I’m trying to be a writer, but I can’t even start. What should I do?
Abraham, Nebraska
There are many ways to come up with ideas, one of which is to write down a list of your experiences, as well as things from your imagination. When you want to write, look in the notebook for ideas.
Books for writers often have good suggestions, too. One we like is Spilling Ink: A Yong Writer’s Handbook by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter. Perhaps your library has it.
My classmates keep asking about a new movie I’ve seen. But I don’t want to spoil it for them. What should I do?
Corinne (by e-mail)
You could ask your classmates whether they are sure they want to know and if they insist, go ahead and tell them. You may be able to give them a general idea of the movie without revealing details of the ending.
I’m going to a soccer camp for youth, but I’m not sure if I’m good at soccer or if I’ll make friends.
Louise, New Hampshire
Soccer camp is for people who share an interest in the sport. No matter what a person’s ability is at the beginning, it’s likely that everyone will leave camp with improved skills.
Sharing a common interest may make conversations easier. Smile, be friendly, and have a sense of humor. Before long, you may find that you’ve made some good friends.
Someone invited me to a birthday party. When I got there, kids were doing stuff I’m not interested in, like watching scary movies. I told them my mom would pick me up, so I just left. Was I rude for doing that?
Sam (by e-mail)
You just did the right thing and that isn’t being rude.
We hope you’ll talk with your parents about this. They’re probably proud of what you did. They may have other suggestions for you, too. Talk about different situations that might come up and what would be the best way to handle (處理) them.
小題1:Who is interested in Spilling Ink: A Yong Writer’s Handbook?
A．Corinne. B．Louise.C．Abraham. D．Sam.
小題2:What can we learn about the soccer camp?
A．The practice is hard but interesting.
B．It is difficult to make friends in the camp.
C．The camp only wants people who are new to soccer.
D．One’s skills can be improved when leaving the camp.
小題3:The answer to Sam’s question shows what Sam did is _____.
A．funny B．strangeC．foolishD．smart
小題4:According to the passage, you can make friends by the following means EXCEPT _________.
A．keeping smilingB．Being humorous
C．Changing your habitsD．Being friendly to others
小題5:This purpose of the text is to _____.
A．give adviceB．tell storiesC．find friends D．share interests

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：本文中提出了4個(gè)青少年遇見的不同的問題，作者分別做了回答，給出了建議。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一部分One we like is Spilling Ink: A Yong Writer’s Handbook by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter.
I’m trying to be a writer, but I can’t even start. What should I do?
Abraham, Nebraska
可知這樣的書是Abraham, Nebraska想要的。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三部分Soccer camp is for people who share an interest in the sport. No matter what a person’s ability is at the beginning, it’s likely that everyone will leave camp with improved skills.可知D正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一部分I told them my mom would pick me up, so I just left. Was I rude for doing that?
Talk about different situations that might come up and what would be the best way to handle (處理) them說明他的處理方法是很聰明的，一點(diǎn)也不粗魯，故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三部分Smile, be friendly, and have a sense of humor. Before long, you may find that you’ve made some good friends.可知ABD三項(xiàng)都是交朋友的好方法，只有C項(xiàng)文章沒有提及。
小題5:A 推理題。文章中每一部分以后都給出了作者的建議，說明本文正是為了對(duì)對(duì)方的問題給出具體的建議，故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文中提出了4個(gè)青少年遇見的不同的問題，作者分別做了回答，給出了建議。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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A．They come from our past experiences.
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D．We should learn some useful things.
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D．Nothing succeeds like success.
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A．How to Live a Happy Life
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D．Nothing Bears Fruit Without Action

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships and be   1  ．However, when we're    2 , we want to go back to being young and we   3 the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs,  4 pressure and money problems．
Young people believe adulthood  5 freedom from parents and schoolwork．When they get older, they feel that   6  is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To  7  this feeling, people say, "The grass is always 8 on the other side of the fence．"
As   9 , we like to be like adults but as young adults, we  10  to be young again. We think about staying out late and  11  our own money to spend．Suddenly, we see that love can result in   12 hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for  13 the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as   14 as we thought it would be and suddenly,   15 becomes very scary．
Life is   16  ．It gives us time to   17    but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look back wishing we  18  being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the   19   is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have．That is the first step to grow up.   20   life becomes more complex, we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults．
小題1:
A．comfortableB．dependentC．politeD．independent
小題2:
A．defeatedB．olderC．marriedD．confident
小題3:
A．likeB．forgetC．missD．regret
小題4:
A．jobB．studyC．a(chǎn)geD．health
小題5:
A．createsB．showsC．limitsD．means
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)dulthoodB．childhoodC．parenthoodD．neighborhood
小題7:
A．reduceB．experienceC．describeD．understand
小題8:
A．thinnerB．greenerC．yellowD．colorful
小題9:
A．researchersB．a(chǎn)dultsC．teenagersD．elders
小題10:
A．decideB．wishC．returnD．stop
小題11:
A．makingB．worrying aboutC．havingD．showing off
小題12:
A．healthyB．a(chǎn)mbitiousC．excitedD．broken
小題13:
A．breakfastB．schoolC．workD．exercise
小題14:
A．richB．busyC．poorD．easy
小題15:
A．loveB．lifeC．careerD．future
小題16:
A．longB．fairC．shortD．beautiful
小題17:
A．studyB．thinkC．liveD．play
小題18:
A．stoppedB．imaginedC．enjoyedD．tried
小題19:
A．reasonB．resultC．truthD．dream
小題20:
A．WhenB．IfC．UnlessD．Before

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