1 . While it is impossible to live completely free of stress, it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can’t be avoided.     1    

Try physical activity.

    2     Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.

Make time for yourself.

Arrange time for both work and fun. Don’t forget, play can be just as important as your overall well-being as work.     3     Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.

Take care of yourself.

    4    If you easily get angry and can’t sleep well enough, or if you’re not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should go to see a doctor.

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Stress can result form disorganization and a feeling that “ there’s so much to do, not enough time”. Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, than do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Set out to do the most important task first.

A．Make a list of things to do.

B．Do whatever you like and want to do.

C．You could smile to yourself in front of a mirror every day.

D．The following are suggestions for ways to deal with stress.

E．You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest.

F．You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun.

G．When you are nervous, angry or upset, try reducing the pressure through exercise or physical activity.

2 . If you are interested to find a part time job or learn something different during your spare time, you can have a look at the following jobs offered by the DC Public Library.

Teens of Distinction Program

The DC Public Library offers part time jobs for teens through the Teens of Distinction Program. Teens work 10-12 hours per week all year long, helping the library with important tasks and projects. The Teens of Distinction Program is now hiring! To apply, you have to：

● be a DC resident

● have and maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average

● be 16 to 18 years old

● be able to work 10-12 hours per week

● be able to work for DCPL for at least 9 months

Oh, and of course you have to impress us with your wonderful personality!

Teen Volunteer Opportunities

If you want to earn community service hours for school, Youth202 is a good choice.

Youth202 is a radio program created by youth and for youth. You can learn radio production skills, interview people around you, and help keep other teens to learn news, events, and anything else you think is important.

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

Every summer, teens can work here to help library customers organize books and learn lots of new skills, such as program planning, writing and media production.

On Friday, January 25 at 12:15 pm, the application for the 2014 SYEP will be open to teens between the ages of 14 and 21.

Applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis. Space is limited this year, so teens are encouraged to apply early, and remember not to miss the deadline, Saturday, February 16.

1. Working for the Teens of Distinction Program, teenagers will ___．

①become a DC resident

②work 10-12 hours per week

③work for DCPL for at least 9 months

④have a wonderful personality

A．③④	B．②③
C．①②③	D．①③④

2. Who has the biggest chance to work for the 2014 SYEP?

A．A teenager who applies early.

B．A teenager who is popular.

C．A teenager who is smart.

D．A teenager who gets high grades in exams.

3. The aim of the text is to ________．

A．introduce the DC Public Library

B．describe the job of library workers

C．offer teenager part time jobs in the DC Public Library

D．teach how to apply for parttime jobs

3 . Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of person's intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.
1. Which of these sentences best describes the writer’s point in Paragraph 1?

A．To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.

B．Intelligence is developed by the environment.

C．Some people are born clever and others born stupid.

D．Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.

2. It is suggested in this passage that_______.

A．close relation usually have similar intelligence

B．unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence

C．the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence

D．people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence

3. The phrase “at random”(Line3, para.2) means _______ .

A．purposely	B．frequently
C．aimlessly	D．independently

4. The best title for this article would be_______.

A．What Dose Intelligence Mean ?

B．On Intelligence

C．We Are Born with Intelligence

D．Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence

4 . Everyone, please imagine, a big explosion breaks out as the plane takes us high in the sky. The plane is full of smoke and the engine sounds scary. Two minutes later, the engines are turned off. We are now sitting in a plane with no sound. And we can see: Life is over.
That really happened. In January 2009, I had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York.
Now let me tell you the three things I learned when the silence came.
First, I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to but didn’t. I thought about all the experiences I wanted to have but never did. I no longer wanted to put off anything in life. Second, I really regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter. I decided to remove negative energy from my life. Third, I realized, wow, dying was not scary. But it was very sad just because I only wished I could have seen my kids grow up.
Fortunately, I was given the gift of a miracle of not dying that day. I was given another gift, with which I was to see into the future and come back and live differently.
About a month later, my wife and I were at a performance by my daughter, not much artistic talent. Yet, I’m crying. I realized that above all, the only goal in my life was to be a good father.
Audience, again, imagine the same thing happening on your plane. How would you change? What would you get done? And more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?
Thank you.
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Air crash is always a tragedy.

B．What I learned from the air crash.

C．Life is a miracle as we imagine.

D．How to become a good father.

2. When does the idea “Life is over” come into being?

A．Exactly during the explosion.

B．When the plane was full of smoke.

C．Before the engines sounded scary.

D．When the engines were turned off.

3. What is the author’s final goal in life?

A．Never to put off anything in life.

B．To remove negative energy from life.

C．To see his daughter grow up.

D．To be a good father.

4. What type of writing is this text?

A．A speech on one’s air travel experience.

B．An emergency crash-landing guide.

C．An introduction of an adventure novel.

D．A safety training for air passengers.

5 . Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For     1    , it is a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.     2     many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,     3     should be used to study.

In my view, I am greatly in favor     4     this activity. Today the Internet is playing     5     important role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this     6     (value) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such     7     writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while     8     (organize) our micro blogs.

In fact, micro blog     9     (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it     10     matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.