【题目】 Everyone is aware that taking good care of our bodies can prevent many medical problems from occurring later. However, we often have less awareness of preventative actions we should take to help with mental health problems. While our mental health may be fine right now, many of us will struggle at some point. 1 It’s impossible to get through life without challenges, but our mental health prevention habits can help us get through difficult times. 2

Keep active. The more active you physically, mentally and socially are, the higher the level of your mental wellness is likely to be. So go for walks and learn something new. There are many other ways to be active. 3

Be connected. Regular involvement in social activities with supportive friends and family improves your ability to handle disappointments, and everything else life throws at you. 4 But you can be involved in any manner; even volunteering for an organization can help you be more social.

5 The nature of these activities varies widely from person to person. The key is to identify what gives your life meaning. Volunteering, coaching, teaching, etc. all can contribute to increasing your sense of confidence and satisfaction with life. Many activities can address more than one. The key is to make a plan and stick with it. If you are already struggling, begin to practice these ways to help your recovery.

A. Here are three practical steps.

B. However, good mental health is important.

C. Stresses, disappointments and disasters happen.

D. Overcome life’s challenges before they happen.

E. Be committed to activities that give life meaning.

F. The key is to find what keeps you motivated and interested.

G. This can be difficult when you move to a new town or as you get older.

【题目】 “Don’t tell anyone”. We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret. We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.

According to Asim Shah, professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Bchavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, US, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “obsessive (无法摆脱的) and anxious urge to share it with someone”.

An earlier study, led by Anita E. Kelly, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.

But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone.” according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.

1The underlined phrase “spill the bean” is closest in meaning to ________.

A.let out a secretB.tell the truth

C.eat our wordsD.take gossip

2A person who is entrusted with a secret ________.

A.is oft often obsessed with a certain threat

B.often would rather not have been told about it

C.usually has a strong desire to keep it until death

D.may suffer from physical or psychological problems

3What can we learn from the passage?

A.Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.

B.Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt.

C.It’s better to inform others of the chances of your leaking secrets beforehand.

D.Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.

4What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Walls have ears.

B.Still tongues make wise heads.

C.A word spoken is past recalling.

D.Every wall has a crack.

【题目】 What worried 22-year-old Shanghai graduate Tang Yining the most until mid-March was uncertainty over finding her dream job as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

A few job interviews originally scheduled to be held after the Spring Festival holiday were all postponed due to the outbreak-related restrictions on free movement of people.

Thankfully, three interviews were shifted to the online medium. "They are actually more efficient than I had expected. In fact, online interviews helped me save time and money because for offline interviews I usually end up traveling to different provinces," a college graduate said.

According to online recruitment(招聘) firm Boss Zhipin, the number of companies using distance interviews increased by more than 20 times within 10 days after Spring Festival, compared to the first week of the autumn recruitment season in 2019.

Industry insiders said online recruitment will help fill in job vacancies in time and is of great significance to keep the employment stable nationwide and further offer economic impetus(推动力).

“Public employment service agencies and the market players concerned should also be encouraged to share information on job vacancies and strengthen the coordination of online and offline recruitment activities to ensure a stable job market,”Chinese Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua said.

As of mid-March, more than 50,000 companies had participated in the online campus recruitment, providing more than 200,000 positions.

Over 450,000 university students on the verge of their graduation had made 1,700,000 job application submissions by then, said online recruitment platform Zhaopin.

1What's the problem with China's fresh graduates according to this passage?

A.Their interviews were shifted to the online medium.

B.Their job-hunt was delayed by the epidemic.

C.They can't move freely because of the epidemic.

D.They are worried about the COVID-19 pandemic.

2Which one is not the advantage of using distance interviews?

A.Help fill in job vacancies in time.B.Keep the employment stable nationwide.

C.Save time and money.D.Travel to different provinces.

3How many graduates apply for jobs in the online campus recruitment platform Zhaopin?

A.50,000B.200,000

C.Over 450,000D.1,700,000

【题目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. willingness B. loyal C. priority D. figure

E. acknowledging F. interaction G. academic H. drain

I. stress J. tense K. convincing

Dealing with Difficult Relationships

Everyone has at least one awkward or 1 relationship. It may be with somebody who will 2 your energy whenever you are with them. Or worse, it could be someone who always cuts you down. This person may be a family member or even a friend. No matter who it is, it’s necessary that you learn to set boundaries for yourself. Otherwise this kind of relationship can chip away at your self-esteem.

