1 . While often seen as a negative (消极的) emotion, anger can also be a powerful motivator (促进因素) for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

“People often believe that a state of happiness is perfect,” said lead author Heather Lench, PhD, a professor in the department of psychologcal and brain sciences at Texas A & M University, “but previous research suggests that a mix of emotions, including negative emotions like anger, results in good outcomes.”

The functionalist theory of emotion suggests that all emotions, good or bad, are reactions to events within a person’s environment and help that person to make proper actions, according to Lench. For example, sadness may suggest that a person needs to seek help or emotional support, while anger may indicate a person needs to take action to overcome an obstacle (障碍).

To better understand the role of anger in achieving goals, researchers conducted a series of experiments involving more than 1,000 participants and analyzed survey data from more than 1,400 respondents. In each experiment, participants either had an emotional response (such as anger, amusement, desire or sadness) or a neutral (中性的) emotional state, and then were presented with a challenging goal. Across all the experiments, anger improved people’s ability to reach their goals compared with a neutral condition in a variety of challenging situations.

“Our research adds to the growing evidence that a mix of positive and negative emotions promotes well-being, and that using negative emotions as tools can be particularly effective in some situations,” Lench said.

1. What is commonly believed concerning people’s emotions?

A．It is believed that a state of joy is great.

B．A feeling of sadness leads to poor effect.

C．Anger is actually a positive emotion.

D．Pride acts as an obstacle to success.

2. Why did researchers do a seres of experiments?

A．They hoped to overturn the previous findings.

B．They hoped to prove that a state of happiness is ideal.

C．They hoped to find the relationship between positive and negative emotions.

D．They hoped to have a better understanding of the role of anger in attaining goals.

3. What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The problem of the research.	B．The background of the research.
C．The process of the research.	D．The significance of the research.

4. What’s Lench’s attitude to their research?

A．Skeptical.

B．Favorable.

C．Uncaring.

D．Critical.

2 . Are you someone who easily gets tired and doesn’t feel like doing anything? Do you label this kind of behavior as mere laziness?     1    

Feel disconnected from everything.

People experiencing exhaustion most commonly don’t feel like themselves anymore, don’t feel engaged by anything and constantly struggle with the sense of helplessness and inability to take back control of their lives.

Used to be motivated and passionate.

A clear difference between someone who’s worn out and someone who’s lazy is that the tired people used to have things they were passionate about.     2     And even hate doing anything because of how much they overworked themselves.

Become moody and annoyed.

Do you suddenly find yourself easily angry?     3     If you start to have trouble controlling your emotions, especially when it never used to be a problem for you, this might be the reason why.

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One of the warning signs is that you start neglecting your self-care and socially keep away from others. You stop making an effort to dress up yourself or look good and you tend to spend most of your time by yourself doing nothing.

Changes happen gradually.

Studies show that exhaustion develops in five major stages, according to degrees of severity. The honeymoon phase, the onset of stress, chronic stress, exhaustion and habitual exhaustion. By the time you reach the final stage, exhaustion will make you suffer from depression and anxiety.     5    

A．Ignore your self-care.

B．Focus on warning signs.

C．Do you often feel emotionally out of control?

D．So it’s important to raise awareness about exhaustion.

E．But the lazy people don’t ever devote themselves to things.

F．However, they may now be struggling to find interest in anything.

G．Here are five signs to show you’re experiencing exhaustion rather than laziness.

3 . How to Overcome Fear

Everyone experiences fear sometimes. Fear can actually help keep you safe by alerting you to potentially dangerous situations.     1     . Fortunately, there are things you can do to address your fears and minimize the impact it has on you.

    2    . It is quite normal to fear. However, when fears begin to take over your life and affect your functioning, they become a problem. Reflect on your fears and notice how much they affect your life.

Realize that it’s okay to have fears. Fear is an adaptive function that prolongs our lives. Fear triggers a “fight-or-flight” response, which readies our bodies to take action in order to protect ourselves.

Understand your triggers. Is it something obvious, like the sight of a snake on a trail? Figure out everything that triggers your fear.     3    .

Imagine the outcome you desire. Now that you better understand your fear, think about what exactly you want to change.     4    . How do you feel?

Practice engaging with the fear. The power to label your emotions is beneficial for self-understanding and emotional intelligence.

