高中英语

Frankenstein, dreams to give life to a____ body. Finally, using bones from dead bodies, he creates a Monster that ____ a human being. But when he finishes, the beauty of the dream ____, and horror and _______ fill his heart. The creature is extremely ugly, _____ anyone who sees it. His black hair and his white teeth ______ horribly with his yellow eyes, his _____ yellow skin. However, he is intelligent and has human _____. When Frankenstein ______ to create a wife for him, he ______ the scientist's brother, his best friend and his wife. Thus, the scientist ______ the monster to destroy him. In the end, both of them die in the snow.

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用所给词的适当形式填空:
cheer, classical, relieve, compose, generally, rhythm, instrument, come from, be true of, regard as
Life without music is like a severe winter without sunshine. I realize that this ___ everyone. Music can be ________ a good lifetime companion. It helps you ease your strained feelings, ____ the tension from the problems of a hard day, and _____ you up when you sad.
Music is often divided into several categories. Some of the categories are _____ music, traditional music, rock music and jazz music. Most of the original classic music was _____ in Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia. Beethoven and Bach were two famous composers of classical music. Each culture has its own traditional music that is played by special ______. Rock is ________ a loud kind of music, played with a strong beat. Jazz probably _______ Africa originally. It has a different kind of _____ from other kinds of music.

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Liu Fang is an international musical star, __________ for her work with traditional Chinese instruments. Her parents played an important part in her musical __________. For her, the biggest __________ is to ________ the traditions but to add her own style. The same is __________ of her second instrument, guzheng. Chinese music is __________ to the Chinese language, poetry and art. Listeners can __________ the power and beauty of the music, like enjoying a beautiful poem or painting. She enjoys playing and performing in __________. Since she moved to Canada, she has had __________ to make __________ with other musical traditions. Liu Fang wishes to __________ classical Chinese pipa and guzheng music to every corner of the world.

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The most world famous novel Harry Potter is written by a British gifted __________, J. K. Rowling, who wrote a __________ of seven books. It was said that she had the extra __________ of looking after baby daughter when she was writing the novel and she mainly wrote __________ __________ for __________ of money. So it was difficult for her to be successful and she even might have given up before she overcame all the difficulties. She had __________ to publish a book every year, but __________ __________ it took her about ten years to complete. Finally her books __________ __________ readers of all ages.
And the Harry Potter effect is not only in the English-speaking countries. Her books had been __________ __________ more than 55 languages, and thus, Rowling became the first writer __________ __________ a billionaire.

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Weibo, or micro-blogs, the Chinese version of Twitter, has be-come a way of life in China, especially for the young. Our train bumped into something. Our carriage has fallen onto its side. Children are screaming. Come to help us please ! Come fast !
This is the first message sent from a high-speed train that crashed on July 23rd,2011 in China's Zhejiang province.
Not only was it a cry for help, which saved tens of lives, but it also contributed to a wave of unprecedented(史无前例的)"citizen journalism" on China's micro-blogs. Within ten hours, the message was reposted over one-hundred-thousand times, which was something the girl, Xiao Yang, who wrote it had never imagined. She said," I just wanted to survive at that moment, so I posted a message on Weibo. I didn't know it would help us to be rescued so quickly. "After the crash, China's twenty million strong microbloggers demonstrated tremendous (巨大的)and unfamiliar power. They joined rescue efforts, helped survivors and monitored the officials investigating the accident.
As with traditional media, Weibo functions as a mirror on society, sparking debates and enlightening discussions. But what's different about the micro-blogging site is that anyone-not just journa-lists-can take a photo, record a video clip or write a quick note about what is happening around them.
I can fully accept this new Weibo lifestyle. Almost everyone has Weibo now. I read news on Weibo and it helps me with my life. I also write or repost news sometimes.
Clearly, Weibo enables millions of Chinese to become " citizen journalists",opening them up to fresh news and views on their community, country and world.
This has led to many micro-bloggers keeping a closer eye on the authorities. In response, the government is also using Weibo as a tool to respond to citizens' queries(疑问). And in Beijing, microbloggers have already left thousands of messages, urging the government to solve problems they consider urgent.
Wang Hui, general director of Beijing Information Office, said,"Weibo has created a platform for government officials to better understand what the citizens are thinking about and what they really need. This bottom-to-top information transmission channel is innovative and will become a new trend for government officials to provide better services for the people. "
But, however compelling (引人注目的)Weibo may be, much information it provides turns out to be rumors. Weibo, as a platform, not only helps the Chinese people express their views, but also trains the government in facing public opinion. Meanwhile, for Xiao Yang, a simple message saved her life. And for millions of others, Weibo means much more than just a simple touch on a smart phone.

