Your teenage best friend could be good for yo...

Your teenage best friend could be good for your long-term mental health，according to a new study published in the journal Child Development According to the findings, teenagers aged 15 to 16 who had a close friendship rather than a larger group of friends they were less close to had a greater sense of self-worth by the time they were 25 years old. Those people with a very close best friend were also less likely to experience depression and social anxiety, the study found．

“Close friendship strength in mid-adolescence predicted relative increases in self-worth and decreases in anxiety and depressive symptoms by early adulthood，”the authors, led by Rachel K, Narr，a postdoctoral student focused on clinical psychology at the University of Virginia, wrote.

A past research has suggested that adolescent friendships are important. Friendships during the teenage years predict academic success and improved mental health. But the new research further explores the type of friendships teenagers have. “My hunch（预感）was that close friendships compared to broader friendship groups and popularity may not function the same way,” Narr told Quartz. "Being successful in one is not the same as being successful in the other."

Many study participants did not continue to have a close relationship with their high-school best friend, leading the researchers to wonder what exactly was responsible for the mental health benefits. They suspected that the skills and ability to build such a friendship may be more important than the friendship itself.

And as the researchers point out, those skills are not necessarily brought to bear in the world of social media. "As technology makes it increasingly easy to build a social network of shallow friends, focusing time and attention on developing close connections with a few individuals should be a priority," study co-author Joseph Allen said in a statement.

1.What is the benefit of having a close teenage friendship?

A.Excellent performance in high school. B.A larger group of friends.

C.Mental health by early adulthood. D.A large social network in the future.

2.What can we learn about the past research?

A.It attached great significance to adolescent friendships.

B.It was totally different from the new research.

C.It helped improve teenagers' mental health.

D.It compared broader friendship groups with popularity.

3.What did the researchers think might lead to the mental health benefits?

A.Not continuing to have a close relationship. B.Having a best friend in high school.

C.Understanding the world of social media. D.Knowing how to build a close friendship

4.What did the researcher Joseph suggest?

A.Learning to use social media.

B.Broadening your social circle.

C.Improving the skills of making friends.

D.Concentrating on high-quality relationship.

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Spending your spare time alone or with your friends, which do you prefer? For me, I'd rather be alone. 1. Being with friends can be fun and can help you get through the rough spots in life. However, it's the time alone, I think, that forms you as a person.

2. Of course, I can think about these things when I’m with others, but it's harder to concentrate in a crowd. Being alone gives me the quiet time to really think about my life and what I want to do with it.

By staying alone, I can listen to the silence and relax completely. When I'm alone I can practice meditation (冥想) and lower my stress level. 3. Too much time with friends means filling my mind with a lot of chats. That’s enjoyable for a moment, but can dull my Concentration.

If I’m with other people, it's easy sometimes to become too worried about what other people think of me. When I'm alone I have time to step back. 4.

Finally, when I’m constantly in the company of other people, I’m always making compromises in order to find solutions that the entire group can enjoy. 5.

It’s natural to want to be with other people, but I find the time I spend alone is more valuable to me in the long run.

A.And that naturally leads to you feeling more independent.

B.This will prevents me from doing things I actually enjoy.

C.I need this time alone to re-energize my mind and spirit.

D.That's a very good way to sharpen my powers of concentration.

E.The time spent alone gives you a greater appreciation for yourself.

F.When alone, I have time to think about my goals and to develop a strategy to reach them.

G.Thus, I can see the real value of things, without being influenced by the opinions of others.

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When you're on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.

Trip It

Your Personal Travel Agent

Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accommodating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.

Weather Free

Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者)

Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.

Goby

Your Event Guru

When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner.

1.What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?

A. They can solve any problem you come across.

B. They reduce your travel budget.

C. They exercise your fingertips.

D. They are reliable and free of charge.

2.With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT ________.

A. rent a car

B. decide what to wear

C. look for a friend while traveling

D. find the nearby museums

3.Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?

A. In a geography textbook                B. In a science fiction

C. On a popular website                    D. In a business report

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When you're on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.

Trip It

Your Personal Travel Agent

Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accomadating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.

Weather Free

Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者)

Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.

Goby

Your Event Guru

When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner.

1.What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?

A. They can solve any problem you come across.

B. They reduce your travel budget.

C. They exercise your fingertips.

D. They are reliable and free of charge.

2.With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT__________.

A. rent a car

B. decide what to wear

C. look for a friend while traveling

D. find the nearby museums

3.Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?

A. In a geography textbook

B. In a science and technology magazine

C. On a popular website

D. In a business report

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I, who____ your friend, will try my best to help you with your English.

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Who cares if money can’t buy you love? But it can still be your best friend forever. That’s one of the surprising findings in a new research paper, “The Power of Money”, published in me journal Psychological Science.

Like any best friend forever, money demonstrated to researchers its ability to soothe us, reduce our sense of social exclusion and even reduce life’s painful moments.

“I was surprised” says Katherine Vohs, one of the researchers and professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. “The findings were surprising because no one had connected the meaning of money to pain. The money wasn’t buying the subjects more friends; it was only psychologically helpful.”

