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Julia that all questions were finished. After that, she handed in the exam paper.

When you meet a narrow-minded person, you'd better on him.

Captain Marvel is movie it is popular with people.

He is waiting for the owner because he broke the window. boy he is!

He win , but in fact, it's the result of thousands of hard exercises.

Socrates was a scholar, teacher, and philosopher, who was born in ancient Greece. He was c to be the main source of Western thought.

Socrates had his own way of teaching. To help his pupils work out a problem, he would break it down into a s of questions. He was certain that, by answering the questions, the pupils would find out the truth by themselves. One of his famous s is "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."

Socrates was sentenced (判决) to death for corrupting (使堕落) youth with his teaching. He could have saved himself. His pupils tried to get Socrates out of the prison. H, Socrates refused their help. He chose to o the sentence of the law. He drank poisonous wine (毒酒) and died.

Today it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go. They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what's happening around them.. Outside life is shut out. So are you one of "them"?

For me, walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect.. What's even better, wearing card phone s seems to give a signal to people which say, "I'm not available for chatting at the moment!"

Suppose you're at work and about to make an incredible breakthrough (极大的突破), but a workmate suddenly turns up. At this moment the slightest disturbance (干扰) would break your concentration.. Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that "Go away!" signal.

. It's probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family. While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their homework, they can just turn up the volume on their MP3 player, smile, and say "Yes, mum."

Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hanging from our ears, but also our brains will be directly plugged into (接通) some new high-tech instruments. We'll be in a virtual (虚拟的) world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like.. And they are changing our social habits along the way.

In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It's so strange. Suddenly, I don't feel like wearing my cardphones anymore.

A. Our instruments are changing quickly

B. I don't have to deal with the noise from the environment

C. At home, teenagers love these wires

D. They walk around in their own spaces, with their personal "digital noise reduction systems"

E. Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions

A new study shows that moderate background noise is a better motivation to creative thinking than the sound of silence, a well-known magazine reported.

A paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research says that the perfect working environment should buzz (嗡嗡作响)   with a little noise.

Researchers found that test subjects were at their most creative state when background noise was measured a 70 decibels, the level one might find in a busy coffee shop.

A nearly silent environment (50 decibels)   was too quiet. Turning up the volume to 85 decibels   (a jackhammer tearing up the pavement outside your building)   had an opposite effect—the noise became a distraction (分散注意力) .

The researchers asked 65 students at the University of British Columbia, Canada, to perform various creative tasks while noises recorded at a roadside restaurant were played in the background.

In one experiment, scientists asked participants to brainstorm ideas for a new type of mattress (气垫). Test subjects had the most successful discussions when the noise in the background was noticeable but not too loud.

While a quiet environment may make it easier to read a book, the authors of the study say that moderate background noise creates just enough of a distraction to force people to think more imaginatively without breaking their focus so completely that they can't think at all.

Should we all head for Starbucks to get creative? Not necessarily.

Researchers found limited work time surrounded by the low-level noise of a coffeehouse is what really stimulates creativity.

Equally, working in a café environment isn't good for everybody. The productivity boost (提高) was most obvious among those who were naturally creative to begin with.

I wanted to hurry to her at once. But my husband, Larry, and I were packing to move from New York to Seattle. Our house was in total mess. Supper dishes sat on the kitchen table. Toys lay everywhere. I purposelessly picked things up and put them down. Mother's crying went through my head again and again.

Larry called some friends to tell them what had happened. Someone asked to speak to me. "If there's anything I can do, let me know." But I didn't know what to ask for.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. It was Emerson. He and his wife Donna lived in the block nearby.

"I've come to clean your shoes," he said.

I asked him to repeat.

"Donna had to stay with the baby," he said, "but we want to help you. I remember when my father died, it took me hours to clean our shoes for the funeral. Give me all your shoes."

I gathered all our dirty shoes to the kitchen. Emerson got to work right away. Watching him devoting himself to one task helped me pull my own thoughts into order. I told myself to wash clothes first. Then, Larry and I bathed the children and put them to bed. One job after another.

When we returned to wash the dishes, Emerson had left. All our shoes stood in a line against the wall, clean, shining. I couldn't help crying. Early the next morning, we left for the airport with all the jobs done.

Now whenever I hear of a friend who's lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, "If there's anything I can do..." Instead, I try to think of one specific task that suits that man's need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel (狗屋;养狗场) or house-sitting during the funeral (葬礼). If the person asks, "How did you know I needed that one?" I reply, "Because a man once cleaned my shoes."

"Wanting only the best things for yourself4 your problems and stress. You need to understand that the cup doesn't make the coffee better.5, all that you wanted was the coffee, not the cup." But you consciously6 the best cups, and then looked to see what cups others picked.

"Your7is the coffee. Your job, money, position in society...they are the cups. The type of cup doesn't decide the quality of life. Sometimes, we forget to8 the coffee. The9 people are not those who have the best things, but those who enjoy life and make the most of what they have."

Hearing this, the graduates were speechless. They had learned another important life lesson from their old professor—that true happiness means enjoying life and not worrying about10 things.

No one else wanted to be the fellow traveler since my grandfather refused5 a plane. Unlike him, I loved to fly because I wanted to get to the destination as6 as possible.

No matter what anyone told my grandfather about the comfort and7 of flying, he didn't want to book a flight, saying, "It's not just the trip; it's the adventure of8 there."

With my first step onto the train, the journey was already different9 what I expected. The train was modern and it10 with friendly travelers. We all smiled and nodded to greet each other.

My grandpa and I seated11 in the dining car. While watching the scenery pass, we12 enjoy food and drinks. Instead of listening to my music, I became a willing audience and I learned family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn about. I felt I13 him for the first time. I was thankful for our time together on14 train.

In this rapidly changing world, we often miss important moments.15 is necessary for us to slow down and listen to elders who offer a piece of their history or experience.

Life isn't just about the destination; it's about the journey.

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Nowadays, more and more people like to visit museums.

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—Yes, of course. I am so proud of my country.