閱讀下面短文，簡(jiǎn)要回答問題。
     A team from Paris High School in Texas won the past weekend's Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge.
     The goal of the yearly competition is to accurately repair a car that has been disabled on purpose: 
Responding to the call, "Gentlemen, start your engines, if you can" at 9:15 a.m., the teams ran to 50 cars 
with the same mechanical problems. They had 90 minutes to find and repair many "bugs" in the starting,
 electrical, lighting, braking, temperature control, and power systems. The team from Texas first drove 
their car across the finish line, winning the contest after judges determined that they had removed all of 
the bugs.
     Bradley J. Bolton and Aaron Clay were able to get their car started in less than 30 minutes. In feet,
 the pair from Texas spent months preparing for the competition with, their instructor. They walked 
away with $2,500 in scholarships and something interesting to add to their resumes (履歷). With many
 regional competitions, Ford and AAA gave away a total of $6 million in prizes and scholarships to this 
year's competitors.
     "Aaron and Bradley proved today that they are America's best teen auto-repair team," Allan Stanley, 
manager of Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills, said. "Their hard work and drive to be the top high school 
auto technicians are typical of every participant here. The auto industry must attract such talented young 
people to keep America's vehicles operating safely." Each year, the Student Auto Skills competition
 determines the nation's best high school auto technicians with a two-part test. After a written exam
 worth 40% of their grade, the 50 two-person teams — each representing a state — compete in 
hands-on repair work, which is worth 60% of their total.
     Darryl Hazel, senior president of Ford Motor Company, said, "Ford and its dealer (經(jīng)銷商) network 
are offering these talented young people opportunities to train for high-tech careers with excellent 
wages."
     Read the passage and then answer the following questions.
1. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word "bug".
_________________________________________________________________
2. What does the -Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge test the participants for? (回答詞數(shù)不超過15個(gè))
____________________________________________________________________________
3. From what Darryl Hazel said, what do we learn about working as an auto technician? 
   (回答詞數(shù)不超過10個(gè))
____________________________________________________________________________
1. Problems.
2. Knowledge of vehicles and the ability to repair a disabled vehicle.
3. It's a high-tech and well-paid job.
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                                                How to beat a bad mood
     Having one of those days or weeks when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing
about it, your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it
much faster, often within a day or two.
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high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk, or taking some quick exercise can do wonders towards
changing that bad mood.
     . Tune it out
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starts associations with past positive experiences we've had.
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visualizing(想象), all of which sound complicated but aren't. One easy way to visualize; close your eyes
and picture a favorite place, such as the beach. Another simple way to distress is to make a to-do list.
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certain areas, you realize you're not helpless. You can make changes in your mood and life.
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1. We learn from the text that it might help rid us of a bad mood ________.

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A. It is not complicated to do so.
B. It is an area to be easily controlled.
C. It helps beat a bad mood.
D. It brings us a new technique.

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