How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may be 16 to follow trends（潮流）in Western countries, but young people in the United States don’t care as much about 17 as you do.
A recent survey among high school 18 in China, Japan, South Korea and the US found that 19 teenagers care more about their appearance than young people in the US.
This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were 20 about their views on life and the world. South Koreans, at 83 per cent, cared most about their looks. They were 21 by the Chinese and Japanese, while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 per cent.
“The different results show 22 of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre. He explained that in the US there are many different 23 of beauty, so teens are more 24 to be confident about their appearance.
US teenagers’ high self-confidence is displayed in the 25 . About 85 per cent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 per cent.
What’s 26 , US students showed more individuality, with 88 per cent 27 that “people should follow their own interests rather than 28 of others”. This is much 29 than South Korea’s 69 per cent, China’s 49 and Japan’s 48.
Japanese students, at 52 per cent, are most dissatisfied with modern society. Chinese and Koreans follow at second and 30 most dissatisfied.
“ 31 to the survey, Chinese students are happy and disciplined. They have a strong wish to make a difference. 32 Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax,” said Sun.
The students have different 33 backgrounds. But home and places where friends gather are the favorite places all teens seek happiness.
Exams and worries about life after graduation cause much 34 among most of the teens 35 for the survey.
A．absorbed B．willing C．careless D．unhappy
A．hairstyle B．dresses C．fashion D．culture
A．teachers B．students C．citizens D．colleagues
A．Asian B．American C．African D．Western
A．answered B．requested C．persuaded D．questioned
A．followed B．decreased C．reduced D．compared
A．relations B．attitudes C．customs D．differences
A．awareness B．standards C．duties D．expenses
A．admirable B．confused C．likely D．unbelievable
A．survey B．setting C．reference D．paper
A．worse B．better C．less D．more
A．disagreeing B．observing C．agreeing D．puzzling
A．those B．that C．it D．one
A．lower B．larger C．smaller D．higher
A．first B．third C．fourth D．last
A．Leading B．Devoting C．Appealing D．According
A．But B．And C．So D．Or
A．political B．cultural C．economical D．material
A．expectation B．hesitation C．concern D．conservation
A．interviewed B．advised C．overlooked D．invested
I was aged 9 the moment I discovered my father was seriously sick. It was 1994, but I can well remember my mother’s words as though it were yesterday: “Maggie, I don’t want you to take ______ from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very cautious when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family ______. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could attend to himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it ______ to me to look after him.
We couldn’t _____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t ______ buy food for dinner. I ______ sit in class feeling completely ______. The teacher’s words were ________ as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not ______ my burden with anyone. I had seen how people ______ to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be _____. When my father was ______ to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too fragile to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his ______ a secret, I was truly ______ when he reached his final days. ______ and down, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she ______ me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life. I was 15 when my father ______ on. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call ______ to AIDS. I do.
A．trust B．joke C．food D．fun
A．disease B．project C．challenge D．secret
A．fell B．sent C．chose D．left
A．afford B．offer C．select D．prepare
A．only B．even C．yet D．still
A．might B．should C．could D．would
A．moved B．lost C．bored D．nervous
A．rolled B．eaten C．proved D．drowned
A．pack B．compare C．share D．affect
A．applied B．escaped C．reacted D．referred
A．cruel B．curious C．considerate D．confused
A．admitted B．concerned C．removed D．sentenced
A．dream B．promise C．instruction D．condition
A．calm B．religious C．unprepared D．devoted
A．Red B．Black C．Green D．Blue
A．kept B．talked C．reminded D．replied
A．died B．hid C．passed D．sighed
A．relief B．attention C．support D．Trouble
Our family finally managed to get together, but in a few days we separated again to the ends of the earth, and I would begin my new job in a new city. My family had never been in this way. When I thought about the future, my heart felt grayish.
When I in the morning, it was raining outside and the sky was as as my mood. My daughter the new skirt that her uncle bought and she flew around the departure hall in the and drew a small and beautiful picture in the dim crowd.
The airplane had a good of newspapers, magazines, television programmes, food and drinks. The meal even a serving of Haagen-Dazs ice cream. This small present brightened me up . The gentle smile of the stewardess (空姐) was as beautiful as the after the rain.
When I the airplane, the language that entered my was completely different from what I was three hours ago. Although the street lights were as as Allentown's, the different clothes and expressions of the people me that I was in a new world. I stood in the busy streets like Alice the world in a fairy tale. My heart was with puzzlement about the indefinite future and longing for the new life. When I being able to do what I liked once more, that I would make new and that I could enjoy the fun of exploration, I could not to think about starting my new life.
A．separated B．gathered C．divided D．surprised
A．bright B．exciting C．uncertain D．unusual
A．stood up B．got up C．stayed up D．woke up
A．clear B．high C．dark D．gray
A．dressed B．wore C．liked D．had
A．station B．airport C．port D．house
A．offer B．number C．supply D．amount
A．included B．contained C．followed D．matched
A．successfully B．especially C．eventually D．fortunately
A．rainbow B．ground C．sky D．flower
A．got on B．got off C．left away D．took off
A．mouth B．eyes C．mind D．ears
A．finding B．learning C．hearing D．listening
A．long B．well C．brilliant D．many
A．told B．reminded C．suggested D．explained
A．visiting B．traveling C．wandering D．exploring
A．full B．filled C．satisfied D．pleased
A．set about B．set out C．thought over D．thought about
A．friends B．enemies C．mistakes D．progress
A．wait B．help C．decide D．afford
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
Harriet Tubman was born a slave.She didn't get a ____ to go to school.____ a child，Harriet had to work very hard in ____ all day.That way，her owner could _ __ a lot of money when he sold his crops.Harriet ____ think that she was being treated fairly.
