Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
      If you do, you need to take control of your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with
people can cause you to lose friends.
      Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written "My Feelings Just Like Wild Animals" to help
you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them.
      The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better.
      Getting angry is not a natural way to act, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking.
      The book says you can control your anger (怒气) easily?－all you have to do is tell yourself not to be angry.
      When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it.
      Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.
      The book gives many tips(提示) to help you if you get angry easily. Here are our top three:
      1. Keep a record. Every time you get angry write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see
you get angry too easily.
      2. Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
      3. Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try
to laugh!
(     ) 1. Getting angry with people can cause you to lose friends.
(     ) 2. The book "My Feelings Just Like Wild Animals" can help you make more friends.
(     ) 3. The book says you can control your anger easily by telling yourself not to be angry.
(     ) 4. If you fall over, you should get angry.
(     ) 5. Keeping a record can help you learn from your past experience and control your anger.

     In the United States, sixteen, eighteen and twenty-one are important ages in a person's life. There are no
special celebrations for these birthdays, but each is a time when a person can do new things. That shows
how she is no longer a child and has made the transition to adulthood.
     In the United States,after turning sixteen a person can work, get a driver's license, and leave home.
Sometimes the laws don't seem to make sense (表明): at eighteen people in the United States can have a vote
and join the army. But people are prohibited (禁止) from going into many nightclubs, buying drinks like beer
or wine until they are twenty-one.
     In many Latin American countries, a young woman's fifteenth birthday is important. At this age, she is no
longer considered to be a girl, but rather a woman. To mark this special day,families with fifteen-year-old
daughters have a celebration. The day begins with the young woman and her family going to church. Later,
there is a party and many guests are invited.
     In Japan, boys and girls are considered to be adults at the age of twenty. At this age, they are allowed by
law to vote, drink wine, and smoke. The second Monday in January is a national holiday called "Coming of
Age Day". On this day, twenty-year-olds celebrate by first going to a shrine (神庙) with their families. Later,
they listen to speeches given by city and school leaders. After that, many get together with family late into the
night.
     In some countries, birthday celebrations continue throughout adulthood. Some people celebrate their
fortieth and fiftieth birthdays, or the year when they retire, with a big party.

1. What does the word transition mean in Chinese?

A. 结束
B. 转变
C. 开始
D. 增加

2. In the USA, at which age can a person be allowed to drink wine?

A. Sixteen.
B. Eighteen.
C. Twenty.
D. Twenty-one.

3. Where do people regard a 15-year-old girl as a woman?

A. In Latin America.　
B. In Japan.
C. In the United States.
D. In Europe.

4. Which of the following activities is NOT mentioned on Coming of Age Day?

A. Going to a shrine.　
B. Listening to speeches.
C. Going to church.　
D. Getting together with family.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. The age of adulthood is too young in some places but too old in others.
B. All over the world, people celebrate their each birthday till they retire.
C. There are special celebrations for 16th, 18th and 21st birthdays in every country.
D. There are special ages and celebrations that show a person is growing older.