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A new study by the British government has discovered the mental health of the country's teenage girls has become Worse.

The survey, which included 30,000 14-year-old students in 2005 and 2014. showed 37 percent of girls with psychological stress, up from 34 percent in 2005. British boys' stress level %%as actually seen to fall over the same time period, from 17 percent to 15 percent.

The report's authors pointed out the "advent of the social media age" could be a major contributing factor for increased stress among teenage British girls.

"The adolescent years are a time of rapid physical, cognitive (认知的) and emotional development," Pam Ramsden, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, wrote in a recent blog post. "Teenagers interact with people in order to learn how to become competent (有能力的) adults. In the past, they would engage with parents, teachers and other adults in their community as well as extended family members and friends. Now we can also add social media to that list of social and emotional development."

Throughout adolescence, girls and boys develop characteristics like confidence and self-control. Since teenage brains have not completely developed, teens don't have the cognitive awareness and impulse (冲动) control to keep from posting inappropriate content. Furthermore, this content can easily be spread far and wide with disastrous influences.

Social media can also feed into girls' insecurities about their appearance, Ramsden said. These sites are often filled with images of people with body type unattainable to the normal person. However, these images and the messages tied to them gradually become societal standards.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇科普文。主要介绍网络社交媒体对青少年女生的负面影响。

I worked on boats for twenty five years. Now I am a docking pilot（码头领航员）.My job is to __41 _ in the large luxury liners (轮船) and stay with them until they are 42 _ stopped in the harbour. Sometimes this requires two tugs (拖船)，sometimes many more, 43 _ the tide and the weather.

Most of you no 44 _ have seen these tugs pushing and pulling at the big liners. What they are doing doesn't seem to make much 45 _ ,as the minute the big boat is alongside the port, her heavy rope made fast, the job is 46 _ .

I felt very 47 _ after I had docked several of the large liners. I realized I was in 48 _ of a great ship worth millions of dollars and the 49 were depending on me to bring her safely to the port. These tugs, whether one or ten, 50 _ about in accord with (与……一致) whistle signals I 51 _ them from the bridge of the big liner. These signals make up a language that is just as 52 _ as the spoken word, or even more so, 53 _ our docking signals are hardly misunderstood. The captain of each tug does his work according to the signals he 54 _ . He never asks questions. He takes 55 _ faithfully，and it 56 _ works out.

Working around tugboats, where so much depends on 57 _ , has had its effect on what I believe. I believe that if I am to attain a 58 _ place in the world I must have the help of my fellow men just as the great transatlantic (远洋的) liners depend on the_ 59 _ of the little tugs to bring them safely to the 60 _ .

【语篇导读】我多年的港口领航员的工作经历告诉我,没有团队合作就绝不会取得成功,正如远洋航行的万吨巨轮要想安全入港停泊,还得依靠小小拖船的帮助一样。

Located in the northwest of Hunan Province, about 300 kilometers away from Changsha, capital of Hunan. Zhangjiajie, 61 _ covers a total area of 9,563 square kilometers, is a tourist city for its unique natural scenery and abundant tourism resources. Zhangjiajie 62 _ (award) the title of "World Geological Park" in 2004. 63 ___ (actual), Zhangjiajie, honored as "the most fantastic mountain under heaven" and "a walking Chinese landscape painting", is also widely praised as "__64 _ enlarged potted landscaping "a mini fairyland" and "a maze(迷宫) of nature", attracting a growing number of tourists 65 _ home and abroad.

Since it was discovered in the 1980s. tourism industry 66 _ (become) the leading industry in Zhangjiajie, which has stimulated the development of other industries 67 _ (relate) to tourism. At the same time, cco-tourism has been developed rapidly in Zhangjiajie. When you come to Zhangjiajie, you can fully appreciate 68 _ (it) magnificent natural scenery and experience appealing folk custom as well as other thrilling tourist 69 _ __ (activity), and you will be deeply impressed by 70 _ is performed by the minorities there.

