题目内容
SECTION C
Directions： Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
在旱灾和震灾中的孩子们虽然遇到了无法想象的困难，但他们仍然没有放弃学习。请简要描述这两张照片，并谈谈你的感想。文章的开头已经给出。
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注意：短文的开头已写，不计入总数。
Natural disasters left students in miserable life. However, they never gave up study.
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Natural disasters left students in miserable life. However, they never gave up study. As is shown in the two pictures, they are eager to learn at school. The students in the left picture are listening attentively in class, even though they are in serious trouble of lacking food and drinkable water. A girl in the right picture stands in front of the ruins after the earthquake, holding her textbooks firmly in hand. There is no doubt that they are all thirsty for knowledge.
They deserve our admiration. Their perseverance and striving spirit touched everyone’s heart.
I realize that I should value what I have. When facing a sticky problem, I won’t give up. I will regard devotion as my goal in life, having more diligence and fewer complaints. I hope I will be able to do something for them one day. (128 words)
【解析】
The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students' self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable."
Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
1.What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry?
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A．It is a highly profitable industry. |
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B．It is based on the concept of positive thinking. |
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C．It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. |
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D．It has yielded positive results. |
2.What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?
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A．Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good. |
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B．There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. |
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C．Unhappy people cannot think positively. |
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D．The power of positive thinking is limited. |
3.What does the author mean by "… you're just underlining his faults" (Line 4, Para. 3)?
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A．You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. |
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B．You are pointing out the errors he has committed. |
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C．You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. |
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D．You are trying to make him feel better about his faults. |
4. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?
A. It is important for people to continually boost their self-esteem.
B. Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one's mood.
C. Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem.
D. People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings.
Section C.
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading that you do not need. （请注意题号，将答案填涂在答题卡相应的位置）