| A．She has no time for rest. |
| B．Her team has been changed. |
| C．Her work is difficult to complete. |
2 . They say you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. But when it comes to tackling a tricky task, researchers have found that getting angry can also be a powerful motivator.
The experiments suggest people who are angry perform better on a set of challenging tasks than those who are emotionally neutral.
The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, details how researchers at Texas A&M University conducted experiments involving more than 1,000 people, and analysed survey data from more than 1,400 people to explore the possible impact of anger on people in various circumstances.
In one experiment, students were shown images previously found to cause anger, desire, amusement, sadness or no particular emotion at all. Participants were subsequently asked to solve a series of anagrams (变形词).
The results reveal that for a challenging set of anagrams, those who were angry did better — although no difference was seen for easy anagrams.
The researchers say one explanation could be down to a link between anger and greater persistence (坚持), with the team finding those who were angry spent more time on the difficult set of anagrams.
In another experiment, participants who were angry did better at avoiding flags in a skiing video game than those who were neutral or sad, and were on a par with (同水平) those who felt amusement or desire.
“This pattern could indicate that general physical arousal (激起) had a benefit for game scores, as this would be greater in anger, amused, and desire conditions compared to the sad and neutral conditions,” the researchers write. However, no such differences in performance was found when it came to an easier video game.
“People often prefer to use positive emotions as tools more than negative and tend to see negative emotions as undesirable,” said Lench, the first author of the study. “Our research adds to the growing evidence that a mix of positive and negative emotions promotes wellbeing, and that using negative emotions as tools can be particularly effective in some situations.”
1. What tasks did the researchers set for the students?| A．Catching flies with honey. |
| B．Helping analyze survey data. |
| C．Putting tasks into different categories. |
| D．Performing tasks in various emotional states. |
| A．It brings team spirit into full play. |
| B．It promotes a deep insight into the tasks. |
| C．It increases effort toward attaining a goal. |
| D．It changes challenging tasks into easy ones. |
| A．Research result consistent with previous findings. |
| B．Potential application of the research finding. |
| C．A further explanation of the research method. |
| D．A reasonable doubt about the research process. |
| A．To present more proofs. | B．To draw a conclusion. |
| C．To make a comparison. | D．To criticize old practices. |
When I drove my sister Connie from Michigan to Arizona to start her junior year of college, I didn’t realize it’d be the last time that I’d see her alive. Four months later, when she was traveling back to the Midwest for winter break with four of her college friends, the driver of her car fell asleep. The car went off the road and rolled over several times. My sister, unfortunately, was thrown out from the car and died within minutes.
As a nineteen-year-old away at college myself, I was already dealing with my own confusion and uncertainty about where my life was headed. I’d thought I wanted to become an engineer, but the related courses I’d taken left me wholly uninspired. Now, with the struggle from my sister’s sudden death, I knew leaving my family to return to school hours from home would only heighten my confusion. Yet, when my parents expressed their belief that Connie would’ve wanted me to return to college, I knew they were right.
During the first term following her death, I felt like I was sailing through a personal fog in a rudderless(无舵的) boat. I was aimlessly drifting, fearful of what lay beyond the horizon. My grief(悲伤) consumed me as I continually questioned how the college courses I was taking would affect my life. And, more importantly, I missed my sister. Born just ten months apart, she’d always been there for me.
When I began my junior year, I still hadn’t declared my major, but I signed up for one particular class for personal reasons: Death Education and Suicide Prevention. One day, the professor had a guest speaker come to our class. At some point during the presentation, the speaker said, “Joy shared is joy increased. Grief shared is grief decreased.” The speaker explained the saying by breaking it into parts, saying, “Joy shared is joy increased. If you don’t believe it, go into a closet and tell yourself a joke. It isn’t funny unless you share it with others. Or you can try to share your sadness with your beloved one, even in the journals.” I was locked in “Joy shared is joy increased. Grief shared is grief decreased.”
