1 . I was recently told by someone that I am a people-pleaser, a person who works hard on satisfying other people. However, this person wasn't saying it in a nice way. So what's wrong with that? What's wrong with making sure others are happy with me? Moreover, what exactly are the negative results of being a people-pleaser?

People-pleasers bum their fingers because of their "others-focused" mindset, which puts them at a disadvantage. When others are not happy, people-pleasers cannot think of anything else, nor can they enjoy the moment, because they are often disturbed with the fact that there is someone on the planet who is not satisfied with them at the moment.

People-pleasers often make promises they can't keep—they write checks they can't cash. This is the situation I found myself in recently. I made a promise to someone that I would do something for him. But it was a bit unrealistic and would take more efforts than I was willing to put in. As a result, that promise was empty. The act of making the promise made them happy, and that, in turn, made me feel satisfied.

Now that we've got an idea of the negative aspects of people-pleasers_, what can we do to get rid of those aspects? Where can we start? The biggest challenge people-pleasers must overcome is to get used to saying "no". I find that it is a struggle, indeed. However, if I want to change my ways, then I must learn to overcome that discomfort

Are you a people-pleaser too? Don't worry. It doesn't make you a bad person, or a dishonest person. But it can sometimes leave you open to unneeded anxiety or be cheated by truly selfish people who only wish to take advantage of your kindness. Keep the good intentions and the good-heartedness in your heart. Just work on how you express your real feelings and hold on to your position through your actions.

1. What does the underlined phrase 'burn their fingers” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Hurt their fingers.

B．Suffer some losses.

C．Get slightly burned.

D．Feel angry with people.

2. What is typical of a people-pleaser?

A．Breaking his word.	B．Behaving selfishly.
C．Saying no to others.	D．Cashing his checks.

3. What is the author's purpose in writing the last two paragraphs?

A．To instruct people to express true feelings.

B．To stop people-pleasers from being cheated.

C．To sum up negative aspects of pleasing others.

D．To put forward suggestions for people-pleasers.

2 . “Katy, please come to the front desk. You have a ________ here.” Immediately my sensors were on. Why? Could it be...? Is it...?

As I ________ the front desk, Sabrina sat comfortably in front of her computer. Nothing was ________. She was ________ her task at hand and hardly noticed me approaching.

“You called me?” I said, somewhat ________. For a while I became unsure that there even was a package there waiting for me. I was ________.

Sabrina looked up. “Oh yeah, the doorman brought this up and told me to give it to you.” As she ________ a brown paper bag from under her desk, ________ it over her desk from her sitting position.

“What is it?” Sabrina asked.

Once glance inside, my doubt was confirmed. ________ inside were 2 containers. could not see their ________ from my bird’s eye view but a pleasant smell had already spread the front office area.

“Someone has tagged me.” I ________ with a smile and a shake of my head I rounded the corner and ________ into the bag. I lifted a round container full of fried potatoes, finding below a larger container filled with rice and yogurt. I set the bag down and saw a(n) ________ among the containers. Inside was a beautiful card that read, “They say the world is ________. What we send out eventually finds its way back home.

I had to ________ about three times as I stared at this card. My heart was ________ fast and my body was electric with the shower of ________. I could do nothing but shake my head and smile, trying not to cry.

As I sat eating this amazingly delicious food, a ________ realization came over me. The joy and ________ that I was feeling must have been the same feeling that ________ the people to whom we gave away food on Saturday’s event! It was the exact same thing.

1.

A．call

B．visitor

C．bill

D．package

2.

A．telephoned

B．approached

C．left

D．checked

3.

A．important

B．ordinary

C．unusual

D．impossible

4.

A．focused on

B．tired of

C．satisfied with

D．used to

5.

A．excitedly

B．curiously

C．hurriedly

D．doubtfully

6.

A．stressed

B．addicted

C．confused

D．thrilled

7.

A．emptied

B．filled

C．pushed

D．pulled

8.

A．opening

B．passing

C．throwing

D．dropping

9.

A．Lying

B．Laying

C．Hiding

D．Loading

10.

A．styles

B．shapes

C．contents

D．patterns

11.

A．replied

B．requested

C．sighed

D．shouted

12.

A．reached

B．put

C．took

D．got

13.

A．photo

B．envelope

C．card

D．drawing

14.

A．big

B．flat

C．wide

D．round

15.

A．swallow

B．count

C．try

D．pray

16.

A．hurting

B．beating

C．moving

D．breaking

17.

A．sweat

B．rain

C．warmth

D．pain

18.

A．strange

B．painful

C．strong

D．different

19.

A．confusion

B．peace

C．magic

D．gratitude

20.

A．went through

B．looked through

C．lived with

D．dealt with

3 . 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。

Resilience is thought of as the ability to bear difficult and painful circumstances. It is what makes the difference between a person who gives up in     1     face of adversity and a person who somehow makes it through. Sometimes, we may not even realize how resilient we are until something     2     (unbelievable) disastrous happens in our lives.

Sometimes, when the worst happens, we blame everyone and everything around us—but ourselves—for     3     (we) misfortune. Other times, the worst happens, and we come out on the other side     4     (realize) that, “Hey, if I can get through that, I can get through anything.” In this way, we realize that we are, in fact,     5     (strong) than we knew. When disaster happens in our lives, we should allow ourselves     6     (feel) the emotional pain without letting it swallow us up.

When emotional pain and disaster spread through the soul fully, we run the risk     7     this pain becoming a long-term aspect of our identities, as a result of     8     we begin to see the pain as part of “who we are”. However, we are not the pain or the loss—we experience pain and loss. The beginning of the path towards building and increasing emotional resilience     9     (lie) in separating disaster and pain from who you are into something that you have witnessed, experienced, and ultimately learned valuable     10     (lesson) from.

4 . Last week I wrote about how giving to others can and does lift your life and brings more happiness, contentment, and even better health and a longer life. It must have _________ me to practice what I was preaching (宣扬) because later I _________ myself in my car driving to the high school that all my kids attended and going _________ to the office where I made a pretty sizable donation.

As I walked out of the building, I felt so good and happy in the _________ of my heart and brain that I _________ another school. I made a couple more _________ that day and felt like I was on top of the _________. It’s very _________ that when I make donations, including all those $2 bills that I _________ give to kids, I always feel that I __________ much more out of it than the recipient (接受者). What a great __________ it gives me! As science has proved, there is a great __________ between the brain and the __________. This allows us humans to help and __________ our entire physical being by what we run through our heads. __________ is one of those things that can set off a lot of good __________ feelings in our bodies.

Most of us, when we talk about giving, tend to think __________ in terms of giving money. But there are so many other ways and things to give. With very little __________, I came up with this list of things we can give to others that can be a __________ help to those people and, at the same time, can give a __________ to our brains, souls, and bodies.

1.

A．attracted

B．prohibited

C．motivated

D．allowed

2.

A．found

B．devoted

C．committed

D．dressed

3.

A．suddenly

B．specially

C．well

D．straight

4.

A．presence

B．center

C．edge

D．absence

5.

A．got through

B．registered for

C．rolled over

D．headed for

6.

A．donations

B．experiments

C．predictions

D．decisions

7.

A．voice

B．building

C．-world

D．mountain

8.

A．surprising

B．interesting

C．annoying

D．convincing

9.

A．often

B．purely

C．simply

D．deliberately

10.

A．make

B．share

C．get

D．change

11.

A．shock

B．feeling

C．gift

D．reward

12.

A．difference

B．restriction

C．gap

D．connection

13.

A．body

B．heart

C．muscle

D．ankle

14.

A．handle

B．improve

C．spread

D．block

15.

A．Purchasing

B．Organizing

C．Giving

D．Changing

16.

A．official

B．foreign

C．familiar

D．positive

17.

A．fortunately

B．constantly

C．primarily

D．eventually

18.

A．effort

B．contribution

C．requirement

D．chance

19.

A．real

B．legal

C．formal

D．huge

20.

A．terminal

B．lift

C．train

D．rest

5 . 阅读下列材料，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。

Nick was a 10-year-old boy. He was the only son to his parents. Nick’s father was a very busy businessman who could not spend time with his son. He came home after Nick slept, and was off to the office before Nick woke up in the morning. Nick longed for his father’s attention. He wanted to go outdoors and play with his father just like his friends did.

One day, Nick was surprised to see his father at home in the evening.

“Dad, it is a big surprise to see you at home,” Nick said.