Make your fear a source of fascination. Try to re-frame your fear in a positive light and acknowledge the thrill it can offer. When you start seeing fear as a source of energy, you might even embrace its role in your life.     5    . Once the discomfort of the initial wave of fear passes, examine it more closely to see what you can learn.

A．However, there are times when fear runs overwhelming and disturbs your daily life

B．Start seeing fear as an opportunity

C．Recognize when fears become overwhelming

D．The more you can know about your fear, the better

E．Think about yourself experiencing life without your fear

F．Figure out exactly what power your fear has over your mind and behavior

G．Acknowledge what comes up with no attachment to “good” or “bad”

4 . Kyra Peralte thought keeping a diary during the pandemic (流行病) might help her sort out her feelings. In April 2020, the mother of two in Montclair, New Jersey, now 46, started writing about the challenges of work, marriage and motherhood during a global crisis. She invited women from near and far to fill the notebook with their own pandemic tales.She named the project The Traveling Diary.

Peralte created a website for people to add their names to the queue. Each person gets to keep the diary for three days and fill as many pages as she wishes. Then she is responsible for mailing it to the next person, whose address Peralte provides. So far, more than 2, 000 women from 30 countries have joined in.

The diary reached Colleen Martin in Florham Park, New Jersey, in November 2020. “I had just recently lost my brother. By the time I actually got it and wrote in it, it was much more of a relief,” she says. Adding to the diary, she says, helped her look for meaning and “the growth and development that occurs in terrible times.”

Martin shipped off the diary to the next person, and Dior Sarr, 35, received it at her home in Toronto just before the new year. “I wrote about my ambitions(抱负), my goals and how I wanted to step into the new year, ” she says, “It felt meaningful to pass on something so personal. It felt like these were women that I had known even though I didn’t know them at all.”

Like many of the women who wrote in her diary, Peralte feels a strong bond with the people who filled its pages, none of whom she would have otherwise known. Her idea, Peralte says, has had a great effect on her and, she hopes, the other women who were part of it.

1. Why did Peralte start the project “The Traveling Diary”?

A．To become famous online.

B．To offer women an emotion outlet.

C．To meet more people on the Internet.

D．To popularize medical knowledge of pandemic.

2. What did Colleen Martin get from writing the diary?

A．Achieving her goals.

B．Receiving timely help.

C．Promoting personal growth.

D．Improving her writing skills.

3. What does the underlined word“bond” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Connection.	B．Competition.
C．Impression.	D．Need.

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

A．The Power of Unity

B．Warmth in a Global Crisis

C．The Sisterhood of the Traveling Diary

D．Friendship on the Internet

5 . Most of us spend a lot of time inside our own mind—worrying about the future and focusing on the parts of life that leave us dissatisfied. Although they are common, negative or unwanted thoughts can prevent you from enjoying experiences, distract you from focusing on what’s important, and drain your energy.     1     The good news is that with practice, you can replace negative thinking patterns with helpful thoughts. Try these four ways to manage your negative thoughts:

    2     Our minds may convince us of something that isn’t really true. These misleading thoughts intensify negative thinking. If you can recognize them, you can learn to challenge them.

Take a break from negative thoughts. It is possible to learn how to separate from negative thoughts.     3     Then take a break from focusing on them and move on with your day.

Release judgment. We all judge ourselves and others, usually unconsciously. Constantly doing those leads to dissatisfaction. Be able to let go of judgment, and you will feel more relieved. Some ways to decrease judgmental thoughts include recognizing your own reaction, observing it, and then letting it go. Another helpful technique is to “positive judge.”     4    

Focus on your strengths.     5     If you find yourself trapped with negativity, take a moment to smile and think about something you like about yourself.

A．They can also make you feel anxious and depressed.

B．The more you can focus on your strengths, the easier it will be to feel positive about yourself.

C．Recognize inaccurate thoughts.

D．Always give others positive comments.

E．When noticing you are negatively judging a person or yourself, observe positive qualities, too.

F．One way to do this is to allow yourself a certain amount of time with the thoughts.

G．Taking a break from negative thoughts is a little difficult.

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was in 7th grade when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was very sudden and unexpected for our family and obviously I was beaten. I tried my best to balance my first year of middle school and my home life, even if I knew this was impossible. I hated coming home from school every day for fear of what I would see when I got home. I hated seeing my mom sick all the time; she was not herself and all I wanted was for her to stop treatment and get better. Luckily, I had lots of support from my family, friends, and teachers during this hard time to help get me through it.

