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I first began experiencing anxiety and depression at the age of 14, after being bullied (欺凌) at school for years. While at first anxiety and depression would come and go, it eventually became a constant part of my life.
I was so eager to find the solution to overcoming my anxiety and depression that I tried everything from when I was in college to graduate school: mood-changing medication, special teas, yoga, anything I read about in books, and advice given by doctors. Despite this, I still felt I hadn’t even come close to managing the problem.
But one afternoon, my eyes fell upon an article in a magazine I was reading that talked about how dogs were able to help people with anxiety and depression. The very next day, I decided to get a dog—a corgi. When I brought my little corgi, Buddy, home. I didn’t realize how much he would change my life. It didn’t happen right away, however.
Once the “puppy excitement” went away, my anxiety and depression came back as usual. One morning, I woke up with those familiar feeling again. I didn’t want to get out of bed. I turned to pull the covers back over my head and give up. That’s when I saw Buddy.
Buddy started jumping all over me, licking my face, letting me know that it was time to go outside. It was as if he were saying, “There’s no time to be sad; the world is amazing!” And for the first time in my life, my life was changing. I really was a new person. This was my new beginning.
It’s been more than a year since that day, and I’ve never spent another morning unable to get out of bed. I’ve not cried myself to sleep or spent my days stuck with fear and regret. Sure, I still have days when I feel sad or anxious. But with Buddy, my best friend, by my side, I’ve finally learned how to manage these feelings and emotions.
1.According to the first two paragraphs, the author ________.
A. has been a school bully for years
B. suffered from depression since college
C. tried many ways to fight depression but nothing worked
D. felt less depressed after taking medication and doing yoga
2.How did the author know having a dog might help with her depression?
A. a doctor put it forward to her.
B. She read it in an article by chance.
C. She heard it from some other depression sufferers.
D. She found out herself after spending some time with a corgi.
3.How does the author feel in the last paragraph?
A. hopeful B. Anxious
C. Confused D. Doubtful
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I first began experiencing anxiety and depression at age 14 after being bullied at school for years. While at first anxiety and depression would come and go, it eventually became constant part of my life.
I was so set on finding the solution to overcoming it that I tried everything from which I was in college to graduate school: mood-changing medication, special teas, yoga, think I read about in books, and advice given by doctors. Despite this, I still felt I hadn’t even come close to managing the problem.
But one afternoon, I spotted an article in a magazine talking about how dogs were all to help people with anxiety and depression. The next day, I managed to get a dog — corgi (柯基犬).
However, once the “puppy excitement” went away, my anxiety and depression came back as usual. One morning, I woke up with those familiar feelings again. I didn’t want to get out of bed. I turned to pull the covers back over my head and give up. That’s when I saw my pet—Buddy.
Buddy started jumping all over me, licking (舔) my face, and letting me know that it was time to go outside. It was as if he were saying, “There’s no time to be sad! The world is amazing!” And for the first time in my life, on a day when my anxiety and depression were strong, I got out of bed. I put on my winter clothes and went for a walk in the snow with my new friend. I realized at that moment, walking down the street in winter , my life was changing. I really was a new girl.
Sure, I still have days when I feel down or anxious. But with Buddy by my side, I’ve finally learned how to manage these feelings and emotions.
1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
A. The author recovered a little by doing yoga.
B. The author was a school bully (仗势欺人者) for years.
C. The author began to have mental problems after college.
D. The problem-solving ways the author tried didn’t work.
2.How did the author know having a dog might help with her depression?
A. A doctor recommended it to her.
B. She read it in an article by chance.
C. She found it out herself after keeping a corgi.
D. She heard it from some other depression sufferers.
3.What is the author’s attitude towards his problem now?
A. Optimistic. B. Anxious. C. Confused. D. Doubtful.
4.What can be the suitable title for the text?
A. Pet Dogs Can Be the Best Cure
B. Keeping a Dog Benefits Us a Lot
C. Anxiety and Depression Is Dangerous
D. Different Ways to Get Rid of Bad Feelings
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My son Leon’s passion (热爱) for surfing began at the age of 13. Before and after school each day, he put on his wet suit, picked up his equipment, swam out beyond the surf line and waited to be challenged by his friends.