____ Harriet grew up，she ran away from the plantation(庄园) to the northern United States.There，and in Canada，____ could be free.
Harriet liked to be free.She felt ____for all of the black people who were ____ slaves.
Harriet returned to ____ to help other slaves to run away.She made ____ that they got to the North and became free.
Harriet was in great ____ because of a ____ law.The law said it was not permitted to ____ slaves run away.She also ____ that the slave owners said they would ____ $4,000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman.
There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away.In all，she made nineteen ____ back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to ____.When the Civil War broke out，the northern states ____ with the southern states.Harriet ____ the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free.She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.
A．day B．chance C．permission D．moment
A．As B．Being C．Since D．Like
A．the farm B．a school C．the fields D．a factory
A．make B．pay C．got D．spend
A．certainly B．didn't C．did D．no longer
A．Since B．After C．Then D．With
A．the white B．white C．black D．black people
A．happy B．sure C．wrong D．sorry
A．still B．yet C．only D．not
A．Canada B．the South C．the North D．the U．S.
A．perfect B．way C．possible D．sure
A．anger B．anxiety C．hurry D．danger
A．explained B．gained C．passed D．broken
A．help B．set free C．stop D．catch
A．found B．noticed C．found out D．made sure
A．pay B．make C．spend D．get
A．letters B．incidents C．trips D．trials
A．freedom B．safety C．North D．southern states
A．united B．fought C．made peace D．gave in
A．looked for B．stood for C．looked on D．went to
Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He advertised for hired hands. Most people were to work on farms along the Atlantic. They feared the awful that spread across the Atlantic, damaging the buildings and crops. the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received many .
Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, the farmer.” Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.
“Well, I can when the wind blows,” answered the little man.
Although by this answer, the farmer, for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the , busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt with the man’s work. then one night the wind howled（怒号）loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer took a lantern and next door the hired hand’s sleeping room. He shook the little man and , “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down they are blown away! The little man rolled over in bed and said , “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows” by the answer, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. , he hurried outside to prepared for the storm. To his , he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草堆）had been covered with tarpaulins（帆布）. The cows and the chickens were all in the places, and the doors were fastened. The windows were tightly . Everything was . Nothing could be blown away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
A．unfit B．curious C．undoubted D．unwilling
A．hurricanes B．storms C．earthquakes D．wars
A．if B．once C．as D．until
A．refusals B．suggestions C．rewards D．desires
A．approached B．interviewed C．reminded D．educated
A．work B．sleep C．wake D．flee
A．excited B．touched C．puzzled D．discouraged
A．convenient B．famous C．bad D．desperate
A．farm B．company C．ocean D．station
A．bored B．satisfied C．patient D．honest
A．walked B．slipped C．rushed D．fell
A．cheered B．whispered C．asked D．cried
A．while B．after C．before D．unless
A．firmly B．weakly C．strangely D．closely
A．moved B．angered C．beaten D．calmed
A．therefore B．as a result C．as usually D．instead
A．surprise B．regret C．horror D．sorrow
A．wrong B．proper C．top D．clean
A．painted B．stored C．secured D．destroyed
A．flied away B．died down C．blown away D．tied down
When your friend yawns as you chat, don't be angry. For, far from being a sign of boredom, yawning may signal empathy (同感).
Scientists believe that contagious (容易感染他人的) yawning— yawning someone else does —is a sign of being very in the first person's thoughts and feelings. This is the theory of Italian researchers who more than 100 men and women from four continents as they went to work, ate in restaurants and sat in the waiting room. When one of the yawned, the researchers noted whether anyone within 10 feet yawned within the next three . Their results showed that race and had no effect on whether the uncontrollable urge to yawn was . But how well the two people knew each other did.
A reciprocal (相互的) yawn was most to occur among family members, then , then acquaintances. The phenomenon was common among strangers, the journal PLoS ONE reports.
The University of Pisa team concluded that contagious yawning is driven by how emotionally (感情上的) we are to someone and so how likely we are to the same feeling with them. They say there are other reasons to link yawning with empathy. , we start to "catch" yawns from the age of four or five, around the time when we the ability to identify each other's emotions .
Studies also show that those easily by contagious yawning are better at knowing others are thinking about from their faces.
Most animals, including snakes and fish, yawn, it is only contagious in humans and chimps (猩猩) and, according to a recent study, dogs.The researchers, from the University of London's Birbeck College, put 29 in a room with a yawning man and found that 21, or 72%, also started to yawn. They said the skill may allow the pet to build stronger with their owners.
A．when B．before C．while D．after
A．absorbed B．concerned C．interested D．disappointed
A．observed B．saw C．noticed D．watched
A．workers B．customers C．researchers D．volunteers
A．days B．weeks C．minutes D．hours
A．age B．sex C．profession D．health
A．passed on B．passed by C．passed away D．passed through
A．normal B．possible C．likely D．probable
A．strangers B．friends C．teachers D．classmates
A．most B．more C．less D．least
A．distant B．different C．close D．fond
A．share B．hurt C．lack D．mix
A．For example B．That is C．In a word D．To begin with
A．need B．lose C．control D．develop
A．exactly B．properly C．particularly D．quickly
A．disturbed B．caught C．influenced D．interrupted
A．what B．which C．how D．who
A．and B．but C．so D．otherwise
A．snakes B．fish C．cats D．dogs
A．beliefs B．bonds C．basis D．bodies