1 . Most of us look forward to the weekend as a time to relax, connect with friends and family, and tackle items from a to do list that gets neglected during the work week. But as the weekend comes to an end, many of us are missing out on Sunday Funday and instead experiencing a sense of anxiety and even worry about the upcoming week.     1     Here is how experts say you can ease your end of week anxiety.

Identify your anxiety source

Anxiety is a normal human experience and one of the main ways to manage it is to identify your personal causes.     2     Create multiple to do lists. One list for tasks that need to be completed immediately, another for tasks that are less urgent, and a final list for tasks that you’d like to complete at some point.

Don’t forget to relax

When structuring your Sunday, try not to put in too many routine tasks.     3     Maybe a body scan meditation(冥想), maybe a mid-afternoon shower or bath, maybe an engaging movie or show, whatever feels like a helpful distraction(分心的事)to recover from the scaries.

Create some excitement for the week ahead

Having something to look forward to gives you something to think about what is pleasing rather than only focusing on the fright you feel. Instead of focusing on awful things you expect from the week, build excitement over a coffee or lunch date with a friend you have been meaning to catch up with.     4    

Structure your day

    5     Maybe that means planning some favourite foo ds to enjoy while watching football. Or maybe you go all in for some self-care. Do you best to honor this time and make Sunday night all about you leave the work emails for Monday morning.

A．End your Sunday with the right energy.

B．Even though the Sunday scaries are common, they are manageable.

C．Try to find out what is really causing you to feel frightened this week.

D．Make Sunday nights about doing something for yourself to reduce the anxiety.

E．When you’re engaging in what makes you feel good, that feeling is hard to hold on to.

F．If you’re feeling more stress in general, it’s important to make space for relaxing activities.

G．This gives you the opportunity to shift your thought s to something fun and will help improve your mood.

2 . It is natural for us teenagers to feel upset.     1     Here I am offering some useful suggestions.

•Move your body.

    2     Have you ever noticed that you feel happier and have a sense of achievement after a good workout? That’s because working out creates endorphins — body chemicals that make us feel happy. No matter how low you are feeling, your mood will get a well-deserved boost (改善) after a workout. Exercise also helps you keep your heart in shape, makes you stronger and helps you stay at a healthy weight. And exercise is totally fun — and it’s great for your self-esteem, too.

•Talk about it.

    3     Friends’ ears can be a great source of support since you’re all in the same boat. And don’t forget your mom — she was once a teenager as well and may understand more than you realize. Even talking to your pet can help — just saying things out loud can help you see things differently and calm you down.

•Laugh a lot.

Humour can rescue you from an upset moment or make you feel better when you’re in an unpleasant mood. No matter what’s going on, the ability to laugh at yourself and your situation is really important.     4     It’s true! Using your smile muscles tells your brain to make more endorphins and that boosts your mood.

•Cry — it’s okay!

Sometimes the only way to get out of your feelings is to cry — so go ahead! Shut yourself in your room and cry your eyes out! No one says you have to be happy all the time.     5    

A．Why not pack up your suitcase and take a trip?

B．We can’t say enough good things about exercise.

C．But still we should find ways to manage our feelings.

D．So smile at whatever is happening and choose to be happy.

E．And do you know just smiling can help better your mood?

F．When you are done, you’ll be ready to face the world again.

G．Don’t hold in all those feelings until you are ready to explode.

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短文。

One of my favorite possessions is a little red can. It sits among my collections, looking somewhat old and out of place. But this can is special. It has a history. It was dear to me when I was younger, but mean even more to me now.

I’ve always loved to visit my grandparents in Cleburne, Texas, and as anyone in the family can tell you, there is always a gathering around the dining room table for meals and conversations so that we can keep in touch closely. It is important to keep in touch with the family members since we are busy with our own business, so my family members keep the tradition to have the gathering every month. We enjoy the moment when all of us meet in a place and communication helps us to solve the problem of isolation. As the first grandbaby, though, I was at a slight disadvantage. When I sat in the dining chair, only my nose could reach the table. Cleburne is a small town with a small population, and the phone book could only lift me an inch. So, Grandma and Grandpa came up with the idea of the little red can.

