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        Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If                16  , you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” written by an Australian writer, Andrew Matthews,  17  .In his book, Matthews  18  us how to have a happy life and answers the  19   of teenagers.

　　 Many people may    20     teenagers’ life, such as parents and friends, and the book    21   that we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills,    22   how to change what you have learned into pictures of your mind to   23  your memory better.

　　 Many teenagers think    24   happiness comes from either a good exam result   25  praise (贊揚) from other people. But you can   26   be happy when there are no such “good” things.

　　 Success also comes from a   27   attitude. If you   28   from problems, you will have success in the future. Some students may often feel     29     when they are too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that   30   comes from thinking about things in a positive   31   . If you are   32   , people notice you and you can get a   33   view(視線) of what is around you; if you are short, your clothes and shoes   34  less space in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important   35   : you choose to be happy!

A. so              B. such              C. it              D. this

A. easy            B. funny               C. useful            D. simple

A. orders                   B. tells                 C. asks              D. allows

A. questions              B. problems          C. ideas             D. comments

A. impress                 B. cause                C. effect                   D. affect

A. suggests              B. writes               C. reads             D. asks

A. for example          B. such as              C. for instance              D. as before

A. make                    B. have              C. take                 D. get

A. what                  B. which               C. that                  D. whether

A. and                     B. but                C. so                 D. or

A. never                  B. already          C. still                  D. forever

A. confident         B. positive         C. common          D. normal

A. learn                 B. suffer                   C. hear                D. separate

A. frightened        B. shocked         C. confused           D. worried

A. attitude               B. intelligence    C. failure           D. altitude

A. way                  B. route             C. style                 D. spirit

A. short                   B. small             C. tall                D. fat

A. longer                 B. higher           C. bigger              D. better

A. take up                B. put up           C. set up               D. break up

A. class                   B. lesson            C. education          D. advantage

   CHICAGO ---Call it a reward, or just “bribery(賄賂)”.

   Whichever it is, many parents today readily admit to buying off their children, who get goodies(好東西) for anything from behaving in a restaurant to sleeping all night in their own beds.

   That’s what worries parenting experts.

   “I think that reward systems have a time and a place and work really well in certain situations,” says Marcy Safyer, director of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting.

   “But what often gets lost for people is being able to figure out how to communicate to their kids that doing the thing is rewarding enough,” Safyer says.

   Parents and experts alike agree that the dynamic(動力) is partly a reflection of the world we live in. It’s unrealistic to think a parent wouldn’t reward their children with material things sometimes, says Robin Lanzi, a clinical psychologist and mother of four who’s the research director at the Center on Health and Education at Georgetown University.

   “But you want to make sure that they match the behavior, so it’s not something huge for something small,” Lanzi says.

   She recalls hearing about a father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system for scoring a couple goals in a soccer game.

   Elizabeth Powell, a mother of two young daughters in Austin, Texas, knows what she means.

   “You want to raise them in a way that they’re respectful and appreciate things,” Powell says of her children. “But sometimes, you wonder now if kids appreciate even a new pair of shoes. ”

Parenting experts are worried that ____ .

       A. today’s children are fed up with material things

      B. parents are rewarding their kids improperly

      C. today’s children are more and more demanding(苛求的)

      D. there is lack of communication between parents and children

What Safyer says suggests that ____ .

      A. reward systems are quite limited in developing abilities

      B. reward systems work well regardless of（不管） time and place

      C. reward systems are still not made full use of to develop abilities

      D. reward systems are often used at the wrong time and place

What can we learn from what Robin Lanzi says?

      A. She holds a different opinion from other parenting experts.

      B. She thinks children can’t behave well without being rewarded.

      C. She holds a similar belief to Safyer and gives further explanation.

      D. She doesn’t believe in rewarding children for good behavior.

The father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system can be regarded as

   _____.

       A. over-rewarding his child       

       B. giving his child proper reward

       C. respecting and appreciating his child 

       D. giving something small for something huge

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Shopping on the Internet

Shopping on the Internet is becoming very popular                                   

Some researchers believe that there is no doubt ____ a cure for AIDS will be found.

   A. which               B. that             C. what              D. whether

I would appreciate         back this afternoon.

       A．you to call       B．you call    C．your calling     D．you’re calling

 There was a terrible noise _____ the sudden burst of light.

    A. followed         B. following       C. to be followed       D. being followed 

When someone gives you advice, listen without judgment, try to find value in what you’re hearing, and say: “Thank you”. This wise advice is easy to understand yet hard to practice. I’ll give you an example from my life when I totally blew it in terms of practising what I teach.

In my work I travel constantly. I always put off going to the airport until the last second. My wife, Lyda, was sitting next to me in the front seat. I was racing along and not paying much attention. Lyda cried out! “Look out! There is a red light up ahead.”

Being a trained behavioral science professional—who teaches others the value of encouraging advice—I naturally screamed at her: “I know there is a red light up ahead! Don’t you think I can see?” When we arrived at the airport, Lyda didn’t speak to me. I wondered why she seemed mad at me.

During the flight to New York, I did a cost-benefit analysis. I asked myself: “What was the cost of just listening when Lyda called out the warning? Zero.” I then reasoned: “What was the potential benefit? What could have been saved?” Several potential benefits came to mind, including her life, my life, and the lives of other people.