Anxiety is the state of feeling nervous,worried or fearful.When you're anxious,you may feel something bad is going to happen.

When you think of starting a new project or going into a group situation with people you don't know,do you feel butterflies in your stomach?Do you come up with lots of reasons not to do fun but risky things like joining a hiking club or a volunteer organization? If these happen,it shows that you are probably anxious,and your anxiety will stop you from going after your dreams.Actually,anxiety feeds on avoidance and makes you less confident,while getting started and taking action help your anxiety go down.But where do you begin?

These suggestions below will let you be the master of your anxiety,rather than letting it master you.

◆ Don't wait for your anxiety to go down

Your anxiety won't go down on its own.However,when you take action towards your goals instead of considering what anxiety you have,you will build self-efficacy(自我效能)little by little—you begin to see yourself as someone who can take action and be successful even when you're feeling anxious.

◆ Set a realistic goal that makes sense for you

We all have different personalities and preferences.We don't all want to be lawyers,have hundreds of friends,or run marathons.Whatever you want,just figure out what is the simplest thing you can do to get started.Set your goal specifically,for example,“walk for 20 minutes three times next week”.You can't climb a mountain all at once and you're more likely to achieve your goal with

inside motivation(动机)than when you're Just trying to please others.

◆ Trust the process(过程)

Faith(信仰)is the first step to take action.Even if you don't have faith to begin with,faith will come if you just take that first step.The more you take action,the more likely you are to have some successes and begin to trust the process,I often start writing a blog post not knowing exactly what I 'm going to write.Now I've understood that if I share messages with my readers sincerely,then the content will appear naturally and anxiety will reduce slowly.

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1.When you“feel butterflies in your stomach”,you may feel

A. successful B. humorous C. lonely D. fearful

2.Which situation shows that you may feel anxious?

A. Gettig into a group situation with your friends.

B. Making an excuse for not doing a risky activity.

C. Being willing to work as a community volunteer.

D. Feeling confident to join the school hiking club.

3.From the passage we know that

A. Avoidance makes anxiety stronger and stronger

B. Anxiety can help you build self-efficacy gradually

C. You should achieve your goal by pleasing others

D. Faith won't come even if you begin to take action

4.What is the fourth suggestion probably about?

A. Anxicty will prevent you from living your dream.

B. Anxiety will make you worry about bad situation.

C. You should cheer for yourself to control anxiety.

D. You should set a meaningful goal to get started.

Don’t be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. It might be one of Baidu’s self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars have been in development since 2010, when Google announced that it was making such cars. Since then,companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars are expected to change the way we get around. They are safer and more environmentally friendly than usual cars. They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.

But self-driving cars have their own flaws (缺陷)as well. In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer (激光棒)at the car’s sensors (传感器)while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam(激光束)was in its way and slowed down or changed direction. Flaws like this could be used by people to trick self-driving cars.

The software (软件)that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. It may crash (崩溃),When we use our computers or smart phones, they sometimes crash without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the results could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a way to deal with this problem.

Anyway, whether you like it or not, it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and popular on our roads.

1. was the first company to develop self-driving cars?

A. Google. B. Telsa C. Uber. D. Baidu.

2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. Solutions for disabled people. B. Tips for riding in self-driving cars.

C. Reasons for testing self-driving cars. D. Advantages of self-driving cars.

3.When sensing an obstacle(障碍物)in the road,self-driving cars will .

A. attack it with a laser pointer B. slow down or change direction

C. crash into it to get past it D. stop and move around it

4.Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A. Self-driving cars free people from the stress of driving.

B. Self-driving cars can reduce traffic accidents.

C. Researchers have solved the problems self-driving cars have.

D. The software of the self-driving cars needs improvements.

5.What’s the writer’s opinion about the self-driving cars?

A. They are more dangerous. B. They’ll be well developed in the future.

C. They cause more pollution. D. They’ll be more expensive in the future.

Dear Alice,

I just received your letter. And I was very surprised to know that you decided to drop out of school and wanted to be a model (模特).

Being a model for a living is not easy. In fact, a famous person like me has a lot of problems that you couldn't see. I can't eat what I like, even though I'm very hungry. Keeping thin makes me look more beautiful on the stage because no one would like to see a heavy model.

Besides, I have to wear a heavy coat in the hot sun, in a swimming suit in the cold air. And practicing walking nicely every day is tiring for me.

You might say I made much money from modeling. But my dear niece (侄女), you have to know that money is, nothing, knowledge is everything. School is important and everyone should go to school for a certain period of time. The longer they stay at school, the better they will be. Very often, I hope I can give up my job and continue my studies at school. But it is very difficult for me to go back to school again. I am too old to go back to school now.

You are a pretty young girl with a bright future. You only have one year to finish your studies in high school. A year is really short. Please do consider my words carefully before you decide. Of course, there is only one thing I care about, and that is your happiness.

Love,

Emma

1.What was Emma surprised about?

A. Alice wanted to keep thin.

B. Alice decided not to do modeling.

C. Alice ate too much and became a heavy girl.

D. Alice decided not to finish her studies at school.

2.Emma can't go back to school again, because ________

A. she is tired of being a student

B. she wants to make more money from modeling

C. she is so old that she has missed the best time in school

D. she has done a good job and makes a lot of money as a model

3.How long does Alice still have to study in high school?

A. One year. B. Two years.

C. Three years. D. The longer, the better.

4.Emma only cares about________.

A. Alice's beauty B. Alice's happiness

C. Alice's age D. Alice's swimming suit

5.From the letter we know that __________.

A. Emma is a famous model

B. Emma likes being a model for a living

C. Alice will go on her studies in high school

D. Emma can eat what she likes when she is very hungry

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