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单词识记：
adventure ancient awkward caution civilized concern custom particular remind remove silent tradition typical fascinate cooperation anniversary restrict religion casual expand 短语扫描： add to增添 as a whole总体来说 be of great value很有价值 come into being形成；产生；出现 end up with 以……告终 in memory of为了纪念
pass down from generation to generation一代一代传下来 date back to/date from 追溯到 follow a custom 遵循习俗 crowd into涌入 [跟踪训练]
在空格处填入适当的词(1个单词)或所给词的正确形式
1．Keep your office space looking good， (particular) your desk. 2． (typical)，she couldn’t find her keys.
3．We were very (concern) to keep the staff informed about what we were doing. 4．Madagascar is the most (fascinate) place I have ever been to. 5．As soon as he got home，he (remove) the mud from his shoes. 6．The population a whole is in favour of the reform.
7．Many kinds of flavor substances come being in milk when heated，which changed the flavor of milk.
8．Altogether,90 percent of all college graduates end up a decent job in Japan，he added.
9．Thousands of people crowded the hall to see the famous actress. 10．The custom dates the time when men wore swords.
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The Truth about Popularity
We spend so much of middle school trying to figure out what makes the “cool kids” cool.
Is it whether they wear Jordans or LeBrons，have straight or
1 hair，or listen to pop？Maybe you go on a 2 until you see chocolate that 3 you.You stop holding your parents’ hands in 4 .The problem is that none of these things really works.The only thing 5 by not holding your parents’ hands is 6 their feelings.All going on a diet does is make you feel 7 . So why do we do it?
Well，it’s hard not to see that it is the culture that 8 us.We see it when a special group of mothers get lunch together weekly，or when fathers only 9 certain father’s hands.We see it in the groups teachers form，but most 10 ，we see in each other.It is apparent in every dirty look，hair flip and fake smile.We see it at the 11 chairs that are miraculously full when we go to sit in them.It is overheard in the 12 about who is hot and who is not.We see it 13 Instagram when your best friend has more likes than you do.
If the world depended on whether or not the boy who was 14 to the right of you in your 6th grade science thought you were pretty on a particular Tuesday in January，maybe the 15 would be worth it.But the thing is，in the long 16 ，none of this stuff will 17 .Because in 20 years from now，that particular Tuesday will be just one of a hundred Tuesdays 18 you hoped a boy thought you were pretty.This is why we need to 19 more from our time in middle school than just a wild goose 20 of popularity. 1．A.black B．thick C．soft
D．curly
2．A.diet B．holiday C．trip
D．project
3．A.swallows B．wants
C．exposes D．discovers 4．A.fear B．silence C．public D．wonder 5．A.clarified B．guided C．accomplished
D．acquired
6．A.inspiring B．touching C．influencing D．hurting 7．A.fat C．good
B．healthy D．strong
8．A.threatens B．surrounds C．limits D．rejects 9．A.wash B．raise C．shake D．clean 10．A.completely C．strangely 11．A.empty
B．luckily
D．importantly B．comfortable
C．steady D．expensive 12．A.complaints
B．whispers
C．arguments D．cheers 13．A.in B．at C．on D．with
14．A.looking B．listening C．standing
D．sitting
15．A.worrying B．thrilling C．speaking
D．doubting
16．A.run B．distance C．period D．sense 17．A.matter
B．exist
C．survive D．disappear 18．A.when C．how
B．where
D．why
19．A.keep B．spend C．prevent D．get 20．A.favor
B．honor