One aftenoon, the lifeguard reported over the phone to my husband Wilson that Leon’s eye was badly injured by his board. Wilson rushed him to the emergency room, where he received 26 stitches (缝线) from the comer of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I was on an airplane flying home from a meeting while Leons’ eye was being stitched. Wilson drove directly to the airport after they left the doctor’s office. He greeted me at the gate and told me Leon was waiting in the car.
“Leon?” I questioned. I remember thinking the waves must have been bad that day. “He’s been in an accident, but he’s going to be fine,” said my husband.
A traveling working mother’s worst nightmare (恶梦) had come true. I ran to the car so fast the heel of my shoe broke off. I swung open the door, to see that my youngest son had a patch (眼罩) over his eye and was leaning toward me crying, “Oh, Ma, I’m so glad you’re home.” I cried in his arms, telling him how awful I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called. “Its OK, Mom,” he comforted me. “You don’t know how to surf anyway.”
“What?” I asked, confused by his logic. “I’ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in 8 days,” said my son.
I wanted to tell him he wasn’t allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but instead I bit my tongue and hoped he would forget about surfing. For the next 7 days he kept pressing me to let him surf again. One day after I had repeated “No” to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game. “Mom, you taught us never to give up what we love,” he said. And I gave in.
Back then Leon was just a boy with a passion for surfing. Now he is a man with a responsibility. He ranks among the top 25 professional surfers in the world. Passionate people stick to what they love and never give up.
1.How did the author feel when she knew Leon was at the airport?
A.Delighted. B.Angry.
C.Excited. D.Surprised.
2.What did Leon do after being injured?
A.He still held onto his dream firmly.
B.He decided to follow his mom’s advice.
C.He felt like the accident was a nightmare.
D.He felt disappointed for being unable to surf for long.
3.Which of the following words can best describe Leon?
A.Brave and creative. B.Optimistic and reliable.
C.Responsible and humorous. D.Enthusiastic and determined.
4.What does the author mainly want to tell us through the passage?
A.Hard work will always pay off.
B.It’s dangerous for beginners to surf.
C.We should stick to our passions whatever happens.
D.Parents can’t care about children’s safety too much
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She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.
When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span（寿命）? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, ”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think, ”he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can’t we go higher? ”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number, ”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. ”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. ”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible（有弹性的）, but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, ”he says. “But a fly’s never going to live 150 years. ”Of course, if you became a new species （物种）, one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve （进化）their way to longer life? “It’s pretty cool to think about, ”he says with a smile.
1.What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
A.People can live to 122.
B.Old people are creative.
C.Women are sporty at 85.
D.Women live longer than men.
2.According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______.
A.the average human life span could be 110
B.scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C.few people can expect to live to over 150
D.researchers are not sure how long people can live
3.Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
A.Jerry Shay. B.Steve Austad
C.Rich Miller D.George Martin
4.What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
A.Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.
B.The average human life span cannot be doubled
C.Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.
D.New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species
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I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother. She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”
Shyly but_______, I said yes. She poured out her______. “It was nothing short of talent!”
“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to______my work to him. I spent quite some time________for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and______I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. I was sure he would be able to_______my poem.
At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed_______. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.
Suddenly he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.
“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz…”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.
I_______my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of______.
“I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting______.
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs_______.”
“I don’t know why.” My father insisted. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”
I couldn’t_______it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I________myself on the bed and cried the worst of the_______out of me.
That may have been the end of the story, but not of its______on me. I realized how _______ I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who said “I think it’s________.”
Every one of us needs that kind of encouragement, but encouragement alone is ________. We also needs the _______of criticism, which always pushes us for the _____, both in the name of love.
