【推荐1】Tests can be worrying even for the most prepared students. When some students take tests, their minds don’t work as well as usual. They may experience something called test anxiety (焦虑), which can have a negative influence on their performance. Well, the following tips can help you pass your next test more easily and achieve more success!

Get Enough Sleep

6 hours of sleep or less can slow your mind and thus has negative effects on your performance on tests, even if you spend those missed hours of sleep studying. So, it’s very important for you to get a good night of sleep before your big day.

Study Smarter

How do you study ‘smarter’? Make a list of the things you need to learn in order of importance. That way, if you don’t have enough time, you can still hit the items at the top of the list. Make a list of all the work you have to do, judge how much time each item will take, and compare that with the number of hours you have available; this will tell you whether you can read carefully or just skim, how much time you can spend checking papers, and tell you other ways to pace yourself so you can get everything done. If your time is still limited, it’s important to learn to let go of being perfect.

Visualize (想象) Success

Before you fall asleep each night, it is a great way to visualize yourself taking the tests and doing wonderfully. Detailed visualizations can help you feel like you’re really experiencing something，and visualizing yourself doing well is a way to ‘practice’ success in a way that can help you perform better and feel confident. Visualizations can also help you to remember the facts.

Stay Calm

Anxiety can harm your memory, so it’s important to stay calm before and during tests. While that’s easier said than done, there are several techniques that can help you calm down quickly whenever you feel nervous. For example, breathing exercise has been shown by research to reduce test anxiety, and can be very effective in helping you relax: just take deep breaths and let the anxiety come out.

How to deal with your test anxiety

1     to test anxiety	Students feel nervous before or during tests even though they have made good     2    .
Tips that make it    3     for you to pass tests	Get Enough Sleep	● Less sleep makes your mind slow down and makes much     4    to your performance.
	Study Smarter	● You can     5     the most important things you need to learn. ●     6     to give up the idea of being perfect is also necessary.
	Visualize Success	● Visualizing yourself taking the tests and doing well helps you increase     7     . ●Visualizations can also help you to     8     the facts in mind.
	Stay Calm	● Keep calm or anxiety can be     9     to your memory. ● Breathing exercise can be effective in helping you feel     10    .

【推荐3】How to Listen to a Teen’s Complaints

As your child reaches his teen years, he’s likely experiencing a conflict   (冲突) between his social and family lives. This often causes frequent complaining (抱怨).     1     By listening to your teen’s complaints in an active way, you make your relationship better and allow for better joint decision­making.

    2    You can see complaints from your teen as natural and positive, though the actual content of what he says might be negative (负面的). Believe that listening to your teen’s complaints is a chance to know your teen better. By psychologically preparing yourself in this way, the conversation will go forward more easily.

Accept your teen’s feelings. Understand that your teen’s complaining behavior might be wrong but that his feelings are never wrong. Recognize that negative emotions are natural and do not easily fall under the control of teens or even adults. Note that your teen is at least handling his negative emotions in the right way — through words.     3    

Listen patiently and carefully.     4     Listen for the words in his complaints, such as “I am sick of this” or “It’s unfair to me”. This often shows his feelings. Through body language or eye contact, show your teen you are listening to him carefully.

React to your teen’s complaints.     5     If you disagree, explain why. Finish the conversation by praising him for coming to you and expressing himself.

A．Do you think your reply is right?

B．Allow your teen to express his dissatisfaction.

C．Prepare yourself to listen to something negative.

D．This is normal but not something parents should ignore.

E．Parents should figure out what causes his complaints.

F．If you agree with his complaints, discuss ways to solve the problem.

G．However, keep in mind that accepting his feelings does not mean you accept his complaints.

【推荐1】One reaction to all the concern about tropical deforestation(砍伐森林) is a blank stare that asks the question, "Since I don't live there, what does it have to do with me?"
The answer is that your way of life, wherever you live in the world, is tied to the tropics in many ways. If you live in a house, wash your hair, eat fruits and vegetables, drink soda, or drive a car, you can be certain that you are affected by the loss of tropical forests.
Take rubber（橡胶） for example. For many uses, only natural rubber from trees will do. Synthetics are not good enough. Today over half the world's commercial（商业的）rubber is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia, while the Amazon's rubber industry produces much of the world's four million tons. And rubber is an important material in making gloves, balloons, footwear and many sporting goods. Thousands of other tropical plants are valuable for their industrial use.
Many scientists strongly believe that deforestation contributes to the greenhouse effect—or heating of the earth from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As we destroy forests, we lose their ability to change carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Carbon dioxide levels could double within the next half-century, warming the earth by as much as 4.5 degrees. The result? A partial melt-down of polar ice caps, raising sea levels as much as 24 feet; even 15 feet could threaten anyone living within 35 miles of the coast. Unbelievable? Maybe. But scientists warn that by the time we realize the severe effects of tropical deforestation, it will be 20 years too late.
Can tropical deforestation affect our everyday lives? Now, you should have got the answer.
1. The underlined word "synthetics" probably means a kind of __________.

