One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank．There I would   36  the peace and quiet, watch the water rush   37  and listen to the singing of birds and the rustling of   38  in the trees．I would also watch the bamboo trees   39  under pressure from the wind and watch them   40  gracefully to their original position after the wind had   41  ．

When I think about the bamboo tree's ability to bounce back to its original position, the word "resilience" comes to mind．When used in   42  to a person, this word means the ability to readily   43  from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person's   44  ．

Have you ever felt like you are at your   45  point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it．

During the   46  you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health．You felt emotionally drained（枯竭）,   47  exhausted and you most likely stood   48   physical symptoms．

Life is a   49  of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments．The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy   50   that take you close to your breaking point, bend,   51  don't break．Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you．

A measure of hope will take you   52  the unpleasant ordeal （考验）．With   53   for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be．The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to   54  if the final result is worth having．

If life gets   55  and you are at your breaking point, show resilience．Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don't break!

1.                A．see            B．hear           C．touch    D．enjoy

 

2.                A．smoothly       B．downstream     C．uphill D．peacefully

 

3.                A．fruits          B．branches        C．leaves    D．roots

 

4.                A．bend          B．move          C．fall  D．decline

 

5.                A．go             B．turn           C．return    D．suffer

 

6.                A．died away       B．died off         C．died down D．died out

 

7.                A．honor of        B．reward to       C．favor of   D．reference to

 

8.                A．escape         B．suffer          C．come D．recover

 

9.                A．emotions       B．mind           C．body D．thoughts

 

10.               A．starting         B．breaking        C．standing   D．tiring

 

11.               A．practice        B．experiment     C．experience D．victory

 

12.               A．possibly        B．mentally        C．terribly    D．probably

 

13.               A．unpleasant      B．unreasonable    C．exciting   D．good

 

14.               A．result          B．change         C．mixture   D．wonder

 

15.               A．moments       B．events         C．adventures D．changes

 

16.               A．however       B．but            C．though    D．and

 

17.               A．away          B．through        C．apart D．out

 

18.               A．idea           B．search         C．imagination D．hope

 

19.               A．get stuck       B．look into        C．depend on D．deal with

 

20.               A．tough          B．wrong          C．acceptable D．cozy

 

 

Here are two letters in WORKWORRIES, a column（栏） in a newspaper:

1.From Amoretto's letter, we know that he __________.

A．has been working for a long time           B．is likely a green hand

C．expects to change his job                 D．is quite satisfied with the job.

2.How can a man arrange his work-life balance according to Ariel?

A．By taking a training course．               B．By asking people for advice．

C．By comparing with others．               D．Through his own work experience

3.All of the following are advised byArial EXCEPT__________.

A．understanding the terms before signing

B．working hard and efficiently

C．getting a better position

D．doing the job at least a year

4.What does Ariel advise to do in the reply?

A．Take the job offered．                   B．Give up and find a new job．

C．Depend on your feeling．                 D．Choose jobs with great care

 

You can’t expect yourself to        his trust over the night because it takes time for the damage you have done to him to heal.

A．wipe out          B．turn up           C．depend on        D．win back

 

Travel Unaccompanied

Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone．

Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.” Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents．

In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen. It is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone．It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own．

Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year．He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He said he wished he had traveled alone earlier. “The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person,” said the 30-year-old．

Richardson describes traveling alone like “a shot in the arm”, which “makes you a more confident person that was ready to deal with anything”. He said: “The feeling of having conquered something on my own is a major part of what drives me each day when I’m dealing with a difficult task. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try.”

The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said: “Only by going alone in silence can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”

1.Which of the following will Kristina Wegscheider agree with?

A. Traveling alone is a necessary experience for everyone.

B. It is more meaningful to travel in foreign countries.

C. It is comfortable to travel around without a friend.

D. Traveling abroad helps people to find new things.

2.Traveling alone is challenging because         .

A. it will finally build your character

B. you have to make things on your own

C. you depend on yourself whatever happens

D. it is hard for you to prove yourself to others

3.What can we infer about Chris Richardson?

A. He started traveling at an early age．          B. He was once shot in the arm.

C. His website inspires others a lot.      D. He used to work as a salesman．

 

For years, there has been a bias (偏见) against science among clinical psychologists (临床心理学家). In a two-year analysis to be published in November in Perspectives on Psychological Science, psychologists led by Timothy B. Baker of the University of Wisconsin charge that many clinical psychologists fail to “provide the treatments for which there is the strongest evidence of effectiveness” and “give more weight to their personal experiences than to science.” As a result, patients have no guarantee that their “treatment will be informed by … science.” Walter Mischel of Columbia University is even crueler in his judgment. “The disconnect between what clinical psychologists do and what science has discovered is an extreme embarrassment,” he told me, and “there is a widening gap between clinical practice and science.”

The “widening” reflects the great progress that psychological research has made in identifying (确认) the most effective treatments. Thanks to strict clinical trials, we now know that teaching patients to think about their thoughts in new, healthier ways and to act on those new ways of thinking are effective against depression, panic disorder and other problems, with multiple trials showing that these treatments — the tools of psychology — bring more lasting benefits than drugs.

You wouldn’t know this if you sought help from a typical clinical psychologist. Although many treatments are effective, relatively few psychologists learn or practice them.

Why in the world not? For one thing, says Baker, clinical psychologists are “very doubtful about the role of science” and “lack solid science training”. Also, one third of patients get better no matter what treatment (if any) they have, “and psychologists remember these successes, believing, wrongly, that they are the result of the treatment.”

When faced with evidence that treatments they offer are not supported by science, clinical psychologists argue that they know better than some study what works. A 2008 study of 591 psychologists in private practice found that they rely more on their own and colleagues’ experience than on science when deciding how to treat a patient. If they keep on this path as insurance companies demand evidence-based medicine, warns Mischel, psychology will “discredit itself.”

Many clinical psychologists fail to provide the most effective treatments because ________.

A. they are unfamiliar with their patients                   B. they believe in science and evidence

C. they depend on their colleagues’ help              D. they rely on their personal experiences

The widening gap between clinical practice and science is due to _______.

A. the cruel judgment by Walter Mischel

B. the fact that most patients get better after being treated

C. the great progress that has been made in psychological research

D. the fact that patients prefer to take drugs rather than have other treatments

How do clinical psychologists respond when charged that their treatments are not supported by science?

A. They feel embarrassed.                                        B. They try to defend themselves.

C. They are disappointed.                                         D. They doubt their treatments.

In Mischel’s opinion, psychology will ____.

  A. destroy its own reputation if no improvement is made

B. develop faster with the support of insurance companies

  C. work together with insurance companies to provide better treatment

  D. become more reliable if insurance companies won’t demand evidence-based medicine