It must be an exciting, joyful and unforgettable tour to Zhangjiajie.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇写景说明文。作者从张家界地理位置，所获称号等等方面介绍张家界。

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The American TV show The Voice is one of my most favorite amusement shows. In one hand, I can listen to different styles of music. On the other hand, I can see the singers' stories, who are so inspiring. I was so impressed by a musical boy who was from the country. If he was very young, he loved to sing while doing the farm work. After work. he learned to play guitar. He liked living on the farm, for the life was simple. The boy brought his guitar to the stage, worn a fashionable hat which made him seem so mysteriously. When the boy sing a song with his guitar, all the judge were astonished by his talent. As a result, he won the game but finally became famous throughout the country.

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In between running one of the world's largest charitable agencies and acting as Microsoft's technology advisor, Bill Gates manages to find time io read books, both long and short. Now Gates - who has been labeled a "greedy" reader - has released a list of his favorite books of the year. All of the books are standout reads, according to the billionaire. most of which are focused on business and economy.

Here are Bill's top four picks for the year (with parts of his full review of each book).

Business Adventures, by John Brooks

Brooks' collection was published in 1969 and remains one of Gates' favorites. He re-read it again this year, labeling it the "best business book I've ever read."

"Shortly after we met, Warren Buffett lent me this collection of New Yorker business articles front the 1950s and 1960s. I loved them as much as he did. Brooks' insights (洞察力)about business have aged beautifully, and they are as true today as ever."

Capital in lire Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty

Piketty's novel hit the shelves in August 2013 and sparked much discussion concerning income inequality throughout this year. Gates also got to sit down with Piketty himself after reading the non-fiction work to discuss the topic.

"As I told him, although I have concerns about some of his secondary points and policy prescriptions. I agree with his most important conclusions: inequality is a growing problem and that governments should play a role in reducing it."

How Asia works, by Joe Studwell

Studwell's work which was published in May this year. addresses how countries such as Japan, South Korea and China have continued to achieve high growth. and why other countries have failed to do the same.

"The agriculture section of the book was particularly insightful. It provided ample food for thought for me as well as the whole Agriculture team at our foundation. And it left us thinking about whether parts of the Asian model can apply in Africa."

Making the Modern World: Materials and Demateriallation, by Vaclav Smil

Smil's books are a constant favorite of the Microsoft founder- one of his books makes Gates' list almost every year. "Making the Modem World" came out late last year and explores the global use of materials, from silicon to wood, and plastic.

"If anyone trios to tell you We're using fewer materials, send him this book. With his usual skepticism and his love of data. Smil shows how our ability to make things with less material - say. soda cans that need less aluminum - makes them cheaper. which actually encourages more production."

【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文。作者主要介绍了Bill Gates在本年度读过的四本书。

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Gregory Talley used to sleep in a park or under a bridge. The 50-year-old has been homeless for more than 10 years.

"It is hard. It's hard to live homeless. You filled every day trying to find out where you are going to get something to eat. If I hadn't found wonderful Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter, I wouldn't know where I would be by now. I might be dead," Talley said.

The Kennedy Shelter is one of the facilities New Hope Housing provides for homeless people.

Pam Michell has devoted her life to making the lives of this vulnerable (易受伤的)population better as executive director of the non-profit organization.

"I went to Africa in 1985. And I saw a huge amount of poverty, but I saw so much hope. And I decided that I should try to do something that would bring hope to people," Michell said.

When Michell began working with New Hope Housing 25 years ago, its three shelters had about 80 beds. Now, it has 350 beds and serves about 1,500 homeless people every year. She has expanded the program beyond just providing beds for the night.

"We do outreach(拓展), we do prevention, we do permanent housing. we

do transitional housing. We have an education program with all sorts of different things to move people to end their homelessness," she said,"Our Out of Poverty program is not just about money. It's about you could be spiritually poor, you could be relationship poor ... you could be

educationally poor. So it is focusing on how you get out of this poverty that has brought you to being homeless." The program tries to teach the shelter residents self-reliance (自立) and work values, and includes courses on planning and personal responsibility.

"l learned I still have opportunities to change it and I can change it," said shelter resident Lewis Webster. "It is just about going forth in doing necessary work to do it. I mean if you really want better, you would do better and that's the frame of mind of me now."

【语篇导读】本文是一篇叙事时文。主要描述美国慈善机构对流浪者的帮助。