Boredom is like
Boredom is uncomfortable, but its adaptive function would seem to be that it motivates us to make a change to our circumstances, to do something more meaningful. Related to this, there’s research
Some people seem to experience boredom more often than others. They tend to agree that time passes slowly and that they find it hard to entertain
2 . I had been saying goodbye to my mom for ten years. That was how
My mother showed me how to fight her foe with knowledge, humor and
In those ten years watching my mother die, I learned that we cannot
We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.
1.A.soon | B.long | C.often | D.many |
A.survived | B.suffered | C.sustained | D.strengthened |
A.in | B.out | C.on | D.up |
A.decrease | B.demand | C.despair | D.desire |
A.comfortable | B.suitable | C.bearable | D.adjustable |
A.stopped | B.suggested | C.sought | D.searched |
A.unacceptable | B.unintentional | C.ultimate | D.unselfish |
A.experiencing | B.explaining | C.exploring | D.expecting |
A.drugs | B.exercises | C.strength | D.faith |
A.Instead | B.So | C.However | D.Moreover |
A.sorry | B.sorrow | C.scene | D.sob |
A.leave | B.abandon | C.forget | D.remember |
A.progress | B.memories | C.fortunes | D.influence |
A.initially | B.similarly | C.totally | D.gradually |
A.optimistic | B.cruel | C.positive | D.bad |
A.She has a new laptop. |
B.She won some money. |
C.She was accepted by a university. |
As we search for belonging, teenagers are looking for their identity. They are making the physical and emotional transition to independence and they are constantly looking for the thing that will define their lives. They are asking
●Teenagers want to belong.
We want acceptance, which is what we so often search for online. We fear missing out. because we never want to be the one who doesn’t fit in. Teenagers also want to be known truly and loved deeply.
●Teenagers can think.
Some people may have the stereotype(成见)that teenagers are strictly shallow thinkers.
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The teen years are a time full of trouble and fear can go into almost every area of life-school work, friendships, church, family members, and, perhaps biggest of all, the future. Life feels very much unknown to teenagers. So even though they may feel confident, or promise you they have everything planned out, they are anxious about life.
●Teenagers want their lives to matter.
A.“Who am I?” |
B.Teenagers are afraid. |
C.They long to belong. |
D.Teenagers worries about their future. |
E.Sometimes our parents may also make mistakes. |
F.And one of their greatest fears is that their lives won’t matter. |
G.But teenagers can actually think about serious topics like death and philosophy. |
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I was backpacking in Panama over Christmas in 2018, and planned to climb Volcán Barú. It is one of the only places on earth from where you can see the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the same time.
I set off before sunrise. It was a bit cold, so I had pulled on leggings under my trousers. I’ve always felt safe travelling as a solo (单独) woman. I love the freedom. When I got to the base at 7 am, the ranger (护林员) was unwilling to let me go alone, but relented (缓和) because an American couple were behind me.
The first part of the climb was beautiful. I walked for an hour and had reached a fair height. The views were impressive, so I stopped to take a photograph. Suddenly I heard violent barking behind me.
I turned and saw two dogs running aggressively towards me. I could see their teeth looked sharp, and they looked angry. There was nowhere for me to run. I tried to keep calm, but my heart was racing. They stopped a dozen feet from where I stood and kept barking. I knew they could move fast, so I didn’t want to try to outrun them.
I kept walking, saying, “Good dog, calm down,” as evenly as possible. But I was terrified. Then one dashed up and sunk his teeth into my leg below the knee. I was shocked. He held on for a few seconds. The pain took my breath away as I felt his fangs (犬牙) in my flesh. I considered bending down to get a rock to fight him off, but was nervous in case he went for my neck or the other one launched at me.
I tried to keep walking, and he finally let go. Then he was behind me, growling (嗥叫). I kept going, my body shaking, until after about 15 minutes I was out of their sight.
When I thought it was safe, I stopped.
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A pickup truck appeared, driven by the ranger.
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6 . Regret is a very real reaction to a disappointing event in your life, a choice you made that can’t be changed, something you said that you can’t take back.
As with other negative emotions, it doesn’t work to avoid, deny or try to destroy regret.
You can help release these feelings of regret by practicing self-compassion (自我同情).This means reminding yourself that you are human, you are doing the best you can and you can learn from past decisions and grow.
Noticing, acknowledging and then forgiving your thoughts are a powerful step towards overcoming regret.