Weibo helps Chinese __________ views
Passage outline
The Chinese version of Twitter
Supporting details
Weibo has become a new way of life, especially for young __________ in China.
One example__________ how tremendous the power of Weibo is
Process of the event
•    A message from a crashed train for __________ appeared on Weibo.
•    The message was immediately reposted over one-hundred-thousand times.
•    Rescue efforts were joined __________ millions of micro-bloggers.
Effects and results of the event
•    Some people were saved.
•    A wave of "citizen journalism" was __________
•    How officials responded to and dealt with the accident was also monitored.
Comparisons between traditional media and Weibo
__________
They both function as a mirror on society.
Difference
Any micro-blogger can be a __________,who can report what is happening.

 

Discussion between
traditional media and Weibo
•    It enables millions of Chinese to become supervisors of society as well as the authorities.
•    People have new __________ to fresh news and
views.
•    The government feels _______. to make their
services more effective.
Something more about Weibo
•    It sometimes provides rumors.
•    It means much more than just a simple touch on the smart phone.
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阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在文后第47至第56小题的空格里填上适当的单词并将答案转写到答题卡上。
注意:每空仅填一个单词。
The ancient religions of the Greeks and Romans were based on myths. Originally the word meant “spoken words” or stories. Nowadays myths refer to tales without a kernel of truth, or fantasies.
In nearly every civilization people tried to control their surroundings and the things happening around them to make them less threatening. In prehistoric cultures myths were used to explain natural phenomena. Ancient civilizations saw the earth as the goddess because of its fertility. Other phenomena like wind, lightning and thunder also were brought into connection with supernatural forces. The people felt themselves surrounded by gods and completely dependent.
The Greek myths also originated in that manner, but had more functions. They also explained the beginning of the world and the origin of man. Furthermore, the myths kept alive the memories of the foundation of important cities as well as the heroic deeds of civilizations and individuals. The tales of heroes, human beings with often supernatural capacities, gave men examples of perfection. During the whole Classical Period people believed the myths, but over time they came to be taken less and less seriously.
During the Greek Period myths were spread by word of mouth. The singing of mythical events was an important aspect of religious ritual. Many singers traveled around and sang the tales they heard on their way.
The first collection of myths was the work of Homer. He was blind, and to survive he collected traditional stories and let them been written down by others. The books of his that we know are the Iliad and the Odyssey. The first author to write about the beginning of the world and its deities was Hesiod in the 18the century.

