1 . Taking care of your emotional health is as important as taking care of your physical body. If your emotional health is out of balance, you may experience high blood pressure, ulcers (溃疡), chest pain, or a host of other physical symptoms. When you feel good about yourself, it’s much easier to cope with life’s little ups and downs as well as bigger events, such as divorce or a death.

    1    . These strategies will help you stay resilient (恢复力强的) through everyday stresses and when larger personal issues arise.

● Grow your circle of friends to expand your support system.

“It’s very important that you have a support group of friends and family.” Dr. Gardere says. “    2    —people who will listen to you when you need to get things off your chest—so that you know you’re not alone in whatever it is.

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You can eat what you want and enjoy it as long as you eat smaller portions and get regular exercise. Maintaining a healthy weight is important for your physical and your emotional health. Besides, you can try some kinds of activities to relieve stress, like meditating or practicing yoga.     4    . Other stress-reducing techniques include deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation. If you’re unsure of how to get started, take a class and learn how to practice on your own for 30 minutes, three times a week.

● Learn to say no and refrain from overextending yourself.

If you try to do more than you can handle, you will only end up frustrated and stressed out. There are times when someone asks you to do something you absolutely can’t do.     5    .

A．Form the habit of exercising regularly

B．Cultivate a healthy and moderate lifestyle

C．In this case, say no and explain why kindly but firmly

D．These types of activities are effective for stress management

E．You need people whom you can talk to about your problems

F．If your emotional problems are serious, see a mental health professional and get help

G．Here are three ways you can practice better stress management and boost your self-esteem

2 . What do a picturesque sunrise, a nice cup of coffee, and holiday celebrations have in common?    1    Being open about your feelings can be rewarding. Here are some reasons for sharing your feelings with others.

Expressing your feelings connects you with others. When it comes to relationships with your family and significant others, knowing how to express your feelings is the key to creating intimacy (亲密关系).    2    However, it is that sincere revelation(透露) that enables you to bond with your loved ones.

    3    In a study, after participants expressed their emotions, brain images showed a decrease in the brain activity in the amygdala, the part of the brain associated with feelings, indicating a calming effect on the brain. The researchers concluded that talking through emotions decreases the strength of these emotions.

Sharing your feelings boosts health. According to The New York Times, holding everything inside and not expressing your emotions can be harmful.    4    But choosing to appropriately share them benefits you mentally and physically. By doing so, you can normalize your speaking about emotions and emotional needs. This can help not just you, but also others.

Speaking about your emotions enables you to get help. When you put what’s in your mind into words, you are making that experience or emotion real, instead of ignoring it. That’s a way of recognizing yourself. Moreover, talking about your feelings allows your loved ones to help you. They are naturally concerned about your well-being.    5    

All in all, accept your feelings, even negative ones and learn to manage them. Practice sharing your feelings on a regular basis, and you will benefit a lot.

A．Opening up keeps emotional intensity down.

B．Sharing your emotions improves brain function.

C．Telling others about the depths of your feelings can be scary.

D．If so, you’d better avoid judging yourself and other people.

E．These are all wonderful experiences that you can share with loved ones.

F．By letting them know what you’re experiencing, you can get their support.

G．That may cause increased stress levels and risk of developing related diseases.

3 . Wisdom teeth seem like a biological mistake, leading to millions of surgeries per year. But for some people, these “extra” teeth come up just fine, while others don’t get them at all. What’s the biological story here?

According to the standard story, before surgical intervention, people with impacted wisdom teeth expired. Those lacking the problematic teeth increased in number, passing on genes for reduced numbers of teeth to future generations. Today, thanks to dental surgeons, individuals with impacted teeth survive and contribute to the gene pool.

But decades of research challenges this survival-of-the-toothless explanation. Many scholars now propose that wisdom teeth problems originate from our eating softer foods as children, made possible by farming and industrialization. Here’s the theory: Compared to wild resources consumed by hunter-gatherers, agricultural and processed foods are softer. Hard food during childhood seems to stimulate jaw growth, allowing mouths to grow large enough for more teeth. Soft food doesn’t require enough of a chewing workout to maximize jaw growth potential.

