1 . Humans are emotional beings who experience all kinds of emotions. Living a joyful life doesn’t mean refusing painful emotions. Instead, it means developing a mindset (心态) that prefers a positive view of the world. At the same time, it means developing healthy ways to deal with difficult emotions.     1    

Joy strengthens relationships. When you have a positive attitude, you tend to approach the people in your life from a place of gratitude and love.    2     You also tend to appreciate the strengths in others, rather than focus on what you don’t like in that person.

Joy improves physical health.    3     According to a study in BMC Cancer, researchers found that happiness may protect against breast cancer. The same goes for heart disease, with a study from Psychosomatic Medicine suggesting that depression may be linked to coronary (冠状动脉) disease.

    4     According to Scientific American, happy people are open to all sorts of ideas, and people are more likely to come up with new ideas when they are in a good mood. This is because they tend to see the bigger picture, which, in turn, inspires greater imagination.

Joy creates more joy! When you surround yourself with positive people, you experience more happiness in your own life.    5     People who spend more time with cheerful friends are more likely to have a happier behavior. By spending more time with happy people, you may feel happier, which inspires even more joy in those you meet!

A．Joy promotes creativity.

B．Joy makes you more productive.

C．This helps others feel more valued.

D．In recent years, science continues to prove this.

E．Research shows that happiness spreads in social groups.

F．Here are some reasons why joy is a powerful life choice.

G．When you live joyfully, you may create better results in life.

2 . Sam is not happy today. He doesn’t do well in his English test this time. Now he is sitting alone in his room.

Seeing this, his grandmother comes and talks to him to make him feel good. She sits down next to Sam and gives him a pencil. Sam looks at his grandmother and doesn’t take it. “Things like this are only for students who do well. I don’t do well!” Sam says.

Sam’s grandmother says, “It’s not a present for you. I want you to learn something from it. The pencil is just like you. It gets a painful sharpening(痛苦的削磨), just like how you get the pain of not doing well in your test.”

“But it will help you be a good student. See, all the good things coming from the pencil are from itself. And you too will find something good in yourself. Finally just as the pencil will make its mark (痕迹) on the paper, you will also leave your mark on anything you choose to do. Just ‘sharpen’ yourself and do well next time!”

Sam feels good right away. He plans to make a change as his grandmother says.

1. Where does the grandmother talk to Sam?

A．In Sam’s school.

B．In Sam’s room.

C．Outside the house.

D．In a pencil shop.

2. How does Sam feel when his grandma gives him a pencil?

A．He believes it too small.	B．He hates pencils.
C．He thinks it a present.	D．He doesn’t like it.

3. What does Sam’s grandma use the pencil to tell him?

A．Sam can’t do well without, the pencil.

B．Work hard and do well next time.

C．The pencil can help him do better.

D．A sharpening pencil writes well.

4. What does Sam think of his grandmother’s idea?

A．Foolish.

B．Strange.

C．Interesting.

D．Helpful

3 . Like many people, public speaking once filled me with fear As a writer, I felt much more ________ expressing myself on the page, rather than on the ________. Strangely, I found that the feelings of ________ to be perfectly tolerable; ________, I was concerned with the ways that others would perceive my nervous energy. A slight change of ________, the unconscious biting of my lip — I assured that I’d be ________ for any nom-verbal signal that showed my lack of ________. I was experiencing anxiety about my anxiety—consequences that made the whole task feel much more ________.

You might have ________ this yourself before a job interview or important work meeting in front of senior colleagues. And the more you try to ________ your feelings, the more obvious they appear to others.

According to a striking new study, however, these concerns may be ________. Jamie Whitehouse, a research fellow at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, has shown that visible signs of stress are often ________, leaving others more likely to like us and treat us ________. If so, then we need not try so hard to ________ a calm-and-collected poker face, safe in the knowledge that people will relate well to our ________.

1.

A．anxious

B．comfortable

C．cautious

D．hesitant

2.

A．exam room

B．video call

C．stage center

D．teacher’s desk

3.

A．burden

B．loneliness

C．conflict

D．anxiety

4.

A．besides

B．instead

C．therefore

D．otherwise

5.

A．voice

B．appearance

C．attitude

D．routine

6.

A．paused

B．rejected

C．assessed

D．warned

7.

A．knowledge

B．experience

C．process

D．confidence

8.

A．astonishing

B．terrifying

C．pressing

D．confusing

9.

A．noticed

B．refreshed

C．mentioned

D．supposed

10.

A．permit

B．declare

C．hide

D．deserve

11.

A．practical

B．inaccurate

C．unpredictable

D．unnecessary

12.

A．appealing

B．annoying

C．frustrating

D．convincing

13.

A．warmly

B．apparently

C．curiously

D．casually

14.

A．remind

B．require

C．wander

D．maintain

15.

