1 . “It's possible to jump to happy endings a little too quickly,” says Laura King, PhD, a psychology professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia. In her research with people who have experienced major life challenges, King has found that people whose stories gloss over（掩盖）conflict tend to become happier over the course of two years.

“The ability to take some time and experience grief（悲伤）or unhappiness improves your ability to appreciate the world in all its richness and complexity,” King says.

In one study, King asked parents to tell the story of discovering that their child had Down syndrome. Immediately after telling their stories and again two years later, the parents completed measures of subjective well-being. Researchers blind to the participants' test scores read their stories and recorded the presence of foreshadowing（预示）and whether the stories had happy or sad beginnings and endings. The researchers also scored how vividly the stories illustrated conflict, struggle and exploration.

Two years later, the parents who had grown happier were the ones who had written stories with happy endings. “I knew everything would be all right,” one woman wrote. Another parent wrote, “I know my daughter is quite special. She's the closest I've come to an angel on Earth.”

However, only the parents who first vividly described their mixed feelings upon learning of their child's diagnosis grew happier. “I cried a lot,” wrote a parent. “The pain was so deep. I felt cheated. I could hardly function.” These were also the parents who later seemed best able to fully appreciate their children's gifts and limitations.

1. What did the study find?

A．People with sick child tend to be happier.

B．People usually jump to happy endings too quickly.

C．People who go through challenges may become happier.

D．People need to suffer difficulty to be able to appreciate happiness.

2. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Who the research focused on.

B．Why researchers did the study.

C．What benefit the finding will bring us.

D．How researchers carried out the study.

3. What do parents have to do first to become happier?

A．Preview what will happen to them.

B．Describe their mixed feelings clearly.

C．Write a story with a happy beginning.

D．Take good care of their sick children.

4. What is the text?

A．A news report.	B．A diary.
C．A travel guide.	D．A short story.

2 . I touch my father's shoulder to let him know we're here. But he doesn't _________ me. My daughter Charlotte notices and hides a quiet _________ I start to worry. I wonder whether I should have brought her, but she wants to see him. Like many with autism (自闭症), Charlotte is unafraid of difficult questions. However, she's not used to watching Alzheimer's (阿尔茨海默症)_________ so quickly.

In my mind I beg her _________ not to ask him about dying or memory loss. Now, they face each other across the empty _________. Both look uncertain. My heartbeat _________ the silence between them. Charlotte reaches her hand across the table. Dad looks at it for a long minute, not sure what she's doing. She _________ it there, resting halfway between them. Then instinct (本能) kicks in and he _________ her hand: the dignity of a man who knows this _________ is important while not knowing exactly who we are. Perhaps he is ____________ the need for a kind touch or recognizing an offering that would be rude to ____________.

The two of them remain quiet, holding hands. Every fiber of my being wants to ____________ questions they can ask each other and introduce a topic of ____________ about one of their shared interests.

Despite all the words in my head, something ____________ keeps me quiet. I look at them. Their body language is relaxed, at peace. Neither is straining (拉紧) to talk. And then, out of the silence comes the first ____________.

"I love you, Grandpa."

"I love you, too."

He doesn't speak her name but it doesn't matter. Names aren't all that important.

1.

A．imagine

B．consider

C．recognize

D．trust

2.

A．smile

B．weep

C．secret

D．place

3.

A．spread

B．cause

C．progress

D．rush

4.

A．initially

B．politely

C．merely

D．silently

5.

A．table

B．room

C．bag

D．chair

6.

A．floods

B．makes

C．breaks

D．feels

7.

A．reaches

B．leaves

C．returns

D．hears

8.

A．raises

B．discovers

C．kisses

D．grasps

9.

A．question

B．result

C．gesture

D．hand

10.

A．seeking for

B．paying off

C．responding to

D．calling of

11.

A．Suspect

B．challenge

C．accept

D．decline

12.

A．suggest

B．ask

C．answer

D．guess

13.

