Maintaining Friendship in Adolescence Secondary school can be a【C1】______ place for adolescents who don’t have a best friend

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问题                      Maintaining Friendship in Adolescence
   Secondary school can be a【C1】______ place for adolescents who don’t have a best friend or a group of trusted friends. Young people will be【C2】______ skilled in the art of making genuine friends (and keeping them) if they know【C3】______ to be assertive, and optimistic about life, have some basic social skills and have a relationship with a parent/carer that includes honest talk.
   Be assertive, not【C4】______
   Being assertive can help young people in not only sticking【C5】______ for themselves,【C6】______ it can also communicate to others a sense of self-assuredness. An assertive way of speaking and being can make young people【C7】______ and more popular with peers.
   Assertiveness【C8】______ polite but firm talk, eye contact, and controlled behavior. It’s not to be confused with aggression which often takes the form of a raised voice,【C9】______, put-downs and greedy behaviour.
   One way adults can【C10】______ assertiveness in young people is to encourage it in the safe environment of the home. Young people can practice assertive language and behaviour【C11】______ they explain to siblings that their room is not a public thoroughfare, when they defend their right to use the bathroom by themselves but in a timely way, when they argue they need quiet and time alone to complete homework.
   Optimism can lead to success
   Grief and tears about friendships are【C12】______ in the secondary school years. At some stage, your child is likely to come home either sullen, withdrawn, crying or【C13】______. They may even experience school refusal,【C14】______ is when they refuse, or are reluctant about going to school.
   An adolescent who has a positive mindset is more【C15】______ to bounce back into the usual routines of friendships. When a young person has a positive mindset, they tend to see setbacks and troubles as【C16】______. They identify them for what they are (specific, time-related issues) rather than for what they are not (global and eternal).
   That is to say, positive kids are more likely to identify a specific and reasoned account of friendship troubles ("Sally was mean to me today because she was in a terrible mood") rather than a global and【C17】______ account ("Sally is mean, she has always hated me").
   You can foster a positive mindset in your child by modelling and encouraging positive self-talk in the home. Expect your child to be looking forward to something each day at school. That might be catching【C18】______ with friends, a particular class in school or even an exam or test!
   Healthy relationships with adults
   Children who have good and healthy relationships with adults are more likely to have good and healthy relationships with their【C19】______. So, it’s important for you to foster a supportive relationship with your child. Try to be an encouraging parent who really listens to your child’s concerns. Your child will not expect you to have all the answers.
   Adolescence can be tricky to navigate from a parent’s perspective. Making and maintaining healthy friendships is just one【C20】______ of the teenage years. Parental role-modelling, encouragement and seeking support from the school can make this aspect of the adolescent years rewarding and fruitful for many years to come.
【C5】

选项 A、out
B、around
C、at
D、up

答案D

解析 词语搭配。根据语境推理,此处大意为“自信可以帮助年轻人守护自我”。选项中均为固定搭配,词义辨析:stick out for sth意为“不得到……不罢休”,stick around意为“不走开,待在原地”,stick at意为“持之以恒”,stick up for sb/yourself/sth意为“支持,捍卫(某人、自己、某事物)”,故只有D选项符合题意。
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