1 . Do you experience worries that get stuck in your head? Do these thoughts come with physical symptoms such as restlessness, muscle tension, or a racing heart?     1    

Your parents may help you move past anxiety by telling you “You don’t feel safe, but you are safe” and giving you space to experience discomfort and coming out the other side of it.     2     Many of these are the ones that you can apply in the moment without them being obvious to others.

● Practise mindful noticing. Mindfulness is the exercise of being aware in the moment and noticing your thoughts and feelings without judgment. Practising mindfulness can help shift your focus away from anxious thoughts and toward self-regulation. Try focusing on an object in the environment and giving it all your attention.     3     The more details you point out, the more your brain will focus on that object instead of the anxious thoughts.

●     4     More demanding than simply counting in order, randomly picking numbers requires more attention. Again, this shifts attention away from anxiety-related thoughts and onto the task of reciting random numbers, which, though boring, do not cause anxiety.

● “Silence, Bruno!”     5     Recognizing an anxious thought for what it is can help put things in perspective and give one the chance to challenge the unhelpful thoughts. Disney’s 2021 film Luca delightfully demonstrates this skill. The character, Alberto, tells his friend Luca to quiet the doubt and fight against thoughts (Bruno) in his head by shouting, “Silence, Bruno!”

A．Recite numbers in order.

B．Count numbers randomly.

C．The best way is to talk back to anxiety.

D．If so, you may be suffering from anxiety.

E．The response is to look away from your anxiety.

F．And there are other techniques that can be helpful.

G．Do this by describing all the details of some object within your view.

2 . Before I lived in Pakistan, I was always with my grandfather. We were never ___________: I followed him wherever he went. He would never get ___________ with me when I wouldn't learn to do things. He always tried to cheer me up anytime I was in a bad ___________. I thought we would always live together.

However, on the morning of June 20, 2009, when I was 5, I went to ___________ grandfather, but he wouldn't open his eyes. I was   ___________, thinking he was just playing a game with me, but after trying for a while, I started getting _________. When my parents arrived, they explained solemnly (庄重地) to me his body didn’t work anymore. Slowly, I began to understand but couldn't face the truth. I stayed ___________ in my room, not speaking to anyone.

My parents had to call a psychologist (心理医生). Sonia was very kind, showing deep ___________ towards me. She said it was understandable to feel sad about death, but that didn't mean that I ___________ doing things that I used to do. Soon I started playing with my friends and talking to my family. My parents were pleased with my ____________. When I told them the pain I was going through, my eyes were filled with the ____________ instead of tears.

Dealing with a death of a family member is ____________, so it's hard to know what the right thing to do is. My grandfather's death made me realize that my life must move on, and that if I ____________ my feelings, it would be hard for me to overcome the pain. I'm now starting to forget the ____________ details of the time that he and I spent together, but I will never forget him and the ____________ he gave to me.

1.

A．apart

B．alike

C．aside

D．around

2.

A．upset

B．occupied

C．happy

D．impatient

3.

A．mind

B．mood

C．spirit

D．condition

4.

A．wake up

B．pick up

C．take up

D．put up

5.

A．silent

B．hesitant

C．innocent

D．confident

6.

A．sad

B．annoyed

C．mad

D．nervous

7.

A．trapped

B．fenced

C．locked

D．caged

8.

A．motivation

B．sympathy

C．regret

D．warmth

9.

A．quit

B．risk

C．advocate

D．postpone

10.

A．ambition

B．liberty

C．attitude

D．progress

11.

A．loneliness

B．suffering

C．memories

D．hatred

12.

A．embarrassed

B．complicated

C．inspired

D．puzzled

13.

A．brought about

B．made out

C．held back

D．let off

14.

A．blank

B．main

C．major

D．minor

15.

A．love

B．ability

C．fortune

D．experience

3 . What happens when we experience emotions?

In brief, emotional responses have four parts. There is a bodily (physiological) response, an interpretation in the mind, feelings, and an effect on behaviour. These do not happen in any special order - they happen at the same time and affect each other.     1    

To understand the physiological response, imagine you are frightened by an aggressive, noisy dog. Your brain sends messages throughout your body. It does this by releasing a chemical called adrenaline, which the blood carries to other parts of the body. Then, the bodily sensations of being frightened begin. Blood drains from your stomach (giving a feeling we describe as a "knot in the stomach"). The blood vessels（血管）in the face become narrower (which makes you become white). Similar processes exist for other emotions.     2     This helps the person get ready for a fight.

