1 . Test anxiety is a form of performance anxiety. Wanting to perform well can be a strong encouraging factor that helps you prepare for success.
Get a good night’s sleep. Since your brain is responsible for taking all the information you’ve studied and storing it for test day, getting seven to nine hours of sleep will help you remember what you’ve learned. Proper rest is also important for calming yourself.
Try to do some exercise. The importance of exercise goes far beyond (超出) its physical benefits. Exercise can also help you to calm your mind and relax. You can lift weights and practice yoga in the gym.
Form a picture of success in your mind. When you imagine success, you create a mental image (心理意象) of yourself performing well on the test and achieving your goal.
| A．Take time to master what you’ve learned. |
| B．Feeling rushed will only increase the anxiety. |
| C．Don’t pay attention to what other people are doing. |
| D．You can also go for a walk with your family outside. |
| E．Therefore, have a good sleep when preparing for a big test. |
| F．This can help prepare your mind and body for the test experience. |
| G．However, the pressure to get a good grade may cause you to experience anxiety. |
2 . 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 |
3 . When I was a teenager, I was invited to a formal dance party. I was
“Mom, I don’t know if I can wear these,” I said, feeling
As I arrived at the party, I tried to be
I quickly got up and laughed it off, pretending like it was
My friend Lilly helped me
When I returned home, I told Mom I felt like a complete
From that day forward, I stuck to flat shoes. I learned to
| A．surprised | B．excited | C．relaxed | D．satisfied |
| A．unsure | B．unsafe | C．unusual | D．unhappy |
| A．breaks | B．turns | C．steps | D．attempts |
| A．genuine | B．polite | C．serious | D．cool |
| A．danger | B．injury | C．disaster | D．wonder |
| A．landed on | B．tripped over | C．kicked up | D．ran into |
| A．a hot potato | B．a big fish | C．no luck | D．no big deal |
| A．fight | B．argue | C．disappear | D．struggle |
| A．tackle | B．avoid | C．prevent | D．identify |
| A．patience | B．bravery | C．worry | D．anger |
| A．fool | B．hero | C．stranger | D．dancer |
| A．suggested | B．expected | C．promised | D．directed |
| A．dependent | B．easy | C．careful | D．hard |
| A．fashionable | B．tight | C．comfortable | D．special |
| A．analyse | B．accept | C．trust | D．refuse |
4 . When reading, my mother likes to slice a paragraph or a sentence out and attach it to the wall of her kitchen. She picks boring sentences that puzzle me. But I prefer copying favorite bright lines into a journal in soft, gray No. 2 pencil, word by word.
She doesn’t know any of this. There's nothing shocking: for our chatting. we seldom begin certain conversations though we talk on the phone weekly, sometimes making each other laugh so hard that I choke and she cries. But what we don't say could fill up rooms. Fights with my father. Small failures in school. Anything that really upsets us.
My mother has never told me “I love you, Lisa.”—as if the four-word absence explains who I am—so I carry it with me, like a label on me. The last time she almost spoke the words was two years ago, when she called to tell me a friend had been in hospital. I said, “I love you, Mom.” She stopped for a while and then said, “Thank you.” I haven't said it since, but I've wondered why my mother doesn't until I've found a poem that supplies words for the blank spaces I try to understand in our conversations:
Don’t fill up on bread. I say absent-mindedly. The servings here are huge.
My son, middle-aged, says: Did you really just say that to me?
What he doesn’t know is that when we’re walking together, I desire to reach for his hand.
It's humble, yet heartbreaking. After copying it down in my journal, I emailed it to mom, adding “This poem makes me think of you.” My mother doesn’t read poetry—or at least, she doesn’t tell me, and I felt nervous clicking “Send”.
She never mentioned the poem. But the next time I went home for vacation, I noticed something new in the kitchen fixed to an antique board: the poem. The board hung above the heater, the warmest spot in the kitchen. The poem still hangs there. Neither my mother nor I have ever spoken about it.
1. What's the function of paragraph 1?| A．To stress the theme. | B．To establish the setting. |
| C．To represent the characters. | D．To create the atmosphere. |
| A．Shaky. | B．Distant. | C．Reserved. | D．Intense. |
| A．It reminded her of mom's love. |
| B．She wanted to apologize to mom. |
| C．It suited mom's taste of literature. |
| D．She needed an interpretation from mom. |
| A．A memory of golden days. |
| B．Daughter’s gratefulness to her. |
| C．A decoration in the plain kitchen. |
| D．Daughter's understanding of her. |
注意：1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 适当增细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：relay race 接力赛
Ladies and gentlemen,
It’s my honor to give a speech here. My topic today is “Smile to Face Failure”.
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Thanks for your attention.