In the research ,students were told they would be participating in a test of finger dexterity(敏捷度). One group was given some paper money to count, while the other group was given blank pieces of paper. Once the counting was complete, all the test subjects were asked to dip their fingers into bowls of water heated to 122 degrees--roughly the temperature of a very hot bath.

Result? Those who had been counting money reported less pain than those who had not. Subjects also were asked about their feelings. Those who handled actual money reported feeling stronger even 10 minutes after they put down the cash.

Combined with previous experiments, the findings confirmed what researchers have long doubted, that money acts as a general panacea(万能药) in the brain, giving us social self-confidence and reducing physical pain without having to spend a dime on aspirin.

But can we get the same effect by using credit cards? “No, credit cards do not have the same effect, ” Vohs says. “They are scary for most people, and they in fact represent debt m many ways.” The findings could have an interesting effect in the business world, where recent trends have been to issue non-monetary rewards and bonuses instead of what was thought of as “cold, hard cash”.

1.The underlined word “soothe” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to“_________” .

A. encourage　　 B. remind

C. calm　 　　 　　 D. trust

2.What’s Katherine Vohs’s attitude towards the result of the study?

A. He found it totally unexpected.

B. He had no doubt about it.

C. He thought it needed further experiments.

D. He thought it was not convincing.

3.What do we know about the students involved in the study?

A. They were divided into two groups according to their ages.

B. One group was given paper money while the other was given coins.

C. They were holding the money while dipping fingers into hot water.

D. Both groups were asked to dip fingers into hot water.

4.We can 1earn from the passage that_________.

A. the effect of money can only last until we put it down

B. money is both psychologically and socially helpful to us

C. the result of the research hasn’t been confirmed（证实）by experts

D. credit cards have the same effect on us as money

5.The last paragraph suggests that___________.

A. the recent trend in the business world is to give cash as rewards

B. employers should give non-monetary rewards to employees

C. cash is a better way to reward employees than credit cards

D. more and more employees prefer non-monetary rewards to cash

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What could be cuter than your puppy giving his doggy friend a kiss on the nose? Nothing, really. But is your dog actual-fly planting a kiss on his friend? Yes, but that’s only one of the reasons your dog may lick another dog’s nose. Here are some other reasons why your dog may lick another dog’s nose. 　　

During an introduction, a shy and lower-ranking dog will lower his head, avoid direct eye contact and gently extend his tongue to lick the nose of a more confident and high-ranking dog. The first dog licks the nose of the second dog to simply make it know that：he comes in peace.

Dogs who are already friends will also trade kisses. Two strongly bonded dog pals will lick and clean each other. They give each other “dog kisses” showing friendship.

Puppies also “kiss” their mothers, but it's not a gesture of love. When puppies stop suckling(吸吮)their mothers’ tits for milk and start to eat semisolid(半固体)food instead；they lick their mothers’ mouths and noses in the hope of getting the mother to regurgitate(反哺) some semi-digested food.

So how to help your bashful dog make friends with other dogs? You can carefully select confident-but-friendly and good-tempered dogs to play with your shy dog, to help him develop his social skills. Also consider taking him to a special training class that focuses on socialization and positive training technique.

Do not disturb them when your two dogs play “kiss” briefly with each other. Sit back and enjoy this display of friendship. Then call them over and have them do a command such as “sit’’ or “shake paws”. Offer them treats as a reward for being good to each other.

If you foster(收养)a dog and have three or more resident dogs, introduce the foster dog to your brood dog one at a time and let muzzle licking between them happen naturally. Start with your least reactive or most friendly dog. Never force an in production between the dogs because this can deepen the foster dog’s submissiveness or spark a fight.

1.We know a shy and lower—ranking dog licks the nose of a higher-ranking dog to　　　　　　 .

A. ask the dog for help                    B. show he is friendly

C. show his anger                         D. show his respect for him

2.What can we know about two dogs who are already friends?

A. They seldom give each other kisses. 　　　　　

B. They usually avoid direct eye contact.

C. They like keeping their friendship a secret. 　　

D. They show their friendship by “dog kisses”.

3.What does the underlined word “bashful” in Paragraphs 5 mean?

A. Shy. 　　 B. Honest. 　　 C. Lovely.　　　　 D. Little.

4.What should you do if your two dogs play “kiss” briefly with each other?

A. Ask them to stay away from each other immediately. 　

B. Ask them to shake tails.

C. Ask them to have a fight.

D. Give them a reward for being friends.

5.The writer wrote this passage to_________.

A. tell us about a study he did recently　　

B. explain why a dog kisses other dogs

C. tell us how to raise dogs

D. help us to make friends with dogs.

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--Could you send me an application for the TOEFL ?

--           What’s your name and  address ?

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Modesty is a kind of good quality, which is ______it takes to be your personal best.

A. what B. where C. which D. when

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Modesty is a kind of good quality, which is ______it takes to be your personal best.

A. what B. where C. which D. when

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