3 . “Whenever I am in a group of people, I feel like everyone knows what to say except me. When I try to join in, I get anxious and have a struggle ________ words. This happens at parties or meetings and I feel ________—as if I were being interviewed for a job. People think I am a loner. Maybe I am?”

Individuals experiencing this type of social ________ often avoid eye contact, because it makes them feel ________ and judged. The feelings of awkwardness and not fitting in with others are often frustrating. It prevents these individuals from defending and ________ for themselves in social environments, though they may be ________ at holding on to their opinions in environments that are focused on a task rather than ________.

Fitting into groups of people requires ________. You need to be interested in the topics that others in the group are interested in and talk about them the way they do. Becoming a part of these groups requires that you ________ some of your individuality in order to accept others ________ and values.

Some individuals are like chameleon(变色龙)in that they ________ pick up the patterns of different groups and ________ themselves accordingly. For them, this is automatic and they don’t even come to the ________ that they are changing themselves to fit into groups. If you are one of those people who feels ________ in most social group settings, it may be because you ________ changing the way you think in order to feel part of a group and this shouldn’t be a weakness or a failure.

4 . “Whenever I am in a group of people, I feel like everyone knows what to say except me. When I try to join in, I get anxious and have a struggle _______ words. This happens at parties or meetings and I feel _______ — as if I were being interviewed for a job. People think I am a loner. Maybe I am?”

Individuals experiencing this type of social _______ often avoid eye contact, because it makes them feel _______ and judged. The feelings of awkwardness and not fitting in with others are often frustrating. It prevents these individuals from defending and _______ for themselves in social environments, though they may be _______ at holding on to their opinions in environments that are focused on a task rather than _______.

Fitting into groups of people requires _______. You need to be interested in the topics that others in the group are interested in and talk about them the way they do. Becoming a part of these groups requires that you _______ some of your individuality in order to accept others’ __________ and values.

Some individuals are like chameleon (变色龙) in that they __________ pick up the patterns of different groups and __________ themselves accordingly. For them, this is automatic and they don’t even come to the __________ that they are changing themselves to fit into groups. If you are one of those people who feels __________ in most social group settings, it may be because you __________ changing the way you think in order to feel part of a group and this shouldn’t be a weakness or a failure.

5 . Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and ________ of consumer demands for environment friendly products have ________ the pollution problem. One ________ is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.

________, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. ________ they buy a product, they ask questions like these: “Will this shampoo damage the environment?” “Can this metal container be ________ or can it only be used once?”

A recent study showed that two ________ five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the ________ they make and sell their products to make sure that they are “green,” that is, friendly to the environment.

Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products ________ labels to show that the product is green. Some companies emphasize that their products are clean and safe in their advertising and have made it their main selling ________.

The ________ for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink ________ they do business. No longer will the public accept the old ________ of “Buy it, use it, throw it away and forget it.” The public ________ is still here, and companies are ________ their act gradually.

6 . The teenage years of an individual is marked by evaluating one’s values, experiencing a shift in outlooks, and a tendency to act rebellious. It can also be a time when someone becomes extremely ______to negative influences, and is drawn towards dangerous situations. On the other hand, for parents, the period of their children’s adolescence means regularly worrying about their safety and formation as a citizen. Thus, a method of   ______teenagers’ security is needed, and curfews(宵禁)are often seen as such a measure, since they have proved their ______. At the same time, certain peculiarities exist about establishing curfews for children.

The issue of teenage curfews is widely debated in the United States, where this method is still rather ______, and in European democracies, where this measure is yet not so widely used. The first and foremost reason for establishing curfews is children’s security. ______curfews require teenagers under 17 years to stay out of streets starting from 11 p. m. or midnight. This is believed to protect them from crimes committed after nightfall, as well as from breaking the law, and there exists serious evidence ______this belief. For example, when New Orleans enabled a dusk-till-dawn curfew in 1994, the rates of juvenile crime were reported to fall more than 20 percent. Even more impressive ______were recorded in Dallas, which reported a 30-percent decrease in violent juvenile crime, and a 21-percent decrease in the overall rates of crimes committed by young people(The New York Times).

On the other hand, curfews can be seen as a preventive measure that rob young people of their rights, ______their freedom. This opinion is particularly supported by the fact that curfew violations and the respective charges are among the most often committed juvenile crimes in the United States. ______, there were reports claiming that police arrested more non-white teenagers for curfew violations.

All this can cause a teenager to believe they have crossed a psychological line dividing them as ______; thus, such teenagers may start to see themselves as outlaws, which can ______ committing more serious crimes than a curfew offense.

What is important for a parent to remember when establishing a curfew for their children is that a teenager’s misjudged view of certain ______may cause them to misbehave in some other way; this is proved by research conducted by the University of Minnesota, according to which teens tend to protest against what they see as ______. Considering this, parents should ______the authoritarian style of establishing curfews; instead, they should have a conversation with their teenager that would be aimed at finding ideal conditions for a curfew that would ______both sides.

7 . I was appreciating my family photos on my computer, admiring my two beautiful babies when I found a(n) _________ scene: my laptop (笔记本电脑) was in almost all the pictures. There was my daughter, 8 months old, playing at my feet while I was _________ on the couch. There was my son, with a big transformer, on my left arms.

I’d heard about the Internet addiction before, but I always thought it was something only _________ playing too much World of Warcraft (a computer game) day and night. Now, it seemed my Internet habit is slowly but surely crossing the _________. Sometimes I find myself _________ at midnight, surfing the Web _________ my family are sleeping. I read news, keep up with friends and write my blog…just for something to do.

It _________ that I’m not the only mom who is addicted to the computer. A lot of moms are contributing to a growing global addiction. There’s a movement among psychiatrists (doctors who specialize in mental diseases) to _________ the Internet addiction as an official mental disorder. And a recent Stanford University national survey found that 14 percent of Internet users find it _________ to stay away from it for several days; 9 percent try to hide their ____________ Internet use from their loved ones; 8 percent admit they use the Web as a way to escape ____________.

You’re likely not the kind of addict who skips baths or abuses drugs to help stay up for more online time. You may have noticed, ____________, that going online has become a necessary part of your life, which, ____________, means a box of clothes go ____________. It may also mean you’re missing much time with your baby--something you probably do ____________ about.

10 . In colleges around the country, most students are also workers.

The reality of college can be pretty different from the _______ presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with _______ schedules of not just classes and activities, but real _______, too.

This isn’t a(n) _______ phenomenon. The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and one-fifth of students work year round. The _______ can help pay for tuition and living costs, obviously. And there’s value in it _______ the direct cause: such jobs can also be _______ for developing important professional and social skills that make it easier to _______ a job after graduation. With many employers _______ students with already-developed’ skill sets, on-the-job training while in college can be the best way to ________ a job later on.

But it’s not all upside. Even full-time work may not completely ________ the cost of tuition and living expenses at many colleges. That means that though they’re ________ time away from the classroom, many working students will still graduate with at least some ________. And working full-time cut into the time ________ for studying and attending classes. Students who ________ leaving school because of difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselves stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadn’t gone to college at all.