A.Dealing with regret is even more difficult. |
B.Regret is not only unpleasant, but also unhealthy. |
C.There are basically two ways to experience regret. |
D.But regret related to the inaction path is harder to fix. |
E.Seeing the situation in a different way may help reduce regret. |
F.In the long run, these strategies only increase negative feelings. |
G.Showing this compassion to yourself can help you accept and move past the regret. |
7 . Exams are nerve-racking, especially for those already of an anxious disposition. The silence of the hall; the ticking of the clock; the beady eye of the invigilator; the smug expression of the person sitting at the neighboring desk who has finished 15 minutes early. It therefore seems hardly surprising that those who worry about taking tests do systematically worse than those who do not.
What is, perhaps surprising, according to the research published recently in Psychological Science by Maria Theobad at the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and her colleagues, is that it is not the pressure of the exam hall which causes the problem. It is the pressure of revision.
What Dr Theobald found was that anxiety on the day of the test did not predict exam performance at all. What did predict it was the level of knowledge a student displayed in the mock exam and the earlier digital learning activities. Those who performed well in these also did well in the real thing, regardless of how anxious they were on the day.
What actually hampered students, it turned out, were high levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place. The greater a student’s anxiety in the days before the exam the lower his or her knowledge gain was during that period, leaving that student with less helpful material in mind during the exam itself.
And this is a positive discovery, for it suggests a change of approach to revision by the anxious might help improve their results.
Dr Theobald notes that test-anxiety is at its worst when students have low expectations of success and simultaneously know that passing the exam is exceedingly important. To reduce this anxiety, she proposes a two fold strategy for students to consider as they revise.
First they can raise their belief in their own abilities by reminding themselves of just how much they know. Second, they can weaken the significance of the test by reminding themselves that, while it is important, it is not a life or death situation.
1. According to the research, which of the following can help to predict a student’s bad results in exams?A.The exam hall is silent during the exams. |
B.He is very much afraid of the exams. |
C.He feels great pressure from his classmates. |
D.He displayed low-level knowledge gain in his revision. |
A.The level of his anxiety on the exam day. |
B.His scale of knowledge shown in the mock exam. |
C.His digital learning abilities during the exam. |
D.His good performance in the real exam. |
A.helped. | B.encouraged. |
C.stimulated. | D.blocked. |
A.Have more confidence in their abilities. |
B.Value the importance of passing the exam. |
C.Have low expectations of success. |
D.Deny the significance of the text. |
A.Excited. | B.Sleepy. | C.Bored. |
9 . When our three kids were young, we had days that went on for life times, As I watched my husband Crag leave every morning, I felt
This question showed the
I wanted to say, “Today has been a
So we decided to
Questions are like gifts. It's the
A.relaxed | B.scared | C.excited | D.surprised |
A.called | B.awoke | C.returned | D.withdrew |
A.combination | B.gap | C.wrestle | D.linked |
A.stared at | B.broke with | C.lied to | D.drove away |
A.miracle | B.flash | C.lifetime | D.discovery |
A.jump | B.regret | C.hesitate | D.explode |
A.optimistic | B.desperate | C.secure | D.thankful |
A.move | B.listen | C.quarrel | D.answer |
A.love | B.respect | C.trust | D.help |
A.offer | B.receive | C.refuse | D.seek |
A.specific | B.precious | C.fundamental | D.plain |
A.However | B.Instead | C.Consequently | D.Besides |
A.caring | B.curious | C.pointed | D.direct |
A.secret | B.response | C.thought | D.inspiration |
A.clue | B.explanations | C.support | D.attention |
10 . If you are of the “no regrets” school of life, you might think that all this regret is a reason for unhappiness. But that isn’t the case.
Kill the ghost.
People often say their regrets “haunt” them. This suggests that regret is like a ghost: not entirely clear but always awful. Bring your ghost out of the shadows by making a list of your regrets.
After you make a mistake, life moves on. But sometimes you just can’t stop kicking yourself. Perhaps you dropped out of school decades ago and are constantly calculating today how much money you would be making had you made it to graduation.
Collect your diploma(文凭).
A.Forgive yourself. |
B.Stop wasting time. |
C.Going to the other extreme may be worse. |
D.Regret is like a school run by human nature. |
E.Write down why each one still bothers you and its bad effects. |
F.Well analyzed and managed, regrets can be beneficial to your well-being. |
G.In other words, you have voluntarily chosen a life sentence for a poor decision made previously. |