Setting boundaries for difficult relationships starts by 3 how you are affected by the relationship. Do they bring you closer to your goals or pull you farther away? For example, it’s time to study for tomorrow’s test. But your friend wants to take you to a party. Here, setting boundaries will help protect your 4 goals.

Next, decide how much time you should spend with these people. It’s easy to overcommit yourself. But it’s difficult to help others if you forget to protect your own 5.

How do you know if a relationship is unhealthy, and it’s time to set boundaries? Here are a few practical questions to ask yourself.

1. How does this relationship affect me?

Every 6 can affect you positively or negatively. For example, someone who pressures you to something you’re not comfortable doing will 7 you out. But a friend who considers how you feel will respect your 8 to try something new.

2. Why am I in this relationship in the first place?

People may try to keep you in an unhealthy relationship. By 9 you it’s your obligation or duty, you forget about your own needs. Sadly, by remaining 10 to these people, you forget who you are. You allow them to take advantage of you or even belittle you.

Settling boundaries requires taking a long, honest look at yourself. By saying “no” to harmful patterns in relationships, you say “yes” to a healthier you.

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

A newly discovered tea plant is caffeine-free

The world loves tea and some 3m tons of tea are consumed every year. Tea can be good for health, as it contains compounds that help to lower cholesterol(胆固醇)and reduce the risk of heart disease. But there is a downside. Tea contains caffeine which, 1 it improves mental alertness, can also cause anxiety, insomnia and other problems.

2 would be agreeable is that a tea plant that provides all the taste and goodness but with little or 3 of the caffeine has been found. Liang Chen and Ji-Qiang Jin of the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have discovered just such a plant 4(grow) wild in a remote area in Fujian province, southern China. 5 they report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, not only is the tea plant naturally caffeine-free but it also contains a number of unique medicinal compounds that, the locals believe, offer considerable health benefits.

6(know) locally as Hongyacha, the newly discovered plant grows only between 700 and 1,000 metres 7 sea level around a handful of Chinese villages.

Now the researchers 8(explore) methods to protect Hongyacha in its natural habitat while further studies are carried out. It can take time – and sometimes it does not work – for new plant varieties 9(breed) for commercial use. A pair of naturally caffeine-free coffee plants were discovered in 2003, but little progress 10(report) Tea enthusiasts will be watching Hongyacha with interest. And others will wonder what else is out there.

【题目】It is good to get in touch with your inner child from time to time,and obviously some people are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment.A Brooklyn-based adult preschool is charging customers between $333 and $999 for the chance to act like a kid again.

At Preschool Mastermind in New York adults get to participate in show—and—tell,arts—and—crafts such as finger paint,games like musical chairs and even take naps.The month-long course also has class picture day where the adults are expected to have a field trip and a parent day.

30-year-old Michelle Joni Lapidos,the brain behind the adult preschool,studied childhood education and has always wanted to be a preschool teacher.She’s always on the lookout for new ways to get people in touch with the freedom of childhood.A friend encouraged her to start the mastermind course instead.

According to Candice,her blogger friend,Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to relearn and master the things that they failed to understand as children.“I realized all the significances of what we learn in preschool,”said founder Michelle Joni,“People come here and get in touch with their inner child.It’s magical.We are bringing ourselves back to another place,another time with ourselves when we are more believing in ourselves,more confident and ready to take on the world.”

“One person’s here because they want to learn not to be so serious.”Michelle said.“Another's here to learn to be more confident.” She explained that most of the classes were planned.However,Joni added that while the planned activities were fun,it was often the spontaneous(自发的)moments that attracted students.“It’s the things you don’t plan for,the sharing between friends and learning from each other.’’

1What is the purpose of Preschool Mastermind?

A. To give adults a chance to return to childhood.

B. To help parents understand their children better.

C. To provide practical training courses for teachers.

D. To introduce some ways of playing with children.

2What is mainly discussed about Preschool Mastermind in Paragraph 2 ?

A. Its customers. B. Its activities.

C. Its environment. D. Its schedule.

3According to Candice,people come to this program to________.

A. enjoy freedom of thinking B. realize their childhood dreams

C. discover their inner abilities D. figure out childhood puzzles

4What do we know about Michelle Joni?

A. She used to be a preschool teacher.

B. She likes to make plans in advance.

C. She founded Preschool Mastermind.

D. She gained confidence by sharing.

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