1 . Everyone complains. Even if you argue that you are the happiest person in the world, you still complain sometimes. Sometimes you complain without even realizing it, but rarely is it ever helpful.     1     Here are some tips to stop complaining and give up the negative thoughts.

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When you find yourself thinking or saying a negative comment about something or someone, stop and force yourself to say something positive instead. Seek the help of a cheerful friend to change you when you complain and help you to see the positive in the situation.

Make a list of things you are grateful for.

You often complain about the things you don’t have without noticing those things you already have. Be grateful for what you have in your life because you are lucky simply for being yourselves.     3    

Learn to adapt to the changes.

There are many things you can’t change.     4     Always find the positive side of each situation, regardless of however difficult the situation is. With parents’ and friends’ support, you can survive any life changes.

Allow yourself to vent (发泄) your feelings every once in a while.

Constantly ignoring negative thoughts could add up. If you are really going through a rough time, don’t be afraid to share your feelings with a close friend or family member or see a therapist.

Find what makes you happy.

    5     Maybe it is time to make the hard decision to move on to another job or career. Uncover what your biggest complaints are about and see if you can change the situation to make you happy. Choose happiness, focus on the positive, and be kind always!

A．Sometimes this list can be easy, full of hobbies you enjoy.

B．The best and only thing you can do is to accept them.

C．Change the way you think.

D．Are you constantly complaining about your present job?

E．Set down things you are thankful for and you’ll see that you don’t have any reason to complain.

F．Make friends with positive people.

G．So how can you manage to force yourselves to end complaining?

3 . “You’re so smart!” This encouraging response to children’s math performance is commonly heard. Recently, a new study, conducted by the University of Georgia, found that encouraging children with responses related to their personal characteristics or inborn abilities might weaken their math motivation and achievement over time.

Parents who make comments linking their children’s performance to personal characteristics like intelligence are using what’s referred to as person responses. In contrast, parents who link their children’s actions, such as efforts or strategy use, to their performance are using process responses.

For the study, researchers asked more than 500 parents to report on how they responded to their children’s math performance and their math beliefs and goals. Children were assessed in two waves across a year to measure their math motivation and achievement.

The results show that parents who view math ability as changeable are more likely to give process responses focused on their children’s strategy use and efforts rather than their intelligence or other personal characteristics. In contrast, parents who believe math ability is unchangeable and that math failure can’t be constructive give more person responses. Parents with high expectations for their children give a combination of both responses. While responses highlighting strategy and efforts are not related to any achievement outcomes, children who receive more responses about their personal characteristics -- in particular, related to failure -- are more likely to avoid harder math problems, exhibit higher levels of math anxiety, and score lower on math achievement tests.

Because person responses predict poor math adjustment in children over time, researchers suggest parents limit this type of responses at home. Another recommendation for parents is to think about their own beliefs and goals for their kids and examine how these might lead them to respond in person or process ways. Simply telling parents to avoid talking about math ability may not be enough. Focusing less on how children perform and more on their strategy and enjoyment of math might be a more effective way to enhance motivation.

1. Which of the following is an example of process response?

A．You are a lucky dog.	B．Running is in your blood.
C．What works well for your study?	D．Why are you such a math genius?

2. What can be inferred from the study results?

A．Parents prefer to give more process responses.

B．Children are more likely to be affected by math anxiety.

C．Process responses help with children’s math achievement.

D．Person responses can discourage children from learning math.

3. What do researchers advise parents to do?

A．Restrict person responses.	B．Defend their own beliefs.
C．Stress children’s performance.	D．Ignore children’s math problems.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Strategy Children Adopt to Learn Math Helps

B．The Way Parents Talk to Children on Math Matters

C．Responses to Enhance Children’s Math Performance

D．Suggestions for Parents to Teach Their Children Math

4 . Adaptation and innovation (创新) of traditional opera is an important trend in Chinese opera circle in recent years. In order to attract young audience of new generation and catch up with the time, traditional opera circle makes efforts to create new works. In recent years, traditional opera has come across the change of time and society. It gradually lost the main elderly audience and was not attractive for the young.

In order to find new opportunities, using modern sound, light and digital stage effects, China’s traditional Peking, also known as jingju, Opera is appealing to young people in a fashionable and innovative way, as the classic art faces an aging audience.

The centuries-old Tianleyuan Theater in Beijing has introduced fashionable performances of Peking Opera. The opera combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime (哑剧表演), dance and acrobatics (杂技).

