1 . It is natural for us teenagers to feel upset.
•Move your body.
•Talk about it.
•Laugh a lot.
Humour can rescue you from an upset moment or make you feel better when you’re in an unpleasant mood. No matter what’s going on, the ability to laugh at yourself and your situation is really important.
•Cry — it’s okay!
Sometimes the only way to get out of your feelings is to cry — so go ahead! Shut yourself in your room and cry your eyes out! No one says you have to be happy all the time.
| A．Why not pack up your suitcase and take a trip? |
| B．We can’t say enough good things about exercise. |
| C．But still we should find ways to manage our feelings. |
| D．So smile at whatever is happening and choose to be happy. |
| E．And do you know just smiling can help better your mood? |
| F．When you are done, you’ll be ready to face the world again. |
| G．Don’t hold in all those feelings until you are ready to explode. |
2 . Do you think you need to shout at yourself to force yourself to finish your homework? If so, think again.
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.
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.
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. |
1. How does Nancy look to Daniel?
| A．Confused. | B．Excited. | C．Anxious. |
| A．To comfort Nancy. | B．To express his regret. | C．To show his pride. |
| A．Take a school test. | B．Have a check-up. | C．Go in for a competition. |
| A．Rewrite her lines. | B．Drive her to the theatre. | C．Help her with the practice. |
4 . How to deal with frustration
From time to time terrible things occur. When something awful happens in our life, we always feel sorry for ourselves and it is natural to fall into a negative feeling of frustration.
When you feel frustrated by life it can be hard to feel thankful for the blessings in your life.
Another lesson of positive psychology is that your own problems are often relieved when you make an effort to help others. When you’re volunteering your time, doing random acts of kindness, or simply trying to make a positive difference in the lives of others, your brain will produce more dopamine(多巴胺), which gives you a sense of pleasure.
Finally, I am sure you have heard the old saying, “
| A．Don’t judge a book by its cover. |
| B．The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. |
| C．But that is when you need to feel grateful the most. |
| D．You should set aside some “me time” to rest and restore. |
| E．It hurts us and keeps us from making the proper decisions. |
| F．You can actually relieve your own frustration by doing others a favor. |
| G．The most practical way to feel grateful is to start a gratitude journal. |
5 . Childhood should be full of friends, play, and happiness. But when children are
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| A．sad | B．afraid | C．lonely | D．angry |
| A．need | B．offer | C．lend | D．give |
| A．lessons | B．happiness | C．standard | D．subjects |
| A．allow | B．persuade | C．train | D．direct |
| A．ability | B．chance | C．guide | D．course |
| A．gradually | B．originally | C．finally | D．specially |
| A．focused on | B．depended on | C．stuck to | D．consisted of |
| A．classic | B．typical | C．various | D．positive |
| A．example | B．surprise | C．success | D．conclusion |
| A．apply | B．practice | C．contain | D．adapt |
| A．desire | B．image | C．concern | D．beauty |
| A．hosted | B．acted | C．come | D．put |
| A．limited | B．located | C．distracted | D．increased |
| A．recognize | B．measure | C．advocate | D．confirm |
| A．phenomenon | B．environment | C．qualification | D．relationship |
6 . For all the talk of helicopter parents and their snowflake children, most parents I know are more concerned with whether their children’s development would be considered normal by experts than whether they are raising a prodigy (天才).
When the teen years arrive, the “Is it normal?” instinct can go into overdrive. Adolescence is marked by many changes, including ones that manifest(显示)physically and, their more challenging counterpart, ones that manifest emotionally. The moods and deep feelings are intense, and make many helicopter parents in a state of extreme panic.
But difficult feelings are often not a cause for concern, according to psychologist Lisa Damour in her new book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents. Not only are sadness and worrying healthy and natural parts of being a teenager, but the ability to experience these feelings(without a parent panicking)and to learn how to cope with them is developmentally necessary.
