Understanding Popularity and Social Dynamics

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Exercise 6 (2019 During the rosy years of elementary school ( my dolls and jokes, which allowed me to keep my high social status. ... Popularity is a well-explored subject in social psychology. Mitch Prinstein, a professor of clinical psychology sorts the popular into two categories: the likable and the status seekers. The likables plays-well-with- others qualities strengthen schoolyard interpersonal skills and, when tapped early, are employed ever after in life and work. Then there s the kind of popularity that appears in adolescence: status born of power and even dishonorable behavior. ), I enjoyed sharing friendships, jump-start What is the second paragraph mainly about A. The classification of the popular. B. The characteristics of adolescents. C. The importance of interpersonal skills. D. The causes of dishonorable behavior.

Exercise 7 (2019 Bacteria are an annoying problem for astronauts. The microorganisms from our bodies grow uncontrollably on surfaces of the International Space Station, so astronauts spend hours cleaning them up each week. How is NASA overcoming this very tiny big problem? It s turning to a bunch of high school kids. But not just any kids. It depending on NASA HUNCH high school class, like the one science teachers Gene Gordon and Donna Himmelberg lead at Fairport High School in Fairport, New York. HUNCH is designed to connect high school classrooms with NASA engineers. These kids are so absorbed in their studies that I just sit back. I don t teach. And that annoying bacteria? Gordon says his students are emailing daily with NASA engineers about the problem, readying a workable solution to test in space. What is the best title for the text? A. NASA: The Home of Astronauts. B. Space: The Final Homework Frontier. C. Nature: An Outdoor Classroom. D. HUNCH:A College Admission Reform. Tip

Exercise 8 (2019 Marian Bechtel sits at West Palm Beach s Bar Louie counter by herself, quietly reading her e-book as she waits for her salad. What is she reading? None of your business! Lunch is Bechtel s me time. And like more Americans, she s not alone. A new report found 46 percent of meals are eaten alone in America. More than half 53 percent have breakfast alone and nearly half 46 percent have lunch by themselves. Only at dinnertime are we eating together anymore 74 percent according to statistics from the report. I prefer to go out and be out. Alone but together you know Bechtel said looking up from her book. . Today I just wanted some time to myself she said. That freedom to choose is one reason more people like to eat alone. There was a time when people may have felt awkward about asking for a table for one but those days are over. Now we have our smartphones to keep us company at the table. It doesn't feel as alone as it may have before al the advances in technology, said Laurie Demerit whose company provided the statistics for the report.

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Exercise 9 Lego has come under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint amid growing international alarm about the impact of plastic waste on the environment. It produces 19 billion pieces per year 36,000 a minute that are made entirely of plastic while much of the inside packaging is also plastic. The writer tells of Lego s stress of reducing plastic waste by means of _______. A. figures C. comparison B. examples D. classification

Exercise 10 Lego reportedly releases around a million tons of carbon dioxide each year, with about 75% coming from raw materials that go into factories. The company has invested more than 100,000,000 and hired 100 people to research non-plastic alternatives. It is aiming to keep all of its packaging out of landfill by 2025. What is Lego s attitude towards developing non-plastic alternatives? A. Defensive B. Determined C. Disapproving D. Doubtful

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Exercise 11 (2017 Charles Darwin, over 150 years ago, imagined a world far busier, noisier and more intimate than the world we can see and hear. Our senses are weak. There is a whole lot going on. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. The world is changing faster than ever. B. People have stronger senses than before. C. The world is more complex than it seems. D. People in Darwin s time were more imaginative.

Exercise 12 In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dickens' greatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa. Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress . A. his reputation in France B. his interest in modern art C. his success in publication D. his importance in literature

Exercise 13 (2018 Many of us love July because it's the month when nature's berries and stone fruits are in abundance. These colourful and sweet jewels from British Columbia's fields are little powerhouses of nutritional protection. 7 Of the common berries, strawberries are highest in vitamin C, although, because of their seeds, raspberries contain a little more protein ( ), iron and zinc (not that fruits have much protein). Blueberries are particularly high in antioxidants ( ). The yellow and orange stone fruits such as peaches are high in the carotenoids we turn into vitamin A and which are antioxidants. As for cherries ( ), they are so delicious who cares? However, they are rich in vitamin C.

When combined with berries or slices of other fruits, frozen bananas make an excellent base for thick, cooling fruit shakes and low fat "ice cream". For this purpose, select ripe bananas for freezing as they are much sweeter. Remove the skin and place them in plastic bags or containers and freeze. If you like, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on the bananas will prevent them turning brown. Frozen bananas will last several weeks, depending on their ripeness and the temperature of the freezer. If you have a juicer, you can simply feed in frozen bananas and some berries orsliced fruit. Out comes a "soft-serve" creamy dessert, to be eaten right away. This makes a fun activity for a children's party; they love feeding the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of the machine and watching the ice cream come out below. A. B. C. D. B From which is the text probably taken? A. A biology textbook. B. A health magazine. C. A research paper. D. A travel brochure.

Exercise 14 (2019 As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for biometric ( ) technologies like fingerprint scans to keep others out of private e-spaces. At present, these technologies are still expensive, though. Researchers from Georgia Tech say that they have come up with a low- cost device ( ) that gets around this problem: a smart keyboard. It also doesn t require a new type of technology that people aren t already familiar with. Everybody uses a keyboard and everybody types differently. The researchers say that the keyboard should be pretty straightforward to commercialize and is mostly made of inexpensive, plastic-like parts. The team hopes to make it to market in the near future. Where is this text most likely from? A. A diary. B. A guidebook. C. A novel. D. A magazine.

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