At the beginning of the year, I was determined to stay on track with my homework and studying and get through my first year at middle school successfully. Slowly, I started to become more distracted while at home with taking care of my mom, cleaning the house and helping my grandma cook our meals. While I was at school, I could escape and put my mom’s sickness in the back of my mind while I hung out with my friends and enjoyed playing. I noticed that my quiz and test grades were increasingly getting worse, but I never brought this to the attention of my mom because I did not want to worry her. Eventually, all of my grades were lower than C’s.

I knew that I was not doing well at school, and I needed to get my grades back up. I knew that a lot of my teachers were cutting me some unimportant work because they knew what was happening at home. Ms. Zazoski, my English teacher was the most supportive teacher that I have ever had and I am so glad that I was in her class that year.

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1. 续写词数应为150左右;
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One day my teacher had me stay after school to have a talk with her.

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That was the motivation that I needed to improve my grades.

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7 . Procrastination is the act of putting off tasks until the last minute, or past their deadline.

For many students, getting a task that is due in two months is a great thing. They have two months to slowly work on the task, making necessary improvements all along the way.     1     Some students plan to get to work on that task, but they never get around to it. Then, the due date rolls around and those students have to work all night to meet the deadline the next morning.

    2     Many jobs are lost because a worker did not get to the work in time. Deadlines are missed because a business plan wasn’t given enough consideration early on. These things cost businesses large amounts of money in lost productivity.

What is at the root of all of this procrastination? Some might say that it is laziness, but it is really just a problem with mindset (心态).     3    

It is difficult to stop this terrible habit.     4     By doing that, you would be changing the way your mind processes work. As a hypnotherapist (催眠师), I have used hypnosis to stop people from smoking and keep them away from stress. I find that it is an effective solution for procrastination as well.

    5     They think that it is just like the dull shows on television. That’s not what hypnosis is about, though. Hypnosis is really about changing a person’s basic senses so that their thinking is changed. This sounds like a perfect way to deal with procrastination, doesn’t it?

A．That is how it is supposed to be done.

B．For many people, it has become a habit.

C．It takes a long time to truly change your ways.

D．Procrastination is a problem that usually affects students.

E．Procrastination can be found in the working world as well.

F．If it does, you probably have a problem with procrastination.

G．Many people don’t even consider hypnosis as a treatment option.

8 . Everyone feels anxious or nervous at times. Feelings like these can surface when you face a challenge.     1     You might feel anxious when it’s your turn to speak in class. These feelings can be uncomfortable, but you can manage with the help of the following tips.

●Start with a growth mindset (思想倾向).

Some people have a fixed mindset. They might think, “This is how I am. I get anxious before speaking in class. So I don’t raise my hand.” With a fixed mindset, people don’t think things can change. But people with a growth mindset know they can get better at just about everything — with effort and practice.     2    

●Notice what anxiety feels like for you.

Get to know the body feelings that are part of anxiety. When you’re anxious, do you feel “butterflies”? Shaky hands? A faster heartbeat? Know that these feelings are part of the body’s normal response to a challenge.     3     Next time they happen, try to notice the feelings without getting upset. Accept them and let them be there.

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When you’re anxious, it’s common to tell yourself things like, “I can’t do this.” Or “What if I mess this up?” Instead, tell yourself something that could help you face the moment with a bit of courage, “It’s OK to feel anxious. I can do this anyway.” It’s facing the anxiety that helps you manage it. This is called exposure.

Learning to cope with anxiety takes time and patience. Most of all, it takes practice and willingness to face it. It starts with one small step.     5    

A．Give it all of your attention.

B．That includes dealing with anxiety.

C．Talk yourself through anxiety and face it.

D．They’re not harmful and they fade on their own.

E．It can help you “reset” and be ready to move forward.

F．For example, you might feel nervous before taking big exams.

G．The more you practice, the better you’ll get at managing anxiety.

9 . Roberta Drury, a 32-year-old woman who was the youngest of the 10 Black people killed at a Buffalo supermarket, was remembered at her funeral Saturday for her love for family and friends.

“Robbie,” as she was called, grew up in the Syracuse area and moved to Buffalo a decade ago to take care of her brother in his fight against leukemia (白血病). She was shot to death May 14 on a trip to buy groceries at the Tops Friendly Market targeted by the white gunman.

