A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. ...

A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. He usually dealt with this state of mind by avoiding people until the mood passed. But on that day Fred had an important meeting with his boss, so he decided to put on a false front. During the meeting Fred smiled, joked and played the part of a happy, good-natured person. To his surprise, he soon discovered he was no longer depressed.

Without realizing it, Fred chanced to find an important new principle of psychological research: acting a part can help us feel the way we want to feel — more self-assured in a trying situation, more cheerful when things go wrong.

How can you put this principle to work in your own life? There’s more involved than simply mimicking a few expressions. You have to be systematic about it. Here’s how:

Smile to cheer yourself up.

Relax to reduce anxiety or fear.

Look your best to increase your self-confidence.

Keep cool in a crisis.

Using our bodies and actions to change the way we feel can be a useful tool in helping us through life’s difficult times. As novelist George Eliot wrote more than a century ago, “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” People who remember that — and act upon it — can only be richer and happier for the experience.

1.In paragraph 1 the underlined phrase “to put on a false front” means ______.

A．to wear a wrong coat

B．to act a part unsuccessfully

C．to show a pretended happy appearance

D．to put on airs

2.According to Paragraph 1, Fred ______before the meeting.

A．had very few spirits

B．had many spirits

C．was in bad mood

D．was in good mood

3.The underlined phrase “mimicking” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______.

A．learning quickly

B．making faces

C．behaving well

D．imitating others

4.In the last paragraph, the quotation “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds” may show that ______.

A．actions speak louder than words

B．the more we do, the happier we are

C．our feeling cannot change our behavior

D．actions are very important for us to beat bad moods for good

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Jack was in low spirits those days and his friends did all they could _____ him up.

A．cheer            B．cheering          C．cheered          D．to cheer

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One day, Jim played basketball in the living room after school. When he was playing in high spirits, his basketball ____ a vase off the shelf by accident and the mouth of it knocked off a large piece. What made him more ____ was that the vase was rare and valuable. To cover the great ____ he caused, he glued the pieces together and put the vase back to its place.

While cleaning the vase after work, his mother ____ the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked Jim if he ____ the vase. Being afraid of punishment, Jim said a wild cat jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off the shell. His mother was quite clear that he was ____, for all the windows were closed before she went to work. However, his mother just remained ____ and said it was her carelessness not to have the window closed.

Before going to bed, Jim’s mother asked him to go to the study. He felt he couldn’t _4__ the punishment.

When he entered the study in fear, his mother’s face appeared no sense of ____. Instead, she took a chocolate box out of the drawer and ____ one piece to him. “Jim, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you ____ a cat that could open the window, with your imagination.” Then, she put another chocolate in his hand. “This chocolate is a reward for your topping_____ to restore (修复). You restored with glue, the cracks were filled almost perfectly. ____ remember, to restore a vase needs more powerful glue and higher ____ skill. Tomorrow, let’s bring the vase to the ____ to see how they’ll make it as it was.” With that, his mother took the third chocolate, “The ____ chocolate stands for my deep apology (歉意) to you. As your mother，I shouldn’t have put a vase in a place where it could so ____ fall down, especially when there is a boy fond of sports.”

“But, Mum, I ...” His mother ____ him and said. “My chocolate box has been ____, so our talk is over, too. Now, go to bed!” Then she left for her own bedroom. The following days were the same as before. The only ____ was that Jim never told a lie since then.

1.A. pulled　　 B. hit　　 C. cut　　 D. held

2.A. excited　　 B. moved　　 C. tired　　 D. upset

3.A. trouble　　 B. injure　　 C. pain　　 D. disease

4.A. described　　 B. noticed　　 C. enjoyed　　 D. marked

5.A. hid　　 B. saw　　 C. broke　　 D. cleaned

6.A. thinking　　 B. explaining　　 C. dreaming　　 D. lying

7.A. calm　　 B. shocked　　 C. angry　　 D. silent

8.A. decide　　 B. know　　 C. avoid　　 D. receive

9.A. cruelty　　 B. surprise　　 C. suffering　　 D. anger

10.A. sold　　 B. gave　　 C. returned　　 D. paid

11.A. created　　 B. fed　　 C. drew　　 D. saw

12.A. time　　 B. ability　　 C. speed　　 D. chance

13.A. For　　 B. So　　 C. And　　 D. But

14.A. basic　　 B. new　　 C. special　　 D. important

15.A. workers　　 B. artists　　 C. teachers　　 D. neighbors

16.A. smallest　　 B. most　　 C. best　　 D. last

17.A. carelessly　　 B. hurriedly　　 C. easily　　 D. eagerly

18.A. drove　　 B. stopped　　 C. forgot　　 D. beat

19.A. empty　　 B. light　　 C. beautiful　　 D. full

20.A. change　　 B. power　　 C. report　　 D. idea

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Dear editor,

Several days ago, I heard that a dear friend of mine had killed herself. I was deep in sorrow by the sudden news. I can’t keep calm any longer. 1.

Life is so precious. If we can slip into death in an impulsive (冲动的) moment, what use in all our efforts and hopes? Our families, our ambitions, everything is thrown into total darkness. 2.Nevertheless, the suicide rate increases year by year, particularly of young people. Reasons may vary from person to person, 3.

First, today’s young people are morally weak. They hunger for success but can not face failure; they are eager to be understood but afraid of opening their hearts to others. They live in a wide world, from east to west, ancient to present, but their hearts beat in a narrow desert, closed tight, unable to communicate. Each becomes an isolated fortress(孤堡), lonely, and weak.

4.. As a young teacher, she was devoted to her work but was disappointed with her students’ occasional failures. She fell in love with a colleague but he deserted her. With no friends, disappointed at. work and in love, death seemed to her the only remaining choice and she took it.

