根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Some Ways to Cheer Up
Feeling a little blue? Here are ten fast and easy ways to smile.
①Exercise
When you exercise, your brain gives out a chemical called endorphins(内啡肽).This chemical makes you feel happier. 1.
②Play outside
Leave your apartment and go outside. Sun and fresh air are good for you.
③Breathe
If you can’t go to the gym, try taking deep breaths. 2.
④Play pop music
Westlife, Backstreet Boys, S.H.E....who doesn’t like a little mindless pop? Listening to upbeat, happy music will make you smile. Singing along won’t hurt either.
⑤Laughter is the best medicine
3. Children laugh around 400 times a day. Adults only laugh about 20 times a day. What happened? Be a kid for a day: play games, watch funny movies, or read jokes online.
⑥4.
Chocolate has special natural chemicals that make you happy. Besides, it tastes so good!
⑦Draw
Be an artist! Draw, paint, or make something. Even if it is not perfect, being creative relieves stress.
⑧Get a dog
Dogs are cute, energetic, and fun. Plus, studies show that people with pets live longer and people with dogs live the longest!
⑨Have a heart-to-heart talk
If something is upsetting you, it is a good idea to talk about it. Call a friend or relative. 5.
⑩Think positive
Close your eyes and think of a beautiful scene or a time when you were happy and feeling good.
A. Laughing is the best way to improve your mood.
B. Everyone likes laughing.
C. The youth like chatting online.
D.A good chat is a great way to feel better fast.
E. Power of chocolate
F. Breathing deeply will relax your muscles and give you energy.
G. That is just another reason why exercise is good for you.
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843,and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While ________ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(n) ________ in medicine. At 18 she married and ________ a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a ________.Her husband supported her decision.
________ ,Canadian medical schools did not ________ women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study ________ at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to ________ her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte ________to Montreal and set up a private ________ .Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a ________ doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte ________ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting ________ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had ________ a doctor’s licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was ________.The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to ________ her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to ________ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887,she applied to the Manitoba Legislature to ________ a licence to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte ________ to practise without a licence until 1912.She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993,77 years after her ________a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
1.A. raising B. teaching C. nursing D. missing
2.A. habit B. interest C. opinion D. voice
3.A. invented B. selected C. offered D. started
4.A. doctor B. musician C. lawyer D. physicist
5.A. Besides B. Unfortunately C. Otherwise D. Eventually
6.A. hire B. entertain C. trust D. accept
7.A. history B. physics C. medicine D. law
8.A. improve B. save C. design D. earn
9.A. returned B. escaped C. spread D. wandered
10.A. school B. museum C. clinic D. lab
11.A. busy B. wealthy C. greedy D. lucky
12.A. helped B. found C. troubled D. imagined
13.A. harmful B. tired C. broken D. weak
14.A. put away B. taken over C. turned in D. applied for
15.A. punished B. refused C. blamed D. fired
16.A. display B. change C. preview D. complete
17.A. leave B. charge C. test D. cure
18.A. sell B. donate C. issue D. show
19.A. continued B. promised C. pretended D. dreamed
20.A. birth B. death C. wedding D. graduation
Everyone wants to achieve true happiness in life. But the biggest factor holding most of us back is actually our ownselves. The Huffington Post released a list of seven mistakes we need to let go of in order to become happier people. Let’s take a look.
1.Placing too much emphasis on fulfillment (成就感)
Those who put a lot of pressure on themselves to be happy feel more lonely on a daily basis than those who do not, according to research conducted at the University of Denver, US.
2. Keeping it all in
Keeping it all together during tough times can hurt you. Crying is the body’s emotional response to outside triggers (诱因).By suppressing it, you may be damaging your mental and physical health.
3. Looking at your smart phone all the time
Connecting with others may be the key to happiness, but a recent University of Michigan study found that the more time participants spent on social networking sites, the less happy they felt.
4. Not moving
It’s no secret that a healthy lifestyle is a big part of happiness. Something as simple as a walk can help you increase your creativity and expose you to essential vitamins.
