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.

A. Take a deep breath.

B. Reduce stress in your life.

C. Try to get back peace of mind.

D. Exercise can help you to throw off stress.

E. Look at your situation differently.

F. How can I quickly calm down when it happens?

G. What’s your opinion about how to deal with stress?

. —How can I thank you?

—Don’t mention it. Any other man in that case _______ the same thing.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be easy and stress-free. I   36   myself pouring the best coffees, making delicious doughnut (炸面包圈), and becoming friends with   37   customers.

         But I wasn't   38    the people with enormous orders, the women who   39  that the coffee was much too creamy (全乳脂的), or the men who wanted their iced coffees   40  again and again until they reached perfection. I couldn't seem to   41 anyone.

         One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking  42  . He said he felt like getting in bed,pulling the   43  up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.

      44   he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was   45  , since he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee, I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.

“It’s   46  me,” I told him. “have a nice day.”

He smiled and thanked me before heading back out into the  47  .

The next day, it was still raining. I   48  my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their  49   . I was completely wet and freezing cold.   50  , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our   51   tip jar, I grew more depressed.

In the evening, the customer fromm the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a  52 ．He said that not many people took time to  53  others and he was glad there were still people like me in the world．With a friendly wave, he drove away．I ran to the back of the shop and read the note．It read:

Christine,

         Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday．It's so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely （真诚地） nice．Please don ' t change your   54  ! Have a great day !——Hank

         After that, whenever I felt depressed or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness．Then I would smile, hold my head up high,   55   my throat and ask politely, "How can I help you?"

36．A．believed              B．hoped                C．pictured            D．supposed

37．A．particular         B．regular    C．special            D．common

38．A．thinking  B．considering            C．guessing           D．expecting

39．A．complained     B．praised     C．doubted            D．explained

40．A．repeated          B．returned         C．recovered        D．remade

41．A．fit          B．please   C．suit       D．meet

42．A．satisfied         B．happy     C．upset             D．anxious

43．A．hat              B．sheet           C．coat        D．pillow

44．A．Before         B．After         C．Until            D．While

45．A．embarrassed    B．angry           C．surprised D．glad

46．A．on                   B．in       C．for      D．after

47．A．crowd          B．street     C．shop              D．rain

48．A．spent      B．took   C．cost     D．wasted

49．A．doughnuts      B．coffees          C．orders      D．bags

50．A．Better               B．Worse               C．Further            D．Later

51．A．old            B．full               C．broken          D．empty

52．A．letter          B．bill            C．note              D．gift

53．A．talk about      B．care about    C．hear about             D．know about

54．A．way     B．job        C．mind             D．product

55．A．cut                   B．force        C．raise         D．clear

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would   21 the water in ten minutes.

Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for  22  sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so  23  that she forget to deliver him the  24  . As a result, the passenger was  25  to take his medicine. She hurried over to him  26  a cup of water, but to her surprise he  27  it.

In the following hours on the  28  , each time the air hostess passed by the  29  , she would ask him with a  30  whether he needed help or not. But the passenger  31  paid attention to her words.

When he was going to get  32  the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to  33  him the passenger’s booklet(意见簿). She was very 34  . She knew that he would write down  35  words, which might result in the loss of her job.  36  with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she  37  the booklet and cracked a smile,  38  the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times  39  . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”

That’s  40  ! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?   

第二节完形填空  (共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36至55各个题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The moment I knew my mother had incurable lung cancer, I realized for the first time that time will one day run out for us all.

I have determined to be with my mother as much as I possibly can. This is not out of a sense of

36  , but because I really want to be near her. But making the time to   37   with my mother has been my greatest   38   . I have a husband, a four-year-old son and a home to nm. I also hold down a(n)    39    job as a radio announcer at the BBC.

I arrived at work one day to be told we would be doing a radio series exploring “time poverty”. I’ve    40    been taken with the idea that we are time-poor. How can I - who have so many labor-saving machines and an only child – have   41   time than my mother who had six children and no  42  ?

I put this   43   a professor. He pointed out that it is because I try to keep my home much cleaner than my mother did. I admit I like to   44   to my friends. My husband says  45   that I remove all traces (痕迹) of human life    46    anyone arrives.

The professor said    47   has become the new religion. We expect work to provide us with a sense of identity and a means to secure our future. And because we   48   so much time in our working lives, we like to reward ourselves with material things. Frequently, we spend our money before it’s earned.   49  is an annoying worry, keeping us 50  to the work treadmill (跑步机).

The same professor suggested we    51   a Buddhist concept -- to enjoy each moment and activity for its own sake,   52  try to do lots of things at once. Since then I have been   53   the art of “living in the moment” whenever I get the chance. I have cleared my schedule of nonessential tasks,   54   house and garden plans, and turned down some extra work.

It is my mother’s illness, a once-in-a-lifetime event, that sets me   55   on the fact that we forget that time is a limited resource.

36. A. duty           B. guilt              C. sorrow             D. sympathy

37. A. live            B. be                 C. chat                D. go

38. A. concern         B. challenge           C. chance              D. trouble

39. A. demanding         B. critical             C. boring              D. amazing

40. A. almost          B. seldom            C. never               D. often

41. A. better          B. worse             C. less                D. more

42. A. tape-recorder    B. washing machine    C. air-conditioner       D. television

43. A. with           B. for               C. in                         D. to

44. A. show off       B. draw attention       C. look forward        D. get close

45. A. angrily          B. surprisingly         C. jokingly            D. seriously

46. A. after           B. when              C. as                 D. before

47. A. time           B. entertainment        C. work              D. family

48. A. invest         B. contribute          C. give               D. devote

49. A. Pressure        B. Expense           C. Life                D. Debt

50. A. led             B. chained            C. relied              D. focused

51. A. adopt          B. advocate            C. adapt               D. acquire

52. A. more than       B. instead of           C. rather than          D. other than

53. A. exercising      B. practicing           C. believing            D. holding

54. A. fixed          B. conducted          C. postponed           D. made

55. A. reflecting      B. thinking            C. considering          D. wondering