1 . It's no surprise that stress and anxiety are often viewed in a negative light, but Lisa Damour, a private-practice psychologist, suggests they're not always bad for us. She claims that a little bit of both can help build mental resilience and these experiences can sometimes benefit us.

Damour explained how stress often occurs when people operate at the edge of their abilities - when they push themselves or are forced by situations to stretch beyond their familiar limits. This can result from both bad and good events, she said. For instance, being fired is stressful, but so is bringing a baby home for the first time. She described how stress is unavoidable in daily life and that medium levels of stress “can have an inoculating function”, which can lead to “higher than average resilience” when we face new difficulties.

“Anxiety gets an unnecessarily bad comment,” she said, “Anxiety is an alarm system inside the body, likely handed down by evolution, which informs us of threats from both outside, such as a driver turning aside suddenly, and inside, such as when we've wasted too much time and it's time to get started on a task.”

Viewing anxiety as sometimes helpful or even protective allows people to make good use of it, suggests Damour. For example, she often tells the teenagers she works with in her practice to pay attention if they start to feel anxious at a party because their nerves may be warning them of a problem.

1. When do people feel stressed according to Damour?

A．They have much work to do.	B．They lose their favorite things.
C．They deal with different situations.	D．They're engaged in doing unfamiliar things.

2. What does the underlined word “inoculating” probably mean in paragraph 2?

A．Unexpected.

B．Unbearable.

C．Positive.

D．Determining.

3. What's the purpose of paragraph 3?

A．To explain the reason for being anxious.	B．To demonstrate the benefits of anxiety.
C．To state the risk of being anxious.	D．To present the solution to anxiety.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Stress and anxiety aren't always bad.	B．Stress and anxiety are part of our lives.
C．We should focus on positive things in life.	D．We should deal with stress and anxiety carefully.

2 . When Amanda Moore noticed that the new student from Mexico always sat alone at lunch, she decided to befriend Rafael Anaya. She also noticed that he________ to understand English. Then she used the Google Translate app to hand-write a letter in Spanish asking him to________her for lunch. Her action________her the “Student of the Month” award for October at school.

Actually, Rafael always________ because he felt so lonely. “He always ate lunch alone and I felt ________ about that，” Amanda said. She knew he spoke Spanish and he seemed lonely. She spent the whole afternoon ________ writing the letter, using the app to help her.

The next day Amanda handed the letter to Rafael and waited for his________.It wasn’t until their math class that he said “yes”. The two had been________together for lunch ever since. The letter helped Rafael feel more comfortable and encouraged him to________his English harder. “I think for Rafael it made a huge________，”said their teacher. “He really wants to learn English to talk to Amanda. The two used hand gestures and Google Translate for ________now but they hoped it would become ________ when Rafael's English improved. And, Amanda was learning some________.

Amanda’s mother felt________moved by her daughter’s action. “It is just so sweet，”she said. I think this ________ is special.”

1.

A．appeared

B．happened

C．struggled

D．managed

2.

A．prepare

B．join

C．leave

D．pay

3.

A．saved

B．cost

C．earned

D．proved

4.

A．wept

B．listened

C．chatted

D．laughed

5.

A．bad

B．curious

C．glad

D．doubtful

6.

A．painfully

B．hurriedly

C．carefully

D．correctly

7.

A．arrival

B．comment

C．appreciation

D．reply

8.

A．sitting

B．waiting

C．working

D．singing

9.

A．put up with

B．work on

C．show off

D．look forward to

10.

A．popularity

B．difference

C．choice

D．plan

11.

A．competition

B．typing

C．travel

D．communication

12.

A．easier

B．quicker

C．simpler

D．harder

13.

A．English

B．psychology

C．math

D．Spanish

14.

A．widely

B．deeply

C．gently

D．wisely

15.

A．discussion

B．suffering

C．friendship

D．donation

3 . 阅读下列材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一片完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

“You are stupid!You always mess things up! Now hand over your pocket money!”Jack shouted at me.I was frightened like a leaf in the wind.Jack was well-known as the school bully(校园霸王）who always liked to pick on me.I shouted back at him,”No!This is my parents’ hard-earned money!”

When Jack heard this,he stared at me.I got ready for a flight as I thought that Jack would beat me. Instead,he walked away quietly.It was unlike Jack.

After school,as I was about to walk home,I saw an unbelievable sight-Jack was crying? I approached him.“What do you want?” he asked. I sat down next to him and asked him what was wrong.“My father...passed away. He was the only breadwinner of the family.Now my mother needs to find a job but she cannot find one.” I took pity on poor Jack and hugged him. I took out the remaining lunch money I had and handed it over to him. Jack’s eyes nearly jumped out.He said,“You...you are actually giving this to me?”

I nodded my head and told him that it did not matter whether he was my enemy. I would help someone in need. After all,I also said there was no reason why we could not be friends. Tears ran down Jack’s face and he apologized for all his past actions.

Later,Jack and I became best friends.My mother,who was the boss of a company,gave Jack’s mother a job.During those months,Jack’s mother worked hard and rose to the position of a manager.In school,I would study with Jack and helped him out with his schoolwork.He improved and became one of the top three students in the class.All was well until one day Jack had something to tell me.“I have to leave Singapore and move overseas,” he said. I felt angry that Jack was just going to leave after all that I had done for him.I also felt sad because I will miss him.

Paragraph 1:

Twenty years passed.

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Paragraph 2:

I asked the man,“Do I know you ?”

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