence. Their people skills make them more likely to succeed at relationships, cooperation, and leadership, and less likely to engage in risky or criminal    3    .

A recent study on emotional intelligence looked at the mental health of young people with high intellectual and artistic abilities. The researcher interviewed    4    students from 12 to 17 years old. He asked them questions like "Do you ever think about your own thinking?" and "If you ask yourself, ‘Who am I? ’, what is the answer?"

So the researcher found all of his subjects to be    5    intense and enthusiastic young people. The subjects     6    emotional highs and lows that caused intense happiness, but also conflicts, pain, and a tendency to get overexcited.

For example, one 16-year-old said, “I am a very misunderstood person. People think that my life is easy because I am    7    , but I have a lot of problems of my own just because of these talents. I am a very sensitive and emotional person. I get angered or saddened very easily.”

What the student said shows us that people with emotional intelligence understand their feelings. However, when young people think deeply about everything and feel everything very strongly, they often    8    problems. They're criticized and    9    , and they start' to believe that something is wrong with them. They feel embarrassed and    10    for being "different" from everyone else.

4 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The earth's oceans, which cover 70 percent of the earth's surface, are a frontier that we are just beginning to explore. Scientists know that the undersea world is a storehouse of oil,    1    , and protein-rich foods. The oceans are also a storehouse of plants and animals. Some of these living things contain    2    that can be made into useful medicines.

Scientists have long known that seawater    3    the healing of certain kinds of wounds. Medical experts believe that certain fungi floating in seawater may have healing    4    . One new medicine, cephalothin is already being made from a fungus that    5    in the Mediterranean Sea. Cephalothin kills certain germs that penicillin will not kill.

The fungus used to make cephalothin is only one of about 300 kinds of fungi in the sea. Many of these fungi have not yet been studied. Some may produce even more valuable    6    than cephalothin.

Anyone who has ever stepped on the jellyfish called the Portuguese man-of-war knows that it contains a powerful, stinging poison. Medical researchers have studied this poison. They have also studied the    7    of sea snakes, octopuses, shell animals, and sponges. In very small quantities, some of these poisons have proved useful in the    8    of diabetes, heart disease, ulcers, and spastic paralysis.

So far, only about one percent of all the sea    9    have been studied. The time required to collect any one form of sea life in large quantities has held back research.

Before too many years, however, scientists will be able to work under the sea for a long period of time. They will live in    10    like the Sea-labs. Among these scientists will be doctors testing sea life for new and better kinds of medicines.