One sunny day, I drove to the airport and was waiting to pick up a friend. That day I had one of those experiences that change people’s lives.
It happened just two feet away from me. I was sitting on a bench and looked around the big waiting hall. Just then I noticed a man, carrying two bags, coming toward me. He stopped next to me. There stood his family, the wife and three lovely kids. He greeted them, with a big smile on his face.
First of all, he laid down his bag and came closer to his younger son (about six years old). They gave each other a warm, loving hug. Then the father looked in his son’s eyes with words, “I missed you so much. It’s so good to see you, son!” The boy smiled and said, “Me too, dad.”
Then the man talked to his older son (nine or ten years old). “Oh, you are quite the young man. I love you very much!” and cupped his face. Then they had the most tender hug too.
Afterwards the father said, “Hi, baby girl” to his baby daughter. She was moving excitedly in her mother’s arm and watching her returning father all the time. The man gently took his little daughter, quickly kissed her face all over and then held her close to his chest. The little girl laid her head on his shoulder in pure contentment.
After several moments, the man put down the baby daughter slowly. He turned to his wife and looked at her gently and said, “I’ve saved the best for last.” He shared with her the most passionate kiss. They stared at each other, having big smiles. They reminded(使想起) me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇).
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Suddenly, I heard myself asking, “Wow, how long have you been married?”
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I was shocked, as I imagined that he had been gone for several weeks at least.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇: college entrance examination
8 . My mother-in-law left us an unexpected and priceless gift. After she died, my husband and his sister were going through the contents of her house when they discovered every letter that we had written her during our 46-year marriage. She also kept all the letters that my mother had written to her over the years.
During the pandemic(大流行病), I've had time to go through these letters. I read of our early married life, our struggle to have children and, especially, the progress of our three children from birth to adulthood. I began writing all these details for my children, and now they have details about when they were small. I discovered much that I had forgotten.
To read the letters written by my mother to my husband's mother is a gift. I wish that I had saved my mother’s letters to me, but now I have these letters that tell me things about my own mother that I never knew. I see that Mom and Mamma shared their great love for us, their children, and for our children, their grandchildren.
I come from a long line of letter writers and was trained to stay in touch with our parents. My grandparents loved to receive letters from across the ocean. When I was away on a student exchange in 1970, my mother told me that my grandfather kept my airmail letters in his shirt pocket and read them daily. Knowing this, I have tried my best to write to our two families regularly.
To all of you who write to me, I thank you. The handwritten word is a powerful tool of friendship; it connects us together.
Perhaps the greatest gift that these letters have given me is to see how much my husband's parents valued our letters to them. The letters helped her know her grandchildren and feel like part of our lives. I shall file them for my children so that they can read the events of our lives and know that they, too, were treasured.
Keep writing to those you love. Those letters are our greatest gifts to each other.
1. What did the author do after she read the letters?| A．She had a talk with her mother. |
| B．She passed on the letters to her children. |
| C．She required her children to write letters regularly. |
| D．She wrote down details about her children's childhood. |
| A．How the author stayed in touch with her parents. |
| B．What handwritten letters mean to the author. |
| C．What inspired the author to keep writing letters. |
| D．How the author's grandfather influenced her. |
| A．They help us make new friends. |
| B．They allow us to practice writing skills. |
| C．They strengthen emotional exchanges. |
| D．They improve our hands-on abilities. |
| A．Unforgettable gifts | B．Parents love |
| C．Family letters | D．Handwritten memories |
9 . There will be times in life when you find yourself angry because of something that someone did or a situation you are in. Or you may be in a situation where other people are getting upset with you or someone else. Feeling angry is a normal emotion for everyone.
Keep funny things with you. You can develop your sense of humor by surrounding yourself with things that make you laugh, or at least smile.
Pay attention to others. If you are aware of how the people around you are feeling, you will know when tension is rising. You will also be able to tell if using humor is the right way to try to decrease the anger the people around you are feeling. Listen to what people are saying when they are talking to you.
Joke about the situation. Don’t try to use humor to release anger by making fun of someone else. It’s okay to find humor in the situation. It’s not okay to say things that can hurt someone’s feelings, even if it is true or funny.
Be sensitive. Some jokes or forms of humor may be funny to you, but inappropriate to others. Before you use humor to release anger, make sure that what you are saying won’t offend anyone.
| A．Spend time with people that make you happy. |
| B．Joking about someone can make the situation worse. |
| C．You should also consider the context of the situation. |
| D．It’s always a good idea not to take yourself too seriously. |
| E．Their words will either let you know directly how they feel or give you clues. |
| F．It doesn’t have to be anything large, but should be something that cheers you up. |
| G．Even so, you want to manage your anger appropriately so that it doesn’t become destructive. |
