1 . When I was a teenager, I was invited to a formal dance party. I was
“Mom, I don’t know if I can wear these,” I said, feeling
As I arrived at the party, I tried to be
I quickly got up and laughed it off, pretending like it was
My friend Lilly helped me
When I returned home, I told Mom I felt like a complete
From that day forward, I stuck to flat shoes. I learned to
A.surprised | B.excited | C.relaxed | D.satisfied |
A.unsure | B.unsafe | C.unusual | D.unhappy |
A.breaks | B.turns | C.steps | D.attempts |
A.genuine | B.polite | C.serious | D.cool |
A.danger | B.injury | C.disaster | D.wonder |
A.landed on | B.tripped over | C.kicked up | D.ran into |
A.a hot potato | B.a big fish | C.no luck | D.no big deal |
A.fight | B.argue | C.disappear | D.struggle |
A.approach | B.avoid | C.prevent | D.identify |
A.patience | B.bravery | C.worry | D.anger |
A.fool | B.hero | C.stranger | D.dancer |
A.suggested | B.expected | C.promised | D.directed |
A.dependent | B.easy | C.careful | D.hard |
A.fashionable | B.tight | C.comfortable | D.special |
A.promote | B.accept | C.trust | D.refuse |
2 . According to the World Economic Forum, by 2050, soft skills such as complex problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence will be among the most important ones required in the workplace
The modern workplace is interpersonal. Skills such as active listening, cooperation, presenting ideas clearly and communicating with colleagues effectively are all highly valued in the modern workplace.
Customers and clients demand soft skills. Thanks to the development of online shopping, consumers these days have a huge number of choices as to where to buy the desired items. Online shopping makes convenience and low prices quite easy to come by and customer services what really affects customers' choosing a particular business.
The future workplace will rely on soft skills. Advance in technology, such as artificial intelligence, have caused tasks that required hard skills to decline, making soft skills a key differentiator (区分) in the workplace. An authoritative study predicts that soft skill-intensive occupations will account for two-thirds of all Jobs by 2030.
A.They are also useful in our personal lives |
B.Soft skills are helpful to career development |
C.The term “soft skills” covers a wide range of skills |
D.Thus it is vital to have good communication with customers |
E.But it's difficult to teach soft skills and tack the improvements |
F.Strong soft skills contribute to a productive and healthy work environment |
G.Perhaps you are wondering how they play a big role in our professional lives |
3 . Personalized medicine changes conventional medicine which typically offers blanket recommendations and offers treatments designed to help more people than they bam but that might not work for you. The approach recognizes that we each possess unique characteristics, and they have an out size impact on our health.
Around the world, researchers are creating precision tools unimaginable just a decade ago: superfast DNA sequencing(排序); tissue engineering, cell reprogramming, gene editing, and more. The science and technology soon will make it possible to predict your risk of cancer, heart disease, and countless other illnesses years before you get sick. The work also offers prospects for changing genes in removing some diseases.
Last spring, researchers at the National Cancer Institute reported the dramatic recovery of a woman with breast cancer, Judy Perkins. The team, led by Steven Rosenberg, an immune(免疫的) treatment pioneer, had sequenced her cancer cells’ DNA to analyze the sudden change. The team also removed a sampling of immune cells and tested them to see which ones recognized her cancer cells' genetic faults. The scientists reproduced the winning immune cells by the billions and put them into Perkins to attack her cancer cells. More than two y cars later. Perkins, a retired engineer from Florida, shows no signs of cancer.
Thirty years ago, scientists thought that it would be impossible to understand our genetic rules and sequence the 3.2 billion pairs of different elements in our DNA. “It was like you were talking fairytales,” Kurzrock said. “The conventional wisdom was that it would never happen. Never And then in 2003, never was over.”
It took the Human Gene Project 13 years, roughly one billion dollars, and scientists from six countries to sequence one gene complex. Today sequencing costs about a thousand dollars. The latest machines can produce the results in a day. The technology, combined with advanced cell analysis, clarifies the astonishing biochemical variations that make every human body unique.
1. What can we know about personalized medicine?A.It has emerged a decade before. |
B.It offers blanket recommendations. |
C.It uses genetic information to help patients. |
D.It administers treatment intended for most people. |
A.Promising. | B.Highly risky. | C.Fruitless. | D.Strictly confidential. |
A.Sequencing her immune cells. |
B.Reprogramming her cancer cells |
C.Analysis of her life style changes. |
D.Identification of cancer-fighting cells. |
A.Its wide applications. | B.Its recent advances. |
C.Its major disadvantages. | D.Its attractive prospects. |
4 . How to practise emotional awareness?
What is emotional awareness? Emotional awareness is being able to identify and make sense of not only our own emotions but those of others. It’s absolutely essential in understanding our behaviors and changing our way of dealing with the problems. With emotional awareness, we can understand how this influences our behaviors.
Of course, describing exactly how we feel can often prove difficult.
Mindfulness is the process of bringing our attention to the present moment and becoming more aware of our thoughts. It’s a state of calm, non-judgmental reflection.
Self-reflection develops emotional awareness and is key to understanding why you feel the way you do. Activities such as journaling can be really beneficial in learning about your thought processes.
A.And in turn, change the way we respond to challenging situations. |
B.Without emotional awareness, we may develop emotional blind spots. |
C.It’s the very reason we turn to general phrases like “I’m not myself today”. |
D.Sometimes what we really struggle with is putting our emotions into words. |
E.There are many ways to be mindful, from practising breathwork to sitting in silence. |
F.And for many of us, that means understanding how we feel and why can be incredibly difficult. |
G.Research shows that being aware of your emotions is hugely beneficial to social and emotional functioning. |
5 . Conflict (冲突) between teenagers and parents happens for a lot of reasons. Sometimes conflict happens between teenagers and parents just because conflict happens between human beings anyway. Humans have different needs, different feelings, different opinions about what they want, and the relationship with people can be really difficult. However, teenagers can cause further conflict because of the hormonal (生理的) changes that are happening and the stage of life that they're in.
Teenagers and parents have different understanding about rules and at times they find it difficult to look into the future. So parents and teenagers will often experience conflict about many things, do chores, homework, whether teenagers speak respectfully or not and about what they're allowed to do.
Before we think about rule boundaries (界线) for teenagers, we need to make sure that we have a really good relationship base. There's no point saying “From now on, you have to listen to me”: if you don't have a positive relationship with your teenager. We need to go back and make sure there is some degree of shared respect, and some degree of positive communication and enjoyment being together. you do that first, it means that rule boundaries are a lot easier to set up.
Often we're dealing with conflict on the fly. This is not the right time to be dealing with it. We really want parents and teenagers to sit down and think about the kinds of things that may happen in the house before the problems come. The more detailed your rule boundaries are for teenagers, the more likely it is that they are going to follow them. So this means we don't have rule boundaries like “Have the bathroom cleaned”. It needs to be “The floors mopped, nothing on the countertop and the mirrors cleaned by ten o'clock every Saturday”: Rule boundaries need to be written down, and set out ahead of time so the teenager knows exactly what's expected.
1. What's important to set up a rule boundary easily for teenagers?A.Being strict from the start. | B.Developing a good relationship with them first. |
C.Saying"No" to their requirements. | D.Avoiding close talks with them. |
A.Doing some housework. | B.Having a good reading habit. |
C.Cleaning the bathroom. | D.Finishing your homework by five. |
A.In a hurry. | B.On the plane. | C.By oneself. | D.Another day. |
A.Growing Pains | B.Teenage Problems |
C.Parent-Child Conflict and Solutions | D.Knowing the Conflict |
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