1 . 假设你是市长秘书，你即将去抗疫前线慰问抗击在第一线的志愿者，请以市长名义写一封感谢信，感谢志愿者们的辛勤付出，并表达对他们诚挚的慰问和抗议胜利的信心。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear volunteers and community workers,
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Thank you!

2 . Anger is the most destructive emotion, which will dominate your thoughts and actions.     1     You may also speak reckless language without thought. So what can be done to control anger? Here are four ways that you can combat the causes of anger.

Change your attitude.

Realizing that no-one is perfect and accepting that not everyone has the same standards as you is a good start to avoiding getting angry.     2    For example, when you are in a position of authority, and you give instructions that are not followed, instead of getting angry, look for the reason why. It may be that the person will need further training or guidance.

Stop trying to manage your anger.

Anger management used to be promoted as a way of dealing with anger, but a much better way of facing up to anger is to identify the root cause. When trying to do it be prepared to be honest with yourself. Is it worry or stress making you angry? Are you fearful of failure?     3    

Don’t dismiss anger as a bad emotion.

    4    Martin Luther King was angry about the lack of civil rights in the USA. Gandhi was angry about British domination in India. They both used that anger to motivate themselves to fight against what they saw as injustice. Anger of this type can be used to fuel action. Use it to help you not hinder you.

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We all get tempted to throw something or even hit someone when getting angry. A reaction like that is called the easy way, which might make you feel better after an angry outburst. However, staying calm or walking away from conflict are harder but much better choices .By learning control, you can become a much calmer, less volatile person.

A．This applies to work, day-to-day life, and relationships.

B．Once you know why you get mad, then it is possible to deal with the cause.

C．When you are in a temper, you may make ill-considered decisions that you will probably regret.

D．Many people try to live by high standards, and as a result, are often disappointed and get angry.

E．Don’t take the easy way when you get angry.

F．Stop anger from being your master.

G．There are occasions when anger can be directed in such a way as to achieve great things.

3 . The journey towards self-improvement and personal success is often paved with challenges and obstacles.     1     The power of mindset extends beyond mere positive thinking. It shapes your attitudes and actions, thereby shaping your destiny.

Mindset rests on a fundamental principle: your inner beliefs and thoughts can form your reality.     2     It is also about how an optimistic mindset fosters (培养) improved decision-making, heightened problem-solving abilities, and stronger resilience against challenges.

Factors like talent and hard work are often highlighted in professional success.     3     Consider a physical therapist, who may encounter limitations in their effectiveness due to a negative or fixed mindset despite possessing the necessary skills and knowledge. This situation underlines how a growth mindset is essential.

    4     It is a game-changer in personal and professional development. It is centered around the belief that abilities and intelligence are not fixed traits but can be cultivated through effort, learning, and perseverance.

To make full use of the potential of your mindset, it is crucial to confront and overcome limiting beliefs. You may never realize it.     5    

A．This isn’t merely hopeful thinking.

B．Effort and ability can equal a positive mindset.

C．The growth mindset means continuous improvement.

D．In fact, mindset emerges as an equally critical element.

E．Such beliefs can act as invisible barriers to your success.

F．Mindset plays an important role in building good relationship.

G．However, a crucial element that influences this journey is the mindset.

4 . How to Practice Gratitude (感激) in Your Daily Life

Gratitude is a positive emotion. Learning how to practice it is an effort to remind yourself of the good in life and to show an internal appreciation for yourself and others.     1    . Whichever exercise you do, it’s vital to remember the elements of gratitude: the awareness of the good things, expressing gratitude to yourself and giving thanks to people you’re grateful for.

Create a gratitude list. The intense stress of life can get you so caught up that we may fail to recognize the positive events or interactions we encounter on a daily basis.     2    . It can also help you picture the biggest and smallest moments that make your day.