                             Title: _____ of Myths
Meaning
________
They meant “spoken words” or traditional stories.
Nowadays
They meant something that people believe but which doesn’t _____ or is false.
____ and Status
Prehistoric cultures
They were used to explain aspects of the natural world and supernatural phenomena.
People felt completely dependent on _____.
Classical period
Besides explaining natural phenomena, they also
①explained how the world began and how the man came into ______;
________ the foundation of important cities and good deeds;
③dealt with supernatural beings and heroes.
People believed in them but were not___ about them gradually.
Forms
Oral myths
They were usually sung in religious rituals or by ___ singers.
____ myths
The representative authors are Homer and Hesiod.
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Aspirin has been called a wonder drug because it has so many applications. As opposed to most drugs, which have a single purpose, aspirin is a pain reliever, a fever reducer, and a blood thinner all in one. Scientists didn’t begin to truly understand how aspirin works until the 1970s, but we now know that aspirin prevents cells from producing prostaglandins (前列腺素), chemicals that carry pain messages from damaged cells to the brain.
Preventing prostaglandin production is also how aspirin helps keep blood flowing through the cardiovascular (心脏血管的) system. Aspirin shuts down the production of many types of prostaglandins, one of which causes blood cells to stick together and helps prevent clots (凝块). By preventing this particular prostaglandin’s production, aspirin thins the blood. Many people with heart disease take a low dose of aspirin every day as a preventative measure against heart attacks and strokes. While it’s not known exactly how aspirin reduces fevers, modern physicians and researchers believe that aspirin acts on the hypothalamus (下丘脑), the part of the brain that regulates autonomic functions, including body temperature.
Because of its long history and roots in traditional medicine, aspirin is often thought to be completely safe and harmless, but unfortunately, even a wonder drug can have some downsides. Doctors warn people with clotting problems against taking aspirin, since it can make clotting disorders worse, and it shouldn’t be taken for lengthened periods of time after operations, since it can slow healing by preventing blood from clotting. Aspirin is particularly inadvisable for children, because kids who take aspirin (especially for things like fevers and the flu) are more likely to develop a deadly nervous-system disorder called Reye’s syndrome.
It’s worthwhile keeping a bottle of regular aspirin in the house. Besides coming in handy for various aches and pains, aspirin is also helpful in several household applications.
Aspirin is highly effective at reducing the redness caused by insect bites. Wet the area and put an aspirin tablet on the spot. Cut flowers will last longer if their water includes a crushed-up aspirin tablet. Because it contains salicylic acid, aspirin also works to reduce the appearance of pimples (脓疱). Putting an aspirin paste on a pimple will help dry it out and get rid of the redness.
If you find that your white T-shirts accumulate yellow stains, aspirin can fix those, too. Break a few pills into pieces, mix them with some warm water, and wet the stains with the solution before washing—the aspirin will make the shirts look as good as new. Aspirin has also been recommended for bringing dead car batteries back to life and removing chlorine (氯) buildup from the hair of people who swim frequently in pools.
Considering all the things aspirin can do, modern medicine would be hard pressed to come up with something better.

An Aspirin a Day Keeps Everything Away
Passage outline
Supporting details
Medicinal applications of aspirin
______ pain by preventing cells from producing prostaglandins, which carry pain messages from damaged cells to the brain thinning blood and helping prevent clots by _______ down the production of a particular prostaglandin, which leads to blood cells _________ together reducing fevers by acting on the part of the ________ regulating autonomic functions, body temperature ________
Downsides of aspirin
worsening clotting________slowing healing causing a deadly nervous-system disorder called Reye’s syndrome
________ applications of aspirin
reducing the redness caused by insect bites effectively
enabling cut flowers to _______ longer reducing the appearance of pimples removing yellow_______ from white T-shirts bringing dead car batteries back to life removing chlorine buildup from the hair of people swimming ______ in pools
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A listener from China has written for advice about how to lose weight. Michael in Shanghai says he is 26 and has battled obesity for most of his life.
Obesity, a severe weight problem, is a complex condition. A doctor may advise taking medicine along with changing one's behaviors. Experts say that the most successful weight-loss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise.
People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use. To lose weight, you can reduce the number of calories you take in, increase the number you use, or both.
A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the US. Researchers at Stanford University in California studied over 300 overweight women, mostly in their thirties and forties. Each woman went on one of the four plans: Atkins, The Zone, Ornish or LEARN. The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.
At the end of the year, the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most, more than four and one-half kilograms on average. They also did better on tests for cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
Christopher Gardner, who led the study, says the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to eat less sugar. He also says that the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. He says that there was not enough money to study men, but that men would probably have similar results.
Last week, another report based on thirty-one studies suggested that only a small minority of people have long-term success with dieting. Most dieters regained their lost weight within five years and often they become more overweight. But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.
Title:           to lose weight

Doctors' advice
●take medicine along with          
Experts'          plans
●a well-balanced diet:           less calories than needed, increase the number you use, or both
       
Four of the most popular dieting plans in the US
●Atkins: eat less sugar than usual and           protein in the diet
●The Zone
       
●LEARN
From
●have long-term success with dieting, otherwise most dieters will           their lost weight
●exercise is more important than dieting for          
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Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues. He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn’t need an education to get a good job. But now things have changed. For today’s students, academic skills are important to students’future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime. Many nations don’t give kids an American-style summer vacation. They offer no more than seven consecutive(连续的) weeks of vacation. Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks. To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today’s families. In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom. Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break. Someone must watch the kids.
But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement. Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime.
A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work. Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons. Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts. Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.
Title:  Summer Vacation

Theme
A long summer vacation isn’t    in today’s world.
Basic Information
  length
13 weeks in most American schools
Students’
·Sending messages and watching TV
·Playing video games
·Doing shopping
Disadvantages
·    student’s academic skills and putting academic futures at risk.
·Being a     to families for they have to watch kids.
·Hurting students’ academic achievement and resulting in      significant ground.
Suggestion
A longer school year does not have to      to hard boring work. Richer and more imaginative lessons should be      , such as athletics, languages, music and the arts.

