1 . Living with Joy

Living with joy can sometimes be a challenge. When things appear to be going against our will, we tend to experience pain, suffering, or a bad day.

    1     And instead of viewing bad things as causes of getting upset, try to view them as lessons of helping you grow. Too many times, we think that the outer world is creating our day, causing us to be sad or unhappy.     2     We create our day, the circumstances for joyous living.     

    3     This internal happiness spreads outward through every cell of our bodies and creates the outer experience of a smile, or laugh. Then we can see and choose our feelings, desires, goals and dreams.     4    

We create the reality where we experience joy, anger, love, and fear. Because we have the free will to choose our reality, we can make that conscious choice happier.     5     The reason is that we have to have the internal feeling of happiness to create that happiness in our daily lives then.

So, start changing your negatives into positives, gain clarity(清晰), and open your heart by looking inside yourself. When we start changing ourselves from inside out, the universe will respond to us.

A．Thus these situations will disappear.

B．However, it’s the opposite that is true.

C．Besides, we’re in control of our feelings.

D．In order to be happy, we need “be happy” inside.

E．These further enable us to show an outer reality based on our true selves.

F．This happiness though will never come if you are looking outside of yourself first.

G．One thing that we all need to acquire is the ability to see all situations, people and events from a positive perspective.

2 . “Getting your eight hours” is one of those suggestions, like drinking plenty of water or not to swim in canals, that most people take at face value.

When former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was reported to need only five hours’ sleep a night, it was taken as evidence of a near-supernaturally tough body.

And it’s become an increasingly common view that too much work and stress and missing out on our eight hours is a modern disaster.

But the good news, says Prof. Jim Horne, director of Loughborough University’s Sleep Research Centre, is that we don’t need eight hours at all.

“It’s nonsense. It’s like saying everybody should have size eight shoes, or be five foot eight inches. There is a normal distribution (分布) — the average sleep length is seven and a quarter hours.”

Lots of people report having more or less than the average, he said. It may all be put down to genes, and what people are accustomed to. The US National Sleep Foundation suggests seven to nine hours a night is advisable for adults, and a survey it conducted in 2002 suggested three-quarters of Americans had problems sleeping and a third were so sleepy during the day that their activities were affected. The foundation says, “In the past century, we have reduced our average time in sleep. Though our society has changed, our brains and bodies have not. Sleep deprivation (缺乏) is affecting us all and we are paying the price.” But Prof. Horne says, “The test of insufficient (不足的) sleep is whether you are sleepy in the day or if you remain alert through most of the day.”

In a nutshell, if you sleep for eight hours a night and go to work and find yourself tired on the keyboard, you aren’t getting enough. If you’re sleeping five hours and running the country, you probably are getting enough.

1. According to Prof. Jim Horne, ________.

A．the average sleep length is too long.

B．we should sleep at least seven hours.

C．we should sleep no more than nine hours.

D．different people need different sleep hours.

2. What’s the attitude of the US National Sleep Foundation towards people’s sleep deprivation?

A．Greatly concerned.

B．Greatly doubtful.

C．A little surprised.

D．A little confused.

3. What should be used to judge whether we lack sleep or not according to Prof. Jim Horne?

A．Our average sleep length.

B．Our physical and mental state.

C．Our total number of sleep hours.

D．Our performance at school and work.

4. What does the last paragraph intend to tell us?

A．The number of sleep hours alone doesn’t make sense.

B．Long hours’ sleep can’t guarantee your good performance.

C．Short hours’ sleep doesn’t necessarily affect your work.

D．Sleep hours don’t make much difference to your performance.

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。

Mamoudou Gassma did what nobody else would or could do , without     1     second thought. On Saturday night in the north of Pairs, the 22-year-old risked his own life, climbed to the     2    (nine) floor of a building from the outside and saved a small boy dangling from a balcony.

The boy,     3     is believed to have been left at home alone, was rescued when Gassma scaled the outside of the building with his bare     4    (hand). “I just didn’t have time to think, and I ran across the road     5    (save) him,” said Massama. The boy was crying when Gassma took him to safety and he also suffered an injured foot.

It turns out that his act of bravery could lead him     6     a completely new life. Gassama comes from Mali. He     7    (enter) France secretly last year and is living in pairs illegally.

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron received Gassama and    8    (high) praised him for his courage,    9    (consider) him an example to all citizens. Besides, Gassama     10    (offer) a medal and the president also invited him to serve as a firefighter in Pairs.

4 . Everyone has failed in something, whether it is a failed relationship, fitness goal, business, or examination. Here are some tips to help you deal with failures in your life.

●Accept your failure

    1    . Even if you work especially hard on something, it's important to accept that it doesn't work. Face the failure, and determine to improve next time.

●Take a break

If you're burned out or need some time to clear your head, take some time off. For some people, this may mean closing a project for some time.    2    . Remember that leaving it for a while is not the same thing as giving up.

●Find out what went wrong

You might feel pain at first, but spend some time thinking why you failed.    3    . When did you start studying and how long did you study? Did you truly learn and memorize the information? Do you need to study or learn in a different way? Answering these questions car help you learn from the experience and do better in your next exam

●    4    

Don't analyze（分析）every little problem that went wrong or everything you "should" have done in the past. Instead, pay attention to what you've learned from these mistakes. With each mistake you make, ask yourself, "What can I learn from this?"

●View failure as part of a process（过程）

Failure doesn't have to be the end. Think of it as the start or middle of a process.    5    . Most successful people have had failures, but they picked up and moved forward.

A．Let it go

B．Learn your lessons

C．Success comes with some luck

D．Things don't always work out as planned

E．See failure as a stepping stone on the way

F．For others it may mean taking a vacation or a road trip

G．For example, if you failed a test, think about how you studied for it