5. Not reflecting on the past
In a 2013 study on nostalgia (怀旧) and emotion, participants reported a higher sense of physiological comfort when they looked back on the past. Affection for heartwarming memories helps people relate their past experiences to the present in order to create a greater sense of meaning.
6. Resisting change
A study on the psychology of choices shows that the human brain naturally tries to avoid loss—but that resistance can cause stress. Whether it’s fear of the unknown or fear of losing what you currently have, the pressure to hold on to the present can harm your future life satisfaction.
7. Not being mindful
Setting aside time for meditation (沉思) allows your body to relax, cultivates an attitude of gratitude and lowers your stress level, according to researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, US.
1.What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To inform readers of the benefits of being happy.
B. To explain why our happiness depends on our own actions.
C. To point out the things we do that prevent us from being happy.
D. To discuss some typical characteristics of happy people.
2.The underlined word “suppressing” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. speaking of B. holding back
C. thinking about D. taking no notice of
3.According to the article, to be a happy person, it is important for us to .
A. set goals and achieve as much as we can
B. avoid recalling the past
C. do exercise in our spare time
D. spend more time on social networking sites
4.According to the article, meditation is helpful mainly because .
A. it increases our creativity
B. it makes us less afraid of the unknown
C. it helps us relax and thus reduce our stress
D. it allows us to relate our past experiences to the present
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight. The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.
Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom, but the phone didn’t work. Lubeck realized he was trapped. “I started panicking(恐慌),” he says.
His daughter and young granddaughters, who lived with him, were away for the night. “No one will even know I’m home, ” he thought. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.
Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife. Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector. He jumped out of bed, grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise.
He dialed 911 “Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house. Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house.
Then he heard, “Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom.
“I ran in and yelled, ‘Don, where are you?’ Then I had to run outside to catch my breath.”
After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back. But there was no way to get to him. “I shone the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed.
Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.
Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story. “I was alone,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Jeremie.”
1.According to the text, Lubeck .
A. stayed calm in the fire
B. couldn’t find a safe way out
C. lived on the first floor
D. called for help in the fire
2.How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?
A. He called 911.
B. He went upstairs and took Lubeck out.
C. He put out the fire.
D. He used a ladder and pulled Lubeck down.
3.Which of the following factors was not mentioned in the text that almost caused Lubeck’s life?
A. He was living in his wood home alone that night.
B. The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce.
C. He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pines.
D. He was too frightened to escape from the danger.
4.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
B. A good way to get a narrow escape.
C. God helps those who help themselves.
D. Blood is thicker than water.
Ten years ago I used to be very fit. I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a
very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed.
Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like those any more.
There’s a lot of stress in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me!
Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something as I used to. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
1.According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?
A. He got higher pay.
B. His working hours weren’t long.
C. He found it very stressful.
D. He had little free time at weekends.
2.After the author had a heart attack, the doctor advised him .
A. not to work any longer
B. to take a long vacation abroad
C. to stop smoking and take exercise
D. not to eat out any more
3.What can we learn about the author?
A. The author is not sure what he should do now.
B. The author has taken the doctor’s advice already.
C. The author has got another new job.
D. The author feels much better now.
The Man Who Never Put a Foot Wrong
Some people do not like anything to be out of place: they are never late for work, they return their books to the library on time, they remember people’s birthdays, and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person.
Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town: his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s birthdays.
Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr. Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step.
“What have I done wrong?” Mr. Dodds asked himself. “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”
“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman. “My name is Mark.”
1.From the passage we know that his sister .
A. lives in the next town with her husband and son
B. is the only member of the family that he knows
C. never writes back to him
D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband
2.“He has not forgotten one of Mark’s birthdays” means .
A. he has forgotten Mark’s birthdays
B. he didn’t send Mark anything on his birthdays
C. he always sent Christmas cards on Mark’s birthdays
D. he always sent Mark something on his birthdays
3.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was .
A. driving home from the bank
B. parking his car
C. ready to make his evening meal
D. just about to shut the front door
4.The policeman was there .
A. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle
B. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars
C. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle
D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank
