An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year -old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) perched (栖息) on their window.
The father asked his son, “what is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father , I have just now told you, it is a crow!”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation (恼怒) was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff (生硬回绝) . “It’s a crow , a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “ What is this?”
This time, the son shouted at his father, “ Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?’
A little while later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered (发皱的) diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel annoyed but I rather felt love for my innocent son.
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After reading the diary,
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Feeling ashamed , the son got down on his knees before his father.
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2 . How to Get Rid of Stress?
Nowadays, stress is one of the major causes of mental illess and physical illness. Everybody has met and experienced it. It lives in our homes, workplaces, and even follows us wherever we go.
First, we get stressed because we choose to get stressed. This is ridiculous(荒谬的), you might say. You’re right.
Second, we get stressed because we don’t do what we should do.
Choosing not to get stressed is not easy. Initially(最初), it takes effort because you are used to going with the flow of your learned behavior.
| A．Stress is harmful for our health. |
| B．But do you know why we can’t get rid of it? |
| C．Let’s take on our own responsibility right now. |
| D．What benefits can we get from being stressed? |
| E．So we need to overcome our laziness to be stress-free. |
| F．Who would believe that stress is a choice that we make? |
| G．This is because we’re lazy or we don’t have faith in ourselves. |
3 . Fear is something we all experience, especially when setting out on any new undertaking. Failure is one of the most common and most damaging fears that many people struggle with.
Re-evaluate your approach. Often times, when a result doesn’t match our expectations, we are likely to mark the attempt as a failure.
Take things slow. Rushing into new ventures without any personal preparation can make things worse.
Be kind to yourself. Don’t mock your fears; they are there for a reason. Work with your fears.
| A．This is “all or nothing” thinking |
| B．Learn what doesn’t work or does |
| C．Recognize failures as learning experiences |
| D．Try to find steps towards your goals directly |
| E．Merely avoiding the feeling of fear is not likely |
| F．Work through your fear or failure at your own pace |
| G．Treat yourself sympathetically and with understanding |
4 . While often seen as a negative (消极的) emotion, anger can also be a powerful motivator (促进因素) for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
“People often believe that a state of happiness is perfect,” said lead author Heather Lench, PhD, a professor in the department of psychologcal and brain sciences at Texas A & M University, “but previous research suggests that a mix of emotions, including negative emotions like anger, results in good outcomes.”
The functionalist theory of emotion suggests that all emotions, good or bad, are reactions to events within a person’s environment and help that person to make proper actions, according to Lench. For example, sadness may suggest that a person needs to seek help or emotional support, while anger may indicate a person needs to take action to overcome an obstacle (障碍).
To better understand the role of anger in achieving goals, researchers conducted a series of experiments involving more than 1,000 participants and analyzed survey data from more than 1,400 respondents. In each experiment, participants either had an emotional response (such as anger, amusement, desire or sadness) or a neutral (中性的) emotional state, and then were presented with a challenging goal. Across all the experiments, anger improved people’s ability to reach their goals compared with a neutral condition in a variety of challenging situations.
“Our research adds to the growing evidence that a mix of positive and negative emotions promotes well-being, and that using negative emotions as tools can be particularly effective in some situations,” Lench said.
1. What is commonly believed concerning people’s emotions?| A．It is believed that a state of joy is great. |
| B．A feeling of sadness leads to poor effect. |
| C．Anger is actually a positive emotion. |
| D．Pride acts as an obstacle to success. |
| A．They hoped to overturn the previous findings. |
| B．They hoped to prove that a state of happiness is ideal. |
| C．They hoped to find the relationship between positive and negative emotions. |
| D．They hoped to have a better understanding of the role of anger in attaining goals. |
| A．The problem of the research. | B．The background of the research. |
| C．The process of the research. | D．The significance of the research. |
| A．Skeptical. | B．Favorable. | C．Uncaring. | D．Critical. |
Today I was at the shopping centre and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. But as I chose and read, and chose and read again, it seemed that not a single card said what I really wanted to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 56 Father’s Days together. I didn’t think that you were too old. But the sad thing happened last week. I watched as you turned at the corner in your car. I didn’t realize at once that it was you because the man who was driving looked so elderly.