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I silently repeated this message to myself over and over again, trying to absorb these words into my being.
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After that day in class, I began keeping journals about my sister.
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I like staying overnight at my Gramma’s house — that is, until Gramma starts telling me how wonderful my cousin Maya is. Then it’s Maya this and Maya that until I don’t ever want to hear another word about her.
That’s why I wasn’t too excited when Gramma called me on the phone to “come on over and bring your pajamas.” When I got there, it was worse than I’d expected. There, in Grandpa’s big leather rocker, sat Maya, all dressed up and formal-looking and wearing fancy shoes as if she’d just been to a party.
“Surprise, Kristen!” Gramma said. “Your cousin Maya and her parents have traveled in from the East Coast on business. Maya gets to stay with us this afternoon.” Gramma chattered away about how excited she’d been for this surprise get-together, and how cousins ought to get to know each other better.
I hung my baseball cap in the closet and set my backpack by the stairway, all the time smiling and nodding as if I’d been waiting forever for this chance to spend an afternoon with Maya. Grandpa’s chair squawked (咯咯叫) as Maya rocked back and forth. It’s the chair I like best in the house, the one I usually sit in. I sat down on the sofa across from her.
Shortly, Gramma went off to the kitchen to “see about some lunch,” she’d said. That left me stuck in the living room with rocking Maya.
She was still small but taller than I’d remembered her from her last visit four years ago. She was good at small talk, though, and was chatting away about how nice it was to see me again. But I could tell that she didn’t really think so. The last time she was here, we’d had hours of fun together building caves out of Gramma’s sofa pillows.
After that, I’d heard about her only through Gramma’s tales. Maya taking piano lessons. Maya learning math. Maya, Maya, Maya. Now Maya was here, looking great with the latest haircut and a fancy dress.
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Glancing down at my jeans and my old sneakers, I wished I hadn’t come.
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“How do you know all these things about me?” I asked.
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5 . For my 56th birthday, my daughter, Beth, bought me two beautifully carved wooden butterflies. I hung them in prominent (显眼的) places on my walls so that I can see them often during the day. Each time I do so, they give me a wonderful reminder of love.
My daughter and my love of butterflies goes back many years. After a long battle against cancer, my mom passed away when I was only 25 years old. Beth was only a baby at the time and never got to have any memories of her grandma. I tried to make up for it by telling her stories of my mom but each time I did, I could see that there was a little sadness in Beth’s eyes. One day when she was only seven or so we were outside at the playground. Beth suddenly said how much she saddened not having her grandma around. Well, sometimes I comforted her and this time I told her how much her grandma loved her and that Grandma still remained positive in the last weeks of her life. I said she was watching over her from Heaven and that maybe she was even hitching (搭乘) a ride on the back of a butterfly to come down and get a closer look. At that very moment, a butterfly appeared flying around Beth’s face and then flew away. We both laughed with our hearts full of love and joy.
Since that moment all of those years ago, both Beth and I seem to attract butterflies like flowers. Whenever we are outside, they seem to fly down, circle around us, take a good look, and then fly away. And every time, we are reminded of my mom’s love watching over us. The only time this doesn’t happen is during the coldest months of the year when there are no insects of any kind. But now during those times I can take a look at the two beautiful wooden butterflies my daughter bought me and still be reminded of that love.
