A.ticked all the right boxes. | B.was on the edge of my seat. |
C.had a frog in my throat. | D.was in my own right. |
2 . Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling all the time.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.
Turning to his daughter, he said, “Look closer, and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.
“Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity (逆境) — the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently.
The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which one do you want to be like,” he asked. “When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond?”
In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
1. What can we infer from this story?A.The girl liked the coffee best. |
B.The father was good at cooking. |
C.The girl didn’t like the potatoes and eggs. |
D.Different people have different reactions to adversity. |
A.thick | B.hard | C.strong | D.easily-broken |
A.Challenges and responses. | B.Adversities and a chef. |
C.A chef and coffee beans. | D.Father and daughter. |
A.force | B.energy | C.strength | D.power |
A.give away | B.give in | C.give off | D.give up |
7 . Zhao Yuan, who was a dance teacher, lost one leg in an accident at the age of 24.
In 2020, she set up an offline sales platform called Good and Fresh, which mainly sold goods produced by Zhao’s disabled friends.
She became a livestream host on social media platforms,
With the
A.Similarly | B.Especially | C.Eventually | D.Formally |
A.teaching | B.singing | C.learning | D.selling |
A.ask | B.search | C.pay | D.care |
A.In spite of | B.Rather than | C.Apart from | D.Due to |
A.tried | B.stopped | C.started | D.kept |
A.got over | B.picked out | C.put through | D.turned to |
A.exchanging | B.pushing | C.explaining | D.quitting |
A.leg | B.arm | C.finger | D.eye |
A.block | B.culture | C.job | D.rule |
A.disabled | B.intelligent | C.honest | D.humorous |
A.noticed | B.run | C.admired | D.expected |
A.loss | B.agreement | C.development | D.information |
A.proud | B.curious | C.afraid | D.shy |
A.surprise | B.attract | C.follow | D.train |
A.enjoyment | B.value | C.difference | D.registration |
8 . While teenagers who are at risk of depression with risky behaviors — drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and cutting classes often alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing, a new study finds that there’s another group of adolescents who are in nearly as much danger of experiencing the same mental symptoms.
These teens use tons of media, get insufficient sleep and have a sedentary (不爱活动的) lifestyle. Of course, that may sound like a description of every teenager on the planet. But the study warns that it is teenagers who engage in all three of these practices in the extreme that are truly in a dangerous position. Because their behaviors are not usually seen as a red flag, these young people have been called the “invisible risk”group by the study’s authors.
The study’s authors surveyed 15,395 students and analyzed nine risk behaviors, including excessive alcohol use, illegal drug use, heavy smoking and high media use. Their aim was to determine the relationship between these risk behaviors and mental health issues in teenagers. The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group. But the invisible group wasn’t far behind the high-risk set, with more than 13% of them exhibiting depression.
The findings caught Carli off guard. “We didn’t expect that,” he says. “The high-risk group and low-risk group are obvious, but this third group was not only unexpected. It was so distinct and so large — nearly one third of our sample — that it became a key finding of the study.”
Carli says that one of the most significant things about his study is that it provides new early warning signs for parents, teachers and mental health-care providers. And early identification, support and treatment for mental health issues, he says, are the best ways to keep them from turning into full-blown disorders.
1. Which teenager probably belongs to the “invisible risk” group?A.A teenager who skips school. |
B.A teenager who drinks frequently. |
C.A teenager who exercises regularly. |
D.A teenager who suffers from lack of sleep. |
A.It was intended to dig into the reasons for depression. |
B.Its findings were under expectation of the research team. |
C.It was conducted by analyzing and comparing the previous data. |
D.It revealed an alarming rate of the invisible group suffering depression. |
A.Unclear. | B.Concerned. | C.Doubtful. | D.Indifferent. |
A.To caution teens against developing unhealthy habit. |
B.To share a novel psychological experiment with teens. |
C.To introduce a new treatment for teens’ mental disorder. |
D.To warn about the unobserved signs for teens’ mental problems. |
10 . Smartwatches and fitness trackers (健身追踪器) have gained popularity recently. These tools can record your daily steps, heart rates, etc.
It’s a struggle to overcome the addiction to fitness trackers.
Of course, failing to meet your daily goal can be discouraging. You might focus on your shortcoming rather than your progress. Another problem is that you might find yourself paying too much attention to the step number rather than how your body feels.
Therefore, if you’re spending too much time looking at your smartwatch, limit your daily step count to a comfortable level.
A.How can you tell whether you’re addicted to your fitness tracker? |
B.Actually this addiction to step count can be risky, mentally and physically. |
C.Don’t overuse your smartwatch. |
D.However, do you find yourself checking your steps and heart rates too often? |
E.After all, reaching a daily step count can be so appealing. |
F.Besides, you can find other things to do that don’t involve checking your fitness tracker. |
G.It doesn’t covey what you’re really feeling. |