Around 12,000 years ago, humans began to experiment with farming, and this lifestyle ultimately took hold in most societies. Domesticated products, like wheat flour and cow’s milk, make for much softer diets than wild foods. What’s more, the industrialization of food production has really softened our meals. So the idea is that processed and/or agricultural diets reduce the stress on our jaws necessary to result in full growth when we reach early adulthood. By the time we’re reaching adulthood, there may not be enough space to accommodate our final molars (臼齿).

This theory is supported by research. For example, a 201l paper measured skulls housed in museums from six farming and five hunter-gatherer groups. The farmers, raised on softer foods, consistently had shorter jaws, which would have provided less space for tooth formation.

Consequently, many dental scientists recommend parents put some additional raw fruits, vegetables and nuts on kids’ plates, which could potentially prevent later wisdom teeth removals.

1. What does the underlined word “expired” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Suffered.

B．Complained.

C．Died.

D．Failed.

2. Which of the following describes hunter-gatherer?

A．They tended to have very large jaws.

B．They hated food requiring a chewing workout.

C．They were often troubled by impacted wisdom teeth.

D．They believed in the survival-of-the-toothless theory.

3. What do dental scientists suggest parents do?

A．Bring their kids to the dentist regularly.

B．Increase the number of hard foods in their kids’ diet.

C．Get more kids’ tooth formation knowledge.

D．Encourage their kids to eat more cooked vegetables.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．What role do genes play in our tooth formation?

B．What can we do to accommodate our final molars?

C．Why do some people have reduced numbers of teeth?

D．Why do humans have wisdom teeth that need to be removed?

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Body Clock

All forms of medicine and treatment are languages of sorts, and the Chinese body clock is no different. It’s part of the vast philosophy and practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM),     1    (have) a history of thousands of yeas.

As scholars studied the body and disease, they     2    (discover) a way to relate and interpret the body’s response to its environment. This provided great insight into physical and emotional     3    (condition). They began to see patterns within life, death, illness, and recovery. These medical concepts form the very centerpiece of Chinese medical theory.

The body clock encourages us     4    (examine) closely what we’re doing throughout the hours of the day,     5     to match our actions with the most suitable energetic times. It’s all about optimization(最优化), balance, rest, and recovery.

TCM scholars are able to identify when our organs are at their strongest or weakest, or of     6    (high) or lower function.

You might be wondering: how did they figure this out? That’s     7     great question without a clear answer.     8     TCM doctors do know is that this rise and fall throughout the body is put down to the flow of qi throughout the body. When this concentration of qi reaches different organs it cheers or     9    (strength) them to do their functions. When this flow of qi is “furthest” away from the organ, it is of course still working -- but at its weakest, at least     10    (energetic).

5 . Scientists have suspected for more than a century that sleep improves recall of recently acquired information, and even performance on newly learned tasks. Many of the findings suggest that sleep plays an active role in revisiting waking experiences and consolidating (巩固) them into long-term memories.

But at the same time, evidence that some memories form better without sleep is leading neuro (神经) scientists to reconsider long-standing assumptions about sleep’s role in memory formation. In fact, forgetting — through weakening or loss of synapses (突触) — seems to play a key role in the process of memory consolidation, especially during sleep.

“We had better forget most of what we do in a day,” says Chiara Cirelli, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin. Remembering new information requires creating new neuronal connections or strengthening existing ones, and both bring about more neuronal firing. But neuronal firing requires a lot of energy, notes Cirelli, and it simply isn’t sustainable to keep increasing levels of neural activity day after day. Eventually, synapses couldn’t get any stronger, and the brain wouldn’t encode new information.

Cirelli believes that sleep is responsible for much of this result. In that way, forgetting the small stuff boosts the signal-to-noise ratio of stronger circuits (回路) and helps our brains hang on to important information.

Such findings prove the old saying, “Early to bed, early to rise...,” after all. Even so, it’s clear that targeted sleep interventions to improve memory are not yet within reach.

“People always want to hear that sleep is very good for your memory,” says Jan Born, a neuroscientist at the University of Tubingen in Germany. “Well, it’s not that simple,” he adds. Rather, different brain states may give rise to different kinds of memories, and each of those brain states could have certain types of adaptive functions for the brain and the individual. The key next step, says Born, will be homing in on what exactly these brain states do.

