1 . Anger is the most destructive emotion, which will dominate your thoughts and actions.     1     You may also speak reckless language without thought. So what can be done to control anger? Here are four ways that you can combat the causes of anger.

Change your attitude.

Realizing that no-one is perfect and accepting that not everyone has the same standards as you is a good start to avoiding getting angry.     2    For example, when you are in a position of authority, and you give instructions that are not followed, instead of getting angry, look for the reason why. It may be that the person will need further training or guidance.

Stop trying to manage your anger.

Anger management used to be promoted as a way of dealing with anger, but a much better way of facing up to anger is to identify the root cause. When trying to do it be prepared to be honest with yourself. Is it worry or stress making you angry? Are you fearful of failure?     3    

Don’t dismiss anger as a bad emotion.

    4    Martin Luther King was angry about the lack of civil rights in the USA. Gandhi was angry about British domination in India. They both used that anger to motivate themselves to fight against what they saw as injustice. Anger of this type can be used to fuel action. Use it to help you not hinder you.

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We all get tempted to throw something or even hit someone when getting angry. A reaction like that is called the easy way, which might make you feel better after an angry outburst. However, staying calm or walking away from conflict are harder but much better choices .By learning control, you can become a much calmer, less volatile person.

A．This applies to work, day-to-day life, and relationships.

B．Once you know why you get mad, then it is possible to deal with the cause.

C．When you are in a temper, you may make ill-considered decisions that you will probably regret.

D．Many people try to live by high standards, and as a result, are often disappointed and get angry.

E．Don’t take the easy way when you get angry.

F．Stop anger from being your master.

G．There are occasions when anger can be directed in such a way as to achieve great things.

2 . 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。

I was a broke university student. I should have been going to university on a scholarship because I came from a low-income family, but a last-minute £100-a-year pay rise for my mum pushed my family over the threshold (门槛) for what defined “low-income” and I was suddenly no longer qualified for £15,000 a year in scholarship money. This news came after I’d been accepted by the university and signed the lease (租约) for my accommodation.

Despite my family not being labelled low-income anymore, I still wouldn’t receive any financial support from my family as all the income went toward taking care of my disabled brother and paying their own bills. It would be tight, but because I had savings from my part-time job, I decided to go to university anyway. After paying my rent, I had £10.20 a week for everything else including food, toiletries, and school supplies.

As I was in a new city, I really wanted to make friends, which was difficult when most of the social activities were expensive. Therefore, I jumped at the chance to do a relatively cheap coffee shop trip with my roommates who were pleasant to me.

I had £20 with me to get a cheap cup of coffee and my food shopping for a few weeks. So I headed for the coffee shop. While paying, I pulled out the note and a handful of change and realized I could pay without breaking the note, so I put it back in my pocket. It wasn’t until I arrived at the supermarket that I realized the note was gone. What should I do? I was desperate it was the equivalent (相等物) of two weeks of money. My roommates helped me look for the note. However, it was in vain. Finally, I went to school empty-handed.

注意：
(1) 续写词数应为150词左右；
(2) 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

P1: As a final attempt, I messaged the coffee shop’s Facebook page asking if they’d seen it.

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P2: I said, “Oh, ...This isn’t mine; my note was an old worn one.”

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3 . 某英语杂志社以“我劳动，我快乐”为主题向中学生开展征文活动。请你根据以下提示，用英语写一篇短文投稿。
要点：(1)分享你最难忘的劳动经历；
(2)谈谈你的劳动感受；
(3)表达你的观点并发出倡议
要求：1.必须包含所给要点, 可适当发挥；
2.语句通顺，意思连贯，语法正确，书写规范；
3.文中不得出现真实人名、校名或地名；
4.词数100左右。
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4 . Do you find it difficult to feel content in your own company? Do you feel pressure to be constantly connected to others, resulting in overwhelming anxiety when you’re alone? If the answer is yes, then you’ll be pleased to learn that there are tips to help you enjoy solitude without feeling lonely.

Find companionship in your passion

Whether your passion is art, writing, or knitting, being alone is a great opportunity to get connected to it. Investing mindful, quality time into doing something you love is beneficial to your mental health.     1    .

Design a plan

You may find yourself just going through the motions in life. While structure is a good thing, it can also prevent us from moving forward. When you’re alone, sit down with a pen and paper and design a plan.     2    . It could be as simple as aiming to save money, or looking for new hobbies and classes to attend. Being mindful about the direction of your life allows you to feel in control.

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One of the biggest consequences of finding yourself alone is that you may automatically believe you’re bored.     4    . Climb that mountain you always wanted to climb or lift those weights you always wanted to lift. Do something that you see as a challenge and then focus your mental energy on achieving the goal of completing it.

Practice Meditation

Please understand that loneliness is a feeling, one you can take control of. If you’re a social person most of the time, when you’re alone your brain maybe guilty of convincing you there’s something wrong.     5    . Breathe...Taking time to focus on your breath and meditate has proven to be a great way to reduce those feelings of hopelessness and worry.