1.A.entirely B.proudly C.anxiously D.honestly
2.A.dislike B.shock C.attitude D.praise
3.A.predict B.describe C.show D.introduce
4.A.waiting B.preparing C.hiding D.planning
5.A.deliberately B.gradually C.confidently D.casually
6.A.appreciate B.change C.replace D.polish
7.A.relaxed B.calm C.delighted D.upset
8.A.shook B.lowered C.raised D.turned
9.A.decision B.excitement C.choice D.silence
10.A.dark B.wide C.wet D.bright
11.A.development B.judgment C.encouragement D.adjustment
12.A.hate B.help C.find D.stand
13.A.threw B.seated C.put D.kept
14.A.anger B.pressure C.disappointment D.joy
15.A.challenge B.effort C.difficulty D.influence
16.A.fortunate B.cruel C.sad D.unique
17.A.excellent B.awful C.fluent D.strange
18.A.enough B.great C.useful D.incomplete
19.A.failure B.balance C.exchange D.patience
20.A.happier B.sweeter C.better D.harder
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I’m Adam Gun from Istanbul, Turkey. I’m in a good school. And at the age of 15, in my first year of high school. I’m a great fan of tennis and cycling. I play tennis twice a week for two hours each time. Sometimes I want to play more, but I just keep playing for hours on end, never getting tired of doing it. This is one of the rare things I love in my life, in addition to cycling.
Like tennis, I find that I’m able to ride for ever and ever. Since Istanbul is made up of large and small hills, it’s a nice challenge to ride my bike every day. Although there aren’t many cycling places in Istanbul, I’m lucky enough to live near the biggest park. It’s downhill from my house to the park and I enjoy cycling up as much as floating down, because it’s challenging.
Now I have been thinking about being a lawyer and following my father’s footsteps, but I just don’t think I’m into it. I have heard people tell me over and over again: If you want to be happy with your life, you need to like and enjoy your job. Well, I’m not sure about the fact that I will enjoy being a lawyer when I grow up. I’m just not the type of person who sits down and studies for hours. So I just need opinions on whether to become a tennis player(hopefully), to become a cyclist(hopefully) or to become a lawyer.
1.We can know that Adam Gun is satisfied with ______.
A. his friends B. his choice to be a lawyer C. his school D. his favorite tennis star
2.According to the passage, Adam Gun believes that cycling in Istanbul______.
A. need skills B. needs good preparation C. is easy but boring D. is difficult but challenging
3.What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A. I’m able to do it. B. I hate to do it. C. I’m confident about it. D. I’m interested in it.
4.What’s Adam Gun’s problem?
A. He isn’t certain about his future career.
B. He has no enough time to practise tennis.
C. His dad disagrees with his career choice.
D. He can’t concentrate on his study for hours.
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Should anger problems also be recognized as an illness like depression and anxiety? Anger is largely viewed as a secondary emotion — one caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed. 1. Today, though, a growing number of mental health experts think that anger is a serious problem that needs its own treatment.
To tell the difference between “normal” anger and “anger problem” is difficult. After all, everyone gets really mad from time to time. Experts point out a few ways.
Disordered anger, as it is sometimes called, tends to be of greater intensity (强度). 2. An example: While most people would get upset if a driver cut them off, someone with disordered anger might try to chase down the car and force it off the road.
And in cases of disordered anger, the person gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer.3. But people with anger problems often stay angry for days, weeks or even years; their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.
4. Disordered anger often damages people’s lives. “It interferes (干扰) with people’s relationships and their jobs,” says Raymond Chip Tafrate, a US psychologist. “Even their health is affected.”
Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems, as many studies have shown. When people are angry, their hearts beat faster and their blood pressure goes up. 5.
Experts suggest that people with an anger problem take anger-management programs. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes also include life-skills training to help bring down stress and remove angry feelings.
A. Consequences are also important to consider:
B. Anger takes away people’s joy in life.
C. For most people, angry feelings disappear quickly.
D. The anger buried inside him rises to the surface.
E. In the past, many doctors didn’t accept the idea that anger could be a problem all on its own.
F. Over time, these changes will have bad effects on the body.
G. It takes very little to set off a person with an anger problem, and their responses are very strong.
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Should anger problems also be recognized as an illness like depression and anxiety? Anger is largely viewed as a secondary emotion — one caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed. 1. Today, though, a growing number of mental health experts think that anger is a serious problem that needs its own treatment.
To tell the difference between “normal” anger and “anger problem” is difficult. After all, everyone gets really mad from time to time. Experts point out a few ways.
Disordered anger, as it is sometimes called, tends to be of greater intensity (强度). 2. An example: While most people would get upset if a driver cut them off, someone with disordered anger might try to chase down the car and force it off the road.
