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We are not suggesting that you can reach a permanent state called “happiness” and remain there. But there are many ways to turn the path of anxiety, anger, and sadness into a state of happiness. Here are four ideas to get you started.1.

● Laugh out loud

Just expecting a happy, funny event can raise levels of pleasure-causing hormones (荷尔蒙) and lower production of stress hormones. Researchers at the University of California tested 16 men who all agreed they thought a certain videotape was funny. Half were told three days in advance they would watch it.2. When they actually watched the video, their levels of stress hormones dropped greatly, while their levels of pleasure-causing hormones rose 27 percent.

● Do one thing at a time

Edward Suarez, professor of medical psychology at Duck, found that people who do several things at the same time are more likely to have high blood pressure. 3. Instead of talking on the phone while cleaning the kitchen, sit down in a comfortable chair and turn your entire attention over to the conversation.

4.

Although relationships help take away stress, sometimes you need time to recharge and reflect on your own. Take yourself out to lunch or to a movie, or simply spend an afternoon reading at home, or looking through books in a bookstore.

● Practice mindfulness

5. Instead of worrying about your check-up tomorrow while having dinner with your family, focus on the here and now — food, the company, and the conversation.

A. Spend time alone.

B. Focus on the present.

C. Take care of the soul.

D. Take that finding seriously.

E. Choose the ones that work for you.

F. They started experiencing biological changes right away.

G. Find a quiet place near your house and make it your secret place to escape.

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Grandma had the coin for as long as I can remember. Every time I went over to her house, she told me the story of the coin:

It was the day after the ship had ______ in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Poland on that ship. They came to______ for a new life in the United States, ______ from the poverty and war in their native land.

They were walking to their new ______ from their factory jobs when they saw a small glint (闪光) on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to ______ it more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother ______ it up and said,“This coin is a good omen, a ______ of good fortune to come.” They took the coin to their little apartment and ______ it to make it shine. The next day my grandmother got a(n) ______ job at a jewelry store.

As the years passed, my grandparents______good times and bad. My father and uncles were born, my grandfather was ______from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There, my grandparents finally found the good ______ my grandmother had ______.

When my grandfather died three years ago, my grandmother ______ in to live with my family. This is when she ______the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could ______ tell the story in my sleep, ______ still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of ______ on the coin. Last week she died. According to her ______, I got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that ______ the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.

1.A. sailed B. joined C. landed D. pulled

2.A. prepare B. ask C. apply D. search

3.A. absent B. fre C. tired D. independent

4.A. restaurant B. store C. apartment D. cottage

5.A. examine B. observe C. test D. touch

6.A. picked B. dug C. lifted D. fixed

7.A. moment B. message C. gift D. sign

8.A. packed B. cleaned C. repaired D. rebuilt

9.A. worse B. greater C. better D. easier

10.A. got over B. took up C. passed by D. went through

11.A. laid off B. laid down C. shut off D. broken down

12.A. wealth B. chance C. fortune D. situation

13.A. described B. planned C. experienced D. predicted

14.A. settled B. moved C. entered D. dropped

15.A. promised B. presente C. sent D. gave

16.A. hardly B. practically C. particularly D. usually

17.A. and B. so C. but D. however

18.A. keeping B. passing C. carrying D. holding

19.A. order B. dream C. explanation D. will

20.A. proved B. offered C. meant D. contributed

Son’s Help

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, washing machine and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished(惩罚) for it. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much ,and beat her so the woman had to leave him.

It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.

“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1._______, so he was put into lockup.

A. Mr. Lang often gambled B. Mr. Lang was late for work

C. Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home D. Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police

2.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A. he hated her and treated her badly. B. he wouldn’t stop gambling

C. he loved another woman. D. he was hardly sent away by the factory

3.Which of the following is right?

A. The boy expected his father to be put into lockup again.

B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

C. The boy expected his father to stop gambling soon.

D. The boy expected his mother to come back.

Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping,according to a study published last week in the US.

For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women,but during the 2011 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases(购买)were women.

“It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”,said Lee Rainie,director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group,which carried out the study.

Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men.This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.

Users were more likely to shop online to save time.Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic increases in the online gift-buying population this time around.

However,three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2011.They worried about credit card security(安全),or just compared online prices with off-line prices,then dashed off to t he shops to get the best deals.

“But even if shoppers don’t buy online,websites are becoming promotion tools for stores,”said Dan Hess,vice president of Comscore Networks Inc.Hess said that actually most stores’ websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers.And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.“It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient,more reliable and more comfortable.”Hess said.

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A. More women shopped online than men during 2011 holiday season.

B. There were fewer women online shoppers than men during 2 011 holiday season.

C. Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women.

D. People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online.

2.From the passage we can infer that________.

A. men usually decide how to spend money in the family

B. women usually decide what to buy in the family

C. the Internet is used in all the shops.

D. more and more shops will sell their goods online.

3.According to Dan Hess,shopping online is ________.

A. unsafe B. convenient

C. a waste of time D. cheaper

4.What can we know from the passage?

A. American people only buy gifts in holidays.

B. Shopping online is fun for women.

C. Shopping off-line provides better service.

D. Young people like to do gift-shopping online.

Even a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”. But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.

The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn’t mean “No”, but “Yes”.

If a person doesn’t know this, it might cause misunderstanding.

At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir,” smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.

1.Generally speaking, nodding the head means , and shaking the head means .

A. Yes; No B. No; Yes

C. Yes; Yes D. No; No

2.Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? Because .

A. the Indian driver had something important to do

B. the foreigner promised to give him only a little money

C. the driver felt uncomfortable at that time

D. in India shaking the head means agreement

3.Why did the foreigner become angry? Because .

A. the Indian driver didn’t want to send him to his office

B. he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head m India

C. he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the Indian driver didn’t say any words

D. the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money

4.The underlined phrase “on the contrary” means .

A. just the opposite B. clear difference between two things

C. doing what you want to do D. on the other hand

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