Recently, China set up The Seniors University of China (SUC), a national university for older people. SUC,
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The ageing of China s population is becoming increasing evident, with the number of people aged 60 or above
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2 . The development of mobile phone makes us do many things easily. A lot of us enjoy doing it: you turn on the camera on your mobile phone and hold it at a high position, making your eyes look bigger and your cheekbones more marked out.
Today it’s not difficult to find social networking pages full of photos people have taken of themselves and their friends.
So what are the reasons for the rise of selfie culture?
“The popularity of the selfie celebrates regular people,” Pamela Rutledge, a professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, told Vogue magazine.
In addition, selfies “allow for a close friendship for long-distance friends, because you can see each other’s faces every day”, wrote Casey Miller at The Huffington Post.
A.You turn to your best side and click. |
B.You will invite your friends to take pictures together. |
C.Posting selfies also allows you to control your image online. |
D.Selfie culture has become especially related to young people. |
E.But experts are concerned that selfies might lead to social problems. |
F.Over the past years, “selfie” has become a well-known term across the globe. |
G.There are many more photographs available now of real people than models |
3 . Nobody likes to fail. It makes people feel embarrassed and discouraged. What's worse, it may cause major professional or personal trouble and lead to negativity. Basically, failure is no fun for most people. However, a vast body of research tells us that failure provides us with a chance to grow and develop, increases adaptability, and helps protect against anxiety.
It's hard to change the mindset (心态) of a lifetime. But even if we still can't get over the broken marriage or the failed College Entrance Examination or the work presentation that went fearfully wrong, it might not be too late for our kids.
Christy Pennison, a professional consultant, says she works with an increasing number of kids and teens who show significant anxiety around a fear of failure. She said, "We want to protect our children, and we want them to live happy and meaningful lives, so we frequently tell them the harm of failure and ask them to avoid failure. The children experiencing internal and sometimes extenal pressure think they shouldn't fail. Meanwhile, we always have high expectations of them. So when they don't live up to a certain standard, or things don't go according to the plans, they will feel upset and anxious."
Pennison argues that failures, are often the hidden learning chances that can help people develop positive qualities, like persistence, focus, flexibility, patience, and positive self-image.
So what can parents do to help their children embrace (拥抱) failure instead of avoiding it at all costs? Pennison suggests directing praise towards the effort, not the result. "This allows children to build confidence in themselves, "she explains." Acknowledging the effort can give children permission to try new things without a fear of failure. And the bigger picture is that the development of the mindset —'I'd rather try and fail than not try at all.'—helps them keep a belief in themselves, and expands their world of possibilities." As Pennison points out, we all fail, but how we get up after we fail is what matters.
1. What aspect do most people focus on when thinking of failure?A.The great courage to face it. |
B.The efforts made to handle it. |
C.Unexpected benefits it brings. |
D.Unpleasant side effects it brings. |
A.Bring up the main topic. |
B.List the challenges in our life. |
C.Add some background information. |
D.Stress the importance of the mindset |
A.The causes of children's anxiety. |
B.Christy Pennison's comments on adolescents. |
C.The consequences of overprotecting children. |
D.Christy Pennison's experience in educating children. |
① Praise kids' every achievement.
② Make kids embrace a bright mindset.
③ Focus on the process of kids' effort
④ Expand kids' knowledge about the world.
⑤ Encourage kids to make new attempts.
A.①②④ | B.②③④ | C.②③⑤ | D.①③⑤ |
4 . Most drinks stating that they are fruit flavored contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission."Shoppers need to check the labels before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be nonexistent," said Food Commission spokesperson Ian Tokelove. "Food production is highly competitive.
A.They found that about 60 percent of them didn't contain any fruit at all. |
B.Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit. |
C.The products which contain real fruit are popular with people. |
D.Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all. |
E.It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products. |
F.If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so. |
G.The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging. |