With the sudden urge for social engagements in the modern world, many events and activities are being promoted to attract teens and adults. While adults feel out of place in a space filled with younger aged teens, teens often find themselves having to _________ between two extremes being presented by society: either teens decide to attend these events and are heavily pressured to”take just one sip ,” or _________ the popular act of drinking. The legal drinking age is currently eighteen, but the illegal drinking age is as low as zero. Most people have their first drink by the time they’re 13. Unbelievably, that first drink can be the _________ of a troubled life.

A few reasons for teens drinking are peer pressure, enjoyment, _________, sadness, boredom, rebellion and insomnia. But the main reason for doing so is “to _________ the law.” Teenagers become _________ with alcoholic beverages from the moment they enter high school. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of eighteen have used alcohol before. Teens feel as though drinking before the legal age is a big deal, so they all try to _________ the rest of the “legal ”society. Being a _________ and not following the rules is an important role of a teen’s life, though no one wants to face the consequences of being an adult.

Despite the fact that it is illegal for young teens to purchase alcohol, they are able to get it through their parents’ liquor cabinets, _________ store clerks, or older friends who purchase it for them. As we all see, it is not hard for teens to obtain alcohol. Since there seems to be no __________ of under age teen drinking in society, why then not just lower then drinking age? Drinking can make teens “feel good,” but this feeling lasts only for a short time. Teenagers on shows like Gossip Girl get drunk regularly, but those shows rarely __________ the problems alcohol can cause. Teenagers often think that drinking will give them more energy, but __________ isn’t an energy drink; it’s a depressant. Alcohol __________ damages the brain and body, and for this to happen at a very young age, is saddening. Drinking stimulates poorly made decisions by teens, and __________, many teens end up pregnant or dropping out of school. They may even get hurt or __________ in severe accidents caused by their being drunk.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I was a kid, I ______ the question. Adults always seemed terribly disappointed that I wasn’t dreaming of becoming something grand or ______, like an astronaut.

Now, as an organizational psychologist, my job is to fix other people’s jobs, and I’ve come to believe that asking youngsters that question does them ______.

My first complaint about the question is that it ______ kids to define themselves in terms of work. If we define ourselves by our jobs, our ______ depends on what we achieve. So when you are asked what you want to be, it’s not socially ______ to say “A father” or “A mother”, let alone “A person of integrity”.

The second ______ is the implication that there is one calling (职业) out there for everyone. Research shows that ______ one leaves students feeling lost and ______. After all, not everyone has that talent for grand jobs.

If you manage to ______ the above barriers, there is a third hurdle (难关) : careers rarely live up to your childhood ______. In one study, looking for a(n) ______ job left college seniors feeling more anxious and less satisfied with the ______. As Tim Urban writes, happiness is reality minus expectations. It’s clear how expectations ______ our perceived happiness. If you are looking for extreme happiness, you’re bound to be disappointed.

Asking kids what they want to be leads them to ______ a career identity they might never want to earn. Instead, invite them to think about the different things they might want to do.

As a reader, I, as many other book lovers do, often leave with a long sigh after visiting a bookstore. The prices _________ on book covers keep reminding me how _________ my wallet is.

In the United States, the price of books is now so high that I _________ before buying a book I love. Many people feel the same _________ . But I remember that only a few years ago, when I was a college student, I bought several books almost every month, using what was left out of the _________ expenses sent by my parents.

But now that I am working and the money I earn is only used to _________ my own expenses, I find I can’t _________ many good books.

There is a saying: book lovers have no money, but rich people have no feelings for books. This is exactly the case. Sometimes I wonder about who the books are published _________ especially those books with beautiful _________ covers.

It is said that usually, the listed price is more than twice as much as the book’s cost and we can see high   __________   from selling books. But now there is a contradiction (矛盾). On the one hand, readers who want to buy books aren’t able to, while on the other hand, publishers and sellers   __________   from the large stockpiles of unsold books being stored in their warehouses. The situation is also a(n) __________ to intellectual property right (知识产权) protection because many copies of bestsellers are sold at a lower price at some books stands.

The key to solving the problem is to   __________ the price to a(n) __________ level to both sellers and consumers.

I wish sincerely that in the __________ future common readers like me can buy the books we want without worrying about the high prices too much.