1 . 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.

2 . Confidence is a feeling of trust in your abilities, qualities and judgment. Building confidence is like building a house. You need to start with a solid foundation, then construct everything else from there. It takes time and effort to improve your confidence, especially if you haven’t had the opportunity to prove your skills in the past.     1     Start strengthening your self-confidence with these how-to guides.

    2     It’s easier said than done, but daily, positive thoughts about what you’re able to do can improve your confidence. Everyone has days when staying positive is tough, but force yourself to remember one good thing you like about who you are every morning until it’s a habit.

Do things you’re good at. What happens when you do things that you are good at?     3    Your strengths become even stronger, which helps improve your belief in yourself. Taking this approach also has another benefit: It can increase how satisfied you are with your life.

Spend time with positive people. The people around you greatly impact how you feel about yourself. If judgmental or critical people surround you, it’ll take a toll(产生负面影响)on your mental strength. If, however, you’re interacting with people who can cheer others on and support one another, you’ll feel much better.     4    

Take care of yourself. Focusing on you and what you need sometimes feel like it’s selfish,but it’s not!     5     Taking care of yourself can help you take care of others, but it can also help boost your self-confidence. Easy ways to start include taking a break when you’re overwhelmed(不堪重负的), wearing your favorite outfit, or doing something you love.

A．Act as if you feel confident.

B．Your self-confidence starts to rise.

C．It’s a necessary part of being human.

D．However, it is something that everyone can do!

E．Think positively about yourself and your skills.

F．Actually, it’s hard to feel good about yourself if you overuse your health.

G．So focus on creating healthier relationships with the positive people in your life.

3 . They say you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. But when it comes to tackling a tricky task, researchers have found that getting angry can also be a powerful motivator.

The experiments suggest people who are angry perform better on a set of challenging tasks than those who are emotionally neutral.

The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, details how researchers at Texas A&M University conducted experiments involving more than 1,000 people, and analysed survey data from more than 1,400 people to explore the possible impact of anger on people in various circumstances.

In one experiment, students were shown images previously found to cause anger, desire, amusement, sadness or no particular emotion at all. Participants were subsequently asked to solve a series of anagrams (变形词).

The results reveal that for a challenging set of anagrams, those who were angry did better — although no difference was seen for easy anagrams.

The researchers say one explanation could be down to a link between anger and greater persistence (坚持), with the team finding those who were angry spent more time on the difficult set of anagrams.

In another experiment, participants who were angry did better at avoiding flags in a skiing video game than those who were neutral or sad, and were on a par with (同水平) those who felt amusement or desire.

“This pattern could indicate that general physical arousal (激起) had a benefit for game scores, as this would be greater in anger, amused, and desire conditions compared to the sad and neutral conditions,” the researchers write. However, no such differences in performance was found when it came to an easier video game.

“People often prefer to use positive emotions as tools more than negative and tend to see negative emotions as undesirable,” said Lench, the first author of the study. “Our research adds to the growing evidence that a mix of positive and negative emotions promotes wellbeing, and that using negative emotions as tools can be particularly effective in some situations.”

1. What tasks did the researchers set for the students?

A．Catching flies with honey.

B．Helping analyze survey data.

C．Putting tasks into different categories.

D．Performing tasks in various emotional states.

2. Why does anger enable people to perform better on challenging tasks?

A．It brings team spirit into full play.

B．It promotes a deep insight into the tasks.

C．It increases effort toward attaining a goal.

D．It changes challenging tasks into easy ones.

3. What are paragraphs 7 and 8 mainly about?

A．Research result consistent with previous findings.

B．Potential application of the research finding.

C．A further explanation of the research method.

D．A reasonable doubt about the research process.

4. What does Lench intend to do in the last paragraph?

A．To present more proofs.	B．To draw a conclusion.
C．To make a comparison.	D．To criticize old practices.

4 . Do you ever worry about your study? Your health? These kinds of worries are quite common. However, for some people, worrying may become constant (连续发生的).     1     If so, understanding how to stop worrying can be a key step towards a more satisfying life.

Realize your styles of thinking

    2     Do you tend to focus on only some details instead of the whole picture? Or do you exaggerate (夸大) things so that relatively small events seem very bad? If so, try to notice when you get into these styles of thinking.

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Another step you can take to reduce your worries is to consider what aspects (方面) of a situation you can control. Once you have considered this, focus on what you can control, For example, if you are worried about your health, focus on lifestyle changes that you can make. If you are worried that you may fail an exam, focus on studying well.

