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Friendships are very important to teenagers. Friendships provide teenagers with chances to develop social skills. Teenagers can learn how to end a fight and still remain friends. Friends provide fun and excitement for teenagers through games. Friends also give advice to one another. Teenagers talk through lots of problems with their friends. Friendships also provide help during times of difficulty. It is helpful for teenagers to have a friend who is going through the same situations.
What happens when youth don't have friends? Teenagers without friends are usually more lonely and unhappy. They will have lower levels of grades and lower confidence. As they get older, they are more apt to drop out of school.
As kids move into their teenager years, friends and friendships play an important role in teenager life as a way of getting personal enjoyment and social learning.
Most teenagers will have friends who parents either like or dislike. However, it is important to keep in mind that one way teenagers can truly learn how to choose and keep friends is through personal experience, which is sure to have some mistakes. Parents should not be too hard on teenagers when they choose friends who are not good enough or when their friendship fails. Remember, every social experience helps teenagers to learn about different people and improve social skills.
As parents, it is important to encourage friendships among teenagers. However, it is important to know who your teenager's friends are and to communicate openly about changes in friendships with your teenagers.
Where am I? What am I doing? If you're one of my 500 friends online, you'll always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so I'm endlessly checking through all my social networking apps-whether I'm having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV... even when I'm in the shower. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely.
I'm not the only person who feels this way. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is "in real life". I'm a shy person, but I'm wired up (上线)every day, like most of my friends. On the surface, phones bring us closer together. But in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.
I often feel depressed, dissatisfied and alone. Since I spend so much time socializing online, I even become a procrastinator (拖延者). I keep postponing things that are important in my real life: homework, tasks, connecting with my friends and family members in a meaningful way. It's funny that my friends and I chatter away online so much, but we end up having nothing to say when we meet.
What is really worrying is that no one I know, including myself, could go cold turkey. I can't even imagine going without social networking for a week—think of all the important appointments, invitations and news updates you would miss! Alcoholics (酗酒者) who want to quit drinking can avoid drinks, but how do we give up our phones? After all, I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me at any time. So, that's the problem with social networking. We're hard-wired in, but we're more disconnected than ever.
The term "crop circle" or "circles" was created by a researcher, Colin Andrews, to describe the strange circles and complex geometries(复杂的几何图形). He has researched what has shown up in fields of wheat, barley, rye, corn, soy beans and other crops for years.
There are numerous theories(理论)that have been given to explain crop circles of unknown origin(起源). It is notable for most people that when crop circles have been made by human hands, the plants themselves are damaged. But the plants in the stricken area continue to grow and ripen, and none of the stalks are broken nor the seed heads crushed.
Another strange thing about these particular types of crop circles is that the genetic(基因的)structure of the plants themselves has been changed. This does not happen to the crop circles that have proven to be the work of pranksters (玩恶作剧).
In 1966, in the small town of Tully Queensland, Australia, one of the most famous accounts of a UFO, as well as the possible link to crop circles, was given. A farmer was working on his farm and said that he saw a saucer-shaped craft (飞行器)fly 30 or 40 feet above a swamp (沼泽地)and then fly away at extremely high speed. The farmer decided to look into the area where he thought the craft had been hovering (盘旋)and he found the plants there intricately woven (杂乱地编织) in a clockwise pattern.
The crop circle phenomenon (现象)became a very hot topic during the late 1980s. No less than 12,000 genuine crop circles have been discovered all cross the world. In countries like the former Soviet Union, the UK, Japan, the U. S. and Canada, this strange phenomenon continues to appear and baffle anyone who observes it because no rational explanation exists. In a wheat field in Monroe County, Tennessee, a pattern ranging about 150 feet in diameter(直径)was discovered on May14, 2007. Captain Bryan Graves of the local sheriff's department discovered it while flying.
The crop circle phenomenon has never stopped appearing across the world since it was discovered. Could it be that extraterrestrial (来自天外的)beings are trying to communicate with humans? If so, what is the message they are trying to send? The mystery continues.
How to Learn English in High School
If you are a high school student, or will be going into high school soon, it is important to know English so you can take full advantage of your education. Learning this language is a challenge.