Though being a ground thing, summer vacation might be out of
  in the 21st century.
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The family sphere(范围) used to be defined by its isolation from the public realm. There was the public male realm(领域)of "rational accomplishment" and cruel competition, and the private female and child-rearing sphere of home, intuition(直觉)and emotion. The private realm was supposed to be isolated from the realities of adult life. For both better and worse, television and other electronic media tend to break down the difference between those two worlds. The membrane around the family sphere is much more permeable(可渗透的). TV takes public events and transforms them into dramas that are played out in the privacy of our living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms.
Parents used to be the channel through which children learned about the outside world. They could decide what to tell their children and when to tell it to them. Since children learn to read in stages, books provide a kind of natural screening process, where adults can decide what to tell and not tell children of different reading abilities. Television destroyed the system that separated adult from child knowledge and separated information into year-by-year slices for children of different ages. Instead, it presents the same information directly to children of all ages, without going through adult filters.
So television presents a real challenge to adults. While a parent can read a newspaper without sharing it with children in the same room, television is accessible to everyone in that space. And unlike books, television doesn't allow us to flip(翻转)through it and see what's coming up. We may think we're giving our children a lesson in science by having them watch the Challenger take off, and then suddenly they learn about death, disaster and adult mistakes.
Books allow adults to discuss privately what to tell or not tell children. This also allows parents to keep adult material secret from children and keep their secret keeping secret. Take that same material and put it on The Today Show and you have 800,000 children hearing the very things the adults are trying to keep from them. "Television takes our kids across the globe before parents give them permission to cross the street."
More importantly, children gradually learn that adults are worried and anxious about being parents. Actually, television has also places families under a lot of stress.
How Television Changes Childhood?

Main comparisons
Contexts
Distance between ___and the outside.
Homes used to be isolated from the ______realm.
Homes nowadays are ___to the outside world.
Media through which children can obtain information
In the past, children might learn ____about the outside world with the help of parents and ______.
More information is got directly through TV and other electronic media, which breaks down the _____ between adult world and the child world.
______ of the information children get
Traditionally, kids could only knew what they should learn at their age, carefully_____by their parents.
Everything can possibly be known by children, including many aspects of ____ life.
Effects  on family education
Parental instruction
Families are now under greater stress than before.   Adults are anxious about being parents and faced with   new _______.
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  Society today tells us that automatic pencils are a lot better than manual ones which you have to sharpen every 5 seconds. Maybe this is true. However, there are some benefits from using an old-fashioned traditional pencil which you cannot get with an automatic one.
To be honest, it is quite convenient to use an automatic pencil with an easy press on the button. Meanwhile a manual pencil doesn’t enjoy any plus point. But it is sort of strange that manual pencils should be used in standardized tests today. Chances are that the manual pencil makes the line of grey look nicer.
Nowadays, it is always a battle of who has the newest, most high-tech gadget(小装置), from pencils, cars to clothes. The newer it is, it seems the more popular it becomes. If you walk around school, you will for sure find at least three out of ten people walking around with the latest iPhone 4S. If you are one of the luckier ones walking around with the newest Nokia phones, you will get laughed at.
Maybe an automatic pencil is better at the moment, but after using it for a while, usually the pencil will break. Most people lose them and don’t remember to carry extra lead(铅芯) to fill them up with, as it sometimes can do so much that it needs a lot of lead, just like an iPhone 4S needs to be charged after it has done so much work. As for the manual pencil, the lead will also run out but unlike the mechanical pencil it will last longer. Besides, the automatic pencil and the iPhone 4S are more likely to get stolen while the manual pencil along with the Nokia phone will be left alone and most likely-returned to you.

