A.By offering thanks orally to the loved ones. |
B.By showing gratefulness on a regular basis. |
C.By developing good sleeping and eating habits. |
D.By taking exercise with close friends regularly. |
A.Noticing the positive helps cure eating disorders. |
B.Practicing gratitude can lengthen your sleep cycle. |
C.Showing thankfulness contributes to your career promotion. |
D.Admiring others’ value can improve relationship in workplaces. |
A.It is a blessing that we are valued. |
B.Extending gratitude has multiple benefits. |
C.We should stop counting sheep or calories. |
D.People can learn to be appreciative by heart. |
2 . Kids have a lot on their minds. Dealing with school, family, activities, and all of the other big parts of life is hard enough. The recent rise in Omicron cases in the US is causing more stress on them. It can be difficult to think of how to cheer themselves up.
Connect with people you love. Reaching out to friends and family can make a huge difference.
Talk to a trusted adult. If you’re feeling down. Dr. Murthy suggests confiding (倾诉)in a trusted adult.
Help others.
A.Take care of your body |
B.Regular exercise helps body building |
C.It is a good chance to speak out how you feel |
D.This might be a family member, a teacher or a doctor |
E.You don’t have to discuss anything sad with your loved ones |
F.Service is one of the best ways to get out of sadness and loneliness |
G.Vivek Murthy, the country’s top doctor, offers some advice for this purpose |
3 . Boredom is a common human experience. It’s almost impossible to fully avoid it, especially when you’re living a fast-paced life. You may be bored from time to time and feel like you need something new or exciting in your life. It’s perfectly natural to feel this way from time to time, but feeling bored often can also mean that your present life isn’t satisfying you as much as it can.
When you feel bored, think about what activities bring you joy and happiness. Perhaps you find that hobbies are what help improve your spirits. After all, having interests and pursuing (追求) them can often have a great effect on the quality of your life and how satisfied you feel. If this sounds like something that would be good for your life, we have some great ideas for hobbies to pursue when you’re bored!
One of the easiest and most effective (有效的) ways to relieve (解除) boredom is to take exercise. Exercise is not only good for your body but also your mind. When your body is moving, it releases (释放) certain chemicals that make you feel good. Learning a new language is another way to challenge yourself and become more creative. It can also open up a whole new culture and way of thinking for you! Many people find that learning a new language gives them a sense of achievement that they don’t get from other hobbies.
Furthermore, reading is a hobby that can be enjoyed by almost anyone. It’s inexpensive, easy to fit into your plan and can be done just about anywhere. It doesn’t require special equipment or supplies, and you can do it alone or with others. The last way to avoid feeling bored inside is to spend time outdoors. Find a place to go where you can get away from the noise and other troubles. You may find that being outside offers a sense of peace and calmness.
Boredom is a common part of life, so we shouldn’t try to avoid it completely. Boredom can be a sign that you need a change in your daily life and something new to try. If you find yourself feeling bored, use these ideas to find new hobbies. After all, hobbies can greatly enrich your life and help you feel more satisfied!
1. Which will make us bored according to the text?A.Our life is exciting. |
B.We don’t have a fast-paced life. |
C.Our present life doesn’t satisfy us. |
D.We live a peaceful and happy life. |
A.Most people feel satisfied with life all the time. |
B.Reading a book requires special equipment and supplies. |
C.All of us should try our best to avoid boredom completely. |
D.Taking exercise is an effective way to keep off boredom. |
A.Five. | B.Four. | C.Three. | D.Two. |
A.It is possible to avoid boredom |
B.Several activities can help relieve boredom |
C.Learning a new language makes us more creative |
D.Our body can release chemicals when we are moving |
4 . Anger may seem unappealing, but this emotion is a necessary part of your well-being. As with joy and sadness, expressing anger over a broken promise, a lost opportunity, or other inconvenience is healthy. However, if anger is frequently expressed, it will be harmful. Learning to deal with this emotion then becomes important.
Try positive exercises.
When you feel the unmistakable signs of your anger building up, try to focus on positive practices like deep breathing to calm yourself down.
Just as you open up to loved ones over the pain of heartbreak or the joy of a promotion, calling loved ones when you’re about to lose control of your anger is a healthy way of dealing with the emotion. Your friends and family can act as a support group, calming you until the worst is over.
Keep a mood journal.
A recommended way to deal with anger and recognize how frequently you embrace this emotion is keeping a journal to track your emotions.
See a therapist (治疗师).
A.Turn to your loved ones for help |
B.Share something good with your loved ones |
C.However, you can try some practices to express your anger |
D.So let’s take a look at some ways to help you manage your anger |
E.If you feel that your anger is too strong to be contained through self-help |
F.Supporting your breathing with comforting words can help to control your anger better |
G.If you note the causes that push you to outbursts and the thoughts that run through your mind |
5 . Coursework, quizzes, and activities can all get you, a high school student, too stressful sometimes.
i. Find out why you’re worried about your results.
Think you’re not prepared? Don’t know how you’re going to learn everything in time? Or do you just get nervous in test conditions?
ii. See the improvements to ease your worries.
Are you already doing hours of revision and are still worried? Maybe you’re not seeing the results of your revision.
iii.
While it’s great to realise that all people are having a hard time with revision, it’s important you don’t get used to thinking negatively about your results. Positive thinking has been shown to build up confidence and reduce anxiety. So even if you’re talking about your fear for the results, make sure you’re imagining yourself passing with success.
iv. Study now!
