While many young people may resist getting a "real job" or becoming independent, these are the things that make you happy and give you purpose. Some people underestimate the satisfaction of working, thinking they'll be miserable. The 20-somethings that do work are happier than those who don' t or are underemployed.
If you invest in your career early，you'll have longer to build it up. 70% of wage growth happens in the first 10 years, so you need to get the best job you can get and negotiate your salary. No one can be sure that people who will wait until their 30s to get going are expecting to experience later to catch up with those of their ages.
Many 20-somethings don't know what they want to do, so they hang around the house or in. low-level jobs waiting for the spirit to move them. Not making a choice is a choice. These 20-somethings think they are keeping their options open, but they are actually closing doors. Resumes start to look thin, their peers(同齡人) begin surpassing them and they may get stuck in underemployment.
It will take about 10,000 hours(or about five years)to really master their jobs. If you're wondering why colleagues seem so smart and confident, it's partly because they've been doing it longer. Young people should learn as much as they can in their first jobs and remember it will take some time to really get good.
The 20-something brain is still developing, which is in charge of critical emotion with reason. This, coupled with less on-the-job experience, means 20-somethings are more sensitive to surprise and criticism. They are more likely to take feedback personally. Step back and get some perspective. You're not going to be fired because your boss is angry. Hear the criticism and learn from it.
The brain doesn't fully mature until your mid-20s, particularly the parts that plan for the future and manage emotions. That doesn't mean you should sit around and wait for it to develop. In. fact, what you learn and experience in your 20s becomes hardwired into your brain and this is the best chance you have to change your brain and change how you think and react. What people do in their 20s determines who they'll be as adults.
小題1:What is the best title of the passage?
A．How You Spend Your 20s Will Define You.
B．The 20-something Brain Remains To Be Developed.
C．Young People Need Employment And Experiences.
D．Becoming Mature Should Invest In The Career.
小題2:What can we infer from the whole passage?
A．Not all people resist becoming independent.
B．Adult responsibilities make you happier.
C．Not making a choice is a better policy
D．It takes chances to get good jobs.
小題3:What does the underlined part "coupled with" mean according to the passage?
A．multiplied byB．recounted in.
C．composed of.D．combined with.
小題4:What idea does the writer of the passage support?
A．Take feedback personally anytime and anywhere.
B．It is never too late to wait till a choice is made.
C．A lesson should be learned from criticism.
D．The satisfaction of working is not contented.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：很多20幾歲的年輕人覺得自己在這個世界上還有大把時間，怎么度過自己的20幾歲無關緊要。但事實是，20幾歲的人生軌跡非常重要。你在20幾歲奠定下的人生基礎將會決定你的一生。所以，認真對待自己20幾歲的時光吧。
小題1:A 主旨大意題。最后一句話“What people do in their 20s determines who they'll be as adults.二十幾歲時所做的事情將決定這些年輕人以后的樣子”就是文章的主旨，換句話說：如何度過20幾歲將會決定你的一生。
小題2:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段“很多年輕人不愿意去找份‘像樣的工作’或者獨立生活，但正是這些東西讓你變得快樂、給了你人生的目標。有一些人會低估工作滿意度的重要性，覺得憋在格子間里的工作生不如死。真相是，有工作的20幾歲的年輕人比那些沒有工作的同齡人要活得更快樂。”可以推斷出B項正確。同同時可以排除A項（不是所有的人，其范圍過大。應是不是所有的年輕人）；也可以排除C項（不選擇也是一種選擇）和D項(抓住機會找到好工作)。
小題3:D 詞義猜測題。上文“The 20-something brain is still developing, which is in charge of critical emotion with reason. 20幾歲人的負責用理智控制情感的大腦還處在發(fā)育的階段”和下文“This, coupled with less on-the-job experience, means 20-somethings are more sensitive to surprise and criticism. ……，這就意味著20幾歲的年輕人對于意外和批評會表現(xiàn)得更加情緒化。”我們知道“造成年輕人對于意外和批評會表現(xiàn)得更加情緒化的原因又兩個：一是大腦還處在發(fā)育的階段；二是年輕人的工作經(jīng)驗較少”。這兩個原因是并列關系，因此劃線部分的詞組意思應該是“同時，加上”的意思。故選D項combined with(與……結合在一起)。
小題4:C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話“Step back and get some perspective. You're not going to be fired because your boss is angry. Hear the criticism and learn from it.退后一步，從不同角度多想想。你不會因為老板生氣了，你就被炒魷魚。多聽聽批評意見，并從中學習經(jīng)驗教訓”這是作者給年輕人的建議，當然也就是他所贊同的觀點“從批評中吸取教訓”。故C項正確。
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C．a(chǎn)ll kinds of measures are not supported by all the people
D．the authorities in the South Korea believe that it is most active and developed country in the Inter
小題3:In paragraph 2,the underlined sentence “the Internet has becomes a babysitter”means     .
A．children are well looked after on the Internet
B．children likes sitting in the Internet Cafes
C．children can earn money working as a babysitter in Internet Cafes
D．Internet has become a place where children are looked after while their parents are not there
小題4:The passage is written to tell us_________________.
A．the Internet problems in South KoreaB．the bad effects of the Internet
C．the measures of the authoritiesD．teenagers like going surfing in South Korea

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