A．conversation

B．discussion

C．health

D．interest

14.

A．usual

B．powerful

C．disturbing

D．unbelievable

15.

A．impressions

B．words

C．thoughts

D．sights

3 . 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文章。

The Feel-Good Shoebox

Catherine sat on her bed with her chin in her hands. “Why aren't you getting ready for Grandma's birthday party?”asked Mother.

“I can't bake like Sylvia or knit like Anne,” Catherine grumbled. “They made good presents. All I made for her is an ugly card.” “It's a lovely card. And no one can be good at everything,” said Mother. She sat on the bed next to Catherine. “When I was your age, I felt sad when I couldn't do certain things. But one day Grandma showed me the shoebox game, and it made me feel a lot better.” Catherine frowned （皱眉）. “How can a shoebox make me feel better？”“You＇ll see，” said Mother. She disappeared down the hall, then came back carrying a shoe box, a pencil, paper, and scissors.

Catherine watched as Mother cut several pieces of paper into squares. “Nôw, I want you to write down all the things you can do,” said Mother. “Like what?” asked Catherine. “Why not start with things you've learned in school? Give it some thought while I ice Grandma's birthday cake.”

Catherine sat for a while wrinkling （起皱纹） and unwrinkling her eyebrows.Slowly Catherine began to write and write. Before long she had written on every square of paper. She was so busy that she didn't hear Mother come into the room.“My goodness!"said Mother.“Do you think they'll all fit in the shoebox?”“I hope so,” said Catherine. “It was fun thinking of all the stuff I can do.”“And the next time you feel sad because you can't do something, your feel-good shoebox will remind you of how much you can do-just as mine did when I was a little girl,” said Mother,“Now let's finish getting dressed for Grandma's party.”

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。
“Happy birthday！” yelled（欢呼） the children when they arrived at Grandma’s house.
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Then Catherine gave her card to Grandma.
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4 . 假如你是高二学生李华，最近在英语课堂上学习了有关幽默的知识。请你用英语写一篇关于幽默的好处的演讲稿。要点如下：
1.有助于学习；
2.促进身体和心理健康；
3.减轻学习和生活压力；
4.促进与他人的友谊。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Caneze and her parents moved to the United Sates when she was only two years old and they haven't visited their motherland for ten years. Last month, Caneze's grandfather came to see them, and the family threw a big party. But Caneze didn't spend much time with him that day. He didn't speak English,so how could she have any sort of conversation with him? Caneze spent most of that day in the study room,texting her best friend, Maya, and watching her cousins play video games. There was a huge art competition coming up at school,and Caneze and Maya were planning to compete.

“I wish you'd spent time with your grandfather instead of your phone, Caneze,” Mom said one day on the way home.

“But I don't even know him,” Caneze said, “and he doesn't speak any English. How could I talk to him?”

“And you don't speak any Ukrainian(乌克兰语), Caneze, but he'd love to get to know you. I think you may find that you two have a lot in common. ”

Two weeks later, Caneze came home from school in the afternoon to find her grandfather sitting at the kitchen table chatting with Mom happily. On the table sat some books. The old man smiled warmly at Caneze, and she smiled back as she sat down at the table. As Grandpa and Mom spoke in Ukrainian, Caneze let her mind wander. As the art competition was around the corner,

Maya and she had to be quick for their project. Suddenly, an idea for a picture came to her, so she fetched her sketchbook. Sitting at the table, she sketched while the adults talked. Then Caneze heard Mom say, “I have to run out for a few minutes. You can stay here with Grandpa. ”

Caneze suddenly felt unsure and shy, what would the two of them talk about? “This is going to be awkward,” she thought as her mind was racing for an idea for this embarrassed moment. She gave Grandpa a polite smile and then returned to the lines and shapes she had drawn on the page.

Paragraph 1:

Suddenly she sensed Grandpa was watching her.

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Paragraph 2:

“This is beautiful - I didn't know you were an artist,”Caneze said.