There is a lot of commercial marketing around wellness that can give people the impression that they are only mentally healthy or their kids are mentally healthy if they are feeling good, calm or relaxed. This is not an accurate definition of mental health. Mental distress is not only inevitable—it is part of mental health and experiencing it is part of how kids grow and mature.
There are many other healthy ways kids regulate emotions besides talking. Listening to mood-matching music is a very adaptive way to regulate as the experience of listening to the music catalyzes the emotion out of them. Teenagers also discharge emotions physically—by going through a run, jumping on a trampoline or banging on drums. Sometimes they will discharge them through creative channels like drawing or making music.
As adults, we should not diminish the value of emotional expression that brings relief, even if it doesn’t come in the verbal form to which we are most accustomed. Don’t join in because what we ultimately want is for our teens to become autonomous in dealing with their hard feelings.
1. Why do many helicopter parents feel alarmed in their children’s adolescence?| A．They are eager to raise a genius. |
| B．They are concerned about their children’s safety. |
| C．They can’t accept children’s physical changes. |
| D．They are anxious about their children’s mental development. |
| A．It is all about good feelings. |
| B．It means having the ability to handle hardships. |
| C．It contributes to kids’ growing up. |
| D．It refers to a person’s positive qualities. |
| A．To confirm bad feelings are sure to be gone. |
| B．To encourage parents to give a helping hand. |
| C．To show kids can tackle hard feelings themselves. |
| D．To clarify the definition of mental health. |
| A．Helicopter Parents: You Can Be More Self- reliant. |
| B．Commercial Marketing: A Magical Trick |
| C．Snowflake Children: You Are Promising |
| D．Hard Feelings: A Sign of Teenagers Mental Health |
7 . Tricks To Becoming A Patient Person
Here’s a riddle: What do traffic jams, long lines and waiting for a vacation to start all have in common? There is one answer.
In the Digital Age, we’re used to having what we need immediately and right at our fingertips. However, research suggests that if we practiced patience, we’d be a whole lot better off. Here are several tricks.
●Practice gratitude (感激)
Thankfulness has a lot of benefits: Research shows it makes us happier, less stressed and even more optimistic.
● Make yourself wait
Instant gratification (满足) may seem like the most “feel good” option at the time, but psychology research suggests waiting for things actually makes us happier in the long run. And the only way for us to get into the habit of waiting is to practice.
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So many of us have the belief that being comfortable is the only state we will tolerate, and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. You should learn to say to yourself, “
| A．Find your causes |
| B．Start with small tasks |
| C．Accept the uncomfortable |
| D．All this adds up to a state of hurry |
| E．It can also help us practice more patience |
| F．This is merely uncomfortable, not intolerable |
| G．They’re all situations where we could use a little extra patience |
8 . In the course of a lifetime, people will experience regrets both large and small. These regrets can lead to motivation for personal growth or they can take you down a pathway to depression and self-punishment.
Apologize for mistakes. You may find it helpful to apologize to people who you may have hurt. An apology can be particularly important if your regrets are centered on conflicts in relationships that have caused emotional suffering. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to accept your apology.
Try to forgive yourself. There are somethings that you are not able to make right or change from your past. In these cases, it’s important to learn how to forgive yourself. You need to realize that we all have regrets and accept that what’s done is done. Never take all of the guilt and blame on yourself.
Consider seeking help. If you find yourself stuck in a repeating cycle of self-blame and negative thinking, you may need to reach out to a mental health professional for support.
| A．Learn from your regret. |
| B．Ask yourself some questions. |
| C．How regrets are dealt with counts a lot. |
| D．Instead, treat yourself as you would treat a friend. |
| E．You can also talk to other people with similar regrets. |
| F．But it can help to ease the tension and relieve your stress. |
| G．You should give yourself time to recover from a past regret. |
9 . COVID-19 changed a lot—how we socialized, where we went, and even what work looked like. A new study shows the pandemic (流行病) may have changed our personalities as well.