A．attention

B．expectation

C．emotions

D．appreciation

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Happiness does not appear to be associated with age, gender, race, or geographical location. Instead, it     1     (relate) to the feeling you have when you are self-satisfied. Researchers have found that happy people tend to be     2     (energy), decisive, flexible, creative, and sociable and tend to look at the brighter side of life, and are more willing to help those in need. Furthermore, happy people have high self-esteem and a sense of personal control, are optimistic, and enjoy social support—that is, they have a large circle of friends and often engage in rewarding social     3     (activity). An important factor     4     (affect) happiness is the tendency to compare one’s situation with     5     of other people. If you feel that you are struggling to make ends meet while everyone around you     6     (appear) to be living in comfort and     7     (secure), you will feel less joy and more stress. Indeed, surveys have shown that perceived wealth matters more than absolute wealth.     8     David G. Myers, a leader of the field of happiness research, points out, “Actual income doesn’t much influence happiness; how satisfied we are     9     our income does. If we’re content with our income, regardless of how much it is, we’re likely to say we’re happy.     10     (put) it another way, “Satisfaction isn’t so much getting what you want as wanting what you have”.

5 . As a teenager, I am often asked what I am going to be in the future. A lawyer? A doctor? Or a scientist? No, my ideal career is to be a teacher. One of the _________for that is I want to be a teacher like Mr. Chen.

“Look! Do you know what it is? A-ha, it’s the _________! And it will always move around the sun.” Mr. Chen said and pointed to his head. He then touched the nose and _________, “Can you tell me the name of this mountain? It is the highest mountain on Earth! What’s the _________of it? Yes, it’s 8844.43 metres…” I’ll never forget my first geography lesson. He was _________ humorous that we all fell in love with his lessons   _________. It’s Mr. Chen who opened the door of geography for us.

Generally speaking, most of the teachers are strict _________students and sometimes a little bit demanding (苛求的), not so with Mr. Chen. He is a lighthouse, showing us the way to the treasure of knowledge. He is a friend and easy to get _________with, always encouraging us to speak out loud without _________our shyness and other disadvantages. He is an example, volunteering his time to students and other teachers.

One day I happened to meet him in the hospital. Seeing the cut on his arm, I realized he was donating his __________. I was moved and was __________another lesson, a lesson of love and devotion.

Every time I see my globe (地球仪), it would __________me of Mr. Chen. He is the most unforgettable teacher I have __________met and he will always be. Someday I hope I am __________ to be a teacher like him.

Thank you, Mr Chen, thank you for making learning not a job but a joy.

Thank you for helping me to discover what I do best and to do it even __________.

Thank you for understanding all of us and giving us the time and care each of us needs.

1.

A．replies

B．reasons

C．rewards

D．results

2.

A．moon

B．earth

C．star

D．sun

3.

A．advised

B．announced

C．added

D．answered

4.

A．distance

B．weight

C．size

D．height

5.

A．very

B．too

C．really

D．so

6.

A．at present

B．at once

C．at times

D．at first

7.

A．with

B．to

C．in

D．for

8.

A．away

B．together

C．angry

D．along

9.

A．thinking

B．caring

C．considering

D．supposing

10.

A．money

B．blood

C．clothes

D．time

11.

A．taught

B．given

C．taken

D．had

12.

A．remembers

B．represents

C．warns

D．reminds

13.

A．just

B．never

C．ever

D．yet

14.

A．able

B．about

C．allowed

D．available

15.

A．well

B．good

C．better

D．best

6 . I was sitting at my kitchen table the other day with a pen, notebook, calculator and a pile of bills. I was doing my monthly budget. There were bills for electric water, rent, insurance, the car payment, the phone bill, and the cable bill. Plus money needed to be set aside for food, gas, clothes and hopefully a little left over to save for those unexpected bills that always seemed to show up. When I was done, I shook my head, closed my eyes and thought of a time long ago when I would regularly get treasures.

When I was a boy, we lived across the road from Camp Caesar. It held week long camps all through the summer and my grandma who I lovingly called “Nanny” worked in her big kitchen. I remember slipping there getting a smile, a hug, a kiss and a hot roll from Nanny. Then she would always take deep in her pockets and pull out a treasure, a shiny quarter. She would give it to me and I would run down the hill to either get an ice cold can of coke from the pop machine or I would head to the camp’s swimming pool where I could buy a warm cup of cherry coke for 15 cents and a tiny 10 cent bag of chips from a stand. I took my time because it was always a big decision. It was nice too feeling so rich for a few minutes.

Looking back now I can see that the real treasure was not the quarter at all. It was the love with which Nanny gave it to me. I would have still visited her at work every day if I had never gotten a single quarter. It was her smile, hugs, and kisses that were priceless in my heart then and now.

The old saying is true, “With your work you can make a living, but it is with your love that you make a life.” You can always welcome love into your heart, soul and mind. And you can always share your love with others. It is that one treasure that lasts forever.

1. According to Paragraph 1, what was the author trying to figure out?

A．Where to get treasures.	B．What food and supplies to buy.
C．How to sort out these bills at hand.	D．How to balance the money available.

2. What does the underlined word “roll” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A kind of bread	B．A kind of act.
C．A sound.	D．A greeting.

3. Which of the following best describes Nanny?

A．Considerate.	B．Generous.
C．Affectionate.	D．Enthusiastic.

4. Why does the author mention the old saying in the last Paragraph?

A．To change people’s heart and soul.

B．To show what we should value in life.

C．To explain work and love can make a life.

D．To advise more love and sharing in childhood.