初中英语牛津译林版九年级上册Unit 4 Growing upGrammar同步练习

—Yes, his mother is a woman rather than a housewife.

—I've no idea. But he was writing it the whole afternoon.

—Yes, she always encouraged us and gave us support ___________ we met difficulties.

—Well, you will be feeling much better by next weekend.

—But they also caused plenty of problems.

— ______ nine o'clock.

At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It's a very good 1 of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring(获得)experiences. It helps travelers 2 a lot. Travel can make our minds become 3.

But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences, They believe that spending time abroad has the 4 to affect(影响)people's mind. For example, they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at 5 problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you can't experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can 6 your mind and make it more active.

7, that doesn't mean the more places you've been, the more creative you'll become. Another group of professors have been doing 8 research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn't have enough 9 to immerse(使……沉浸)themselves in a new place and a new culture. They weren't as creative as the people who spent the time 10 getting to know a place. You have to interact(相互影响)with the places you go to and then you can benefit(得益)from it. if you go travelling, which do you prefer, staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way?

Sophie, a 14-year old British girl, suddenly changed her behavior in class. She lost interest in studies and would sit in the corner with her head down.

Ethan Miller, one of Sophie's teachers, discovered the reason: she had been bullied (欺凌) online. Sophie was receiving abusive (辱骂的) messages on her phone and on Facebook. Miller shared Sophie's story on the official website of The Children's Society, a children's charity in the United Kingdom.

Sophie was not alone. One in three young people in 30 countries, said they have been victims of online bullying. Twenty percent of those bullied students, reported skipping school because of it. The study surveyed more than 170 000 young people aged 13-24 from countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Three-quarters of those surveyed said social media, like Facebook and Twitter, are the most common places for online bullying which includes threatening and humiliating (羞辱性的) messages, comments and images.

"The new generation was born in a digital world of constant connection, but there are clear risks for young people as well as benefits, and it is surprising that online bullying troubles many young people more than anything else," said Andrew Dunnett, the director of the Vodafone Foundation, a UK charity.

Meanwhile, online bullying could have serious results for young people. For example, it makes young people more than twice as likely to self-harm, according to a 2018 study by the University of Oxford, the UK. The research also found that, young people who suffered from online bullying, were less likely to ask for help than those victims by traditional ways.

To deal with the problem, UNICEF has called for national helplines to support those affected, along with training for teachers and parents to prevent and deal with online bullying.

"Improving young people's education experience means explaining the environment they experience online as well as offline," said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF'S Executive Director,