—What a _________ boy! We should learn from him.

A. gets off: thoughtfulB. takes off; energetic

C. shows off; modestD. puts off; curious

Criticism (批評) is everywhere in life, so you need to learn how to deal with it.

Ask yourself how the criticism will influence you. Will you lose something important because you are criticized? Surely not! So, don’t worry about it. Instead, remember that some criticism actually helps you improve.

You cannot stop what people say. What you can do, however, is to change the way you deal with criticism. You have the right to decide what to do with the criticism you receive.

Don’t be afraid to accept criticism. No one likes to be told that he is wrong. Yet, every person has ever been criticized for something. Realize that it’s normal. You may have received some strong criticism, but it doesn’t mean that you are foolish, or that you don’t have the ability to do something properly. Try not to think of it in that way and don’t take it seriously. If you can learn to be optimistic, you will reduce some stress and nervousness about what people think.

Consider where the criticism comes from. It may help you find out what causes the criticism. Is the person just trying to offer useful criticism? This type of criticism is known as valid criticism. On the other hand, there are persons that offer their advice just to be useless. This is known as invalid criticism because it is often not of any use at all.

Do your best. And if someone doesn’t like what you’ve done, so what? It’s either valid criticism or invalid criticism. But you have the power to decide how you will allow it to influence you.

Title: How to deal with criticism

—Yeah, but it’s too expensive. I can’t ________ it.

A.affordB.shareC.supportD.save

New research has found that looking at pictures of cute animals can also help us concentrate(聚精會神)better.

The study comes from researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan. They invited 132 university students to take part in a series of experiments.

In one experiment, students played a game in which they had to pick up small objects from a hole without touching the sides. In another experiment, students were asked to find a given number from a list of numbers quickly.

In both experiments, they did the given tasks twice – before and after looking at pictures of either kittens (baby cats) and puppies (baby dogs), or adult cats and dogs.

Researchers were surprised to find that in both cases students who were shown cute baby animal pictures made fewer mistakes.

But, baby animals look both "cuter" and "more pleasant" than adult animals. Some people may ask whether the test difference came from their being "pleasant"?

To find the answer, the researchers chose some food pictures which looked pleasant but not cute, and gave them to a third group of students. But viewing the foods did not make the students do any better in the number test.

This finding shows that viewing cute pictures makes participants(參與者)behave more deliberately and do tasks with greater care.

The "power of cuteness" may be of great use in everyday life.

Think about situations in which people need to act carefully: driving, office work and exams.

"In my first year of high school, I brought small plastic toys to school during tests. I would set them up in a row on my desk, facing me, and then get busy with answering exam questions," Susana Martinez-Conde wrote in Scientific American.

【1】Why is Sally chicken mentioned at the beginning of the article?

A.Because the article is about Sally chicken.

B.Because Sally chicken is popular online.

C.To explain why Sally chicken is popular.

D.To introduce the topic of cute animals' advantage.

【2】What was the main finding of the study at Hiroshima University?

A.Seeing cute animals could cheer people up.

B.Seeing cute things could help people concentrate.

C.People concentrated better after seeing anything pleasant.

D.People did better after seeing pictures of adult cats and dogs.

【3】The underlined word "deliberately" is closest in meaning to________ .

A.happilyB.relaxedlyC.carefullyD.actively

【4】What do Martinez-Conde's words tell us?

A.It's improper to look at toys in an exam.

B.Cuteness can be very useful in daily life.

C.Toys are popular among high school students.

D.All Cute toys can help students get good scores.

—I’ll take ________, and I’ll send one to my sister.

A.bothB.eitherC.neitherD.all

【1】If you work________in the test, you won't get high marks.(care)

【2】We shall never make such an important________without much thought (decide).

【3】Not all________people have to wear expensive clothes and not all clever people have to wear glasses.(wealth)

【4】My poor grandpa often________me for my brother when he was old.(mistake)

【5】Many people teach________English by watching American TV series. (they)

【1】He had difficulty________how the accident happened.(描述)

【2】We will get together to celebrate my uncle’s________birthday. (四十)

【3】The________of the new medicine has saved millions of lives across the world.(發(fā)現(xiàn))

【4】Three________of the students have read the book Alice in Wonderland.(四分之一)

【5】People like the TV channels with funnier programmes but________advertisements.(少)

—I think so.

A.UnlessB.UntilC.IfD.Once

—I like the silk dress better. It ________ very comfortable.

A.soundsB.feelsC.tastesD.smells

—________. I have got a new one.

A.It doesn’t matterB.You are carelessC.That’s too badD.What a pity