Having one of those days—or weeks—when everything seems to annoy you? Even if yo
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Having one of those days—or weeks—when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood （心情）will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster, often within a day or two.
Walk it off
Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person who’s in a bad mood has low energy and high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk, or taking some quick exercise can do wonders towards changing that bad mood.
Tune it out
Listening to your favorite music for a while can also make tensions go away quickly, because music starts associations with past positive experiences we’ve had.
Give yourself a pep talk
Stop and listen to what’s on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paper, including the pessimistic（悲观的）messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers.（“I still don’t have a job.” Vs” I have two interviews next week.”）
Reduce your stress
Relaxation techniques are wonderful mood-lifters. There include de3ep breathing, stretching and visualizing, all of which sound complicated(复杂的)but aren’t. One easy way to visualize, close your eyes and picture a favorite place, such as the beach. Another simple way to unhappiness is to make a to-do list. One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, you realize you’re not helpless. You can make changes in your mood and life.
Avoid things that won’t improve your mood
TV may not help much: you need to increase your energy level and stimulate（刺激）your mind-something that the TV show “Neighbors” won’t do. And before you reach for that piece of cake and coffee, think about how mood and food are linked. Sugar and caffeine contribute to depressed moods. The better choice? Research shows that carbohydrates, such as potatoes and pasta(面食), produce a calming effect on people who have a desire for them.
小题1:Which of the following may help us stop a bad mood?| A．Draw a picture of something complicated． | B．Put more sugar into your coffee． | | C．Writing down negative thoughts． | D．look ahead and write something positive． |
小题2:Why is it suggested that you close your eyes and picture the beach?| A．It helps raise your spirits． | B．It brings us a new technique． | | C．It is not complicated to do so． | D．It is an area to be easily controlled． |
小题3:What can we infer from the passage?| A．You don’t have to be nice to your neighbors | B．you often feel powerful when in bad mood | | C．Some TV shows won’t energize you | D．Slow exercise can gets you out of bad mood |
小题4:Which would be the best title for this passage?| A．How to Beat a Bad Mood | B．Energy Level and Stress | | C．Bad Mood and Our Life | D．How to Control Your Feeling |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
文章主要介绍了几种能改善心情的方法。并提出了看电视不能改善心情
小题1:D 细节题。由第四段第二句Write them all down on paper, including the pessimistic（悲观的）messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers.可知写一些乐观的东西有助于改善心情。故选D
小题2:A细节题。从第四个建议中可知通过一些技巧可以改善情绪，举例是告诉人们怎样改善心情。One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, you realize you’re not helpless.可知这个建议可以让人们振奋精神心情改善。故选A
小题3:C细节题 从最后一段第一句TV may not help much可知电视帮不上忙故选C
小题4:A文章主旨题 全文可知从五个方面教人们怎样改善情绪，将坏心情赶走。故选A项。 |
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Girls can easily get sad. If your friend is feeling blue and calls you, what will you do? Here are some tips on how you can make her smile again.
Listen to her. When people feel sad, they often have the feeling of needing to be heard. So, listen carefully to what she is saying and do nothing else. Your friend will surely thank you for being the shoulder she can cry on.
Once you are done with listening, you can offer some advice or remain silent and let her feel everything and let it all out by crying. As a friend, you might think you should give her some advice. But if you have no idea about what to say, just remain silent and be there for her.
In order to be able to help your friend in need, don’t be sad for yourself. How can you help your friend when you are also feeling down?
A hug can make a difference in the word. It makes you feel warm and special. A hug makes you feel safe. So give your friend a hug when she needs it the most.
Spend more time with your friend who wants to be happy. Do things together like washing dishes, cleaning, or going out for fun. The more time you spend together, the stronger your friendship will become.
Sometimes, it is much better that you avoid a crying friend in your life. But by doing so, you are also keeping your friend at a distance and will make her wonder if you are her true friend. If you are there when she needs you, your friendship will be much stronger.
小题1:The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us_______.| A．why girls can easily get sad. | | B．what to do when we are sad. | | C．how to make new friends with girls. | | D．how to make a sad female friend happy again. |
小题2:According to Paragraph 2, when a female friend is sad, what should we do?| A．We should ask her why she feels sad. | | B．We should say something nice to her. | | C．We should spend time listening to her. | | D．We should give her some good advice. |
小题3:We can learn from the passage that______.