Fifty years ago this spring, we planted carrots together in a garden in Charles City, Iowa. This week, we’ll plant carrots together again, perhaps for the last time but I hope not. I don’t understand why planting carrots with you is so important to me. Well, I don’t quite know how to tell you this, dad…I don’t like carrots…but I like planting them with you.
I guess what I am trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their dad today. Praising a father on Father’s Day is about more than a dad who brings home money or shares a dinner. It’s more about a dad deeply loving children who know everything and won’t listen to anyone. It’s about sharing. It’s about loving someone more than words can say, and I wish that it would never end.
Lover,
Jenny
1. Where did Jenny go today?| A．A garden. | B．A shopping center. | C．A cinema. | D．A hospital. |
| A．An old man. | B．A car driver. | C．Jenny’s father. | D．Jenny’s husband. |
| A．It’s the last time for Jenny to plant carrots with her father. |
| B．Jenny and her father plant carrots together every year. |
| C．Both Jenny and her father like eating carrots. |
| D．Jenny would like to stay with her father. |
| A．Deep love for Dad. | B．Best wishes for Dad. |
| C．The importance of Dad. | D．The beginning of Father’s Day. |
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I’m sorry to say that I can’ t go to Heshun’s old town with you as planning. I’m writing to apologize for breaking my promises. Honestly speaking, I have be expecting to visit Heshun’s old town with you, where we can get close to the nature and experience local customs. However, I can’ t travel recently because I hurt your leg in an accident. That is because I want to put away our travel. I would appreciate it if you could allow me fix another date. If it’s really convenience for you, shall we travel there this summer vacation? If not, please keep me informed of what time suited you best in advance.
| A．Horrible. | B．Interesting. | C．Attractive. |
1. 表达感谢；
2. 陈述丢笔记的过程；
3. 表达祝福。
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Dear David,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
9 . Staying positive through the cold season could be the best defence against getting sick, a new American study suggests.
In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny character were less likely to fall ill.
The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help protect us from the common cold and other illnesses.
“People with a positive emotional style may have different immune (免疫的) responses to the virus,” explained lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may experience their illness as less severe.”
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a previous study that happier people seemed less susceptible (易受影响的) to catching a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional quality itself had the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality qualities, physical health and “emotional style”.
Those who tended to be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, while those who were often unhappy, tense and hostile (敌意的) had a negative style.
Afterwards, the researchers gave them nose drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus that causes flu-like symptoms. Over the next six days the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had. Cohen and his colleagues found that happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
What’s more, when happy folks did develop a cold, their symptoms were less severe than what would be expected based on objective (客观的) measures.
In contrast, people with negative characters were not at increased risk of developing a cold based on objective measures, though they did tend to get down about their symptoms.
“We find that it’s really positive emotions that have the big effect”, Cohen said, “not the negative ones.”
So can a bad-tempered person fight a cold by deciding to be happy?
1. The purpose of Cohen’s new study was to .| A．find effective ways to fight illnesses |
| B．test people’s different immune responses to cold virus |
| C．tell differences between happy people and unhappy people |
| D．examine whether health was related to emotional styles |
| A．an emotional style is difficult to change |
| B．happy people are immune to cold virus |
| C．people’s attitudes toward illnesses are different |
| D．happiness itself helps protect people from cold |
| A．success is the twin of positive spirits |
| B．we get more by being more positive |
| C．the happier we are, the fewer colds we will suffer |
| D．physical health is more important than mental health |
| A．Stay Away from Being Negative | B．Warm People Likely to Keep Cold Away |
| C．An Effective Medicine for Being Fit | D．Positive or Negative, It’s Up to You |
| A．Angry. | B．Apologetic. | C．Happy. |