It was about ten inches high, made of tin, and painted a glorious shiny red. It worked perfectly, enabling me to bang away on the table with my little spoon and cup as I tried to keep up with the joyful talks around the table. After I finished a meal, I was placed on the floor, and the can was opened, and all sorts of surprises kept me busy while the adults visited. The can was full of lovely dolls which attracted little girls like me greatly. Besides, there were fresh and novel items that were mysterious to me and left me to explore.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Pretty soon, other grandbabies started to arrive, and each of them had their own turn on the little red can. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Decades later, Grandma proudly pulled out the little red can again when I traveled to Cleburne with my daughter. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 . Laugh Your Worries Away

Have you ever laughed so much you simply couldn’t stop? Perhaps your body has keeled over with laughter or you have “got the giggles” at an inappropriate moment. As World Laughter Day approaches, read on to find out why chuckling puts a smile on your face and is good for you.

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Laughter is a sound you make involuntarily. When you laugh, you are using the muscles in between your ribcage. This squeezes air out of you, causing you to make a noise. There are other effects too: laughter causes 15 muscles in your face to contract (move), leaving you with a big grin.

Why do we laugh?

    2    . In fact, it’s a way of connecting with other people. Sophie Scott is a laughter expert and neuroscientist, which means she studies the brain. She told The Week Junior, “The main reason why we laugh is social. It’s something we do to make and maintain bonds with other people and it’s a really important way of us communicating with each other.”

Is laughter really good for me?

Not only does laughter connect you to others but it can also help when you’re feeling down or worried. Scott says, “Laughter is a very important way to deal with stress.”     3    , which can help you feel less anxious and more relaxed. In fact, a recent study by a children’s mental health charity, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, shows that 83% of young people rely on laughter to improve their mood. Laughter can strengthen the immune system and it has been linked to a healthy heart.     4    .

What if I’m not in the mood to laugh?

It’s possible and normal to laugh when feeling sad.     5    . Laughter is also contagious, which means whatever your mood is, you can catch the giggles from others who are laughing.

A．What is laughter

B．When do we laugh

C．Surprisingly, it has very little to do with your sense of humor

D．Sometimes, people use laughter to lighten an awkward or upsetting situation

E．What’s more, laughing with friends or family can make you feel safe and secure

F．Endorphins, or feel-good chemicals in your body, are released when you laugh

G．Evidently, laughter, recognized as the best medicine, can help us lift our spirits

5 . Everyone feels a little jealous (嫉妒的) once in a while. But when these feelings of jealousy begin to cause you stress, it’s probably time to start looking for ways to get rid of your jealousy. The techniques below can help you reflect on your jealousy and move on from any frustration in a healthy way.

●Acknowledge your feelings of jealousy.

When you notice feelings of jealousy starting to creep in (悄然出现), take a few minutes to check in with yourself. Ask yourself “Am I jealous right now?” It’s perfectly normal to get jealous once in a while, so don’t be too hard on yourself.     1    

●Find the root of your jealousy.

    2     Once you admit that you’re struggling with jealousy, it’s time to start looking into why you’re feeling that way. For example, low self-respect is often a cause of jealousy. Other possible causes include：past terrible experiences or mental health disorders.

●Talk about it with other people.

If you have a lot of frustration caused by jealousy, don’t just keep it to yourself. Take time to sit down with your family member to tell them what’s going on. If you don’t want to talk to anyone, here are some other suggestions for how to cope:     3     You can also write down your thoughts and feelings in a journal.

●Focus on your positive qualities.

Find your own unique strengths to defeat feelings of jealousy. Jealousy is often rooted in feelings of insecurity and low self-esteem.     4     When you start feeling those tell-tale signs of jealousy, remind yourself of all the things that make you amazing.

●Limit your time on social media.

Social media tends to only show the “perfect” parts of someone’s life. If you struggle with jealousy, you can be tempted (诱惑) to look through other people’s profiles to look for faults.     5     To stop any jealous feelings from forming, log off for a while and do something more productive instead.

A．Take exercise to burn off the stress.

B．But most of the time those desires will just feed your jealousy.

C．Occasionally there are deeper underlying issues that fuel jealousy.

D．However, it’s vital to remember that you have a lot of special talents.