A.You probably have some scary thoughts about your final results. |
B.The best way to stop worrying is to take action. |
C.Talk to other people who are being negative. |
D.You may get worried about examinations for different reasons. |
E.Keep testing yourself with past papers to track how your work helps. |
F.Try to take the negative energy away from your thoughts. |
G.The good news is that these emotions are entirely normal. |
A.Tired. | B.Relaxed. | C.Annoyed. |
7 . A new study published by Dan Johnson of Washington and Lee University shows experimentally that reading fiction increases empathy (共情).
The participants were asked to read a short story and report their mood. Then, in a staged accident, the experimenter knocked over several pens and recorded whether the participants helped pick them up. They found that the more people were transported into the story, the more likely they were to help pick up the dropped pens. Those who engaged more deeply with the fictional characters also showed more empathy for the real-life person.
Empathy, like patience appears to be a character that can be improved with practice. Study has shown the more students read books, especially storybooks, the better they are at understanding the emotions of others. However, researchers at the University of Michigan reported last year that empathy among college students had declined during the past 30 years, with an especially steep drop in the last decade. The reason is plain to see.
It’s important to understand where empathy comes from in the first place. Looking at the evolution of the human mind, it has been suggested that the ability to process hypothetical scenarios (假设情景) of what another person might be thinking provided an advantage to our early ancestors. Empathy may have arisen from one of the most fundamental human characteristics—the ability to cheat.
Storytelling is essentially just a kind of art. Is Harry Potter real? No, but by projecting ourselves into his story, we’re engaging a very real part of our brain. That sense of escape or social participation often is what makes books so enjoyable. Unfortunately, books are falling out of style. The cause of this is partially due to e book sales, which have arisen greatly over the past few years and taken a share out of the physical book market without necessarily indicating a decline in reading.
Even though some of us would like to, we can’t blame the digital retailers for our decreased empathy. In fact, some people probably read more with their more convenient e-readers than ever before with hard copies. It’s the culture of reading in general that needs to change.
1. What did the experiment show?A.The participants stressed teamwork. | B.The participants were forced to pick up pens. |
C.A story might have an instructive effect. | D.A person lost in a story paid less attention to real life. |
A.Limited patience | B.The lack of reading | C.Diverse emotions. | D.The social practice |
A.The art of lying. | B.The culture of reading |
C.The escape from the society. | D.The ability to process real information |
A.Reading stories can increase empathy. | B.Paper books have edges over digital ones. |
C.Writers play a trick on readers by cheating. | D.College students tend to lack understanding. |
8 . We all experience stress(压力) at some point.
No one can “make” you feel anything.
The way you deal with a situation is a choice. You can ask yourself “Is this something I can change?”
Exchange attitude for gratitude(感恩).
Our attitude has a big influence on how we deal with situations.
Relax, relax, relax.
Look at your stressful situation from a “big picture” point of view. Ask yourself “How important is this?” and “Will this matter in the long run?” If the answer is no, it’s likely not worth your time and energy.
A.Look at the big picture. |
B.If so, start doing something to change the situation. |
C.When you are stuck in traffic, change your attitude. |
D.Try to find something that you enjoy and do it every day. |
E.Here are four points to consider when dealing with stressful situations. |
9 . Our Fears Can Change the Reality of the Situation
At times, our worries and anxieties can defeat us. In addition, our worries can change our understanding of what is reality and what is not. Here is a brief list of techniques that you can use to help gain a better viewpoint on things during your anxious moments.
Remember that our fearful thoughts are made to seem worse and can make the problem worse.
Be smart in how you deal with your fears and anxieties. Do not try to deal with everything all at once. When facing a current or upcoming task that makes your anxious, break the task into a series of smaller steps.
Remember that all the worrying in the world will not change anything. Most of what we worry about never comes true.
It is not easy to deal with all of our fears and worries. When your fears and anxieties have the best of you, try to calm down and then get the facts of the situation. The key is to take it slow. All you can do is do your best each day, hope for the best, and when something does happen, take it easy.
A.Take it one step at a time and things will work out. |
B.When feeling anxious, stop what you are doing and try to do something relaxing. |
C.This will give you the confidence to manage your anxiety. |
D.Instead of worrying about something that probably won’t happen, concentrate on what you are able to do. |
E.The next time you feel depressed, review your list and think about the good things that you have in your life. |
F.A good way to manage your worry is to challenge your negative thinking with positive statements and realistic thinking. |
G.Completing these smaller tasks one at a time will make the stress more manageable and increases your chances of success. |
10 . Is Positive Thinking Powerful?
The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed”. But was the positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply stress how unhappy they are. The study’s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by using older research showing that when people get feedback (反馈) which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your friend who is not very clever that he has the potential of an Einstein, you’re just underlining his faults. In the 1990s, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton conducted an experiment. The participants were asked to write essays opposing financial support for the disabled, expressing little sympathy for them. When these participants were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students’ self-respect. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, “I am lovable” Those with low self-respect didn’t feel better after the forced self-approval. In fact, their feelings turned significantly worse than those of members of the control group, who weren’t urged to think positive thoughts.
The study provides support for newer forms for psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, on the contrary, can teach people to realize their shortcomings from a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
1. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?A.There can be no simple solutions to psychological problems. |
B.Encouraging positive thinking may do harm to people. |
C.The power of positive thinking is limited. |
D.Unhappy people cannot think positively. |
A.you are pointing out the mistakes he has made |
B.you are not taking his mistakes seriously enough |
C.you are stressing the fact that he is not intelligent |
D.you are not trying to make him feel better about his faults |
A.Self-approval can bring a positive change to one’s feelings. |
B.People with low self-respect seldom write down their true feelings. |
C.It is important for people to continually improve their self-respect. |
D.Forcing people to think positive thoughts may lower their self-respect. |
A.people can avoid making mistakes through meditation |
B.different people tend to have different ways of thinking |
C.meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy |
D.the effects of positive thinking differ from person to person |