Bad days happen to us all. Often a day that starts out bad just continues to get worse. Sometimes there’s a “domino effect(多米诺效应)” with bad events. For example, you sleep through the alarm, so you’re stressed. And you will sit in the bad traffic, which will also make you late for work, etc.
How can we turn a bad day to a good day? Here are some ideas that have worked for me:
Smile a lot
Smiling a lot will help you feel relaxed. Research has shown that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel good.
Talk to a good friend
Keeping bad or unhappy things in your mind is not a good idea. Talking to someone who cares and listen really does help us feel better, too.
Concentrate on your good things
It’s hard to concentrate on how bad things are when you’re concentrating on how good things are! Think of 10 or more things you’re thankful for, and you’ll achieve a whole new outlook(人生观) on your day.
Get some exercise
If you can, go for a walk. Exercising will help you feel better. Excising can get your day back to be normal again.
Make the day a challenge
If you make yourself think of the day as a challenge, you’ll start to do all the things you can to make your day better.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。According to the passage, the “domino effect” is an effect that______.
| A．turns a good day to a bad day |
| B．makes one person affect another |
| C．turns bad things into good things |
| D．gets one event to cause other similar events to happen |
Study shows that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel______.
| A．terrible | B．relaxed |
| C．stressed | D．worried |
According to the writer, if we consider a bad day as a challenge, we’ll ______.
| A．try our best to do things better |
| B．give up doing things |
| C．lose all our confidence |
| D．have a terrible |
If the writer wants to feel better, how does the writer do?
| A．Quarrel with a good friend |
| B．Concentrate on your good things |
| C．Get some exercise |
| D．Make the day a challenge |
Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
| A．When we should smile a lot |
| B．How to deal with problems |
| C．How to turn a bad day around |
| D．What we should concentrate on |
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It was reported in May 2024 that the China Wildlife Conservation Association（CWCA,中国野生动物保护协会） will send giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo in the United States, which is a symbol of a new 10-year period of international conservation partnership. The CWCA has organized experienced caretakers and doctors to go with the pandas to the US. The zoo is getting ready to provide the pandas with a larger and more comfortable living environment. It has also formed a team with special skills related with panda care, daily nursing, and scientific research.
The cooperation（合作） between the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo dates back to 1996 when Bai Yun and Shi Shi became the first pair of pandas to live in the zoo. Giant pandas Hua Mei, born in 1999, and Mei Sheng, born in 2003, who used to live there, are the result of China-US giant panda research cooperation. Over the past twenty years, the two sides have cooperated and solved many technical problems, including important discoveries in key areas like panda raising.
Since the 1990s, China has cooperated on giant panda conservation with 20 countries. “International cooperation in fields such as disease prevention and control, treatment, and wild training and reintroduction to the wild, has achieved good results. Giant pandas will facilitate communication between peoples and let people around the world know China better,” said Li, the leader of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
“Scientific and educational outreach（延伸服务） also serves as a key role in international giant panda exchanges, allowing more people to understand giant pandas, which provides very good support for our efforts in protecting wild giant pandas,” Li said.
（1）China’s sending Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo means ________.
| A． |
a good living condition for pandas |
B． |
a new age of conservation cooperation |
| C． |
a great achievement in scientific research |
D． |
a long-term plan for training panda caretakers |
（2）How long have the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo cooperated?
| A． |
21 years. |
B． |
25 years. |
C． |
28 years. |
D． |
34 years. |
（3）What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
| A． |
The history of the cooperation. |
B． |
The raising of the giant pandas. |
| C． |
The lives of the pandas in the US. |
D． |
The process of solving the problems. |
（4）What does the underlined word “facilitate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
| A． |
Expect. |
B． |
Create. |
C． |
Improve. |
D． |
Receive. |
（5）What do we know from the last paragraph?
| A． |
Scientific research is well on its way. |
B． |
The outreach plays an important part. |
| C． |
The cooperation requires international support. |
D． |
Education about wildlife protection is a big success. |
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Though oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth’s surface, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them. Only about 20 percent of the seafloor has been mapped, and the remaining 80 percent is still a secret to us. Some scientists even think that 91 percent of sea animals have yet to be discovered.
So why do we know so little about the deep sea? Well, getting to those depths is very difficult and requires high technology that simply didn’t come into being for most of human history. The first navigable submarine（可驾驶的潜水艇）, for example, was built in 1620, and it couldn’t go more than five meters below the surface. In fact, for a long time many scientists didn’t even think that there could be any life at depths greater than 550 meters and didn’t see much need to explore（探索） the deep sea. However, this changed in 1862 when life was discovered as far down as 945 meters below sea level with the help of a digging machine. Ten years later, around 4, 700 species（物种） unknown before from the ocean floor were discovered.
Since then, high technology has been developed to help explore the deep sea, including satellites. But why is deep-sea exploration still so difficult? Well, at greater depths it is freezing（极冷的）, everything is completely dark, and the pressure can be over 1, 000 times greater than that on the surface.
Though we have the difficulties, it’s important that we understand the seas. They help control the earth’s temperature and produce half of the oxygen（O2） in the air. They can also provide us with information about climate change. Our future depends on learning more about our oceans, and it is possible for us to really understand what is ongoing below the surface.