E．Instead of envying someone with a lot of money, make your dollars count.

F．Constantly setting yourself up against others can just make your jealousy worse.

G．But sometimes just naming your emotions can help you gain control over them.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. How does Nancy look to Daniel?

A．Confused.

B．Excited.

C．Anxious.

2. Why does Daniel mention his performance in a play?

A．To comfort Nancy.

B．To express his regret.

C．To show his pride.

3. What is Nancy going to do next week?

A．Take a school test.

B．Have a check-up.

C．Go in for a competition.

4. What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy?

A．Rewrite her lines.

B．Drive her to the theatre.

C．Help her with the practice.

7 . Emotions are like our best friend. They have always been a part of our lives and have been influencing our personalities from the very beginning. However, this begs the question — where do emotions come from?

Evolutionary (进化论的) psychologists believe that emotions are adaptations that have evolved in response to the challenges faced by our ancestors. They believe that emotions are innate (先天的), meaning that we are born with them wired into our brains.

Some psychologists restrict their claims to a small set of “basic” emotions, which are called the Big Six — happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, anger and disgust.

Critics of evolutionary psychology argue that emotions are socially constructed. They reject the evolutionary theory of emotions being involuntary; instead, they believe that emotions are voluntary choices we trick ourselves into treating as involuntary.

Defendants of this view believe that our culture influences how we should feel and what we should do in a given situation. When we feel an emotion and act on it, we engage in a behavior that is prescribed by our culture.

People argue that our presumption that emotions are involuntary, such as anger, may just be a convenient illusion (幻觉). To be angry, we need to understand something as offensive (冒犯的), which is likely based on culturally informed moral judgments. In that case, how can anger be an animal reflex (本能反应)?

Moreover, anger is not seen in all cultures. In Inuit culture, people rarely show any signs of anger, probably since threatening responses would be too risky in a small culture surviving in harsh conditions. The Malay language of Malaysia doesn’t even have a word meaning “anger”!

The fact that culture can affect the incidence and intensity of our emotions makes them look less like biological truths and more like the product of social constructs.

From my perspective, evolutionary psychologists underestimate the contributions of culture and learning, whereas social constructionists over-emphasize the same. Basically, we need an explanation that can steer between both these extremes.

The next time you feel a complex emotion bubbling up (冒出), the key is to determine the underlying basic emotions so you can take action that is the most helpful in keeping you balanced and emotionally under control!

1. What do evolutionary psychologists believe?

A．We are born with emotions.

B．Personalities influence emotions.

C．Emotions are learned.

D．Humans have six different emotions.

2. What does the underlined word “prescribed” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Copied.

B．Remembered.

C．Translated.

D．Required.

3. What do the two examples in paragraph 7 mainly explain?

A．Emotions play a major role in survival.

B．People in poor circumstances have emotions.

C．People solve problems with the help of emotions.

D．Emotions are socially constructed.

4. What is essential when facing the occurrence of a complex emotion?

A．Finding out the real core emotions.

B．Taking action to ignore basic emotions.

C．Striking a balance between life and work.

D．Making efforts to build confidence.

8 .

Dear editor, We moved to this country 12 years ago, to be close to my husband’s family for more support and because the cost of living was lower. Now in my late 40s, I feel trapped in life abroad and want to move back to London. The city we live in is known for its multiculturalism and diversity. Everything seemed to be working perfectly, until recently. The industry I work in is dominated by local people. It seems they are unwilling to allow me to join what they are doing and that I am excluded. Seeing my eldest child leaving home and my youngest, still at school, becoming more independent has made me realise how unhappy I am. I feel I have always disregarded my own needs. I would like to go back to London right away. But our children feel at home here. I’m confused about what to do. Yours, Merrila Dear Merrila, Everything worked perfectly until recently. What happened? Something must have contributed to this. I’ve spent a long time reading your letter and wonder if your issue is a geographical one. The glass ceiling and ignorant people can and do exist in any city. While those issues are problematic, I wonder if it’s actually a reaction to such happenings: one of your children is leaving home and the other one won’t be far behind, and you’re thinking: “What will the next chapter of my life look like and have I done what I wanted to?” Something magical happens to women in midlife when they realise it’s time to put themselves front and centre. You can talk with your husband about how you feel. In the short term, plan a trip to London, meet up with some old friends and see what they say. Yours, Annalisa Barbieri

1. What does Merrila want to convey by referring to her work?

A．She can barely earn a living.	B．She feels out of place here.
C．The locals enjoy better jobs than her.	D．The city is different from London.

