1. How does Alina look to the man?
| A．Upset. | B．Curious. | C．Delighted. |
| A．A little girl. | B．An old lady. | C．A boy. |
2 . Some people mistakenly think that some people are born emotionally strong while others are not, but that is totally wrong. The truth is that emotional strength can be built by anybody. Below are some of the important suggestions.
·Learn to face a serious problem
What do you do when you face a serious problem?
·Surround yourself with positive energy
·Know better about yourself
If you were anxious to receive positive comments and got a negative remark instead, then you will feel really bad.
·Give up limiting beliefs
Limiting beliefs like “I can’t do it, I’m a loser…” do not only make you psychologically weak but can also make your life unhappy. If you believe you can’t achieve some important goals in your life, you won’t try to fight for them.
| A．Most often success does not happen at the first attempt. |
| B．Do you try to keep yourself busy in order to forget about it? |
| C．The more you demand acceptance, the more you will get easily hurt. |
| D．It isn’t unusual to see someone struggle to become stronger emotionally. |
| E．Family and friends who bring positive energy is a necessity to one’s life. |
| F．It is better to learn and try to forgive others, even though it may feel hard. |
3 . Everyone feels anxious or nervous at times. Feelings like these can surface when you face a challenge.
●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.
●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.
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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.
| 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. |
It's a feeling we all get at some point or another. It’s the feeling of low self-confidence, a defeatist attitude and regret. Admitting to the feeling isn’t easy, and sometimes you may not even know it's affecting you, but no matter what the case, it has to be taken care of. To deal with it, you need to know how. These tips appear to be simple, but you need to think of how they apply to you.
Stop saying “I should have ...” It’s so important to learn from our past and recognize where we went wrong, but you will never be able to feel good about yourself if you’re constantly counting those mistakes. Perhaps you really messed up and lost your friends for certain reasons that were totally preventable. Now you’re feeling there’s a hole in your life because you know something is missing. Rather than dwelling on the reason why something happened and what could have been, find a way to make new friends and surround yourself with people who love you for who you are now.
Remember that there’s no such thing as “Perfect”. You’ll always be a work in progress, as will every single person on this earth. The key is to use that to your advantage. You may be learning a new language and feel you’re really getting the hang of it one day and the next you can’t remember a single thing about what you learned the day before. That’s okay. If you accept this truth and start clearing the chimney of negative thoughts such as “I’m not good enough” and “I shouldn't try again because I’ll fail”, you will feel better.
Stay hungry, stay foolish. Challenge yourself to take chances, to create and to explore who you are. This means not always taking yourself so seriously. You’ll find yourself stumbling upon some of the greatest discoveries in your life by accident rather than by design.
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5 . Why do people seek out information about an ex's new relationships, read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans are born with the need to resolve uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will seek to avoid their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will hurt.
In a series of four experiments, the students were tested on their willingness to expose themselves to disgusting stimuli（刺激物）in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one trial, each participant was shown a pile of pens, half of which would deliver an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-seven students were informed of the exact pens; another 27 were told only that some were electrified. When left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and brought more shocks than the students who knew what would happen. The following experiments copied this effect with other stimuli, such as the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.
The drive to discover is deeply-rooted in humans, just like the basic drive for food, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago, a co-author of the paper. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct（本能）—it can lead to new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such inquiry can backfire. “The insight that curiosity can drive you to do self-destructive things is a profound one,” says George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and phychology at Carnegie Mellon University who has pioneered the scientific study of curiosity.
Morbid（病态的）curiosity is possible to resist however. In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to predict how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to choose to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the outcome of following through on one's curiosity ahead of time can help determine whether it is worth the risk. “Thinking about long term consequences is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity,” Hsee says. In other words, don't red online comments.
1. Why do people read negative internet comments according to the passage?| A．To broaden the horizon. | B．To ease their pain. |
| C．To preserve their reputation. | D．To satisfy their curiosity. |
| A．Giving examples. | B．Describing facts. |
| C．Making comparisons. | D．Explaining causes. |
| A．Add fuel to the fire. | B．Cause a sudden explosion. |
| C．Produce an opposite effect. | D．Provide approval and support. |
| A．By predicting potential outcomes. |
| B．By participating in more experiments. |
| C．By reading negative online comments. |
| D．By considering the positive consequences. |
6 . We tend to receive a lot of free advice in our daily lives. When our oldest daughter was living at home before she got married, she had so much advice for us that she became our life coach. Because our life coach was engaged and about to marry, she was reading book after book on marriage and relationships. She had not yet been in a marriage, but she was nearly an expert on the subject.
Our life coach is now married and extremely busy coaching a family of her own. She doesn’t have much time for coaching us, but one of her daughters recently took over that responsibility.
The child is concerned that her grandpa sleeps late many days. She is too young to have read any books on flexible schedules being one of the great parts of retirement and believes my husband and I need to keep the same schedule. I explain that her grandpa and I have different circadian rhythms (生物周期节律), which are patterns of sleep and wakefulness in relationship to light and darkness. He has always been a night owl, and I have always been an early morning person.
Mini-coach also has it in her head that I should get her grandpa on the same schedule I am on. I did not tell her there are some who believe slightly different schedules may be the key to a happy marriage for fear she would report me to her mother our former life coach.
Mini-coach has advised me to set every clock in the house ahead by one minute so Grandpa will think it is later than it is and get up earlier. “Then each week, you should set every clock ahead by another minute,” she says. Mini-coach has not done the math because using that method could take four years to bring his schedule to match mine.
We take our coaching into consideration. We are happy that someone takes an interest in us and even happier that we don’t have to pay for free advice.
1. Why did the author consider her oldest daughter their life coach?| A．She had a wide range of knowledge. |
| B．She was an expert on relationships. |
| C．She dealt with her marriage very. |
| D．She was keen on giving them advice. |
| A．She was asked by her mother to do so. |
| B．She was worried about her grandpa. |
| C．She wanted more attention from hey grandparents. |
| D．She wanted her grandparents to get on well. |
| A．She has a habit of working late |
| B．She enjoys the love from her family. |
| C．She dislikes it when people offer her advice. |
| D．She’ll help her husband adjust his schedule. |