（1）Why are some numbers listed in Paragraph 1?
| A． |
To introduce how important oceans are. |
| B． |
To discuss why sea animals have yet to be found out. |
| C． |
To explain that oceans cover a large area of the earth. |
| D． |
To show that we have only a little understanding of oceans. |
（2）What caused the change of exploration into the deep sea?
| A． |
High technology. |
B． |
Unknown species. |
| C． |
A pleasant environment. |
D． |
Valuable information. |
（3）What does the underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refer to?
| A． |
Sea animals. |
B． |
The seas. |
C． |
The satellites. |
D． |
Many scientists. |
（4）What can we learn from the text?
| A． |
It is difficult to build a navigable submarine. |
B． |
The seas have a strong influence on our future. |
| C． |
The seas have no lives at a depth of 550 meters. |
D． |
It is easier to go into the deep sea than we think. |
（5）What could be the best title of the text?
| A． |
Hidden Treasures in Deep Sea |
B． |
Unlocked Secrets of Deep Sea |
| C． |
Deep-Sea Exploration: Into the Freezing Depths |
D． |
Deep-Sea Exploration: The Past and the Future |
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
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Materials |
◆Very hot water ◆Some ice ◆A match Very important ! Only parents deal with matches !!! |
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Steps |
1. Turn the lid upside down and fill it with ice. 2. Fill the jar about 1.5 cm with very hot water. 3. Ask your parent to light a match. Then blow out the match just above the jar. Hold the smoking stick inside.（You want smoke from the match to fill the jar.） 4. Quickly put the lid with ice on the jar. Cover the jar completely. 5. Let the cloud form for a few minutes. Then take the lid off and meet the cloud ! |
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Result |
A real cloud comes up. But it is not round and it disappears soon. |
（1）What are the boy and his father talking about?
| A． |
Rabbits. |
B． |
Flowers. |
C． |
Trees. |
D． |
Clouds. |
（2）Which is very important when you use matches in the experiment?
| A． |
A glass jar. |
B． |
Very hot water. |
C． |
Some ice. |
D． |
Your parent’s help. |
（3）What is the right order of “making the cloud”?
| A． |
①②③⑤④ |
B． |
①③⑤②④ |
C． |
①④③⑤② |
D． |
①⑤②③④ |
（4）What is the result of the experiment?
| A． |
A real cloud comes up. |
B． |
The cloud is round. |
| C． |
The cloud lasts a few hours. |
D． |
The cloud doesn’t disappear. |
（5）Where does the text probably come from?
| A． |
A novel. |
B． |
A storybook. |
C． |
A travel guide. |
D． |
A science magazine. |
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His parents were poor farmers. They couldn’t pay for a worker, so the boy had to help. He worked hard.
Every day, he had a one-hour rest at sunset（日落）. He used that time to climb to the top of a hill. There, he could see a house on another hill. It had golden windows. They were really bright and shone like diamonds（钻石）.
One day, the boy’s father said to him, “You worked really hard, so you can take a day off. Try to learn something good.”
The boy thanked his father. Then, he left home and walked to the far hill.
He came to the house and knocked on the door, and a girl answered. He told her about the golden windows. The girl shook her head and said, “Poor farmers like us only have glass windows. Look there! That’s the house with the golden windows.” She pointed at something far away.
When the boy looked, he saw his own house. He then thanked the girl and rushed home.
Inside, he saw his family and smiled. He told them about his excellent day. He also said, “I learned a great lesson—our house has golden windows.”
（1）What do we know about the little boy?
| A． |
He was quite lazy. |
B． |
He was very rich. |
| C． |
He was a son of poor farmers. |
D． |
He was a son of a worker. |
（2）What did the boy do when he had a one-hour rest?
| A． |
He rested at home. |
B． |
He built a house. |
| C． |
He helped his parents. |
D． |
He climbed to the top of a hill. |
（3）The boy took a day off because he ________.
| A． |
worked hard |
B． |
wanted to play |
| C． |
found a diamond |
D． |
needed to visit the girl |
（4）What did the girl point at?
| A． |
The windows made of gold. |
B． |
The windows made of diamond. |
| C． |
The windows of the girl’s house. |
D． |
The windows of the boy’s house. |
（5）How did the boy feel when he got home?
| A． |
Happy. |
B． |
Lonely. |
C． |
Surprised. |
D． |
Strange. |
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
If sports are something that interests you, you must want to know how to be good at them. Succeeding at a sport takes skill. （1） Skill alone may take you far, but you’ll never go all the way without the right attitude and team spirit. The following tips can help you be a better sports player
Join a sports team. If you’re interested in sports, joining a team is a good way to start. （2） You are likely to develop friendships with at least some of your team members. Besides, even if your skills are low, joining a team will improve your skills.
Set big but realistic（现实的）goals for yourself. This does not mean being unrealistic, or saying you’re going to go professional within a year. Instead, you should take a look at what you are, and decide where you think you would like to be. （3）
Be a good sport. Being good at sports means more than physical strength and speed. （4） If you fail in a match, accept the loss and show respect to other players for their victory. Treat loss as a learning experience. Find out what you did wrong, and then try to improve it for the next game.
（5） It’s possible to get so crazy about winning that you forget why you want to be good at the very beginning. Not taking the time to enjoy the sport you play results in a fast burnout. Whether you’re practising or playing a competition, remember it is the joy that matters.
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A. Let yourself have fun. B. Stay focused on the competition. C. Exercising with others is very enjoyable and encouraging. D. In order to be truly great, you need to be positive towards failure. E. Break a big goal down into small parts, and achieve them step by step. F. However, other things should be considered if you want to be a good sports player. |
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