2. Why does Merrila write the letter?

A．To share her life story abroad.	B．To express her homesickness.
C．To make a complaint about life.	D．To turn to the editor for advice.

3. What really causes Merrila’s problem according to Annalisa?

A．Being far away from London.	B．Facing prejudice in the workplace.
C．Being at a loss about life changes.	D．Overlooking her real needs for long.

4. In which column of a magazine might this text appear?

A．Culture.

B．Health.

C．Education.

D．Lifestyle.

9 . You may have heard of the “fight or flight” response—an evolutionary system that allows us to enter a survival state in the presence of physical or psychological threats.

Your fight-or-flight mode is activated by the sympathetic nervous system. It’s meant to force you into action in order to temporarily protect or prepare yourself for something bad.     1     . Exposure to stressful situations may be perceived by your brain and body as intense and repetitive, locking you into a fight-or-flight state that may continue to exist for days, months or even years. We asked experts about signs that your mind and body have not returned to their normal, resting state.

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When stress is long-lasting, the body’s response system becomes overwhelmed, causing a collapse that may leave you unfeeling to everything. This emotional situation can make you feel like you’re on autopilot or disconnected from yourself and others. You might not be able to respond to emotions, which can lead to forgetfulness, difficulty of focusing, tiredness, hopelessness and self-destructive behaviors.

You’re always tired, but can’t rest

    3    . It keeps the mind and body alert and in survival mode to protect themselves. Sleep disturbances and muscle tension can be caused by biological changes. Other sleep problems can include nightmares, early waking, restless sleep and difficulty of falling asleep. Long-lasting exposure to cortisol, the stress hormone in the body, can put us in a constant state of awareness to our surroundings.

How to calm your fight-or-flight response

Eliminating long-lasting stress can be difficult.    4     . Physical ways to ensure you’re taking care of yourself include exercising, eating regularly and getting enough sleep.    5    . Most of all, it’s important to recognize when you need help, which can mean getting support from available resources.

A．You’re emotionally unfeeling

B．But sometimes, that can go out of control

C．A common symptom of nonstop stress is overalertness

D．Making time to process your emotions is important in coping

E．Some stress can be healthy, contributing to cognitive benefits

F．The truth is that your fight-or-flight response can kick in anytime

G．Positive social support can also help with stress and protect you against harm

10 . Cheerfulness is a powerful way to deal with a world that will always be tough and unjust in one way or another. It is a sign of strength in the face of difficulties. Different from fear, joy, or anger, cheerfulness isn’t something that overcomes you.     1     As such, you can include it into your life once you make the right mental switch. Here are four ways to do so.

◎Acknowledge the difficulties.

Cheerfulness is an honest emotion because you’re not hiding from reality.     2     Instead, it’s extremely important to be honest with yourself about the problems you’re facing. Only by first acknowledging that things are tough will you be able to find ways to cope.

◎Don’t focus on the negative.

Whether in your personal life or in society, it’s easy to focus on what’s going wrong. But whatever you focus on, it grows. If you decide to focus on what’s going wrong, those problems will grow in your mind until they consume you.     3    

◎Be grateful for what you have.

    4     Usually, they’re the things we take for granted until they’re no longer there, such as good health, a loving family, or even something as simple as a beautiful sunrise. Being grateful will shift your perspective and make it easier to see the silver linings of your problems.

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No cheerfulness without laughter. So you can watch comedies, browse memes, or joke around with friends. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts your mood, makes you feel less pain, and protects you from stress. Laughter is cathartic (精神宣泄的) and infectious. Laugh and brighten the room.

A．Find your sense of humor.

B．Deal with difficulties seriously.

C．Focus on the good things you have.

D．To a large degree, cheerfulness is a choice.

E．You’re not covering your eyes and looking away.

F．Acknowledge the problems, but don’t give them too much attention.

G．Being cheerful will make you see the world and your own life in a different way.