    3    . Expressing your gratitude to those you’re grateful for strengthens your relationship with them. Plus, bonding with family and friends is a simple act that can help you feel gratitude for these relationships. Sharing kindness will make you feel happier and healthier. In turn, those benefits get passed along to those you most care about.

Make a gratitude jar (罐). Make the jar fun and personable by decorating it and placing it where you can always see it. Every day, write down what you’re grateful for on a slip of paper and put it in the jar.     4    . Whenever there’s a moment of doubt or sadness, return to the jar and read a few notes to remind yourself of who and what is good in your life.

In conclusion, engaging in daily gratitude exercises can make a great difference. Showing gratitude helps you connect with positive emotions, focus on acknowledging the good, and shift your focus to positive aspects of life.     5    .

A．Share your gratitude with others

B．Seek out opportunities to help others

C．There are several gratitude activities and exercises

D．As you fill it, it serves as a good reminder of good times

E．It is better to keep track of whatever happens in your life

F．You’ll also harvest the greatest rewards when it becomes a habit

G．Writing down the positive moments helps put life into a better perspective

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据文后各题目的具体要求完成阅读后的表达任务。

Silent friends in a life storm

Dear Annalisa,

My dad died unexpectedly a few months ago and I feel angry with some of my oldest friends, who have hardly contacted me since it happened.

Three months on, I’ve finally heard from some of them through text about other matters. I didn’t mention my sad stories, and they didn’t ask.

I understand that death is a frightening subject and that people might worry about saying the wrong thing. Yet I still feel a bit hurt by their lack of contact after my dad’s funeral (葬礼).

Now I don’t want to face them because I don’t want to make them feel guilty (内疚的). Normally they are extremely good friends who I love very much. I have other friends, so I can manage this without their support. I just want to let go of the anger so I can get through this sadness. Hope to receive your advice.

Yours,

Amy

Dear Amy,

I’m so sorry to hear about your dad’s death.

Your anger may come from being unable to ask for the help you need. You also seem worried about troubling your friends too much.

It is likely that your friends are very concerned about you. Perhaps their own fear of the subject is too big to comfort you and, just as you say, they are frightened of saying the wrong thing. Also, people often want to “fix” things, but no one can fix death, so they may feel powerless to help you. In these situations, you have to be brave to break the ice and tell them not only what you need, but also how to offer help.

If you really can’t ask your “silent” friends for help, maybe you could count more on those other friends. You might find some psychological (心理的) treatment useful as well. Talking to someone with professional knowledge who understands your situation can help you carry the burden of sadness.

Yours,

Annalisa

1. 根据文章内容，使用文章中的原词完成下列表格，每空一词。

Amy’s problem	Some of her oldest friends have seldom contacted her since her dad’s death, making her feel angry and ______.
Annalisa’s analysis (分析)	● Amy’s anger comes from the fact that she is ______ to ask for help. ● The subject of death is so frightening that her friends are at a loss what to say to ____     her. ● Her friends may feel powerless to help her solve the problem so they choose to keep     ____.
Annalisa’s ______	● Be brave to start a conversation with her friends. ● ______ more on those other friends. ● Seek ______ support.

2. 假如你是 Amy，请给Annalisa回一封信，表示感谢并告诉她你打算怎么做。写作词数应为40左右。
Dear Annalisa,
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Yours,

Amy

3. 假定你是Amy的朋友，得知她的困扰，你将如何提供帮助？请用英语写出你可以做的三件事。
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6 . When I suggested my 13-year-old try tennis, she quickly refused me. “I’m not sporty; stop trying to get me to do sports,” Julianna said. I had suggested it because some of my happiest recent memories were of playing ping-pong with her. Tennis seemed like a natural progression from ping-pong and a great way to work out some of her growing pains on a larger playing field. But my suggestion was always refused by her.

Still, I was undeterred. I believed that doing some sports would help Julianna manage her emotions. I’ve seen how sports help with stress. It worked for me when I was a teenage girl.