1. How does the author start the text?

A．By listing various evidences.	B．By comparing different views.
C．By presenting personal experience.	D．By asking and answering questions.

2. Why do we need sleep according to Chiara Cirelli?

A．Sleep can help synapses get stronger.

B．Sleep can bring about more neuronal firings.

C．Sleep can create more new neuronal connections.

D．Sleep can help brain store more important information.

3. What’s Jan Born’s attitude toward sleep’s influence on memory?

A．Positive.

B．Indifferent.

C．Doubtful.

D．Satisfied.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Why sleep affects our daily performance.

B．Why forgetting is vital in improving memory.

C．How sleep improves the recall of information.

D．How sleep shapes what we remember and forget.

6 . Many of us are lucky enough to have some degrees of choice over what we eat. When we open the fridge or browse the shelves of the local supermarket, there are a variety of options_________to us. But are the_________we make about our diet as free as we like to think? What if there was something _________our own hunger influencing what we eat?

Certainly, it appears we’re_________ influenced by other people-especially those _________to us — when it comes to what we eat. Research has found that the closer and stronger two people’s _________, the more _________hey have over each other’s food choices. “A lot of our cues from face-to-face interactions are linked with who we’re with,” says Solveig Argeseanu, associate professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, US. “It’s more about the relationship and how _________myself with that person than other individuals. If I think the person I’m with is more _________or popular, I’ll tend to want to__________them more.”

Our eating habits are also influenced by what we see. Scientists say we __________ oozing (渗出) protein, a dribbling egg yolk, or bubbling mozzarella (马苏里拉奶酪), for example. “There is some evidence that, if you see pictures of food, that visual__________can prompt you to feel a desire to eat,” says Suzanne Higgs, professor in the psychobiology of appetite at the University of Birmingham, UK. Although, she says, whether people __________through on that desire is influenced by lots of other __________, such as what food is available at the time.

Social media is one place where visual and social cues __________. Undoubtedly there is (a/an)__________ that if friends in your social network post__________about particular types of food, it could lead you to__________them, for better or for worse. And research__________that social media might be changing our relationship with food, __________us think differently about what we eat.

1.

A．virtual

B．generous

C．available

D．critical

2.

A．mistakes

B．decisions

C．efforts

D．friends

3.

A．other than

B．more than

C．less than

D．rather than

4.

A．slightly

B．hugely

C．originally

D．freshly

5.

A．farthest

B．largest

C．longest

D．closest

6.

A．comfort

B．commitment

C．connection

D．comment

7.

A．impact

B．fight

C．quarrel

D．track

8.

A．escape

B．force

C．compare

D．detect

9.

A．casual

B．attractive

C．natural

D．special

10.

A．monitor

B．fix

C．guide

D．imitate

11.

A．favor

B．hate

C．envy

D．object

12.

A．innovation

B．stimulation

C．accumulation

D．generation

13.

A．break

B．follow

C．look

D．drive

14.

A．factors

B．changes

C．chances

D．orders

15.

A．realize

B．predict

C．meet

D．understand

16.

A．tendency

B．fact

C．experience

D．evidence

17.

A．randomly

B．exactly

C．virtually

D． regularly

18.

A．copy

B．share

C．challenge

D．describe

19.

A．inspires

B．describes

C．indicates

D．limits

20.

A．forcing

B．helping

C．believing

D．making

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

According to a recent survey, the     1     (major) of doctors believed their incomes did not match     2     hard they worked. The survey found that about 50 percent of the doctors were not satisfied with their working     3     (condition), especially those     4     worked in hospitals in small towns.

A physician     5     (work) in a large public hospital often has to see 100 patients per day. The researchers conducting the survey     6     (conclude) that, if hospitals and clinics serving the general public received more support, it would help to keep their medical staff     7     leaving the profession, and therefore the public would continue to receive good health services.

In     8     (respond) to a question about tensions between doctors and patients, some respondents complained that misleading media reports about doctors have     9     (great) harmed society,     10     (cause) the public to distrust medical workers.

8 . Want to add a simple movement to your daily life? Walking may be your best choice.    1    .