Psychologists have long believed that a person’s characters stayed pretty much the same, even in the wake of stressful events. But by looking at pre-pandemic levels of neuroticism (神经质), extraversion (外向), openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness (勤奋而细心) and comparing that to data collected in 2021 and 2022, researchers found clear personality changes among the United States population.
“The pandemic was an opportunity to see how a collective stressful event may impact personality,” said lead study author Angelina Sutin, a professor of medicine at Florida State University.
Extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness all declined in the US population in the years following the start of the pandemic, particularly in young adults, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.
Why were younger adults more impacted? We don’t know for sure, Sutin said, but there are theories. “Personality is less stable in young adults. Then at the same time, the pandemic disturbed what young adults are supposed to be doing. They’re supposed to be in school or starting their careers. Then, everything was changed. However, the results didn’t hold true for each person.”
Researchers examined the data through the five-factor model, which hypothesizes (提出假说) that the various personality characters can come down to five important qualities: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness.
Over the entire population they examined, researchers found a declining trend in neuroticism in 2020, but the changes were small. Once they took 2021 and 2022 data into account, researchers saw a more significant decrease in extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Neuroticism also increased over this time. That is especially significant considering how important those characters are, Sutin said. For example, conscientiousness is important for academic and work outcomes, as well as relationship and physical health, she added.
1. How do researchers get their study results?| A．By comparing data collected in different periods. |
| B．By collecting data from different people. |
| C．By making experiments in a university. |
| D．By building a five-factor model. |
| A．Personality is more stable in old adults. |
| B．The study results hold true for every person. |
| C．Younger adults are less impacted during the pandemic. |
| D．American people are more likely to be influenced. |
| A．Neuroticism. | B．Extraversion. |
| C．Openness. | D．Conscientiousness. |
| A．Pandemic Has a Great Impact on People’s Life |
| B．Young Adults Adapted Quickly During the Pandemic |
| C．Different Personality Characters Influence Social Relationships |
| D．People Experienced Personality Changes During the Pandemic |
10 . I liked being a mess. My desk was always surrounded with bowls of food grain, yogurt and old magazines. My floor was full of sweaters, stuffed animals, socks, shoes… I couldn’t always see these things, but I knew that they were safe, lying somewhere.
One day in August, all of my friends and family members were doing their own businesses. I told my mom that I didn’t know what to do and she advised me to clean my room. When I opened the door to my bedroom, everything was in its usual messy arrangement. I became aware of the moldy (发霉的) smell and noticed a spider (蜘蛛) on top of my mirror. I suddenly felt terrible for everything in my room that I had buried and had an urge to make them reappear.
In a box buried under old textbooks, I found a letter that my grandfather had written me at camp. I remembered my dad rocking me to sleep the night Grandfather died, and how the tears wouldn’t stop. Tears began to roll down my cheeks again.
In the drawer next to my bed, I found a friendship watchband from my childhood best friend, Aubrey, who had given it to me before she moved to California. I had lost so many precious childhood memories over time, letting them slip (溜走) away into the tide like grains of sand.
Under my bed I even found that picture of my mom and me in Jamaica. I stared at that girl, hardly able to recognize this person who had drowned in the mess of my room so many years before. I decided to completely re-organize and clean my room so that all the books, belts and baskets were in their right place. It was like finding the missing pieces of the puzzle.
The finishing touch was framing that photo and hanging it high up on my wall. After all, it was me I had been searching for.
1. Paragraph 1 is mainly about the author’s ________.| A．regular study habits | B．disorganized lifestyle |
| C．unusual hobbies | D．busy life |
| A．Frightened | B．Upset | C．Ashamed | D．Excited |
| A．Her mom loved her very much. | B．It was important to find her place. |
| C．She had lost many fond memories. | D．Friendship didn’t change over time. |
| A．Thinking of the past | B．Tidying up the room. |
| C．Recognizing old photos. | D．Reading letters from friends. |