Midway into summer, we stayed at home, and Julianna and I felt really bored. “Do you want to play tennis?” I asked her at lunch one afternoon. Sure, she said. At that time, we were both eager to spend as much time as possible out of the house.

Arriving at the court, we set down our bags, picked up our rackets (球拍), and headed to our sides of the court. The net was like the growing divide between us — I desiring connection and my teenage daughter longing for independence.

I started by hitting a ball over the net, and Julianna took a big swing and missed. We repeated this several more times. I didn’t tell her she was holding the racket too close to the neck or she should step more into her forehand. My daughter wanted the chance to figure these things out for herself. We repeated the pattern of me hitting the ball and her missing it a few times before she finally got it back over the net. “This is fun,” she said with a mixture of surprise and delight and then she smiled widely.

Now we always find time to play tennis. We’re both eager for an activity that can ease tensions between us in daily life. It’s nice to have a place where both of us can release our negative moods and let them go.

1. Why did the author persuade her daughter to play tennis?

A．Tennis was as popular as ping-pong.

B．They had a good time playing tennis together.

C．It would help her daughter make more like-minded friends.

D．It would be good for her daughter’s emotional management.

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

A．Not dishonest.

B．Not sure.

C．Not discouraged.

D．Not surprised.

3. What did the author do when her daughter missed the ball?

A．She stood close to the net.	B．She repeated hitting the ball.
C．She changed ends with her daughter.	D．She instructed her daughter immediately.

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

A．Mom Coaches Teen Daughter in Tennis

B．Mom Helps Teen Daughter Express Her Emotions

C．Mom Encourages Teen Daughter to Be Independent

D．Mom and Teen Daughter Find Some Peace on the Tennis Court

7 . Do you think you need to shout at yourself to force yourself to finish your homework? If so, think again.    1     Research shows that practicing self-compassion (自我关怀) improves our mental and physical well-being and supports long-term success.

Self-compassion is the practice of being kind and supportive to ourselves. The opposite is being self-critical and mean to ourselves when we make a mistake.     2     These negative responses are related to depression, stress and reduced quality of life.

A 2017 study found people who practice self-compassion tend to handle stress better. Their bodies have less of a stress response when, for example, they meet with difficulties at work or school.     3     Let’s say they do poorly on a geometry test. Self-compassion helps them use the experience to make changes going forward, like seeking out a math tutor.

    4     We can start with mindfulness. First of all, practice observing our thoughts — are they understanding or critical? Don’t judge ourselves too severely then. Rather than getting caught up in how we could have done better, forgive ourselves and think about what to change while remaining respectful, and loving to ourselves.     5     We can read a novel, play a musical instrument or kick around a soccer ball with friends.

With practice, we can learn to treat ourselves with kindness and unconditional love — not tough love.

A．So how do we develop self-compassion?

B．It may be more effective to be kind to yourself.

C．It includes letting go of your strict self-criticism.

D．Mindfulness is the key to practicing self-compassion.

E．But this approach does not make us feel or perform better.

F．They have more confidence to look for areas where they can improve.

G．Also, show ourselves kindness in ways that nourish (滋养) our spirit and body.

8 . They say you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. But when it comes to tackling a tricky task, researchers have found that getting angry can also be a powerful motivator.

The experiments suggest people who are angry perform better on a set of challenging tasks than those who are emotionally neutral.

The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, details how researchers at Texas A&M University conducted experiments involving more than 1,000 people, and analysed survey data from more than 1,400 people to explore the possible impact of anger on people in various circumstances.

In one experiment, students were shown images previously found to cause anger, desire, amusement, sadness or no particular emotion at all. Participants were subsequently asked to solve a series of anagrams (变形词).

The results reveal that for a challenging set of anagrams, those who were angry did better — although no difference was seen for easy anagrams.

The researchers say one explanation could be down to a link between anger and greater persistence (坚持), with the team finding those who were angry spent more time on the difficult set of anagrams.