Walking is good for your heart

Walking is considered as cardio（有氧的）exercise, no matter the speed at which you take it. Studies show that walking can reduce the risk of heart disease and lower your resting heart rate and blood pressure.    2    . You can go for a 30-minute walk once a day or break it up into three 10-minute parts.

    3    

What benefits physical health often benefits mental health-the same is true for walking. Just five minutes of walking can lower anxiety. If you have any kind of green space nearby, try to take advantage of it. One study showed that people who went on a 90-minute nature walk reported fewer bad feelings.

Walking can improve your sleep

    4    . Getting outside in the day for a walk can also help you stay awake in the morning and get sleepier toward the night. If a nighttime walk is your preference, experts suggest you finish it three hours before bedtime.

Walking can help with fat loss

Walking is a type of cardio workout that is good for fat loss and can help you achieve or keep a healthy weight. It should be done regularly and for long periods of time.    5    . A brisk（轻快的）pace refers to a 17-to 15-minute mile, or 50%to 70%of your maximum heart rate.

A．Walking can help reduce stress

B．That can help you sleep easily during the day

C．Here are some of the benefits walking offers you

D．Walking in the day can help you get a better night's rest

E．Good walking can also keep your head up and looking ahead

F．Experts suggest walking 30 minutes a day, five to seven days a week

G．Walking at least 45 minutes a day at a brisk pace will see the most benefits

9 . Elderly people have a higher chance of suffering from illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. One common health problem that affects them is Alzheimer’s disease, which affects a person’s memory, behavior, and thinking. Because of memory loss and behavioral changes, people with Alzheimer’s may slowly become unable to take care of themselves, eventually requiring constant care from family members or caregivers.

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s at the moment—drugs can only treat its symptoms.

But technology can improve the lives of those living with the condition by making it easier for them to go about their daily activities. For example, tracking devices placed in watches or jewelry can monitor where a person is. Automated reminders can also be stored in motion sensors and placed around the house. When a sensor detects movement, it can play a recorded voice message to remind the person to lock the door or turn off the stove.

Alzheimer’s disease is a huge challenge, but we may be getting close to finding a solution. In the future, it might be possible to treat Alzheimer’s without using drugs. A team of researchers in Australia has created a form of technology that can send sound waves into the brain. These sound waves help to clear waste in the brain that contributes to Alzheimer’s. The team has tested their technology and found that it helped to restore memory in 75 percent of mice. Work on the technology isn’t complete, but, if successful, it could prevent memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s. This really does fundamentally change the understanding of how to treat this disease and researchers foresee a great future for this approach.

1. Alzheimer’s is a disease that mainly affects the ____.

A．muscles

B．blood

C．brain

D．heart

2. Up to now, which can help Alzheimer’s patients who get lost easily?

A．Tracking devices.	B．Automated reminders.
C．Sending sound waves into the brain.	D．Restoring memory.

3. Which of the following can replace “contributes to” in the last paragraph?

A．Helps to cure.

B．Helps to cause.

C．Helps to worsen.

D．Helps to prevent.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Elderly people will begin to face many challenges.

B．Society should provide enough healthcare to elderly people.

C．There’s a need to better understand the cause of Alzheimer’s.

D．Technology might solve some problems of people with Alzheimer’s.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Nearly a year ago marketing director David Smith, behaving like James Bond 007, secretly recorded all his     1     (conversation) . He refused to sign his name, and he would ask his secretary     2     (check) all his emails. Anything he wrote was photocopied and kept as “evidence”. But David isn't mad. He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder or PCD,     3     is now recognized as the second most common mental health problem after depression and     4     number of reported cases is increasing. Experts say that about 2%-3% of the population suffer from the syndrome, with as many as one in five     5     (suffer) from a less serious form.

People with OCD suffer from obsessional thoughts, such as worrying that their hands are dirty. The terrible anxiety is only relieved     6     performing a special set of behaviors. Unluckily, any sense of relief is short-lived, which is why the behavior must     7     ( repeat) again and again. OCD sufferers know their behavior is     8     (reason) , yet feel powerless to stop.     9     (fortunate), a new treatment from America is bringing new hope to sufferers. Schwartz has designed the Four Steps programme which employs meditation (冥想)with the aim of teaching sufferers to manage their symptoms by     10     (they).