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   Robyn Lee, a 15-year-old teenage girl who studies at York Community High School, US says she has four friends. But she also has 15 to 20 other friends she considers part of her regular social circle.

“It's like a bad thing to have only one, friend ,”explained Robyn. “If you have one friend, it means only one person likes you. That’s not cool,” she said.

For many years, experts studying teen friendships have known that teenagers prefer to travel in groups. In studies conducted in 1963 and in 1995, researchers found teen friendship groups averaged six people. In 2005, when teens were asked about how many friends they kept in touch with regularly, the average answer was 20.

The change to bigger -group friendships has advantages, such as increasing more connections and improving teens' self-pride by giving them a place to belong.

However, the change also has some disadvantages,say psychologists. “The meaning of friendship is becoming much more complicated,” said Bernardo Carducci, a professor of psychology at Indiana University Southeast.

MaryRose Moss, a 17-year-old in Chicago, knows how she could get more friends. She created a Facebook page when she was 14 and within months , she had her group of 500 friends.

Text messaging has opened the door to many new connections, she says. “I'm friends with some people that I wouldn't be as close to if it weren't for technology,” said Moss. “It's so easy to send a text to somebody even if you don't know him very well. ”

Some psychologists wonder whether social-networking technology is affecting some skills children once got from making friends in the old-fashioned way.

“In the past, you argued, discussed and reached an agreement, but if somebody disagrees with you now, you can ‘defriend’ him with the click of keys,” said Carducci.

Marianne Boe, a social studies teacher in Chicago , sees signs of changing friendships in the hallways. Ten years ago, she could easily know groups of girls who stayed friends through all four years of high school. “Today, it's harder,” Boe said.

【小题1】Robyn is introduced at the beginning _____________ .
A.to show how today's teenagers make friends
B.to give an example of modern teen friendship patterns
C.to show that today's teenagers are afraid of loneliness
D.to give an example of teen addiction to social networks
【小题2】What is behind the change to bigger-group friendships,according to the passage?
A.Text messaging.
B.Changes in teen taste.
C.Modern technology.
D.Social-networking culture.
【小题3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Teenagers don't know how to develop really close friendships.
B.Teenagers change their friends more often than before.
C.True friends no longer appear in the school hallways.
D.Teenagers respect others' privacy more than before.
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   I was a paperboy — well actually, the first papergirl in Seattle. When I was 12, I took my way into a job delivering (投递) The Seattle Times. I remember the boss looking this _______ girl over and telling me I had a week to _______ I could do it.

So after school, I would _______ over to the hut down the street, pick up my bundles, lift them onto the back of my _______ and ride my route. Sunday morning papers were too _______ for me to carry. I tried, and it took me three hours to _______ them as I had to keep coming back to reload. So, my mother volunteered to get up at 5:30 am and drive me around. She _______ herself to my employment.

What I learned as a _______ was to find out where each of my customers wanted their papers. I didn’t just throw them on their lawn (草评)._______ they wanted papers on their porch, or mailbox or inside the gate, that was where they got them. When a ________ went out of town, he would tell me and I would make sure that the papers didn’t ________ up to attract thieves. In return, I got big ________.

Somewhere the paperboys are ________ by modern services. We put our orders into online forms that then tell a service that ________ a guy in a truck to throw the papers onto the lawn.

The people that run and own newspapers have the ________ to deliver news to us in a large number of forms, and we should be able to get it any way we want. We should be able to ________ for the form we want it ________, including how it is distributed. I would ________ pay to have a papergirl or paperboy deliver the ________ on the right day in the right way, and I would tip for that privilege.

Let’s bring back the paperboy and with it ________ employment for our children.

【小题1】
A.strongB.nervousC.dynamicD.thin
【小题2】
A.proveB.suggestC.informD.admit
【小题3】
A.watchB.headC.takeD.turn
【小题4】
A.carB.cartC.bikeD.truck
【小题5】
A.heavyB.dirtyC.tidyD.rough
【小题6】
A.readB.copyC.packD.deliver
【小题7】
A.enjoyedB.devotedC.forcedD.limited
【小题8】
A.studentB.daughterC.papergirlD.reader
【小题9】
A.IfB.WhileC.UnlessD.As
【小题10】
A.friendB.familyC.bossD.customer
【小题11】
A.takeB.pileC.giveD.break
【小题12】
A.smilesB.candiesC.tipsD.praise
【小题13】
A.replacedB.controlledC.guidedD.defeated
【小题14】
A.makesB.pullsC.threatensD.sends
【小题15】
A.rightB.opportunityC.dutyD.method
【小题16】
A.lookB.desireC.payD.hope
【小题17】
A.atB.withC.onD.in
【小题18】
A.gladlyB.slightlyC.particularlyD.totally
【小题19】
A.breadB.paperC.milkD.speech
【小题20】
A.fortunateB.positiveC.uselessD.meaningful

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Bad Things About Cell Phones in School

Giving your schoolchild a cell phone has a very positive effect. 【小题1】 However, at school especially in the classroom, cell phones cause a lot of problems.

The Internet capabilities (联网功能) of phones will make students absent from their tasks. 【小题2】 In addition to sending text messages, smartphones have email and Internet capabilities. All of these features will distract (使分心) children from their tasks at hand.

【小题3】 The most common means by which the whole class distraction happens is when a cell phone rings during the middle of a class, attracting students’ attention towards the noise. A student with a cell phone may also encourage others to play the game on his cell phone or share information that comes up on the Internet.

The use of phones may contribute to the students’cheating in the exams. Students can take advantage of cell phones’ Internet capabilities to look for answers to questions for tests for which they haven’t studied. Having a palm-sized computer may give students the chance to cheat in exams. 【小题4】

Using a phone may reduce children’s social behavior. If a student has a cell phone, particularly one with an Internet connection, it must reduce his necessity to socially communicate with others. 【小题5】

A.Distractions from phones have increased.
B.These days phones aren’t just used for making calls.
C.He can get in touch with you at any time during the day.
D.The increase of phone usage has expanded into schools.
E.A single phone has the chance to distract the entire class.
F.Teachers should have students hand in phones before handing out papers.
G.Besides, a student with a phone prefers to ask web for ideas to be used in classes instead of discussing with his classmates.