1. Why did Beth buy wooden butterflies?| A．To celebrate the new year. |
| B．To decorate her bedroom. |
| C．To celebrate her mother’s birthday. |
| D．To remind her childhood. |
| A．Tough and optimistic. |
| B．Enthusiastic and helpful. |
| C．Independent and reliable. |
| D．Knowledgeable and respectable. |
| A．Terrified. | B．Confused. | C．Joyful. | D．Nervous. |
| A．Wooden butterflies are of great artistic value. |
| B．We all need reminders that we are loved in our life. |
| C．It is difficult to maintain family ties during difficult times. |
| D．The presence of parents is important to children’s development. |
6 . “I knew when I saw you, I wanted to take you home,” my dad says to me when I visit him one Saturday. There is a deep-seated
My father has Alzheimer’s (老人痴呆症). He does not
Another Saturday, he points to a photo of me and says, “She’s smart.” Does he know the
Now I bring a spoonful of yogurt to his lips. With a
These words are all he can give now. But they make me understand more
His door was always
Time, advice, money. There were many ways he
And he gives, still. The
| A．fear | B．memory | C．doubt | D．opinion |
| A．gladly | B．eventually | C．generally | D．gradually |
| A．surprises | B．answers | C．amuses | D．calms |
| A．successful | B．same | C．independent | D．responsible |
| A．admiration | B．confidence | C．affection | D．curiosity |
| A．cold | B．feeding | C．firm | D．trembling |
| A．guided | B．followed | C．scolded | D．assessed |
| A．easily | B．deeply | C．quickly | D．carefully |
| A．magical | B．closed | C．open | D．safe |
| A．hesitate | B．intend | C．pretend | D．attempt |
| A．valued | B．divided | C．killed | D．volunteered |
| A．tried | B．took | C．preserved | D．gave |
| A．chat | B．disease | C．visit | D．decision |
| A．known | B．faced | C．left | D．remembered |
| A．important | B．convenient | C．impressive | D．difficult |
1. 历史人物的名字及其贡献；
2. 该人物对你的影响和启发；
3. 你对他（她）表达感谢。
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Dear ________,
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Thank you again, and best regards!
Yours,
Li Hua
8 . Self confidence refers to your belief in your skills, qualities, and ability to succeed. Having confidence in yourself is not only important to your bealth and well-being-it can also affect how you are perceived by others.
Focus on Your Strengths
When you are in a situation where you want to appear confident, it can be helpful to focus on the skills and abilities you feel most confident about.
Talk Yourself Up
Look for Inspiration
Looking to confident people you admire, reading inspirational statements, or repeating a motivating mantra can also be a way to boost your confidence when you nced it.
Avoid Making Comparisons
It is important to avoid comparing yourself to other people unfavorably.
Take on New Challenges
While you might be tempted to simply avoid the situations that leave you feeling less confident, doing so can actually increase your anxiety and lessen your faith in your abilities
Research has found that practicing the things you fear can help reduce anxiety and improve self confidence
| A．Taking positive aspects into your consideration. |
| B．Choose something you know you are good at. |
| C．It is easy to promote your confidence by praising others |
| D．Unfortunately, not everyone feels confident in their abilities. |
| E．Positive self-talk has been shown to be strongly associated with success |
| F．Comparing with others can ultimately make you feel worse about yourself. |
| G．The key is to choose realistic role models or statements that reflect achievable goals |
9 . When I was a little boy, my parents and brothers would often play cards in the afternoons. It was a (n)
Instead I found
Love like life is often more than we can
| A．exact | B．valid | C．stable | D．merry |
| A．join in | B．mark out | C．get through | D．break away |
| A．hardly | B．quickly | C．normally | D．apparently |
| A．dots | B．tests | C．versions | D．numbers |
| A．discovered | B．indicated | C．observed | D．admitted |
| A．excited | B．shocked | C．fascinated | D．associated |
| A．adjust | B．seize | C．learn | D．obtain |
| A．myself | B．it | C．me | D．itself |
| A．already | B．yet | C．still | D．ever |
| A．value | B．love | C．talent | D．skill |
| A．effort | B．sense | C．progress | D．difference |
| A．talk about | B．set aside | C．give away | D．hope for |
| A．joys | B．ideas | C．dreams | D．feelings |
| A．accept | B．hold | C．govern | D．understand |
| A．fast | B．much | C．right | D．altogether |
10 . 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. |
| A．A kind of bread | B．A kind of act. |
| C．A sound. | D．A greeting. |
| A．Considerate. | B．Generous. |
| C．Affectionate. | D．Enthusiastic. |
| 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. |
