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Question: What are some ways I can calm down quickly when I’m feeling overwhelmed (不知所措的)? Sometimes I don’t realize how much stress is building up. Other times, several stressful events happen at once. I suddenly go from calm to completely overwhelmed quickly. 1
Answer: There are many ways to calm down quickly. The following are four quick and easy ways to deal with whatever situations are at hand:
● Take a walk.
2 Taking a walk provides the chance of getting you out of the stressful situation. You can return in a new state of mind.
● 3
You can feel better right away by practicing breathing exercises. Getting more oxygen into your body and releasing physical stress are two ways that can make you feel better. You can do them anytime or anywhere.
● Give your mind a break.
You can steal away a few minutes of peace. 4 It’s easy to do. It can relax you physically as well as mentally (精神上地).
● 5
If you can look at your situation in a different way, you may be able to have a different opinion. It will cause you less stress. Read more about stress, and learn how you can change the way you look at things. It’ll be useful when you’re stressed.

During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking. Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries.

When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college. For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.” I remember not believe him then, but looking back…, he was right. Those four years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.

However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasn't ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like . Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to commuity college (社区学院)and I didn’t worry about my SAT（美国大学入学考试）scores.

When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own college ,I started to wish I had done the same. My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it! I thought college was supposed to be different! Why didn’t I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus(大学校园)atmosphere instead of two.

My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduate and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!

1.Why didn’t the author worry about his SAT scores?

A．He wanted to go to community college.

B．He had a gift for dance.

C．He was well prepared for the exam.

D．He believed his brother would help him.

2.When in high school, the author .

A．drove to and from class every day

B．buried himself in his study all the time

C．enjoyed talking about future college life

D．lived in the school except on holidays

3.What did the author’s brother mean by “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.”?

A．He wished the author to have more dance.

B．He advised the author to value the years.

C．He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.

D．He suggested the author aim at a community college.

4.Talking of his high school years, the author feels .

A．regretful B．lonely C．angry D．pleased

BIG things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents my entire world when they told me they were getting divorced. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to . Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often fought, I still wanted my family to stay .

My life changed completely after the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment town, while my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a visitor I went to see my Dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my stepfather, Dan, I showed no interest in. I was clearly sad, especially after Dan and my mother married I realized that there was no way that things could change the way they were.

Even though I refuse all Dan’s trying to get to know me and wasn’t very nice to him, he never gave on me. Gradually, I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in common, especially when came to movies and TV shows. We spent a lot of time together out to watch movies. That gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other .

Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed on school or friends. Once I began to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and short trips. Eventually, I discovered that I finally had the happy family that I had always .

I now realize my parents were about getting the divorce. Their breakup was the best thing to happen for all of us. My father also found happiness—he and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.

At 13, I an important truth –change is not always the worst thing that can happen. Sometimes, it is just what we need most.

1.A. shook B. broke C. hurt D. changed

2.A. break down B. break up C. break in D. break out

3.A. a same B. same C. the same D. at same

4.A. at B. from C. across D. over

5.A. when B. while C. that D. whenever

6.A. whoever B. which C. whom D. that

7.A. but B. and C. however D. also

8.A. back B. back to C. into D. for

9.A. up B. in C. out D. off

10.A. that B. it C. he D. we

11.A. go B. went C. to go D. going

12.A. more deeply B. much deeply C. more deeper D. very deeper

13.A. either B. too C. before D. never

14.A. suggestion B. advices C. advice D. tip

15.A. receive B. accept C. recognize D. know

16.A. went B. began C. took D. go for

17.A. wished B. hoped C. dreamed D. wanted

18.A. right B. wrong C. necessary D. good

19.A. divorced B. united C. married D. remarried

20.A. found B. discover C. learned D. Understand

“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was

used to regular insults（侮辱）because of the 41 on my head, it was 42 horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious 43 after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was 44 to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors 45 to save my life. “Holly’s very 46 to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be 47 with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I 48 wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home. 49 I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never 50 understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was 51 to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There I 52 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so 53 that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t 54 what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly, ” She 55 me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great 56 it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something 57 . So weeks later, at my 13^th birthday party, 58 by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to 59 away behind my scarf.

Now, I am 60 of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality that decides who you are.

1.A. hat B. scarf C. scars D. cuts

2.A. still B. just C. never D. seldom

3.A. hunger B. cold C. defeats D. burns

4.A. rushed B. led C. invited D. forced

5.A. learned B. fought C. returned D. decided

6.A. happy B. lucky C. lonely D. poor

7.A. pressed B. occupied C. left D. painted

8.A. possibly B. usually C. finally D. nearly

9.A. Although B. Since C. If D. Before

10.A. correctly B. roughly C. easily D. really

11.A. promoted B. introduced C. reported D. carried

12.A. met B. recognized C. remembered D. caught

13.A. honest B. strong C. active D. young

14.A. write down B. agree with C. pass on D. listen to

15.A. promised B. encouraged C. ordered D. calmed

16.A. in B. for C. without D. beyond

17.A. similar B. strange C. hard D. important

18.A. allowed B. required C. guided D. inspired

19.A. hide B. give C. keep D. put

20.A. sick B. awake C. tired D. proud

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.

A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting for 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield（挡风玻璃）.It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.

“I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.”

“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, puzzled.

“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.

“It’s a long way,” I protested.

“Come on,” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along,” she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t accept it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor,”she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”

1.Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?

A．He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.

B．No driver would give him a ride.

C．He didn’t know the routes.

D．He perhaps would have to take a taxi.

2.Judging from the context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was .

A．very quiet and peaceful

B．dark without street lights

C．neither clean nor beautiful

D．a little unsafe

3.Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?

A．No bus would come at the time.

B．A taxi ride would be more comfortable.

C．He became impatient and a bit worried.

D．He knew the driver would never return.

4.The bus driver hoped that the writer .

A．would pass the good deed along

B．would keep her in memory

C．would give the money to others

D．would do her a favor

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