White lies, which means little lies usually told to avoid hurting someone’s feelings or to manage social interactions smoothly, are a common aspect of human communication. This report explores the frequency, acceptability, and contexts (情景) of white lies among teenagers.
Method
A survey was conducted with 342 high school students from various regions to gather data on their experiences and attitudes towards white lies. Participants were asked how often they tell white lies, what they think of white lies and in what contexts they tell white lies.
Results
The survey found that 85% of teenagers admit to telling white lies frequently to protect others’ feelings or to avoid conflicts. Their attitude to and most common situations for telling white lies are shown in the following two charts:
White lies play a significant role in the social communications of high school students, helping maintain peace and prevent minor conflicts. While generally seen as beneficial, it is crucial for young individuals to understand the boundaries and potential consequences of dishonesty in their relationships. Educational programs should include discussions on ethics (道德原则) in communication, helping students know when white lies might be acceptable.
1. What can be inferred from the two charts?| A．Most participants are against telling white lies. |
| B．White lies are harmful because they may hurt feelings. |
| C．Most participants tell white lies to protect social relationships. |
| D．About 10% of participants don’t know why they tell white lies. |
| A．It aims to explore the meaning of white lies. |
| B．342 teenagers and adults participated in the survey. |
| C．85% of participants think it’s acceptable to tell white lies. |
| D．Its conclusion encourages more related educational programs. |
| A．A news story. | B．A survey report. |
| C．An online blog. | D．A scientific essay. |
2 . Before we work on the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I would like to give two suggestions that will greatly add the value you will receive from this material (阅读材料).
First, I would recommend that you do not see this material as a book, in the sense that it is something just read once and put on a shelf.
You may choose to read it through once for a sense of the whole, but the material is designed to be a companion in the continual process of change and growth. As you progress to deeper levels of understanding and practice, you are supposed to go back time and again to the principles contained in each habit and work to expand your knowledge, skill, and desire.
Second, I would suggest that you change from the role of learner to that of a teacher while reading this material. Take an inside-out approach and read with the purpose in mind of sharing or discussing what you learn with someone else within 48 hours after you learn it. Read as though you are going to teach it to others, while it is still fresh, and notice the difference in your mental and emotional process.
I am sure if you approach the material in this way, you will not only better remember what you read, but your perspective will be expanded, your understanding deepened, and your motivation to apply the material increased.
In addition, as you openly, honestly share what you are learning with others, you will be surprised to find that negative labels (负面标签) or perceptions others may have had of you tend to disappear. Those you teach will see you as a changing, growing person and will be more likely to be helpful and supportive as you work, perhaps together to integrate the seven habits into your lives.
1. Which part is the text most probably taken from?| A．How to Use This Book. | B．“Habits” Defined. |
| C．The Power of Principles. | D．What You Can Expect. |
| A．Read the book once and shelve it. | B．Read for knowledge and skills. |
| C．Read the book time and again. | D．Read the book as a learner. |
| A．Find better approaches. | B．Build better memories. |
| C．Improve reading skills. | D．Better understand the book. |
| A．Attractions. | B．Beliefs. | C．Treatments. | D．Capabilities. |
3 . Do you often talk with your parents? Here is some advice on how to talk with them.
Try to start your talk with something fun. This will make talking easier. For example, ask them questions about their day. How’s their work? They love this.
Make it clear what you want to tell your parents. If they have an opinion, let them finish it and don’t stop their talking. Ask them to do the same for you.
Show them respect (尊敬). Listen to them carefully and look them in the eyes.
Be honest. Honesty builds trust (信任). Life is good when your parents trust you.
If your parents don’t understand you, that’s OK. It doesn’t mean they don’t love you. Sometimes you have to explain (解释) the things to them again.
When you finish the talk, thank them for listening. Say something like, “Thanks, that helped.” It will let them know this is important to you, and make them want to do it more often.
1. The writer advises that we should be ________ if we hope our parents trust us.| A．fun | B．respectful | C．talented | D．honest |
| A．explain your idea to them | B．argue with them |
| C．look them in the eye | D．ask them to stop |
| A．By trusting them. | B．By talking to them. |
| C．By finishing the talk. | D．By saying “thanks” to them. |
| A．How to respect our parents. | B．How to trust our parents. |
| C．How to love our parents. | D．How to talk with our parents. |
4 . If your child is applying to private school for middle school or high school, he can expect to have an interview with a member of the admissions (招生) team. There are some common questions that many students applying to private school can expect to experience.
Students should think through their views and speak knowledgeably about the events.
