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     [1] "Having a Sister Makes You Happier" was the headline on a recent article about a study finding that
adolescents who have a sister are less likely to have such feelings as "I am unhappy, sad or depressed". But
why?
      [2] The usual answer that girls and women are more likely than men to talk about emotions is somehow
unsatisfying, especially to a researcher like me. Much of my work over the years shows that women's styles
of friendship and conversation aren't better than men's by nature, simply different.
     [3] My own recent research about sisters suggests a more subtle dynamic. Together with my students I
interviewed more than 100 women about their sisters, but if they also had brothers, I asked them to make a
comparison. Most said they talked to their sisters more often, at greater length and, yes, about more personal
topics. This often meant that they felt closer to their sisters, but not always. One woman, for example, says
she talks for hours by phone to her two brothers as well as her two sisters. But the topics differ. She talks to
her sisters about their personal lives; with her brothers she discusses history, geography and books. And talking for hours creates and reinforces connections with both brothers and sisters, regardless of what they talk about.
     [4] So the key to why having sisters makes people happier-men as well as women - may lie not in the kind of talk they exchange but in the fact of talk.
     [5] So maybe it's true that talk is the reason why having a sister makes you happier, but it needn't be talk
about emotions. When women told me more often, at greater length and about more personal topics, I suspect
it's that first element - more often - that is crucial rather than the last.
1. What is the main idea of this passage? (no more than 8 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 8 words)
The answer to why having sisters makes people happier may be , not the ways or the content of talking.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more then 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What's the advantage of women's talking long and often with both their brothers and sisters?
(no more than 15 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What does the word"them" (line 4, paragraph 3) probably refer to? (no more than 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Why sisterly chats make people happier/ Why having a sister makes you happier
2. the action of talking itself/ the fact of talk
3. they talk to their sisters
4. Talking long and often can develop good connections with both brothers and sisters.
5. More than 100 women
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[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
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【小題1】Why did the student decide to hold the musical concert? (Within 10 words)
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【小題2】What do you know about Ignacy J. Paderewski? (Within 15 words)
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【小題4】How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)
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【小題5】What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)
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[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.

[2]They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.

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[5]It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.

[6]Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.

[7]Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was regarded as a great leader in Poland’s history.

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4.How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)

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5.What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)

___________________________________________________________________________

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