Another reason for the weakness of today’s youth, in my opinion, comes from society’s pressures. 5.On the other hand, society refuses to accept that children sometimes do fail. But failure. is more important because it can teach the young how to win next time.

What can we do to save the desperate young?

A. I’m always thinking about life and death

B. yet I think they share something in common

C. The young are forced to try too hard to succeed

D. My friend is a good example of that

E. And death allows no time for regret

F. people love success and are afraid of failure

G. failure is the mother of success

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23. Often he _________ sit for hours doing nothing at all when he was in low spirits.

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I ____ in the street when I met an old friend of mine the other day.

A. walked           B. was walking C. has walked   D. had walked

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Training of the employees was suggested as one _____ to dealing with the problem of low efficiency.

A.method B.way

C.approach D.means

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One day，I was on my way to a meeting in town with a colleague（同事）of mine．We had already _______ the car and were walking toward the meeting place．_______，we saw an old man with a walking stick trip up（绊倒）on a _______ of a building about 20 feet in front of us．

We immediately _______ to sit him up and checked if he was _______． He had broken his glasses and _______ his nose a little，which was bleeding．Neither I nor my colleague had any tissues but another _______ stopped to give the old man some tissues．

We helped him to his _______; he was looking for the local museum which was _______ on the other side of the road. We held his ________ and walked him across the road and into the museum. We helped him ________ on a chair and informed（告知）a woman clerk there，who got him some ________． And the old man drank it up．We told the clerk to ________ him a taxi and I gave her $10，telling her to use it to ________ his taxi home．He had ________ that he lived about a 20-minute walk away．As we left，he thanked us and called us “________ Persons”．

If you see an elderly person in ________，even though he/she is just walking across the road or even if he/she has ________ something，please help him/her．You can even just ________ at him/her and be nice．That is somebody’s grandfather or grandmother and all of you reading this would want somebody to do the ________ for your own grandparents．

1.A. packed B. parked C. repaired D. passed

2.A. Frequently B. Calmly C. Straight D. Suddenly

3.A. stone B. road C. step D. door

4.A. rushed B. turned C. waited D. happened

5.A. free B. okay C. comfortable D. upset

6.A. burned B. cleaned C. moved D. injured

7.A. passer-by B. colleague C. driver D. friend

8.A. nose B. museum C. feet D. place

9.A. exactly B. sincerely C. actually D. extremely

10.A. head B. hand C. ticket D. stick

11.A. sit down B. set down C. come up D. give in

12.A. food B. money C. rest D. water

13.A. notice B. buy C. call D. request

14.A. add up B. pay for C. care about D. dig out

15.A. mentioned B. persuaded C. reported D. suggested

16.A. Polite B. Strong C. Brave D. Nice

17.A. pain B. person C. need D. power

18.A. knocked B. kicked C. ended D. dropped

19.A. throw B. smile C. laugh D. look

20.A. same B. attitude C. pleasure D. thanks

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One day a rich man was invited to dinner at the home of one of his friends. He did not know what to 36 the wine, meat and chicken he had just bought. Certainly he could not 37 them to the servant. Then he had 38 idea. He called up the servant and 39 to him.

"I'll be away for the whole evening, and I'll leave you to look after the house. In the cupboard there are two bottles filled with 40. Be careful about it. You'll be killed if you take even a 41 of it. There is also some meat and chicken in the cupboard. Take care of them". 42 these words the rich man left the home.

43 the master turned his back, the servant opened the cupboard and began to enjoy all the nice things in it. He 44 the two bottles and ate up the meat, the chicken and 45  he found in the cupboard. He was 46 and soon fell 47.

At mid-night the rich man returned home. He looked into the cupboard and to his great 48 , all the wine and food were 49. He was mad with 50 and called the servant up.

"Oh, Master," the servant began to say 51  the rich man could open his mouth; "while you were away, the neighbor's black cat stole into our kitchen and ate up every things in the cupboard. I know you would be angry with me. I was so 52 that I drank the two bottles of poison to kill 53 “there were tears in the servant's eyes.”Oh, Master," he continued, "Please don't get angry with a 54 _ man. I'll soon be dead.

The rich man, of course, did not 55 a word of his story. But again, he could do nothing about it.

1.                A．make          B．put into         C．deal with  D．do with

2.                A．buy            B．cook           C．leave D．bring

3.                A．some          B．an             C．the  D．no

4.                A．said           B．told            C．spoke    D．talked

5.                A．water          B．oil             C．wine D．poison

6.                A．piece          B．drop           C．lot   D．bottle

7.                A．At             B．On            C．With D．Hearing

8.                A．Before         B．While          C．Hardly when   D．As soon as

9.                A．broke          B．emptied        C．removed D．cleaned

10.               A．that           B．what           C．something D．everything else

11.               A．satisfied        B．excited         C．worried   D．disappointed

12.               A．sleep          B．asleep         C．sleepy D．sleeping

13.               A．surprising       B．surprise        C．surprised  D．joy

14.               A．gone          B．left            C．missed    D．disappeared

15.               A．tears          B．scene          C．anger D．a smile

16.               A．when          B．after           C．as    D．before

17.               A．afraid          B．sad            C．anxious   D．sure

18.               A．the cat         B．the man        C．myself D．the neighbor

19.               A．dead          B．dying          C．living D．wounded

20.               A．say            B．hear           C．believe    D．listen to

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One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1. (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 2.too little.

His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,3.not save a bit of money?

“That would be a very4. (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like 5. (us), Nick said.

Nick’s guests, 6.had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 7.a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t 8. (possible) destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only 9.very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10. (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

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