Title
Automatic Pencils   Manual Pencils?
People’s   towards different high-tech gadgets
●The newer-gadget like the iPhone 4s becomes more   .
●You will be   at if using the Nokia phones at school.
Advantages 
●We can use the automatic pencil more easily by   the button.
●The manual pencil is   to make the line of grey look nicer.
●The manual pencil can last longer.
 
●The automatic pencils usually tend to   after being used for a while.
● People often   to take more lead along to fill the automatic pencil up with.
 with the manual pencil, the automatic one is more likely to get stolen.

 
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  Have you heard or read stories about people who are sick and have been healed by listening to music? Is it a miracle or a successful form of medicine? Can listening to music relieve pain?
Around the world, music therapy(疗法) is being used to treat different medical conditions and illnesses. Some of the ways people use music therapy are to reduce pain, such as in childbirth or during cancer treatments, or to stimulate brain activity after an injury or money loss. Music therapy has also been successful in aiding children to overcome disabilities. Children can move their bodies with the music and stamp along to the beat.
Why is music a useful therapy? Music is soothing and relaxing, but it also stimulates our brains. Emotionally and physically, we respond to the sounds of music. But the complexity of music (the different tempos, rhythms, melodies and harmonies) provokes(激发) the biggest response. Thus, classical music is most typically used for therapies due to complex sounds and patterns. Although rap or hip hop might be fun to listen to, it’s unlikely that such styles of music would produce the same kind of therapeutic effect. Playing a musical instrument rather than simply listening to music can also be therapeutic for some people, helping relieve stress and anxiety.
Have scientists been able to prove that music can heal disease? Music has been shown to reduce pain in cancer patients by increasing the release of endorphins(内啡肽). Endorphins are the body’s natural painkillers, and when we listen to music, our brains respond by releasing these natural painkillers. It has also been known to contribute to the brain development of the babies who have just been born and even babies still in the mother’s womb. Certain, types of music have also been found to lower blood pressure and slow a person’s heart rate. Many people are hopeful that music could replace the need for some medications(药物) that are normally used to treat certain illnesses. At present, music therapy is used in a variety of settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, day cares and schools.
Although music therapy is not yet considered a mainstream treatment, it is recognized more and more as a useful addition to traditional treatment. So next time you are feeling low or stressed out, put on some relaxing music and let the music heal you.

Title: Music That   
The   of music therapy
To treat different medical conditions and illness
To reduce pain
to   brain activity
To overcome   
How does music therapy   ?
Music is smoothing and relaxing; it stimulates our brains; classical music is a   due to its complex sounds and patterns. Playing a musical instrument is also useful in   stress and anxiety.
Scientific proofs
Music has been shown to reduce pain in cancer patients by increasing the release of endorphins. It has also been known to contribute to the brain development of the   babies. Certain types of music have also been found to lower blood pressure and slow a person’s heart rate.
   
Music therapy is recognized as a useful   to traditional treatment.

 
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  Being on bad terms with your neighbors can make your life frustrating day after day. But taking the time to establish a good relationship with your neighbors has a good many benefits. The community will be friendlier, the neighborhood safer, and the area a nicer place to live in. There are some suggestions to develop a good relationship with your neighbors.
Whether you’re new in the neighborhood or new residents who have just moved into your block, introduce yourself. Say hello, offer a welcoming gift and share or ask about the local area.
Sometimes, you can remedy(补救) problems before they even start; for example, if you do a lot of yard work, let them know in advance and mention that if it’s getting too loud, they shouldn’t hesitate to let you know.
Be aware of the shared walls, if you and your neighbors share adjacent(相邻的) living spaces. Try to put noisy household appliances such as washing machines and tumble dryers away from the shared walls.
Keep your pet dog on a leash(皮带) if it has a habit of running rampant on your neighbors’ lawns, especially if they have a pet cat or a pet dog of their own, and ensure to clean up after it.
When you park your vehicle, be sure not to block anyone’s access, or make them have to pull out of a very tight spot. Don’t slam(砰地关上) your car doors late at night.
Weed your garden in a regular way, because the presence of weeds in your yard is not only unsightly but can also spread to your neighbor’s yard.
Really good neighbors watch out for each other. They offer to help, especially on matters that impact the larger neighborhood and look for opportunities to communicate. Great neighbors make for great neighborhood.