Practice mindfulness (正念)

When we worry a lot, it often means that we are caught up in our past or our future.     4     Therefore, practicing it can help you live in the present instead of being caught up in the past or future.

Exercise more to help you stop worrying

Exercise such as running or going to the gym can help give you a break from your thoughts and worries.     5     It may help you deal with stress and handle your worries. Therefore, regular exercise is a great habit to have if you want to worry less.

A．Are you one of them?

B．Why do I worry too much?

C．Talk to someone about your worries.

D．It also has many useful effects on the brain.

E．Focus on changes you can make to worry less.

F．Mindfulness is a practice of focusing on the present moment.

G．You now need to have some understanding of your styles of thinking.

5 . Anger is a natural human emotion. Frequent feelings of anger have been linked to higher risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, depression and difficulty sleeping. Fortunately, you can learn to understand, process, and release your anger in healthy ways.

Develop an “anger plan”. Because it can be very hard to come up with ways to reduce your anger in the heat of the moment, try coming up with an advance plan to help you calm yourself in the event that you get angry.     1    

Restructure your thinking. Cognitive (认知的) restructuring can help you experience anger less frequently.     2     Changing the way you think about your experiences and goals can help you both avoid feeling angry in the first place and manage your anger when you do experience it.

    3     It’s easy to assume that your first impression of a situation or experience is the “right” one, and it can be very difficult to give up the idea that there is an objective truth to every situation. However, being more flexible with how you approach experiences and events will help you react with less anger to them.

Get enough sleep. A lack of sleep can do a variety of damages to your body, including causing physical stress and increasing your risk of developing a mood disorder such as depression or anxiety.     4     Sleep experts recommend that the average adult get an average of at least seven to eight hours of sleep per night.

Share your experiences with the person who angered you. For example, if someone hurt your feelings by ignoring you at a party, calmly talking to that person and explaining why you felt hurt may help them understand how their behaviour affected you. It may also help you feel more in control of the situation.     5     Always use non violent communication when interacting with others.

A．Approach situations with flexibility.

B．Anger can cause a variety of physical problems.

C．Be as direct and clear as possible about your desires and needs.

D．Poor sleep or too little sleep can also cause anger or mood swings.

E．Anger often leads to overstating your response to events or experiences.

F．Having this plan in mind will help you manage your anger productively.

G．It’s vital to wait until you’ve processed your anger to talk with the other person.

6 . Have you ever wondered about the significance of emotions in our life? Emotions play a critical part in our lives and are contagious (传染的) unless you know how to actually control them. Let me give you an example here: When you are with your loved ones, your mood changes instantly, right? If they feel happy then you feel happy, and if they feel angry/sad then so do you. Starting to get what I was talking about in the beginning? Should you be feeling like that? In certain situations yes, but every time, no!

You may find it very hard to believe but it is NOT our responsibility to bear their feelings, this is something that they have to do themselves. Apart from this, we must also learn to control our feelings, and never ever be ruled by our own feelings.

Let me give you my own example here. In the middle of a fight between your spouse (配偶) or partner, they will say, “You really hurt my feelings”. Sometimes, you might even say: “You are making me angry”. What does this imply? It means that you have allowed the other person to emotionally control you. Whenever this happens, you start blaming yourself, especially for the emotions that others are feeling. This is known as emotional reflection. You must learn to control this or it will create co-dependency in relationships which is very harmful.

What should be your course of action here? It might seem rude when I say this but you really need to hear it. YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW OTHERS FEEL! This goes sideways, others are also not responsible for how you feel and that is our goal for today.

1. What is the function of the first question in Paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the topic.	B．To share a hot game.
C．To entertain the readers.	D．To explain the background.

2. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Your partner makes you angry.	B．You hurt your partner’s feelings.
C．Your feelings are controlled by others.	D．You blame others for affecting your feelings.