“There are no words to fully express the depth and breadth of this tragedy,” Friar Nicholas Spano, parochial vicar (牧师) of Assumption Church in Syracuse, said during the service. “Last Saturday, May 14, our corner of the world was changed forever,” he said. “Lives ended. Dreams shattered and our state was plunged into mourning.”

“Robbie always says Hi to neighbors when she saw them, always making sure they felt noticed and loved,” her sister, Amanda, told the Associated Press by text before the service. “She was that light that shone through whatever darkness might have been present,” Spano said. He said mourners would remember Drury’s “kindness ... love for family and friends, her perseverance, her tenacity (顽强), and most of all, that smile that could light up a room.”

Drury is the second shooting victim to be praised.

Tops was encouraging people to join its stores in a moment of silence to honor the shooting victims Saturday at 2: 30 p.m., the approximate time of the attack a week earlier. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown also called for 123 seconds of silence from 2: 28 p. m. to 2: 31 p.m., followed by the ringing of church bells 13 times throughout the city to honor the 10 people killed and three wounded.

A candlelight memorial was planned at the Buffalo supermarket in the evening.

1. What do we know about Roberta Drury?

A．She was a priest of local church.

B．She was shot on the way to work at Tops Friendly Market.

C．She was missed by her families and community.

D．She moved to Buffalo because of her father.

2. What is the meaning of Spano’s words in paragraph 3?

A．His community has changed a lot recently.

B．Many people’s dreams were ended by a shooting incident.

C．The official mourning was unprepared.

D．The shooting incident was totally a disaster for local people.

3. What is the date of the moment of silence to honor the shooting victims?

A．May 21.

B．May 14.

C．May 15.

D．May 22.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A life story of Roberta Drury and other victims.

B．The memorial to Drury and other victims in a shooting incident.

C．Drury’s important position in her community.

D．Drury’s merits.

10 . Everyone has their own way of dealing with heartbreak. Some turn to friends for support, some turn to TV streaming services and some turn to ice cream and sweets. But what if you could check yourself into a retreat for a long weekend of “therapy (心理治疗)” as well as scenic views, all with the purpose of healing your broken heart?

The Heartbreak Hotel, run by counseling psychologist Alice Haddon, is offering just that. Launched in late 2021, the residential retreats, specifically designed for women, are held at Barsham Barns, a private home located on the coast of UK county Norfolk.

The Heartbreak Hotel was dreamed up by Haddon, who had taken a break after the death of her mother, and found herself rethinking the way that therapy is conducted traditionally. Through her personal experience, Haddon realized that there were few services available for women struggling to overcome different types of heartbreak. She began exploring the possibility of a new concept in therapy that could provide what women really needed.

With her friends on board, Haddon put together the hotel with an all-female team. “This space is really a recovery and self-discovery away from the heartbreak and towards a fresh start.”

“We have a specialist working on helping our guests who need professional support,” Haddon adds. “We also encourage our guests with similar experiences to sit together and talk, which we call a group therapy session.”

Aside from that, those who check in to The Heartbreak Hotel will also benefit from a menu of plant-based, heart-healing nutritious and delicious meals, as well as fireside gatherings and walks along some of Norfolk’s beautiful beaches.

According to Haddon, every guest may hold a different story. But whatever their reason for checking in might be, the team ultimately have the same aim for every heartbroken guest who walks through their doors. “Our mission at The Heartbreak Hotel is for our guests to leave feeling strong and free to act according to their own love values and needs,” says Haddon.

1. What does “that” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Support offered by friends.	B．TV streaming services.
C．Ice cream and sweets.	D．A retreat for therapy.

2. How did Haddon come up with the idea of The Heartbreak Hotel?

A．After she had a dream about the hotel.

B．After she experienced her mother’s death.

C．After she saw many women struggling.

D．After she joined in an all-female team.

3. What can be learned from the last two paragraphs?

A．The Heartbreak Hotel offers food which can help their guests in healing.

B．Guests of The Heartbreak Hotel like gathering at fireside to have meals.

C．There are many plants in The Heartbreak Hotel which can benefit their guests.

D．Every guest of The Heartbreak Hotel will leave feeling strong and free.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Haddon?

A．Kind and humorous.	B．Generous and curious.
C．Caring and understanding.	D．Pessimistic and grateful.