Topic: To be a good neighbor
Importance of   a good relationship with your neighbors
● Being on   terms with your neighbors can make you frustrated day after day.
● A good relationship with neighbors has numerous benefits,   a friendlier community, a safer neighborhood and a nicer and more comfortable area.
Steps to develop a good relationship with your neighbors
● Introduce yourself when you are in a new area.
● Care about others and let them know they can point out your problem without any  .
● Be   of the shared walls if your neighbors share adjacent living space.
● Make   you clean up after your dog runs on your neighbors’ lawns.
● When you park your car late at night,   slamming your car doors.
● Weed your garden  .
Conclusion
● Good neighbors have a(an)   on more people, offer to help have seek opportunities to communicate.
● Great neighbors   to great neighborhoods.

 
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  Some people believe that greed and selfishness has become the basis of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community, then we will have a better life. To that extent do you agree or disagree with the above opinion?
In this fast-paced world, many values are undergoing major changes. While people traditionally prioritize caring, sharing and generosity in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-absorbed and self-concerned.
Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life. They say that it is a jungle out there. To survive, you have to fight with whatever means that come handy. Obviously greed and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, employees do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even at the cost of colleagues. We are in any way advocating any selfish conduct. It is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way due to outside influences.
In spite of common practice, it is hard to conclude that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more condemned then. But we can not ignore the fact that people in the past lived a relatively more isolated life and faced less pressure compared with their modern counterparts.
Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a mutually beneficial relationship.
In conclusion, modern people appear to be more self-centered than those in the past due to strong outside pressure. However, we should encourage people to know the importance of being caring and generous and to build a mutually beneficial relationship with others.
Are Modern People Becoming More Selfish?

Main comparisons
Contexts
  are changing.
In the past people put caring, sharing and generosity in the first  .
Nowadays, people seem to be more   about themselves.
  are changing too.
People in the past appeared to be modest and self-effacing(谦逊的).
People may strive to achieve their own   at the price of their co-workers.
The author’s understanding
  for the changes in the author’s eyes
Fierce   and great   on modern people may be responsible for the changes.
The author’s   towards this topic
A relationship which can   two sides should be established.

 
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  Being on bad terms with your neighbors can make your life frustrating day after day. But taking the time to establish a good relationship with your neighbors has a good many benefits. The community will be friendlier, the neighborhood safer, and the area a nicer place to live in. There are some suggestions to develop a good relationship with your neighbors.
Whether you’re new in the neighborhood or new residents who have just moved into your block, introduce yourself. Say hello, offer a welcoming gift and share or ask about the local area.
Sometimes, you can remedy(补救) problems before they even start; for example, if you do a lot of yard work, let them know in advance and mention that if it’s getting too loud, they shouldn’t hesitate to let you know.
Be aware of the shared walls, if you and your neighbors share adjacent(相邻的) living spaces. Try to put noisy household appliances such as washing machines and tumble dryers away from the shared walls.
Keep your pet dog on a leash(皮带) if it has a habit of running rampant on your neighbors’ lawns, especially if they have a pet cat or a pet dog of their own, and ensure to clean up after it.
When you park your vehicle, be sure not to block anyone’s access, or make them have to pull out of a very tight spot. Don’t slam(砰地关上) your car doors late at night.
Weed your garden in a regular way, because the presence of weeds in your yard is not only unsightly but can also spread to your neighbor’s yard.
Really good neighbors watch out for each other. They offer to help, especially on matters that impact the larger neighborhood and look for opportunities to communicate. Great neighbors make for great neighborhood.

Topic: To be a good neighbor
Importance of   a good relationship with your neighbors
● Being on   terms with your neighbors can make you frustrated day after day.
● A good relationship with neighbors has numerous benefits,   a friendlier community, a safer neighborhood and a nicer and more comfortable area.
Steps to develop a good relationship with your neighbors
● Introduce yourself when you are in a new area.
● Care about others and let them know they can point out your problem without any  .
● Be   of the shared walls if your neighbors share adjacent living space.
● Make   you clean up after your dog runs on your neighbors’ lawns.
● When you park your car late at night,   slamming your car doors.
● Weed your garden  .
Conclusion
● Good neighbors have a(an)   on more people, offer to help have seek opportunities to communicate.
● Great neighbors   to great neighborhoods.

 
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  • 更新:2020-03-19
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