The second aspect of emotion is interpretation in the ind of events and feelings. This is both conscious and unconscious. In fact, the more you think about the dog, the more frightened you become. Thinking like this sends both your feelings and your physical arousal to new heights.

    3     In one, the brain senses the body's state of arousal. The other comes from memories of your body's reactions in similar situations in the past. So, when you see the angry dog, your brain may remember your feelings from past experiences with angry dogs.

Finally, emotions can also affect behavior.     4     In this, the person either becomes aggressive or runs away. Responses may also include facial expressions and sounds, such as crying, screaming or shouting. There may also be gestures, such as waving arms.

A．The “feeling” aspect of emotions comes from two sources.

B．We will illustrate this process with the most carefully studied of all emotions: fear.

C．In response to the aggressive dog, this could be the so-called "fight-or-flight" response which appears to be part of our biology.

D．We should make clear, however, that emotions are not completely fixed by our biology.

E．With anger, for example, more blood flows to the hands, and more energy is released.

F．Fear, for example, undoubtedly helped people thousands of years ago to respond to dangerous situations.

4 . Over the years working as a psychologist, I have found that the following habits seem to be the most important for developing a happier, healthier mind,

    1    
By nature, most of us are critical of our emotions—especially the difficult ones: You feel anxious and afraid and then immediately criticize yourself for being weak. Though something feels bad, it doesn’t mean it is bad.     2     When your muscles are painful after a good workout, your pain is a sign of growth and health. Sometimes pain is helpful. By avoiding it or trying to get rid of it, you could be making things worse on yourself.
Be realistic with your expectations.

When you create an expectation in your head—which is really just you imagining the thing you want to be true—it relieves some of that anxiety and uncertainty for the time being. But in reality, your expectations are merely fictions in your own mind.

Expectations have their place.     3     If you want a calmer and more peaceful mind, get into the habit of checking on your expectations regularly and make sure they aren’t too far outside of reality.

Practice compassion (同情) in your self-talk.

    4    When you’re too negative and particular about yourself, you turn normal embarrassment into intense shame; everyday depression into anger; ordinary sadness into desperation. If you want to start being kinder toward yourself, follow The Other Golden Rule:     5     The next time you feel bad, imagine that a good friend felt the same way and came to you for support and advice... What would you say to them?

A．Acknowledge your emotions.

B．Try to avoid painful emotions.

C．Negative self-talk worsens your emotions.

D．In much of life, pain is actually a good thing.

E．Treat yourself like you would treat a good friend.

F．But they may run wild and cause negative effects if ignored.

G．They teach your brain that your emotions are bad and dangerous.

5 . I was about 13. My father frequently took me on short outings on Saturdays. Sometimes we went to a park, or to a marina (码头) to look at boats. My favorites were trips to junk stores，where we could admire old electronic stuff. Once in a while we would buy something for 50 cents just to take it apart.

On the way home from these trips, Dad frequently stopped at the Dairy Queen for l0cent ice cream cones. Not every single time: just often enough. I couldn't expect it, but I could hope and pray from the time we started heading home to that critical corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or turn and go home empty handed. That corner meant either mouthwatering excitement or disappointment.

A few times my father teased me by going home the long way. “I'm just going this wry for variety.” he would say, as we drove by the Dairy Queen without stopping. It was a game, and I was well fed, so we’re not talking torture (折磨) here.

On the best days he would ask, in a tone that made it sound novel and spontaneous, “Would you like an ice cream cone?” and I would say, “That sounds great, Dad!” I’d always have chocolate and he’d have vanilla. He would hand me 20 cents and I would run in to buy the usual. We'd eat them in the car. I loved my dad and I loved ice cream — so that was heaven.

On one fateful day, we were heading home, and I was hoping and praying for the beautiful sound of his offer. It came. “Would you like an ice cream cone today?” “That sounds great, Dad!”

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But then he said, “It sounds good to me too, Son. How would you like to treat today?”
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My father just said, “Okay, Son.”
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6 . How to Overcome Jealousy

Everyone feels a little jealous once in a while — maybe someone was acting better than you, or maybe your best friend has been having much fun with a new coworker.

However,     1     they can actually cause a conflict between you and the person you want to be closest to. To save the relationship and get some peace of mind, take some time to sort through your feelings before you act on them.

Admit how you’re feeling to yourself before you do anything else. If you notice you’re feeling a little jealous, take a few minutes to check in with yourself. It’s perfectly normal to get jealous once in a while, so don’t judge your feelings — just let yourself acknowledge that’s what’s going on.    2    .