A．Challenge yourself

B．Do your favorite sports

C．This is far from the case

D．It doesn’t need to be a life-changing plan

E．Then you’re more likely to succeed in career

F．Therefore, you become worried and desire to be around someone

G．It keeps you focused, thus reducing anxiety and helping to keep you happy

5 . Having an off day when you feel stressed or sad is totally normal.    1    We’ve put together some different things you can try to help turn your mood around and get feeling like yourself again.

Take a few minutes to breathe deeply. The simple action of taking full, deep breaths can help you start to feel better. Deep breathing increases oxygen supply throughout the body.     2     Deep breathing also helps activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which produces a calming effect.

Start keeping diaries.    3    It is a way to cognitively deal with the circumstances behind how you are feeling. In fact, studies have shown that writing offers benefits of emotional well-being, including relief of emotional distress. Besides, adjourning has been shown to benefit the immune system.

    4    Emotional tears signal the body to let out endorphins or “feel-good” hormones to promote a feeling of calm and well-being. Not only does crying allow your body to let out stress hormones, but at the end of a good cry, the body assumes a calmer state with a lower heart and breathing rate.

Rely on your support system. Studies have shown the benefits of having a close support system of family and friends to whom you can turn. Social support leads to a sense of belonging and security rather than loneliness while dealing with emotional pain.    5    

A．Take a break to laugh.

B．Go ahead and cry if you need to.

C．Take some time for yourself and treat yourself.

D．It’s also been linked to an increased sense of self-worth.

E．Writing down your feelings provides a great benefit.

F．This can help to relax muscles and reduce your blood pressure.

G．The good news is that there are things you can do for yourself to start feeling better.

6 . Anger has a bad reputation.     1     We temporarily lose our judgment, regaining it only after our anger dies down — often when it’s too late. It’s as if anger destroys us, overwhelming our best intentions.

But what if anger is a valuable-friend, not an adversary (对手) to be defeated?     2     It provides us with information about the world around us. Anger is an internal signal that identifies our unmet needs and presents us with opportunities for course correction, healing, and growth. It motivates us to act toward meeting our needs and reaching our goals.

Anger has one main purpose — to secure our safety and survival. We respond with anger when we are threatened or when our boundaries are violated (侵犯).     3    

What we need is a willingness to experience anger without suppressing it or discharging it immediately. When we have the courage to remain present with our anger, we can look directly at it. We can investigate and come to understand it, and we can extract its wisdom.

    4     Rather than identify with anger’s urge to act, or with its feelings of frustration and powerlessness, you now relate to its message of worth and efficacy. This change, in turn, frees you to grow through your anger.

Anger, like a fire, is a force. Left unchecked, it can be destructive.     5    

A．Uncovering the wisdom of anger begins with feeling it fully.

B．It gives us energy and power to overcome threatening situations.

C．Yet when it is used wisely, it can be powerful beneficial instrument.

D．When you come to see anger as a friend, you change your relationship with it.

E．While anger sometimes involves aggressive tendencies, it also carries great wisdom.

F．When we have the courage to remain present with our anger, we can look directly at it.

G．When it bursts out, it can take control of our body, our thoughts, our senses, and our actions.

7 . How to Feel at Peace

Is feeling truly peaceful a pipe dream? Nope! With a little work, you can feel calm, cool, and collected (just like you deserve to).    1     These work based on personal preference, so just find one that works for you!

Release what you cannot control.

This is the most important part of feeling at peace and the first place you should always start. 90% of the time, when we’re worried about something or stressed out, the source of our anxiety is really something that we have no control over.    2    If you can’t affect the outcome then there is no point in worrying about something.

Get an inspiration from nature.

Go sit out in an area nearby. Listen to the trees. Watch the animals. Do they seem worried about what their brother did last Christmas? Do the trees seem to notice when it starts to rain?    3    

Create goals.

Having a goal that you can work for can really help when you’re feeling lost and aimless in life.    4    Find something that you want for yourself and then figure out what you have to do to pursue it. You’ll find an inner peace when you’re working with all your soul devoted to a single goal.

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When other people make us angry, it is usually because we cannot understand why they’re doing something that’s making us angry. Instead of blowing up at someone or stressing yourself out, try to see things from their side of the table. Think about why they did what they did... and remember that we’re all people with our own problems and our own dreams.

A．Forgive yourself.

B．Find the humanity in all people.

C．All you can do in life is to try your best and let fate take its course.

D．Happiness is on the horizon, and we’re here to show you what to do.

E．No. Nature adapts and embraces every twist and turn in life and you should too.

F．Really, what’s the point in life if you don’t have something to work towards, right?

G．A huge source of worry in our lives comes from when we beat ourselves up from inside.

8 . There’s a special bond between good parents and their children that is a beautiful thing to see.

They care about every________of their children’s life, from the tiniest issues to the biggest heartbreaks.

Elizabeth Bautista Boyd of Oklahoma is________to have such a father who still________and protects her, even though she is a grown-up 38-year-old working woman now. Boyd drove to work on a________winter morning, and the roads were frozen.________this, her dad did something amazing for her.