It’s better if the student has visited classes at the school or spoken to teachers so that she can speak in a firsthand, vivid way about why she wants to attend the school. Clichéd (陈词滥调的) answers such as, “
Students should be prepared to speak about their area of interest, whether it’s music, drama, or sports.
| A．Your school looks great. |
| B．What do you do outside of school? |
| C．The goal of the interview is to get to know the student. |
| D．This is also a chance for students to share a new interest. |
| E．How do you develop personal interest outside of school? |
| F．Many private school history classes require students to read the news every day. |
| G．Your child can practice answering these questions to be fully prepared for the interview. |
Recently, I volunteered with Interact, my school's service group at Read 2 Me, an activity that gives volunteers the opportunity to read to little kids and interact with them.
I walked with other volunteers into a large room in which there was a large variety of books. Some were picture books, such as Cifford or The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Others were chapter books with pictures in them, such as the Berenstain Bears and The Wimpy Kid series. For the extremely talented kids who like to be challenged, we provided chapter books that required imagination to understand. Just after I had gathered some books together, someone announced that it was almost time for the activity to start. All at once, a burst of voices was heard. The doors opened, and the children rushed in, beginning to look for a reading buddy（伙伴）. They all looked so eager to read, just like mice eager to taste a piece of cheese. I was sitting there waiting and glancing at the books that I had picked out for the lucky kid I would read them to.
Just then, a boy about six years old began to come my way, and I knew that I had found my reading buddy. "Hi, I'm Max. Would you like to be my reading buddy?" "Sure," I responded. And then, I let him search for a book of his choice.
"I like this one," shouted Max. I looked at the book that he had chosen. It told an adventure story of a little girl with her dog, and it seemed that it would be a good one to read to him.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . Can you imagine a five-year-old boy writing and playing music on a child-sized violin? This was true of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart，a gifted boy who grew up to be one of the most creative composers (作曲家) of all time. Then you might think that the life of this child was easy all the time. Read on. Decide for yourself.
Mozart was born in January of 1756 into a musical family. His father, Leopold Mozart, knew the talent of his child and carefully taught him. Later, Mozart toured Europe, putting on concerts for the people of high social positions. He could listen to any piece of music once and then play it from memory. He could play the piano or the violin with his eyes covered. What’s more, music that Mozart wrote at the age of five was as good as works by many adult composers.
Mozart earned a living by selling his compositions, giving concerts and providing music lessons for the wealthy. Some of the operas Mozart wrote, such as The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, are still performed today. He composed 41 symphonies (交响乐). However, none of them earned him much money, and he spent far more than he was able to earn. Mozart often waited until the last moment to work on pieces that had been asked for.
By the spring of 1791, Mozart was ill and sad. He was deeply in debt (债务). His health, which had never been good, was becoming even worse. A stranger asked Mozart to write a musical piece for a funeral (葬礼). Mozart agreed, but then began to fear that it was being written for his own death. His fears turned out to be true. Mozart died in December of 1791, at the age of 35.
1. What is the purpose of the writer by saying “Read on. Decide for yourself ”in paragraph1?| A．To increase your reading interest. |
| B．To tell you it is your business to read it or not |
| C．To introduce that the child always led an easy life |
| D．To introduce the reason why you should read |
| A．He could play any music wonderfully |
| B．He could write good works at an early age. |
| C．He held concerts for the people of high social positions |
| D．He could listen to any piece of music once and then play it from memory |
| A．Mozart could support himself by working so hard |
| B．Mozart led a poor life although he wrote many pieces |
| C．Mozart’s compositions sold well and he made a lot of money |
| D．Mozart led a happy life because of much money |
| A．Mozart’s lifetime | B．Mozart’s talent | C．Mozart’s works B. Mozart’s father |
7 . My grandparents’ tiny farm is surrounded with rolling hills in Brazil. That’s where they work and
Although I have
I first heard the
Since then, when I
| A．buy | B．grow | C．eat | D．hide |
| A．cooked | B．tasted | C．liked | D．iced |
| A．unceremoniously | B．anxiously | C．gracefully | D．creatively |
| A．put | B．tied | C．seen | D．stolen |
| A．dry | B．cool | C．test | D．weigh |
| A．speech | B．term | C．song | D．story |
| A．selling | B．storing | C．preparing | D．saving |
| A．proposals | B．qualities | C．chemicals | D．methods |
| A．trees | B．regions | C．homes | D．farmers |
| A．heavier | B．sweeter | C．saltier | D．hotter |
| A．lie down | B．set off | C．get up | D．run out |
| A．witnessing | B．imagining | C．avoiding | D．performing |
| A．cared for | B．thrown away | C．brought about | D．folded up |
| A．access | B．impression | C．weather | D．recommendation |
| A．recognize | B．drink | C．pack | D．transport |
8 . It’s easy for consumers to buy food and drinks like a bowl of hot rice and coke online or from neighbourhood shops, but for astronauts such things were impossible in the past.