Don’t act on your jealousy while you’re upset.    3    . There’s nothing wrong with simply feeling jealous — it happens to everyone, However, feeling jealous doesn’t mean you have to withdraw from your partner, or accuse them of anything. If you can observe how you’re feeling without acting on it, you may actually feel your jealousy starting to decrease.

    4    . Focus on your positive qualities. Jealousy can sometimes be rooted in insecurity and low self-esteem. However, it’s really important to remember that you re unique, with your own special talents. When you can embrace these, you’ll be less likely to feel jealous or insecure.

Remember that other people have problems, too.    5    . That can sometimes fuel jealous feelings, because you might feel like you want what they have, or that they can come and take what you have. Don’t fall into that trap, though, — other people often have problems that you never know about, no matter what their life looks like from the outside.

A．if jealous thoughts become really disturbing.

B．when you are always jealous of someone.

C．Take some time to cool off so you won’t say anything you’ll regret.

D．It can be really inviting to look at other people and think they have a perfect life.

E．Embrace yourself for who you are.

F．Reflect on the root of your jealous feelings.

G．Sometimes, just naming our emotions can help us start to get some control over them.

7 . A number of people have asked me whether happiness measures are really accurate and reliable--and it’s a reasonable question. So let’s take a look behind the curtain(帷幕). But not just for intellectual curiosity; as we will see, understanding and measurement of happiness can itself make you better at improving your own well-being--and avoid some critical errors.

Think of the tests to find a vaccine(疫苗)for COVID-19. They take a long time because the drug companies with trial vaccines are conducting experiments that send people to a treatment group(they get the vaccine) and a control group (they get a placebo（无效对照剂), and then waiting to see if the drug is effective and safe by comparing the two groups after enough time has passed. In the research on happiness, this usually isn’t possible. Happiness researchers instead rely on self-reported happiness surveys, where large groups of people report their levels of life satisfaction.

All of the surveys are self-assessments(自我评估), which might cause your doubt. Perhaps people assess their happiness based on their present mood--or maybe they lie when asked about their happiness. To test this, scholars have compared survey data with other sorts of tests--and they’ve found them consistent. For example, self-assessments correlate highly with happiness is usually very close to how others understand your happiness. Further, well-constructed surveys tend to be unchangeable over time and might correlate strongly with other measures of well-being. And in a rare instance of honesty on the Internet, scholars have even proved the accuracy of certain virtual happiness surveys.

Thus, while single-number surveys are great for researchers like me, in order to understand and manage your own happiness you need more different self-tests, of which there are many. Professor Martin Seligman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has created a number of reliable self-tests on emotions,gratitude, optimism, relationships. These self-tests can be extremely useful at a personal level--but they can also be harmful when relied on too much. I have used them to have a huge impact on my life, but I have also seen the worsen problems with unhappiness in others. The key is to remember that happiness self-tests are a source of information to understand ourselves better, work on positive changes (personally, I have made many, and my well-being is much higher as a result), and manage our unique personalities.

The most dangerous use of happiness self-tests is social comparison. Researchers have long found that social comparison is a killer of joy, but you hardly need a study to tell that-just spend a few hours browsing Instagram and see how bad you feel about yourself.

1. How does the author explain the uniqueness of happiness surveys?

A．By introducing a concept.

B．By making a comparison.

C．By using an expert’s words.

D．By referring to previous studies.

2. What do self-reported happiness surveys show according to the author?

A．People tend to tell lies on the Internet.

B．People know clearly about themselves.

C．People’s moods matter to their happiness.

D．People vary greatly in views on happiness.

3. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about happiness self-tests?

A．Their practical applications.

B．Their appeal to the public.

C．Their major disadvantages.

D．Their impacts on our daily life.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．How we can effectively measure happiness.

B．What we can get from measuring happiness.

C．How we can improve our well-being with self-tests.

D．Whether the measurement of happiness is really helpful.

8 . When it came to moral reasoning, we like to think our views on right and wrong are rational (理智的). But ultimately they are grounded in emotion. Philosophers have argued over this claim for a quarter of a millennium without _________. Times up! Now scientists armed with brain scanners are stepping in to settle the matter. Though reason can shape moral judgment, emotion is often _________.

Harvard psychologist Joshua Greene does brain scans of people as they study the so-called trolley problem. Suppose a trolley is rolling down the track toward five people who will _________ unless you pull a lever (杠杆) that pushes it onto another track— where, unfortunately, lies one person who will die instead. An easy call, most people say: _________ the loss of life — a “utillitarian” (功利主义的) goal as philosopher put it — is the thing to do.