She________photos of her father’s act of kindness on a social networking website________by the touching words: “You guys…This is my dad. He’d driven to my company parking lot and waited for me to________, so he could salt the icy road from my________to the company’s front door. He did this to________that I, his 38-year-old daughter, wouldn’t________Oh! Love you, Daddy.”

The photos show her dad with a bag of salt,________spreading a path of salt across the icy road. This simple but________gesture of a father’s love for his daughter has________thousands of hearts online. In around 24 hours, it obtained over 70,000 reactions and over 76,000 shares.

Some________“What an amazing Daddy you have!” and one person wrote: “Definitely give him a huge hug, big enough for all of us.

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A．aspect

B．advantage

C．exception

D．weakness

2.

A．regretful

B．blessed

C．confident

D．supposed

3.

A．cares for

B．talks about

C．relies on

D．keeps from

4.

A．busy

B．sunny

C．cold

D．quiet

5.

A．Interested in

B．Unsatisfied with

C．Uncertain about

D．Aware of

6.

A．selected

B．found

C．developed

D．posted

7.

A．accompanied

B．simplified

C．clarified

D．confirmed

8.

A．work

B．arrive

C．drive

D．survive

9.

A．seat

B．vehicle

C．office

D．building

10.

A．prove

B．explain

C．ensure

D．announce

11.

A．forget

B．move

C．slip

D．stop

12.

A．nervously

B．casually

C．generously

D．carefully

13.

A．strange

B．sweet

C．rude

D．crazy

14.

A．touched

B．appreciated

C．witnessed

D．convinced

15.

A．promised

B．recalled

C．debated

D．commented

9 . The journey towards self-improvement and personal success is often paved with challenges and obstacles.     1     The power of mindset extends beyond mere positive thinking. It shapes your attitudes and actions, thereby shaping your destiny.

Mindset rests on a fundamental principle: your inner beliefs and thoughts can form your reality.     2     It is also about how an optimistic mindset fosters (培养) improved decision-making, heightened problem-solving abilities, and stronger resilience against challenges.

Factors like talent and hard work are often highlighted in professional success.     3     Consider a physical therapist, who may encounter limitations in their effectiveness due to a negative or fixed mindset despite possessing the necessary skills and knowledge. This situation underlines how a growth mindset is essential.

    4     It is a game-changer in personal and professional development. It is centered around the belief that abilities and intelligence are not fixed traits but can be cultivated through effort, learning, and perseverance.

To make full use of the potential of your mindset, it is crucial to confront and overcome limiting beliefs. You may never realize it.     5    

A．This isn’t merely hopeful thinking.

B．Effort and ability can equal a positive mindset.

C．The growth mindset means continuous improvement.

D．In fact, mindset emerges as an equally critical element.

E．Such beliefs can act as invisible barriers to your success.

F．Mindset plays an important role in building good relationship.

G．However, a crucial element that influences this journey is the mindset.

10 . Niels Eék, psychologist and co-founder of mental health and self-development platform Remente, gives advice on how to manage your mental health when returning to work.

The prospect of going back to work may cause some nervousness and anxiety, especially after spending so long with limited face-to-face contact. Upon returning to the office, you may want to keep track of how much time you are devoting to work when you return home in the evenings.

Remote working can blur the boundaries between your professional and personal life, so it’s important to re-establish this division, particularly if you have spent the last four months working from home. Reading and receiving emails and messages outside of working hours can make some people feel more anxious. To avoid this, you may want to set clear boundaries at home, where you do not address work emails during certain hours, to give yourself time to relax ready for the next day.

Of course, some tasks may be urgent, so ask your manager to phone you if something needs to be immediately addressed. That way, you don’t need to be constantly checking your device and can instead focus on your own mental and physical well-being. Go to bed at a time that allows you to rise well-rested, cook nutritious meals that you enjoy, or perhaps take an evening walk to relax. Returning to work is likely to be a shock after so long, so make sure to do what you need to do to feel relaxed each evening.

Talking to a friend or colleague can be extremely useful when addressing these anxieties. It is good to remember that these feelings are something that many people face, so being open about your emotions is nothing to feel uncomfortable about. “Remember that it is OK to tell your friends and co-workers that you need some time out” as you return to regular interactions with people after months of isolation. It may take some time to adapt to the change in circumstances, but this is totally normal.

1. What will happen to the people who return to office work?

A．They will need more career development guidance.

B．They will have to check their emails constantly.

C．They will feel more relaxed than working at home.

D．They may suffer from some mental problems.

2. What does the underlined word “blur” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．Mix up.

B．Focus on.

C．Break away.

D．Set up.

3. How can you avoid being disturbed after work in the evening?

A．Telling your manager you need rest.

B．Checking your device repeatedly for messages.

C．Confirming urgent and vital things to be addressed.

D．Telling your colleagues to spare you some time.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．How to manage your physical health at work

B．How to deal with anxiety as you return to work

C．Advice on a better performance at office work

D．Advice on striking a balance between work and life