Tianleyuan has a jingju art experience section and fashionable performances. It has attracted more than 2,000 audience members, mostly young people, according to theater staff.

“Good art should keep pace with the times, so does jingju,” said Zhang Zishang, a 22-year-old performer of The Drunken Beauty, one of the classic jingju plays performed in the theater. “I feel today’s performance is very special,” Zhang added. She was born into a family of jingju performers and has had 10 years of stage experience. “Innovation is good, but we must also carry on the basic elements of jingju,” another young performer Deng said.

According to Deng, innovation is perhaps the best way for jingju to deal with the problem of an aging audience. It has made successful attempts to combine jingju with local opera forms such as ballet when organizing performances abroad. “Innovation can help traditional arts go further. We are happy to see many young faces, and some of them even come twice to experience the ‘new’ art,” she added.

1. Why is adaptation and innovation of traditional opera important?

A．To run after fashion.	B．To attract the young audience.
C．To improve digital stage effect.	D．To change the traditional opera circle.

2. Which of the following can best describe Tianleyuan Theater?

A．A destroyer of Peking Opera.	B．An objector of modern opera.
C．A pioneer of innovative opera.	D．A defender of traditional opera.

3. How does Deng feel about the innovation of jingju?

A．Favourable.

B．Unreliable.

C．Worthless.

D．Conservative.

4. Which one can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Traditional Opera Is Dying Out

B．The Future of the Traditional Opera Is Promising

C．The Performers of the Traditional Opera Are Supporting Jingju

D．Traditional Opera Circle Is Innovating to Attract Young Audience

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Martin was returning home after a difficult shift (轮班) on a dark snowy night. He worked as a truck driver in Los Angeles, taking several shifts a week because he had a sick daughter, Anne, who needed urgent surgery, but he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to raise enough money for it.

Anne was diagnosed with a cyst (囊肿) shortly after birth. The doctors told Martin and his wife Helen that she needed an operation as soon as possible, otherwise, it could pose a threat to the little girl’s life. The parents decided they should do whatever it took to save their daughter and began saving money right away.

It was too black outside with no visibility (能见度). Martin was driving slowly, thinking of solutions to his problem when he noticed a shadow in the middle of the road. He hit the brakes and the truck came to a complete stop. Rubbing his eyes, Martin looked more closely. A human figure — a woman lying unconscious in the middle of the road!

Martin picked up the woman, carried her to his truck, quickly changed his route and drove straight to the hospital. About 10 minutes later, they finally arrived at the hospital. “It’s an emergency! Please call the doctor!” he screamed at the top of his lungs. The woman was admitted to hospital at once.

The next day, Martin went to the hospital to see the woman. The woman was Daisy, who was a rich businesswoman. Daisy expressed her gratitude to him and told him the whole story about how she ended up on the road. “Thank you so much, Martin. You’re a really generous soul. I heard you drove me to the hospital last night and that you have been here a few times with your daughter.”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Daisy found that Martin seemed to be worried.

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As the saying goes, one good turn deserves another.

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7 . 假定你是某校学生会成员李华，为了迎接来自美国一批高中师生来访，你校在上周五举办了欢迎晚会，你校和美国师生进行了精彩的表演。请你给学校英文网站写一篇报道，内容包括：
1. 晚会举办的时间和地点；
2. 晚会的节目和气氛；
3. 给予一些评价。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

A welcome evening party

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8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugar loaf Mountain in Maine. One of his dream     1     (career) is to become an astronaut. Early in the afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he accidentally left the path. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! Not     2     (have) food, water, a phone, or other supplies, he felt rather     3     (anxiety) and was getting colder and colder by the minute.

Nicholas didn’t know the spot     4     he was staying. He tried not to panic regardless     5     the terrible situation. He thought about all of the survival shows he had watched on TV.

There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put (待在原地) . Using his skis, Nicholas was able to build a snow cave. He gathered a huge mass of snow and had a hole     6     (dig) in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out again to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him.

Nicholas might not have survived this snowstorm had it not been for a TV program. He used to watch Grylls’ survival show Man vs Wild. That’s where he learned the tips that saved his life. In each episode (一期节目) of Man vs Wild,     7     is in a wild area that Grylls is abandoned and has to find his way out.

According to Grylls’ own     8     (interpret) on Nicholas’ survival, he was super impressed that Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone else how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive. Nicholas was     9     (genuine) thankful for Grylls’ show and said, “From seven to eight o’clock tomorrow, I     10     (watch) Grylls’ survival show again.”