In another experiment, participants who were angry did better at avoiding flags in a skiing video game than those who were neutral or sad, and were on a par with (同水平) those who felt amusement or desire.

“This pattern could indicate that general physical arousal (激起) had a benefit for game scores, as this would be greater in anger, amused, and desire conditions compared to the sad and neutral conditions,” the researchers write. However, no such differences in performance was found when it came to an easier video game.

“People often prefer to use positive emotions as tools more than negative and tend to see negative emotions as undesirable,” said Lench, the first author of the study. “Our research adds to the growing evidence that a mix of positive and negative emotions promotes wellbeing, and that using negative emotions as tools can be particularly effective in some situations.”

1. What tasks did the researchers set for the students?

A．Catching flies with honey.

B．Helping analyze survey data.

C．Putting tasks into different categories.

D．Performing tasks in various emotional states.

2. Why does anger enable people to perform better on challenging tasks?

A．It brings team spirit into full play.

B．It promotes a deep insight into the tasks.

C．It increases effort toward attaining a goal.

D．It changes challenging tasks into easy ones.

3. What are paragraphs 7 and 8 mainly about?

A．Research result consistent with previous findings.

B．Potential application of the research finding.

C．A further explanation of the research method.

D．A reasonable doubt about the research process.

4. What does Lench intend to do in the last paragraph?

A．To present more proofs.	B．To draw a conclusion.
C．To make a comparison.	D．To criticize old practices.

9 . One of the cores of emotional intelligence is self-regulation, an important skill in the workplace. Like any skill, mastery of emotional self-control requires intentionality and practice.     1    .

Pause to Mentally Distance

When you notice your typical physiological experiences associated with strong negative emotion, what should you do? Mentally step out of your immediate experience. Asking yourself any question, or imagining what you might look like to others right now, will do the trick. At that point, although still physiologically keyed up, you will be able to ask yourself, “What is the best course of action right now?” or “What advice would I give someone else who is in my shoes?”     2    .

Take Control of Your Self-Talk

We’re frequently unaware of how much self-chatter is going on in the background of our minds. Such self-talk might not be in fully articulated (铰接式的) words or phrases, but instead little flashes of thought. Becoming aware of your self-talk can be difficult. Why is this an important skill to develop?     3    . To genuinely ease a strong negative emotion requires tackling the source by examining the underlying belief and how accurate, reasonable, or useful it is.

Seek Support from Partners

Ask others you trust to help you recognize when your emotions seem to be getting the best of you.     4    . Agree on a gesture or word that might serve as a signal that your trusted individual wonders whether you’re riding the led-by-your-limbic-system train. Of course, there will be times they’re wrong. So, it’s important not to respond defensively when you get that signal. Reacting with anything other than gratitude ensures that your partner won’t take that risk again.

Cultivate (培养) Curiosity

Our brains are wired to draw conclusions and form judgments at lightning speed, and those are frequently the cause of our negative emotions.     5    , but we tend to run with them, sparking the self-talk that follows. Generally working to be more curious about other people’s experiences, including their self-identified motives for their behavior, helps avoid making hasty judgments.

A．They are comfortable with all emotions

B．Those judgments are not necessarily accurate

C．Doing so provides you with choices as to how to act

D．Explain your developmental goals and sincerely ask for help

E．Stay focused on coming up with an answer and following through on it

F．Because it is those background beliefs that fuel our emotional responses

G．Here are four ways you can develop greater emotional self-management

10 . 每年的 12 月 5日是国际志愿者日(International Volunteer Day)。作为校志愿者协会(School Volunteer Association)主席，请你用英语在志愿者日发表国旗下讲话，内容包括：

1. 向校志愿者表示感谢；

2. 志愿服务的好处；

3. 发出呼吁。

注意: 1. 词数 80 左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear teachers and schoolmates,

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