“Yes, son, my meeting was cancelled. So I’m at home. But after two hours I have to catch a flight,” his father replied.

“When will you be back?”

“Tomorrow noon.”

Nick was in deep thought for a while. Then he asked, “Dad, how much do you earn in a year?”

Nick’s father was taken aback (震惊). He said, “My dear son, it’s a very big amount and you won’t be able to understand it.”

“OK, Dad, are you happy with the amount you earn? ”

“Yes, my dear. I’m very happy, and in fact I’m planning to launch our new branch and a new business in a few months. Isn’t that great?”

“Yes, Dad. I’m happy to hear that. Can I ask you one more question?”

“Yes, dear.”

“Dad, can you tell me how much you earn in a day or even half a day?”

“Nick, why are you asking this question? ”Nick’s father was perplexed.

But Nick was persistent. “Please answer me. Could you please tell me how much you earn in an hour?”

Nick’s father gave in and replied, “It will be around $25 per hour.”

Nick ran to his room upstairs, and came down with his piggy bank that contained his savings.

“Dad, I have $50 in my piggy bank. Could you spare two hours for me? I want to go to the beach and have dinner with you tomorrow evening. Could you please mark this in your schedule?”

注意：1．续写词数应为150词左右。2．请按格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1：

Nick’s father was speechless!

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Paragraph 2：

The appointed time with Dad was near.

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6 . 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。

On paper alone you would never guess that I grew up poor and hungry. These years my     1    （recent）annual salary was over $ 700,000. I am a Truman National Security Fellow and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. My publisher has just released my latest book series on quantitative finance in worldwide distribution.

    2     of it feels like enough. I feel     3     I am wired (极度紧张的) for a permanent state of fight or flight, waiting for the other shoe to drop. I’ve chosen not to have children, partly because——     4     any success——I still don’t feel I have a safety net. If you knew me personally, you     5     get glimpses of stress, self-doubt, anxiety, and depression.

In my childhood, I spent a lot of my time     6     (ponder) basic questions. Where will my next meal come from? Will I have electricity tomorrow? I     7     (acquaint) with the embarrassment of my mom trying to hide our food stamps at the grocery store checkout. I remembered panic setting in as early as age eight, at the prospect of a perpetual uncertain about everything in life, from food to clothes to education. I knew that the life I was living couldn’t be normal. I just wasn’t sure     8     it was that was wrong with the tiny microcosm I was born into.

As an adult I thought I’d figured that out. I’d always thought my upbringing had made me wary and caution, in “lessons learned” kind of way. Over the past decades, though, that narrative     9     (evolve). We’ve learned that the stresses     10     (associate) with poverty have the potential to change our biology in ways we hadn’t imagined. It can reduce the surface area of your brain, shorten your telomeres, and lifespan, increase your chance of obesity, and make you more likely to take outsized risks.

7 . The Happy Man

The happy man lives objectively, and has free love and wide interests, through which he secures his happiness. To be the receivers of love is a vital cause of happiness, but the man who demands love is not the man to whom it is given.     1     But it is useless to attempt to give love as a calculation, for it is not sincere and is not felt.

What then can a man do who is unhappy because he is enclosed in self? If he is to get out of the vicious (恶性的) circle of unhappiness, it must be by true interests. But before that, he should analyze his trouble first.     2     If fear is his trouble, let him practice exercises designed to give courage.

Admit to himself every day at least one painful truth.     3     Exercises of this sort will enable him to admit facts and will free him from the fear to a large extent.

    4     Do not say to yourself in advance, “I should be happy if I could become interested in stamp-collecting,” and thus set to work to collect stamps, for it may well happen that you will altogether fail to find stamp-collecting interesting. You may be pretty sure that true objective interests will grow up as soon as you have learnt not to be self-centered.

All unhappiness depends upon lack of integration (融合). There is disintegration within the self,consciously and unconsciously or between the self and society.     5     Such a man feels himself a citizen of the universe, enjoying what it affords, untroubled by the death because he feels not separate from those who will come after him.

A．There is much he can do about it.

B．The man who receives love is the man who gives it.

C．The interests will arise when you overcome being self-centered.

D．The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.

E．Teach himself life is worth even not having great virtue or intelligence.