And in cases of disordered anger, the person gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer.3. But people with anger problems often stay angry for days, weeks or even years; their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.
4. Disordered anger often damages people’s lives. “It interferes (干扰) with people’s relationships and their jobs,” says Raymond Chip Tafrate, a US psychologist. “Even their health is affected.”
Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems, as many studies have shown. When people are angry, their hearts beat faster and their blood pressure goes up. 5.
Experts suggest that people with an anger problem take anger-management programs. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes also include life-skills training to help bring down stress and remove angry feelings.
A. Consequences are also important to consider:
B. Anger takes away people’s joy in life.
C. For most people, angry feelings disappear quickly.
D. The anger buried inside him rises to the surface.
E. In the past, many doctors didn’t accept the idea that anger could be a problem all on its own.
F. Over time, these changes will have bad effects on the body.
G. It takes very little to set off a person with an anger problem, and their responses are very strong.
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Are anger problems should also be recognized as an illness like depression and anxiety? Anger is largely viewed as a secondary emotion — one caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed. 1. Today, though, a growing number of mental health experts think that anger is a serious problem that needs its own treatment.
To tell the difference between “normal” anger and “anger problem” is difficult. After all, everyone gets really mad from time to time. Experts point out a few ways.
Disordered anger, as it is sometimes called, tends to be of greater intensity (强度). 2. An example: While most people would get upset if a driver cut them off, someone with disordered anger might try to chase down the car and force it off the road.
And in cases of disordered anger, the person gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer.3. But people with anger problems often stay angry for days, weeks or even years; their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.
4. Disordered anger often damages people’s lives. “It interferes (干扰) with people’s relationships and their jobs,” says Raymond Chip Tafrate, a US psychologist. “Even their health is affected.”
Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems, as many studies have shown. When people are angry, their hearts beat faster and their blood pressure goes up. 5.
Experts suggest that people with an anger problem take anger-management programs. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes also include life-skills training to help bring down stress and remove angry feelings.
A.Anger takes away people’s joy in life.
B.Consequences are also important to consider:
C.The anger buried inside him rises to the surface.
D.For most people, angry feelings disappear quickly.
E.Over time, these changes will have bad effects on the body.
F.In the past, many doctors didn’t accept the idea that anger could be a problem all on its own.
G.It takes very little to set off a person with an anger problem, and their responses are very strong.
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J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at age 6. In her biography（传记）, she well remembers her good friend, Sean, whom she met in secondary school, helped build her confidence in becoming a very good writer. “He was the first person to know my serious dream to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was certain to be a success at it, which meant much more to me.”
Rowling met many difficulties in her writing, especially fantasy(幻想） stories. It wasn't until l990 that she first got the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls, it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. I didn't have a pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four(delayed train) hours, and all the details appear in my brain, and this thin, black-haired, glasses-wearing boy who didn't know he was a wizard （男巫）became more and more real to me.”
That same year, her mother passed away after a ten-year illness, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter, but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.
During this time, Rowling suffered from depression（抑郁症）. She ,out of work,completed her first novel in the cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. After being refused by l2 publishing houses, the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.
Now with seven books sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with the confidence of a friend !
1.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A. Confidence of a Friend Helped the Success of Harry Potter
B. J.K.Rowing’s Hard Life and the Success of Harry Potter
C. J.K.Rowing---author of the Harry Potter book series
D. How J.K.Rowing Firstly Got the Idea of Harry Potter
2. According to the passage, we know J.K.Rowing_______.
A. had a happy family
B. had a ten-year illness
C. earned a lot from her novels
D. published 12 books in 64 languages
3.Where did J.K.Rowing first have the shape of Harry Potter?
A. in the cafes B. on a train
C. in a secondary school D. in a publishing house
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Harry Potter’s friends didn’t know he was a wizard until he graduated.
B. J.K.Rowing wrote down her idea while she was on the train by borrowing a pen.
C. It’s lucky that J.K.Rowing didn’t have a pen while she got the idea of Harry Potter.
D. Harry Potter was a thin,yellow-haired handsome boy with a pair of glasses on his nose.
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