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Rowena and Billy Wrangler are model high school students. They study hard and do extremely well on achievement tests. And next year, Rowena will be attending Harvard University. Billy, her younger brother, hopes to go to Cornell. What makes Rowena and Billy different from most students is that they don't go to school. In fact, they've never been to school. Since kindergarten, they've studied at home. Neither Rowena nor Billy feels as if they've missed out on anything by being taught at home. Like many of more than one million people who receive home schooling in the United States, they feel as if they've gotten a good education. The home-schooling trend began in the U.S. in the 1980s with parents keeping their children out of public schools so they could provide religious education at home. Today, as the home-schooling trend continues to grow, parents are more likely to consider home schooling as an option because they believe schools don't do a very good job of teaching and are occasionally dangerous places. But can parents really do a better job? The answer in many cases is yes. In many studies, students taught at home ranked average or above average when compared to students who went to public schools. More importantly, these students were often more self-directed and have a greater depth of knowledge. "They are very well prepared for academic challenge," says Patricia Riordan, the dean of admissions at George Mason University. One such student, Robert Conrad, now a sophomore at university, claims he really learned how to study and schedule his time during his eight years of home schooling. Still, not every student is as successful as Robert. "For every home-schooling success story, there are an equal number of failures," states Henry, an educational researcher. "There are just so many disadvantages that students taught at home have to overcome." For example, they have fewer chances to interact with others of their own age. Consequently, they sometimes lack the usual social skills. "No matter what, though," states Lipscomb, "home-schooling is a growing trend. I think we'll be seeing more and more of this."【缺少答案，请补充】

A smile is a strong sign of a friendly and open attitude and a willingness to communicate. It is a positive, silent sign sent with the hope the other person will smile back. When you smile, you show you have noticed the person in a positive way. The result? That person will usually smile back. You might not realize a closed position is the cause of many conversational problems. A common closed position is sitting with your arms and legs crossed and your hand covering your mouth or chin. This is often called the “thinking pose”. Ask yourself this question: Are you going to interrupt someone who appears to be deep in thought? This position gives off “stay away” signs and prevents your main “sign sender” (your mouth) from being seen by others looking for inviting conversational signs. The open body position is most effective when you place yourself within communicating distance of the other person—that is, within about five feet. Take care, however, not to enter someone’s “personal space” by getting too close, too soon. Leaning forward a little while a person is talking shows your interest and how you are listening to what the person is saying. By doing this, you are saying: I hear what you’re saying, and I’m interested in—keep talking! Often people will lean back with their hands over their mouth, chin, or behind their head in the “thinking” pose. This position gives off signs of judgment, doubt, and lack of interest from the listener. Since most people do not feel comfortable when they think they are being judged, this leaning-back position serves to prevent the speaker from continuing. In many cultures the most common form of first contact between two people is a handshake. Be the first to extend your hand in greeting. Couple this with a friendly “Hello”, a nice smile, and your name and you have made the first step to open the lines of communication. Eye contact should be natural, not forced or overdone. Direct eye contact shows you are listening to the other person and that you want to know about her.【缺少答案，请补充】

A person smiles to show

According to the text, troubles in communication may result from

Leaning back with your hands behind your head in deep thought while a person is talking

All of the following gestures encourage communication except

From the text we know that

Mistakes are the things that nobody wants, but we still make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. Some are about work or jobs. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?" "And why didn't Andy pick up that I was friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late. Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. We need to listen and think for some time. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog" that's being friendly. But "lucky dog"? There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck. "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night. How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.【缺少答案，请补充】

This passage is mainly about

According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that

In the sentence "Maybe he doesn't see it himself" in the second paragraph, the pronoun "it" refers to

When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is

The author most probably is a

One in six. Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make sure the situation doesn’t get worse, the nation’s largest ______ hunger relief organization, Feeding America, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its “30 Ways in 30 Days” program, it’s asking ______ across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with the fuel they need to ______.【仅支持A-H选项，选项超出支持范围】

That’s the work that St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio does every day. People who______ at its doors on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren’t looking for God—they’re there for something to eat. St. Andrew’s runs a food pantry that ______ the whole city and several ______ towns. Janet Drane is its manager.【仅支持A-H选项，选项超出支持范围】

With the ______ of the recession, the number of families asking for food assistance began to increase. It is 43 that 49 million Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Most surprising is that 36 percent of them come from ______ where at least one adult works. Drane of St. Andrew’s says, “In the past, a job was all a person needed. Now many of the people we see have three or four part-time jobs and are still ______ on the edge.”【仅支持A-H选项，选项超出支持范围】

Social media has become an integral part of modern life. It allows people to connect with friends and family across the globe. However, it also has its 1. One major concern is that it can lead to shallow relationships. Instead of deep conversations, many interactions are reduced to likes and comments. This can make people feel 2 even when they have hundreds of online friends.