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6 . When we were small children trying to get to sleep, a creaking floorboard was really scary. Who or what could be making the noise? The only way to make sense of the experience was to fantasize: there’s probably a crocodile under the bed.

Children scare themselves silly like this, but while they have no knowledge of heating pipes, they have to engage with make-believe to bridge the gap between experience and knowledge. As time passes and children learn about the effect of heat on pipes and floorboard, they still often prefer the crocodile theory. Fear, within a safe context, is fun.

Children are born with all kinds of human emotions, but they are also inexperienced and longing to explore their feelings. Fantasy is an excellent, “safe” way to do it-going out to find real crocodiles to play with is neither practical nor safe.

Fantasy offers children an exploration of the too big, too wide, too dangerous world that is getting closer and more real every day. Fantasy needn’t just be dragons-it can be any element of pretend. As they grow, children need stories that include divorce, loss, war, falling in love, becoming a hero and saving the world, which help them develop emotions in various situations and get them ready for real life when it hits.

Most importantly, fantasy isn’t just for children. Growing up, facing failure and defeat, coming to terms with betrayal (背叛) and disappointment-all the stuff of emerging adult life also has to be faced and coped with. Psychological analysis and comforting have their place, but the most important tool, with which we as humans face reality, is the creation of the fantasy story.

Taking one step away from reality to the “safe” place of pretend prepares us to look at the world’s hard realities in the face. From there we can name the horrors and celebrate the joys before going back to reality, with a clearer perspective on situations that bother us.

1. Why does the author mention "crocodile" in paragraph 1?

A．To make a naughty prediction.	B．To relax the reader’s mood.
C．To explain a childish joke.	D．To give a typical example.

2. What does fantasy actually mean for children’s growth?

A．Realization of heroic dreams.	B．Good memories to keep along.
C．Safe emotional preparations.	D．Giving up childish explorations.

3. What does the underlined "it" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Fantasy.

B．The world.

C．An emotion.

D．Real life.

4. How can fantasy help us to face the hard reality?

A．By making us get used to fear.	B．By pushing us into the real world.
C．By providing us with clearer views.	D．By offering us a safe hiding place.

7 . 假如你是班长李凯，班级举办了“保护我们的地球（Protect Our Earth）”主题班会活动，邀请了王教授给同学了做了讲座，活动结束后写封信表示感谢。内容包括：1. 表达感谢；2. 活动的反响和同学们的收获；3. 再次表达感谢。
注意： 1. 词数120左右
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear professor Wang,
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8 . How do we rid ourselves of the negative (消极的) thoughts and return to a place of peace and acceptance? Read on for some expert-guided tips.

First, don’t suppress (抑制) the negative thought. “Research shows that it’s important not to suppress negative thoughts as this only makes it worse.     1     Then, select a positive thought or visual to engage with in place of the negative thought that you set free,” Dr. Carla Marie Manly, and author of Joy from Fear, tells She Knows.

Don’t forget to breathe. “Close your eyes and breathe in for a count of four; then breathe out slowly to the count of four. When worries and stress begin to rise, be kind to yourself.     2     A worried mind gets very calm when it’s focused on breathing rather than worrying,” says Manly.

    3     “Just because you have a thought doesn’t mean it’s true. When you notice you’re being hard on yourself or thinking very negatively, take a step back and question the thought you’re having,” suggests Touroni. “    4     Are you jumping to conclusions?”

Try a positive message mantra (咒语). When negative thoughts get a hold on you, Manly recommends focusing on a positive message or mantra that feels strong and calming for you. “For example, your mantra might be, ‘All will be well.     5    ’ ” Manly suggests keeping a copy of your mantra in your wallet, on your mirror, and on your desk for a handy reminder during stressful moments.

A．Things will work out.

B．Think of a peaceful image instead.

C．Don’t believe everything you think.

D．And then pause to relax and breathe.

E．Is there any evidence to support this?

F．Can you trace back to where this all started?

G．Instead, notice the negative thought and then let it float away.