F．Self-denying leaves a man self-absorbed and aware of his own sacrifice.

G．Neither divided against the self nor the world, the happy man never fails to unite.

8 . The world that we live in is beautiful because it’s made up of people from a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures.     1     There’s no better way than to acknowledge Global Diversity Awareness Month every October.

During this time, our multicultural world is embraced and celebrated for all of the variety and joy it brings. Can you imagine a world where everyone looks the same, has the exact same hobbies and interests, and even eats the same thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner?     2     And bringing those differences together makes us better.

To put it simply, our diversity and inclusiveness (包容性)are our biggest strengths. We’ll all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good. As such, Global Diversity Awareness Month is a great chance for us to learn more about the beliefs, values and customs of other cultures.         3    

    4     For example, we can host a multicultural movie night and watch foreign films, or listen to music from around the world or visit cultural art exhibitions. Another way we can celebrate diversity is by inviting our friends and family to dinner. Everyone can bring traditional dishes from their countries and hometowns.

There is no doubt that diversity and inclusiveness make our world a better place.     5     As Mahatma Gandhi once said, our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. Hopefully, with each passing day, we get closer and closer to that achievement.

A．There are many ways we can celebrate diversity.

B．How can we make the world a better place to live in?

C．What can possibly be a better way to celebrate that diversity?

D．Respect for world diversity is the key to bridging the differences.

E．It’s our unique differences that make the world so wonderful and interesting.

F．What’s important is that we reach out to other people and appreciate those differences.

G．In this way, we can open our mind to new ideas and ways of thinking to better our society.

9 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（可能多于1个单词）。

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and     1     (lie) under it every day. He     2       to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap under the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

In the     3     (follow)years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on     4     he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned. "Sorry, my boy,     5     I don't have anything for you any more. No     6     apples for you. "The tree said. "I don't have teeth     7    (bite), " the boy replied. "no more trunk for you to climb on. ""I am     8     old for that now, "the boy said. "I really can't give you anything. The only thing     9     (leave) is my dying roots, "the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just     10     place to rest. I'm tired after all these years, " the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest. "The boy sat down and the tree was glad, smiling with tears.

10 . As is known to all, positive people are lucky people. They can see the roses _________ others see only the thorns (刺). They _________ bring more luck to themselves. Positive people through adversity (逆境) still see the _________ and consider themselves fortunate.

I met a man who couldn’t move from the neck down in Cape Town. He said since his accident, he _________ he was lucky to have found the kind of peace although only his head could move. He painted the most beautiful pictures with brushes in his _________ and held talks on personal development. He considered he had _________ more and helped more people than before. He said he was now truly _________ . Seeing his positive thinking, I was greatly amazed. Instead of complaining, he found something good in his situation and _________ it.

There is an old _________ that goes something like “I had no shoes so I had the blues, until I walked the streets and met the man who had no __________ .” We should always count our blessings and be __________ for what we have.

If you believe you are lucky, you will be lucky with that positive mindset. Things in the world just __________ , and it’s how we view it that decides our standpoint. The __________ event can be lucky or unlucky depending on your perceptions. Do positive people think everything will just come to them without action or any effort on their parts? No. It’s just a way of getting the best out of any result with an optimistic mind __________ a black cloud following us everywhere. Positive thinkers learn from their mistakes and put __________ behind them with the strength and fortitude to continue.

1.

A．when

B．although

C．since

D．while

2.

A．gradually

B．suddenly

C．magically

D．deliberately

3.

A．sadness

B．light

C．darkness

D．pleasure

4.

A．imagined

B．felt

C．struggled

D．promised

5.

A．hands

B．feet

C．teeth

D．arms

6.

A．lost

B．gained

C．dreamed

D．considered

7.

A．educated

B．skilled

C．cheerful

D．powerful

8.

A．put up with

B．came up with

C．made use of

D．paid attention to

9.

A．saying

B．story

C．evidence

D．rule

10.

A．feet

B．friends

C．food

D．home

11.

A．ready

B．grateful

C．suitable

D．good

12.

A．develop

B．work

C．happen

D．gather

13.

A．great

B．different

C．simple

D．same

14.

A．as for

B．except for

C．because of

D．instead of

15.

A．arguments

B．warnings

C．disappointment

D．experience