Members of China’s Shenzhou manned space flight last year, however, were able to enjoy such food, thanks to Joyoung, a Chinese firm. Joyoung created a mobile space kitchen for the astronauts. A drinking water machine, an air heater and a soybean milk maker were all accessible in the kitchen through a smart app. Tang Hongbo, who was a member of the Shenzhou manned spacecraft said in the news that during his three-month trip, he could eat hot food with just half-hour efforts, a contrast to the past when similar attempts required several hours. “If we had time, we would also use equipment to eat homemade yogurt. We could also control the equipment in the space kitchen through mobile phone apps.” he said.
In the past, most foods couldn’t be directly heated in a microwave oven in the space. Conduction equipment often caused uneven (不均匀的) heating. An astronaut had to spend as long as four hours to heat some vegetables in the space kitchen. To solve the problem, Joyoung has developed equipment that gives out hot air to heat vegetables in a 360-degree way. That enables astronauts to eat steaming-hot fish-flavoured pork and Gongbao chicken, a spicy, stir-fried Chinese dish.
Besides Joyoung, a group of companies, including Xiaomi Coip and Huawei Technologies, have contributed their technologies to the development of the space station. A vacuum (真空) cleaner made haircuts on the spacecraft possible. NOLO VR, a Chinese virtual reality manufacturer, has helped astronauts develop an experimental equipment through which laboratory technicians on the ground can see and experience what astronauts are doing in space.
1. What do astronauts think of Joyoung’s mobile space kitchen?| A．Water-saving. | B．Energy-wasting. | C．Time-saving. | D．Money-wasting. |
| A．By making contrasts. | B．By analyzing results. |
| C．By providing pictures. | D．By answering questions. |
| A．Jayoung needs to further its technology. |
| B．What astronauts are doing is significant. |
| C．Astronauts on board can do as they wish. |
| D．There are more technologies for the spacecraft. |
| A．The Hot Diet on the Space Station Needs to be Addressed |
| B．Earth to Space, Firms Add Value by Creating Technology |
| C．Modern Technology Brings Convenience to Human Beings |
| D．Manufacturers Make Big Profits from Inventing Equipment |
Many people take the idea of saving money very seriously. Back in 1924, in Italy, a group of people
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Other people don’t spend money because they don’t like the culture of consumption. This is connected to the view that we should make ourselves happy through the
But however we view money, moderate spending is certainly a good idea when we are still too young to get a job. There is a British saying
10 . Arsh believes in the importance of making the world a more beautiful place. The talented boy not only paints but also sells his artwork and donates the money.
It all started when his parents bought him a set of painting tools for his 8th birthday. Once he had his own materials, he began spending much of his free time putting color on his canvas. As Arsh’s paintings began to grow in number, he decided to give them as gifts to friends and family. Receiving a positive response from people around him, he soon realized his pieces had the potential to get much more than smiles and praise.
His light-bulb moment came shortly after: he would sell his artwork and donate the money to charity. His first plan was to raise $1,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which he accomplished in around nine months by selling his paintings on social media and at local art shows. Since then, he’s broadened his reach to benefit other organizations, including childhood cancer nonprofit Compass to Care and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He’s raised over $16,000 for charities so far.
Arsh’s artwork is often colorful and cheery, as one might expect from a youngster, but it showcases the impressive technique of a gifted artist. Some pieces are more abstract in nature; others feature realistic renditions (演绎) of flowers and animals. They range in size and complexity, and, accordingly, price. Small paintings might sell for $10 while larger canvases, up to five feet, have gone for $800.
Last year, Arsh won The Diana Award, an honor presented by a UK charity founded on Princess Diana’s belief that young people have the power to change their country. And the young artist has advice for other kids looking to make a difference. “Helping others doesn’t have to be, like, money or anything. It can be your time, your skills, your talent,” he says, “and overall, just be kind to other people to make their day better.”
1. What made Arsh interested in painting?| A．A birthday present from his parents. | B．His parents’ deep love for painting. |
| C．The encouragement of others around him. | D．His fascination with the beauty of nature. |
| A．To pay for his painting materials. | B．To get more attention from others. |
| C．To attract children’s interest in art. | D．To help those people who are in need. |
| A．His fundraising plan is going well. |
| B．He will turn his attention to his studies. |
| C．All his paintings sell at high prices now. |
| D．He is going to teach other children to paint for free. |
| A．Every child has a unique talent. |
| B．Everyone has the ability to help others. |
| C．Talent plays an important role in learning art. |
| D．Helping others is the responsibility of young artists. |
