Stay on the brighter side of life One very important component of optimism is gratitude or feeling grateful. In fact,there is a strong connection between a grateful attitude and a heightened sense of well-being. Appreciate all the positives in your life by starting a gratitude journal in order to remember what you’re grateful for.1. Feeling down? Instead of feeling sorry for yourself waiting for the universe to throw you a bone,try acting like you’re happy—even if you aren’t. A sincere smile and a forced smile will cause the same chemical reactions in your brain,so you can actually fool your mind into feeling better by making it react chemically as if things were going well.2. Reassure yourself that everything is good—even if you don’t feel it.
“3. If you’re stuck in traffic,then everything else must be going horribly too”’says Anne Parker,a wellness counselor. By blowing negative events out of proportion,you’re setting yourself up for feeling down all day. Instead,acknowledge that you’re stuck in traffic,but also bring to mind something good,like the beautiful scenery outside the window. That way,you’ll get in the habit of forbidding negative circumstances from blanketing your whole day.
Swearing to lose 20 pounds or to run a marathon seems like goals leading to happiness,but they take time to achieve.4. You may even end up admitting that you have been defeated. However,if you focus on the small milestones that occur along the way,you will feel positive about your progress,which will give you the strength to keep going.
5. Try making someone else’s day better. A report by United Healthcare and Volunteer Match found that volunteers are 72% more likely to characterize themselves as optimistic compared with non-volunteers. Plus,89% of volunteers say that volunteering has improved their sense of well-being,and 92% say that it enriches their sense of purpose in life.
A. Try to help someone in need.
B. Want to give your attitude a lift?
C. People tend to think in an either-or way.
D. Act in an optimistic way—smile,laugh,tell a joke.
E. You’ll fail to appreciate more important things in your life.
F. By focusing on not having accomplished them yet,you will start to feel down on yourself.
G. By remembering the pleasant things in your life,you can actually turn a negative attitude around.
[文章大意]乐观是生活中重要的组成部分，感恩与幸福之间有很大的关系。
1. G空格前的remember what you're grateful for与G选项中的"By remembering the pleasant things in your life".”相呼应。
2. D本段的主旨是try acting like you are happy,与D选项是相符的。
3. C根据第三段的"By blowing negative events out of propor?tion... bring to mind something good... forbidding negative cir?cumstances…"得出答案。
4. F本段空格前后主要阐述了如果将目标定得很大，短时间内不能达到目标，人就会觉得沮丧，因此应该选F。
5. B根据本段的主旨以及最后一句话"…92% say that it enri-ches their sense of purpose in life."可知答案。
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In a class this past December,after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination,one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction,she apologized ：“Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?”
“I can’t read my own handwriting,” the young woman explained. “It’s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes. ”
That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the phototaking camp,motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper,they reasoned,but they wouldn’t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.
Yet the use of cameras as note takers,though it may be convenient,does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?
Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method,but a method having a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Writing things down engages a student’s brain in listening,visual,and kinesthetic (动觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory,and to process and combine it,establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.
Taking a picture does indeed record the information,but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?
I’m not sure how to measure the effectiveness of either method. For now,I allow students to take notes however they see fit—handwritten or photographed—because I figure that some notes,no matter the method of note-taking,are better than none.
( ) 1. The woman apologized in the class because she
A. took a picture of the board
B. missed the teacher’s directions
C. had the bad handwriting
D. disturbed other students’ learning
( ) 2. Students refuse to take notes by hand because
A. they are unable to take notes
B. they are more likely to lose notes
C. they are interested in using their phones
D. they have a good memory of teachers’ instructions
( ) 3. According to the passage,taking notes by hand
A. requires students to think independently
B. is unsuitable for students to learn new ideas
C. helps students actively participate in learning
D. proves to be an old and useless learning method
( ) 4. What’s the author’s opinion towards taking notes by phone?
A. Supportive.
B. Neutral.
C. Doubtful.
D. Disapproving.
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B An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.
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Professor John Beath,the president of the society,and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University,said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments— were drawing crowds of 400,rather than the usual 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors,who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.
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( ) 5. Professor John Beath’s lectures are.
A. given in a traditional way
B. open to both students and their parents
C. connected with the present situation
D. warmly received by economists
( ) 6. Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of their.
A. greater stability B. higher pay
C. fewer applications D. better reputation
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A. have access to better equipment
B. wiser in money management
C. confident about their future careers
D. get jobs in Child Trust Funds
( ) 8. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Universities have received more applications.
B. College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.
C. Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.
D. Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.
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Historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time,but Drew Faust has made history!On February 11,2007,Faust was named president of Harvard University. She is the first woman to hold the position in the school’s history.
“I am a historian ,” she said. “I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the past,and about how it shapes the future. No university in the country,perhaps the world,has as remarkable a past as Harvard’s. ”
“And our common enterprise is to make Harvard’s future even more remarkable than its past. That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well. It will also mean recognizing what we don’t do as well as we should,and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better. ”
It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given Drew success in a world controlled by men. “This is a man’s world,my girl,and the sooner you learn that,the better off you’ll be. ” Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young,but she didn’t accept it.
Faust grew up in a well-off family in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in the 1950s. Even then,she was a trailblazer (先驱) .A conversation with her family’s black handyman (零工) and driver inspired her to write a letter,on school notebook paper,to Dwight Eisenhower.
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“Drew Faust is a historian with her eyes on the future,” said Susan Graham,a professor of Harvard. Many of the university’s schools said that they believe Harvard will have a brighter future under the leadership of Drew Faust.
( ) 1. Why does the writer say Drew Faust has made his tory?
A. Because she is a historian.
B. Because she was president of Harvard University.
C. Because she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University.
D. Because Harvard has a remarkable past.
( ) 2. What do we know about historians?
A. They usually study great things that happened in the past.
B. They are usually presidents of universities.
C. They are usually born in well-off families.
D. They are usually women.
( ) 3. What did her mother mean by saying “This is a man’s world,my girl" ”？
A. To encourage her to do men’s work.
B. To tell her to do things as a girl should do.
C. To ask her to be well-off.
D. To expect her to be a historian.
( ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Faust was born in the north of the US.
B. She wrote a letter to Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard.
C. Faust’s desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success.
D. Historians just care about great things that happened in the past.
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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A) ，并在其下面写出该加的词。
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Mary stared in amazement. It seemed the faster they drove,the more determined the flies were to stick to his hair.
Mary remained silent. She leaned forward and turned the radio on,to try to divert her attention away from the flies,but she couldn’t help thinking about them. She looked up at Mark,who was completely devoted to what was going on and continued to sing to the music while driving merrily along.
Finally,Mark pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road beside a diner and looked in the mirror and said, “Mary,I would like to comb my hair before we get something to eat. Could you reach under the seat and give me my hair cream?”
Mary reached under the seat and pulled out a camping backpack,which contained a round jar and started to laugh wildly as she pointed to the label (商标) •
“That’s not hair cream on your hair,Mark!It says it’s Fly Trap Glue!”
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A. take B. absorb
C. replace D. recover
( ) 6. Why did Mary burst into laughter?
A. Because Mark had prepared a jar of hair cream for her.
B. Because Mary played a trick on Mark.
C. Because Mark had mistaken Fly Trap Glue for hair cream.
D. Because their ride wasn’t well prepared.
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