They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled round listening to the same record. Their son for thinking or acting in thus and such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their co coon—into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting re cords. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.
The author's purpose in writing this passage is to tell ______.
A. readers how to be popular with people around
B. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves
C. parents how to control and guide their children
D. people how to understand and respect each other
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts【C1】______our protective blanket on【C2】______. Light gets through, and this is essential【C3】______plants to make the food which we【C4】______. Heat,【C5】______, makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays(紫外线) penetrate the【C6】______. Cosmic rays of various kinds come【C7】______the air from outer space, but【C8】______quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off.【C9】______ men leave the atmosphere they are【C10】______to this radiation;【C11】______their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside,【C12】______prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in【C13】______. Doses of radiation are measured in【C14】______called "rems" (雷目). We all【C15】______radiation here on earth from the sun, from cosmic rays, and from radioactive minerals. The"【C16】______"dose of radiation that we receive each year is about two millirems; it【C17】______according to where you live, and this is a very rough estimate. Scientists have reason to think【C18】______a man can【C19】______far more radiation【C20】______without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed.
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A. for
B. with
C. on
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听力原文: In ancient times, many people believed tile earth was a flat disc. Well over 2,000 years ago, rite ancient Greek philosophers were able to put forward two good arguments proving that it was not. Direct observations of heavenly bodies was the basis of both these arguments. First, the Greeks knew that during eclipses of the moon, file earth was between the sun and the moon, and they saw that during these eclipses, the earth's shadow on the moon was always round, they realized that this could be true only if the earth was spherical. If tile earth were a flat disc, then its shadow during eclipses would not be a perfect circle, it would be stretched out into a long ellipse. Tile second argument was based on what the Greeks saw during their travels. They noticed that the North Star, or Polaris, appeared lower in the sky when they traveled south, in more northern regions, the North Star appeared to them to be much higher in file sky. By the way, it was also from this difference in the apparent position of the North Star that the Greeks first calculated the approximate distance around the circumference of the earth, a figure recorded in ancient documents says 400,000 stadia, that's the plural of the word stadium. Today, it's not known exactly what length one stadium represents, but let's say, it was about 200 meters, the length of many athletic stadiums. This would hake the Greek' s estimate about twice the figure accepted today, a very good estimate for those writing so long before even the first telescope was invented.
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A. How ancient philosophers measured the distance between heavenly bodies.
B. How ancient philosophers explained the cause of an eclipse of the Moon.
C. Why ancient philosophers thought the Earth was a sphere.
D. Why ancient philosophers thought the Earth moved around the Sun.
A.They noticed an apparent change in the position of the North Star.B.They observed ec
A. They noticed an apparent change in the position of the North Star.
B. They observed eclipses at different times of the year.
C. They were the first to estimate the distance between heavenly bodies.
D. They wanted to prove that the Earth was fiat.