Most students do an I    1     Quotient (IQ) test early in their school life. Even if they never see their     2    (结果), they feel that their IQ is what d    3     how well they are going to do in life. However, experts now say that EQ is as important, if not more, in     4    (预测)whether someone will be successful in life. Professor Salovey, the expert who invented the term EQ, explains that at work, it is IQ that gets youe    5     but it is EQ that gets you promoted.

What a day! This morning, I was worried that no one would talk to me. But I was wrong. I didn’t feel awkward or f    1     at all. I miss my friends from junior high school, but I believe I will make new friends here, and there’s a lot to e    2     at senior high. I feel much more c    3     than I felt this morning. I think that tomorrow will be a great day!

I r    4     that you talk to your friend about his behavior. It is not unusual for teenagers of your generation to be a    5     computer games and the online world. But spending too much time online is unhealthy and makes it very difficult to focus on other things in life. Some students even become a    6     the Internet and cannot c    7     school and family life.

A short f    8     from Cusco takes you from the Andes into the Amazon rainforest. From there, you’ll spend one day travelling by boat to your a    9     in the middle of the forest. You can then spend three days exploring the rainforest with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals u    10     the rainforest.

There are various reasons why people compose poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe a certain image in the readers’ mind. Others try to convey certain f    1     such as joy and sorrow. The distinctive characteristics of poetry often include economic use of words, descriptive and v    2     language, integrated imagery, l    3     devices such as similes and metaphors, and arrangements of words, lines, rhemes, and rhythm. Poets use many different forms of poetry to e    4     themselves. Now we will look at a few of the simpler forms.

Some of the first poems a young child learns in English are nursery r    5    . They are usually the traditional poems or f    6     songs. The language of these rhymes, like Poem A, is to the p    7     but has a storyline. Many children enjoy nursery rhymes because they rhyme, have a strong rhythm, and often repeat the same words. The poems may not make s    8     and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and r    9    . By playing with the words in nursery rhymes children learned about language.

Before the mid-20th century, most people felt travelling into space was an impossible dream. However, some scientists were d    1     to help humans realise their dream to explore space. After many experiments, they succeeded in making r    2    that could escape Earth’s gravity. On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite was l    3    by the USSR and successfully orbited around Earth. Afterwards, the USSR focused on sending people into space, and on 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the f    4    person in the world to go into space. Over eight years later, on 20 July1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, famously s    5    , “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for m    6    .” Following this, many more goals were achieved. For example, America’s NASA space-agency launched Voyager 1 on 5 September 1977 to study deep space, and it still t    7    data today.

Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. All the astronauts on the USSR’s Soyuz 11 and America’s Challenge died during their missions. These disasters made everyone sad and disappointed, but the desire to explore the universe never died. This is because people believe in the importance of c    8    on space exploration d    9     the huge risks. An example of this ongoing work is the International Space Station. It orbits Earth and has astronauts from different countries on b    10    , providing a continuous human presence in space.

It can be a big headache to balance your developing     1     (精神需求) too. You enter a strange middle ground — no longer a small child but not quite an adult. You have both a new desire for independence and a continued need for your parents’ love and support. You feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions    2     (自行). Unfortunately, your parents do not always agree and that makes you feel unhappy. “Why can’t they just let me go?” you may wonder.    3     (另一方面), when you are struggling to control your feelings, you wish they could be more caring and patient — sometimes they forget that growing up is     4     (一段艰难的旅程). It can be difficult when your parents treat you like a child but expect you to     5     (行事) an adult. All of this can lead to a breakdown in your relationship.

Although sometimes it may seem impossible to get along as a family, you can     6     (采取措施) to improve the situation. The key to keeping the peace is     7     (定期和诚实的沟通). When you disagree with your parents, take a minute to calm down and try to understand the situation     8     (从他们的角度). Perhaps they have experienced something similar and do not want you to go through the same pain.

After you have thought it through, explain your actions and feelings calmly, listen carefully, and     9     (解决他们的担忧). Through this kind of healthy discussion, you will learn when to     10     (退缩) and when to ask your parents to relax their control.