A．natural rubber	B．tropical grass
C．man-made material	D．tropical tree

2. In the last paragraph the author tries to _________.

A．tell people how to avoid the tropical deforestation

B．show us how important it is to protect the tropical forests

C．persuade people to buy something synthetic

D．let people realize the good effect of tropical deforestation

3. The author's attitude towards the tropical deforestation is __________.

A．puzzling	B．cold
C．supporting	D．opposed

【推荐2】Paper is one of our oldest, simplest and most important inventions. But it also presents a danger to the world in two significant ways. First, the making of paper requires the loss of millions of trees each year. Between 2001 and 2019, the world lost 386 million hectares of forest. Of the trees that were cut down, 42% went to paper production. And worldwide use of paper is expected to double in the next 40 years. Clearly, the planet cannot sustain such a high rate of forest loss.

The second great problem with paper is what happens once it is no longer useful. A huge quantity of wastepaper ends up in dumps and landfills (垃圾填埋场), where it can produce harmful gases. Paper in landfills leads to the release (释放) of methane, a gas that is a significant contributor in global warming.

One simple solution can greatly reduce both of these problems: paper recycling. Paper is mainly made from cellulose (纤维素), which makes up the cell walls of trees and many other plants. Because of its structure, cellulose can be used repeatedly in papermaking. So far, trees are the only source of cellulose that can fill the massive demand for paper products. Therefore, recycling paper is simply one of the best ways to save trees.

Thanks to advances in processing, recycled paper isn’t the dull-colored stuff many of us are familiar with any more. It now can offer the same print performance as non-recycled paper.

Effective recycling requires a consistent effort. The way to begin is with education and understanding. Once enough people realize the need for recycling, more effective recycling systems can be carried out. The massive loss of trees affects everybody on earth. Everyone should do their part to recycle paper and encourage government and industries to do the same.

1. What does the author want to express in paragraph 1?

A．Consequences resulting from forest loss.

B．The significance of paper in daily life.

C．The disadvantages of current paper production.

D．The severe situation caused by papermaking.

2. Why is paper in landfills harmful?

A．It releases smelly gases.	B．It results in global climate change.
C．It pollutes the nearby land.	D．It may lead to fire accidents.

3. What can we know about paper-recycling?

A．It produces cellulose to make more paper.	B．The structure of cellulose makes it possible.
C．The color of recycled paper is different.	D．It produces cellulose without using trees.

4. What’s the purpose of this text?

A．To introduce paper recycling technology.	B．To stress the threat of global warming.
C．To appeal to people to recycle paper.	D．To describe the considerable need for paper.

【推荐3】When things around the house stop working, what do you usually do with them? You probably just throw them away. This has led to the modern nickname: the throwaway culture. There are many reasons for this. In some areas, it’s difficult to find people who can make repairs, and fixing things can be quite expensive. And sometimes it s often easier to just buy a new one.

In 2009 Martine Postma from the Netherlands decided there must be a better way. Her solution was Repair Cafes: places where people can take damaged items (物品). There they will find tools and volunteer experts who are willing to help with repairs.

Postma’s first Repair Cafe opened on Oct.18, 2009, in Amsterdam, and was a huge success. News of the cafe spread, and people began asking how they could start their own. In 2011, Postma set up the Repair Cafe Foundation. This organization guides those hoping to begin their own neighborhood repair group. Today, there are about 2,000 Repair Cafes around the world with meetings held once a month. Everything is free, but donations are thankfully accepted.

The cafes not only provide help with repairs, but they also strengthen community ties. Neighbors get to know one another as they work together on projects. In addition, valuable knowledge is passed along and remembered. Items are kept rather than thrown away. If a broken item weighs a kilo, it’s been estimated (估计) that 2,000 Repair Cafes prevent 35,000 kilos of trash every month. That adds up to about 420,000 kilos per year!

Ginko Lee is the organizer for a repair group in Pasadena, California. In an interview, she described how exciting it is watching people who really want to help one another. She has often heard visitors say,“This is the kind of world I want to live in!” Ms. Lee said,“Everyone is a giver and a receiver in Repair Cafes.”

1. Why did the author mention the throwaway culture?

A．To list an example.	B．To make a summary.
C．To bring up the topic.	D．To give some suggestions.

2. What solution did Martine Postma come up with?

A．Running a place to repair items.	B．Buying some tools for the public.
C．Starting a school to teach repairing.	D．Volunteering to collect damaged things.

3. How did the first Repair Cafe go in 2009?

A．It got support from an organization.	B．It destroyed the throwaway culture.
C．It was considered to be useless.	D．It drew a lot of attention.

4. What can we say about Repair Cafes in Paragraph 4?

A．They are easy to manage.

B．They make people stay close to nature.

C．They are helpful in protecting the environment.

D．They encourage people to start their own business.