1 . Practicing gratitude can increase feelings of happiness and life satisfaction while decreasing depressive symptoms.     1     To start improving your gratitude skill, try the following gratitude challenges.

Reflect on the gifts of hardship. There is no question that life can be challenging, as things don’t always turn out the way we’d hoped.    2     It may seem difficult to reflect on challenging times and find a reason to be grateful, but in making our pain purposeful, we can find meaning in the experience.

Express gratitude to others in writing.    3     Send each of them a quick but considerate correspondence in the form of a handwritten note, email or even a thoughtfully composed text. Remind them of why they are special to you and how worthwhile they are in the world. As a result of your effort, those on the receiving end will experience the mood-boosting benefits of being appreciated. They won’t be the only beneficiaries. Writing letters of gratitude has a positive effect on the author, increasing feelings of happiness while decreasing depression, studies have shown.

    4     An important aspect of practicing gratitude regularly is becoming aware of opportunities throughout your day to express gratitude. Acknowledge at least two times a day that someone spreads a small act of kindness toward you. These acts could be a delivery person bringing a package to your door, a coworker offering assistance at work or your significant other getting you a coffee.    5    

When you finish the challenges, hopefully you’ll be inspired by the mood-boosting benefits and continue actively practicing gratitude on a daily basis.

A．Catch the chances of acting kindness.

B．Notice and appreciate the small stuff.

C．Think of three people in your life that you truly appreciate.

D．All of us experience dilemma at different points in our lives.

E．The benefits of thankfulness extend to both the giver and receiver.

F．Gratitude takes practice to realize its full potential, just like any other skill.

G．Once recognizing their efforts, you can consistently show your appreciation better.

2 . World Awareness Children’s Museum

Plan Your Trip

We’re so glad you’re coming to visit, wherever you are from! On-street parking is available for FREE on both sides of Warren St.

The World Awareness Children’s Museum is aimed to provide a safe and secure environment. For the protection of our visitors and their families, all children must be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years of age or older, and all adults should be accompanied by a child under the age of 18 years. Unaccompanied adults will be asked to present their ID during their visit. Thank you for your understanding.

Museum Closures

The Museum will be closed on the following dates to observe holidays or other events: Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve & New Year’s Day.

Come on! You can take a trip around the world without leaving the Museum! Experience music, fashion, toys, art, games and more from countries like China, Nigeria, Brazil & Japan!

School Year Hours

Saturdays: 9:30 a.m.---5 p.m.

Sundays: Noon---5 p.m.

Monday to Friday: 10 a.m.---3 p.m.

Daily Admission Rates

$5.00---Adults and children 3 and older

Children under 3 are free

Military Discount available 10%

Free Admission for Museum Members

Note:

Open to group tours or educational programs all year round (reservations required).

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For more information, click the Flash Presentation about our Museum(8.23MB).

1. What if an adult desires to visit the museum alone?

A．He will be protected.	B．Extra money should be paid.
C．His ID has to be checked.	D．He won’t be permitted to enter.

2. When can you visit the museum during the School Year?

A．9 a.m. on Saturday.	B．2 p.m. on Sunday.
C．9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.	D．8:30 a.m. on Monday.

3. Where can the text be most probably found?

A．In a travel brochure.	B．On a TV program.
C．In an art magazine.	D．On a web page.

3 . 短文改错

Before the holiday, I thought about doing something meaningfully. Suddenly, I remembered that there was a lot of primary school students putting up small shops and sell red bags on the street last Spring Festival. Wanting to have a try, so I begged my father to support him. He bought some lovely red bags and small toy. For the first time in my life I begin to sell things at the gate of the park. This experience of selling taught me the secret of communicating strangers, and I understood what hard it is for my parents to make money.

4 . My husband sat down on the bed. “Your ________ are complete ridiculous, Denise. These gifts don’t have to be perfect. The kids don’t care.”

I ________ him and kept wrapping the gifts. Each boy needed to have his own paper, and each gift ________ to be wrapped perfectly. Actually, I always ________to do everything perfectly. I suspected my entire family lived in ________ of my standards. I told myself I was just taking care of my family, but in reality I knew my ________ perfectionism wasn't doing us any good. I knew I needed to ________.

Two days later, my husband and I took our two older boys on a ________ to Matamoros, Mexico. We were going to participate in a(n) ________ known as the" Big Feed", where we'd be working in a field with strangers.

Upon arriving, we sat down and listened to the director, Ben, give his ________ about the event. “We won't stay inside although it's raining. And I have something that'll ________ that all of you stay flexible.” He ________ a small piece of cookie to each of us. “This is the Flexi-cookie. You eat it and you ________ will be flexible. Now let’s eat this cookie together.”

It tasted so ordinary, but it ________ magical ways. I worked alongside my family for two long days in a ________ field. We handed out supplies and ________ for several thousand people. My sons played games with the other children all day in the rain, and I never once ________ them up. I learned to be flexible.

Later, I muttered(嘀咕)"Fexi, Flexi" throughout the day, ________ myself that I needed to be less ________. I cannot say I've totally overcome my perfectionism, but I've made enough ________.

1.

A．attitudes

B．beliefs

C．principles

D．standards

2.

A．blamed

B．abandoned

C．ignored

D．teased

3.

A．had

B．requested

C．happened

D．asked

4.

A．agreed

B．attempted

C．failed

D．refused

5.

A．order

B．fear

C．place

D．support

6.

A．stubborn

B．curious

C．generous

D．normal

7.

A．flee

B．withdraw

C．change

D．recover

8.

A．routine

B．diet

C．dilemma

D．journey

9.

A．event

B．adventure

C．lecture

D．ceremony

10.

A．speech

B．review

C．writing

D．guess

11.

A．explain

B．guarantee

C．witness

D．assume

12.

A．showed off

B．took in

C．mixed up

D．passed out

13.

A．improperly

B．certainly

C．rarely

D．unwillingly

14.

A．occurred

B．counted

C．worked

D．mattered

15.

A．muddy

B．broad

C．comfortable

D．smooth

16.

A．prepared

B．stood

C．waited

D．cooked

17.

A．fixed

B．picked

C．brought

D．cleaned

18.

A．convincing

B．reminding

C．warning

D．promising

19.

A．patient

B．conservative

C．rigid

D．careful

20.

A．marks

B．equipment

C．progress

D．differences

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

China's top education authorities on Friday gave detailed suggestions on    1    students should go to bed to ensure enough sleep and ongoing efforts to reduce students’ burden.

Generally    2    (speak), primary school students should go to bed before 9:20 pm, middle school students before 10 pm and high school students before 11 pm, Lyu Yugang, director of the ministry's department of basic education, said at a news conference.

“If the students    3    (try) hard but still could not finish homework by that time, parents can just ask them to go to bed to ensure their sleep time” he said.

Schools should control the amount of homework    4    (assign) to students to make sure primary school students can finish all written homework at school and secondary school students can finish most of the homework    5    campus, Lyu repeated.

According to ministry    6    (require), primary school students should enjoy at least 10 hours of sleep every day, middle school students nine hours and high school students eight hours.

Primary schools should start classes no    7    (early) than 8:20 am and secondary schools are not allowed to start a school day before 8 am. Schools should not require students    8    (come) to school early for group study and they should ensure a certain amount of nap time for students, he said.

Offline after-school training classes should end before 8:30 pm,    9    online after-school training courses should end before 9 pm. They should not assign any form of homework to students, Lyu said.

The ministry will also work with other    10    (department) to tighten management to ensure that online training and gaming agencies would not offer gaming services for young people between 10 pm and 8 am, he added.