E. Hugging a sad friend can make you feel warm and special.
F. Your sad friend may feel much better if you also sad.
G. It’s not a good idea to be silent facing a sad friend.
H. Giving a hug to a sad friend is very helpful.
小题4:In paragraph 6, the writer mainly suggests that we_____.
I. spend more time with your friend.
J. help our friends with their housework
K. spend time with our friends everyday
L. ask our friends to take part in activities |
Early to bed, Early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying. Have you heard it before? It means that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich(wealthy) and clever(wise).
Is this true? Perhaps it is. the body must have enough sleep. Children need ten hours’ sleep every night. If you do not go to bed early, you cannot have enough sleep. Then you cannot think properly(适当地) and you cannot do your work properly. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy!
Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We must sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us to sleep properly. When the daylight comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. Exercise means doing things with the body. Walking, running, jumping, swimming, and playing games are all exercise. If the body is not used, it becomes weak. Exercise keeps it strong. Exercise helps the blood to move ,brains(头脑) in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better.
Our bodies also need air to breathe. Without air we die. We must have a lot of clean, fresh(新鲜的) air to breathe if we want to be healthy.
小题1:A habit is something we do .| A．every month | B．twice a day | C．every week | D．very often |
小题2:Children need .| A．ten hours’ sleep | B．two hours’ exercise | | C．three hours’ homework | D．four hours’ games |
小题3:The best time to sleep is .| A．when it is dark | B．when you are tired | | C．after supper | D．after watching TV |
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Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? In a new study, women who wrote about their most important values, like close relationships or religion, lost more weight over the next few months than women who didn"t. "We have this need to feel self-integrity (正直,诚实）,” says Christine Logel of the University of Waterloo. "When something threatens your sense that you"re a good person, like failing a test, we can buffer（缓冲） that self-integrity by reminding ourselves how much we love our children, for example".
For this study, the researchers recruited 45 female undergraduates, of whom 58% were overweight. Each woman was weighed, and was then given a list ofimportant values, like creativity, music or relationships with friends and family members. Each woman ranked the values in order of how important they were to her. Then half the women were told to write for 15 minutes about the value that was most important to her. The other half, a control group, were told to write about why a value far down on their list might be important to someone else.
The women came back months later to be weighed again. Women who had written about an important value lost an average of 3.41 pounds, while women in the control group gained an average of 2.76 pounds.
"How we feel about ourselves can have a big effect," Logel says. Maybe when one of the women who wrote about an important value went home that night, she felt good about herself and didn"t eat to make herself feel better. Over a few months, that could make a real difference in her life,
小题1:How can a 15-minute writing exercise ofimportant values affect people?| A．They will feel proud of themselves and gain weight gradually. | | B．They may feel good about themselves and then eat less than usual. | | C．They may continue writing and decide to become a professional writer. | | D．They will never have meals at night to make themselves lose weight. |
小题2:What were the females required to do in the study?| A．Only the control group was given a list ofimportant values. | | B．Both groups ranked the values in order of importance to them. | | C．Each woman was weighed three times in the process of the study. | | D．The overweight women wrote about the value most important to them. |
小题3:Which of the following persons may lose weight according to the new study?| A．Mary who wrote about her own adventure. | | B．Catherine who described her illness in her writing. | | C．Shirley who wrote how much she loved her children. | | D．Alice who complained her boss in her diary. |
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?| A．Writing Benefits Women a Lot | | B．Losing Weight Is Very Simple | | C．Writing Contributes to Losing Weight | | D．Women Values Losing Weight |
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Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so.“Health is the greatest wealth(财富),” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or well when you are ill.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story.
An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease.
He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
小题1:The writer thinks that . | A．health is more important than wealth | | B．work is as important as studies | | C．medicine is more important than pleasure | | D．nothing is more important than money |
小题2:The doctor usually tells his patient what to do . | A．without examining the patient | | B．after he has examined the patient | | C．if the patient doesn’t take medicine | | D．unless the patient feels pain |
小题3:The underlined part means “ ”. | A．he was feeling better than ever | | B．he wasn’t a healthy man | | C．he was feeling worse than before | | D．he will be well again |
小题4:This passage is developed by _____________.| A．giving time order | B．giving examples | | C．giving tips | D．giving cause and effect |
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Wealth is more important . | | B．The doctor does not examine his patients carefully | | C．If you have a fever, just stay at home. | | D．The doctor’s advice usually works. |
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