内容正文:
1. Book 1 Unit 1 A new start
Using language
一、用单词的适当形式完成句子
1.________ (inspire) by the teacher’s words, he is determined to study harder than ever before.
2.The moment I saw the scientist ________ by everyone, words failed to express my ________.(admire)
3.________(found) in the 19th century, the university has been a center of academic excellence for generations.
4.The teachers spare no effort ________(ensure) that all students would be given an equal chance.
5.__________ (compare)with developed countries, the South Africa has a long way to go in the economy.
6.___________ (employ) by an international company, he earns quite a large amount of money.
7.________(base) on a real story, the film was very moving.
8.________ (locate) in the central area, the price of the house is high.
9.________ (bury) under the ruins, the young man was rather ________(frighten).
10.________(absorb) in the beautiful natural landscape, he forgot to go home.
11.I found this picture ________accident, which reminded me of something interesting in life.
12.I will feel ________ (annoy) if someone takes my book without asking me.
13.________ (bury) in study, he didn’t notice that all the others had left.
14.Anyone touching that wire could get badly ________(shock).
15.In many parts of Asia, influencers are ________ (refer) to as KOLs or key opinion leaders.
二、阅读理解
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Researchers found that those with strong, close bonds(关系)with their friends at age 15 were more likely to be healthy and happy later. Importantly, popularity—defined as lots of people liking you generally, but without bonding with each other closely—wasn’t found to have the same benefit as close friends. “Close friendship strength in mid-adolescence predicted relative increases in self-worth and decreases in anxiety and depressive symptoms by early adulthood,” according to the authors of the study. Popularity actually had the opposite—negative—effect.
The University of Virginia researchers who carried out the study