Take part in an English as a Second Language (ESL) class. Most high schools and middle schools offer ESL classes for free. Not only does it provide a professional teacher to help you with your English learning, but you will be able to communicate with other students and help each other along your English learning journey.
Speak with native English speakers as often as possible. Although having a conversation in English may seem frightening when you first begin learning, getting over that fear and having conversations in English will help to speed up your learning process.
Read your favorite books in English, watch English television programs and movies, and listen to English music. The more you put yourself in English environment, the better you will understand the language as well as the culture of the English-speaking countries.
Record yourself speaking English,So it's better to record yourself，play back the recording and take notes of what you need to improve. When you record yourself, you can read a paragraph from a book newspaper, or high school textbook written in English.
A. This class is an important resource.
B. Make all forms of activities a learning experience.
C. Before you know it, you'll be reading English aloud.
D. Do the best you can to keep the conversation flowing.
E. You probably won't catch your mistakes while you're speaking.
F. But with a few ways，you can learn English easily in high school.
G. A useful way to learn a language is chatting with native speakers.
When Kristen Stewart turned seventy-four last year, she started having problems with her eyes, feeling especially dry and1.
"I was simply 2 a terrible experience," Ms. Stewart said at her home in Toronto. "I felt so helpless and 3 because the quality of my life was affected. "
Ms. Stewart talked to some friends who had similar4 and discovered that they were largely suffering 5. "Nobody chooses to talk about it because it seems so insignificant," she said. "But more and more are suffering and lives are being compromised. "
6, Ms. Stewart learned about plans for an 7 research program at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The research team included Canadian doctor Allan Slomovic, who has done 8 work on eye care using stem cells. Seeing 9 hope, Ms. Stewart began raising money for the project with a friend, Toronto businessman Meyer Zeifman. So far she has 10 $110,000 with another $40,000 expected.
"I'm trying to get more and more people to understand that there are 11," said Ms. Stewart, an experienced nurse who is still working as a personal trainer after 12. "I say there is no old age, there is only neglect. Don't stand 13, do something about it. "
Ms. Stewart 14 that she was hoping to raise more money for the research project. "I just want to bring 15 into people's eyes and this is just the beginning. There is still a long way to go. "
Grammy-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, is among today's most popular (musician) of his generation. Up to now, his ground-breaking Virtual Choir (unite) worldwide singers through the use of technology.
The Choir began as a simple experiment in social media when a fan of Eric recorded a video of herself singing Sleep and shared it on YouTube.(move) by the video, Eric responded by rounding up his fans to make videos, he then joined together into one performance. Eric was inspired by this experiment that he decided to push the concept to the next level. He filmed
(he) when conducting one piece of his music for singers to follow and asked them to record and upload their voice-part onto the Internet. Thus Virtual Choir 1: Lux Aurumque (produce), From then on, more and more singers throughout the world joined the VC to sing one voice.
Now, Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir is a (globe) phenomenon. It helps connect ordinary people together and make the world better place.
1）节日介绍；
2）喜欢理由。
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1）词数80左右；
2）题目和首句已给出，不计入总词数。
My Favorite Chinese Festival
Good morning, everyone,
In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw a beautiful brooch (胸针) in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price—five dollars—was too high for Reuben Earle. Five dollars would buy almost a week's food for his family.
Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. Everything his father made through fishing went to his mother Dora. Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home and the glue that held it together. The housework was never-ending, and she struggled to feed and clothe their five children, but she was happy as her family and their well-being were all she cared about.
Nevertheless, he opened the shop's door and went inside. Standing proudly and straight in his flour-sack (面粉袋改做的) shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, "But I don't have the money right now. Can you please hold it for me for some time?"
"I'll try," the shopkeeper smiled. "People around here don't usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while. "
Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out. He would raise the money and not tell anybody, for he thought Mum would get surprised when she saw that brooch. On hearing the sound of hammering (捶打) from a side street, Reuben suddenly had an idea that he could raise money by selling the used nail bags. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails bought in bags from a local factory. Sometimes the used bags were thrown away at the construction site, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece. That day he sold two nail bags and hid the money in a rusty soda tin.
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1）续写词数应为150左右；
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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Every day after school, Reuben started his plan
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Finally, the time came!