3. What can we infer about emotions from Paragraph 3?

A．Others can never control your emotions.	B．You can’t be affected by others’ emotions.
C．Grow with different emotions	D．Control Emotions in proper ways

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Let Go of Your Feelings

B．Mind Your Own Feelings

C．Grow with different emotions

D．Control Emotions in proper ways

7 . 每个人都有自己引以为傲的人或事物，那么让你感到骄傲的是什么呢?是我们伟大的祖国，是努力拼搏的自己还是可亲可敬的家人呢?请以“I’m so proud of ________”为题写一篇英语短文。
要点：
1.让你引以为傲的人或事物;
2.你以此为傲的原因;
3.你从中获得的感悟。
要求：1.请补全标题，用英语写一篇短文，词数不少于90;
2.语言流畅、语意通顺、书写规范、卷面整洁;
3.文中不得出现与考生本人相关的真实姓名、校名和地名等信息。

I’m so proud of _________

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8 . 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。

When the final school bell rang, Eli walked home as usual. His trip took him across the playground, past the T-shirt factory, and across the main street. From there, Eli often cut through a blank lot (空地) where a house used to be. The house burned down years ago, but there were still flowers and trees to show that people used to live there. Everything was usual, but everything was immersed (沉浸在) in Eli’s sadness.

At that time, Eli watched a blue jay (蓝松鸦) fly into the old maple tree at the blank lot. The bird sat on a low branch and screamed loudly. It was as if the blue jay knew that he was sad, for he had failed his math test again. And he wrote a letter to Aunt Lucy. But Aunt Lucy did not reply to him.

When he got home, there was something in his mailbox. He found it was from Aunt Lucy, who lived in a different town. Upon opening it, his eyes widened with delight. It was a letter he looked forward to and a book! Eli read the letter.

Dear Eli, You told me that you didn’t do well in math. I hope you don’t give up and don’t get discouraged by a few failures. Because you once told me that you wanted to be a math teacher when you grew up and helped more children. I gave you a book. It’s about a great scientist you liked, I hoped you, like him, had been studying hard and sticking to your dream.

Love,

Aunt Lucy

After reading Aunt Lucy’s letter and receiving her encouragement, Eli’s sad mood improved a lot. Eli took the book and rushed to show it to his father, saying that it was the best gift he had ever received. His father smiled, noting Eli’s happy smile. Touched by Aunt Lucy’s thoughtful present, Eli felt an immediate urge (强烈的欲望) to thank Aunt Lucy right away. So with his father’s help, he decided to call Aunt Lucy.

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。

Eli called Aunt Lucy but couldn’t get through.

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Just then, there was a knock at the door.

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9 . 假设你是李华，你周一上阅读课时不小心将你班留学生 Chris的书带走，请你给Chris 写一封电子邮件表达歉意，内容包括：
(1) 带走 Chris书的原因；
(2) 表示歉意并说明如何归还、归还时间。
注意：
(1) 80词左右；
(2) 请按如下格式在答题卡做答。
Dear Chris,

I am writing this email to

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Yours,

Li Hua

10 . Have you ever started out your day feeling invincible (不能改变的) , only to feel worn down by the time you go to bed? The daily ups and downs of our days can chip away at our determination. However, incorporating some simple routines into your day could help.

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As you wake up, whether naturally or through your alarm, practise consciousness (意识) by pausing for a few seconds, closing your eyes again, taking a gentle breath in and welcoming how you are feeling first thing that morning.

●Practise gratitude.

Once you have acknowledged your first sensation, emotion or thought, look around the room for something you are grateful for. It may be a photograph of someone you love, your stylish new bedside table, or just being alive and being offered a new day.     2    

●Check in with yourself.

On your way to work, or before you start work at home, take a minute to “check in” with yourself. With eyes closed, think through your goals for the day and imagine yourself completing them well and successfully.     3     This visualization exercise is a simple way to build positive intention, create focus, and boost your motivation and confidence for the day.

●Embrace the tiredness.

An afternoon tiredness is natural. It’s part of your circadian rhythm (昼夜节律) , so don’t fight it. Instead, fit in a “power pause” practice to supercharge your body.     4     This will bring you into the alpha brain wavestate, a state of deep recuperation (恢复) for your brain, and will help you sustain your energy and focus for the rest of your day ahead.

●Leave tension at the door.

At the end of the day, try not to preoccupy yourself with work or anything that causes tension. Leave it at the door, or allow yourself to switch off after a certain time at home.

    5     Treat your evening like it’s a fresh start.

A．Take pause.

B．Get up early and take in fresh air.

C．Sit or lie down to have a good rest.

D．Make sure you move your body actively at least once a day.

E．Ask yourself what you can let go of before you enter your evening.

F．Allow yourself to feel the positivity associated with those achievements.

G．Take in the positivity and bathe in it for a while before continuing your day.