But suppose the only way to save the five people is to push someone else onto the track — a _________ whose body will bring the trolley to a stop before it hits the others. It’s still a one-for-five _________ and you still initiate the action that dooms the one. _________, now you are more directly involved; most people say it would be wrong to do this trade off. Why? According to Greene’s brain scans, the second situation more thoroughly excites parts of the brain linked to _________ than does the leve-pulling situation. Apparently, the intuitive hesitation of giving someone a deadly push is more _________ than the hesitation to a deadly lever pull.

Further studies suggest that in both cases the emotional __________ compete for control with more rational parts of the brain. In the second situation the emotions are usually strong enough to win.

And when they lose, it is only after a tough __________ process. The few people who approve of pushing an innocent man onto the tracks take longer to reach their decision. So too with people who approve of smothering (死) a crying baby rather than catching the attention of enemy troops who would then kill the baby along with other __________.

Princeton philosopher Peter Singer argues that we should __________ our moral intutions (本能) and ask whether that logic deserves respect in the first place. Why obey moral impulses that evolved to serve the “__________” — such as sympathy that moves toward relatives and friends? Why not worry more about people an ocean away whose suffering we could cheaply relieve? Isn’t it better to save 10 starving African babies than to keep your 90-year-old father on life support? In the absence of a tough decision-making process, reason may indeed be a(n) “__________ of the passion.”

1.

A．comprehension

B．hesitation

C．resolution

D．imagination

2.

A．diverse

B．generous

C．passive

D．decisive

3.

A．die

B．continue

C．hesitate

D．escape

4.

A．respecting

B．minimizing

C．investigating

D．maximizing

5.

A．referee

B．counselor

C．criminal

D．bystander

6.

A．proportion

B．deal

C．loss

D．gain

7.

A．Likewise

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Moreover

8.

A．imagination

B．reason

C．emotion

D．belief

9.

A．polite

B．religious

C．professional

D．intense

10.

A．concerns

B．efforts

C．bonds

D．therapies

11.

A．self-serving

B．decision-making

C．problem-solving

D．truth-seeking

12.

A．innocents

B．barriers

C．examples

D．accidents

13.

A．follow

B．spread

C．examine

D．ignore

14.

A．selfless

B．self-restraint

C．self-deceptive

D．selfish

15.

A．master

B．advocate

C．slave

D．protester

9 . Mrs. Thompson最近在与女儿的相处中有点麻烦，母女经常争吵，请你以Mrs. Thompson的名义给苏州中学心理学社团发邮件寻求帮助。内容包括：
1、孩子发育很快，身体出现了某些变化，如皮肤油腻、出现红点等；
2、为了减肥，经常不吃早餐；
3、孩子情绪焦躁，缺乏自信，不听安慰，不想求医。
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Dear President,
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Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Thompson

10 . 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。

The Girl Who Never Talked

I never really felt like I fit in. I was a freshman in high school and my only close friend was Bella, whom I had known since kindergarten. Bella is and will always be one of my best friends and we often play together. However,   she had other close friends too, but I didn't. I was on the volleyball team, and on the court I knew exactly who I was and where I was supposed to be. I loved all of my teammates, but when we were sitting in the stands before and after games I would just sit there quietly, totally unsure of myself.

At school, no one spoke to me and I didn't know how to get along with them. It seems like the only time anyone talked to me was just to jokingly say, "You are so quiet!... do you ever talk?" I wanted to talk, but I just couldn't find the words. I never felt like I knew what to say in a big group of people. All of these made me upset.

One Saturday after our game, Bella was supposed to come over and spend the night at my house. We always had a lot of fun together. I wished that I could talk to the other girls the way I talked to her. But before we left the gym that day, some of the other volleyball girls invited her to go to the movies with them. Since Bella had already made plans with me, they asked if I would like to go to the movies with them too. I agreed and was happy to have a chance to join them.

One of the moms drove us, and we all piled into the back seat of her Suburban-Rhiannon, Destinee, Christine, Bella, and me. I was kind of nervous at first, but once it was just us five, I came out of my shell (壳). For the first time in my life, I really felt like I was a part of the conversation, instead of just sitting there listening. It turned out that I had a lot to say.

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All the way there, an all the way back, we talked and laughed.

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I smiled, knowing I finally had friends and my school life would be much happier.

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