Gratitude means thankfulness, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It shifts your focus from what your life lacks to the abundance that is already present. Psychological research has shown the surprising life improvements gained from the practice of gratitude.
Two psychologists, Michael McCollough and Robert Emmons, conducted an experience on gratitude and its effect on well being. The results of the study indicated that daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of enthusiasm, determination, optimism, and energy. In addition, those who practiced gratitude experienced less depression and stress, were more likely to help others, worked out problems more regularly, and made greater progress toward achieving personal goals.
Therefore, it's important to practice gratitude. Here are a few reminders.
A common method is to get yourself a cute little notebook and write down 3-5 things that you're grateful for at the end of each day. They can be small things, or bigger things.
You can also send a handwritten letter or make a phone call to a person for whom you are thankful, expressing the gratitude. It will surely brighten their day, and in turn, yours.
Besides, for some, it may be a good idea to express their gratitude in person. It doesn't need to be formal. Just a simple gesture of thanks is only needed to feel the benefits of this kind of gratitude.
Finally, there are certain times you can devote to gratitude. For example, at the beginning of your meals, or at bedtime, or when your parents get home from work. Committing to a specific time establishes a practice of gratitude.
Once you become accustomed to looking for things to be grateful for, you will find that you begin to appreciate simple pleasures, which can make a day and even change a life.
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Gratitude |
| Introduction |
Gratitude means being grateful and can help people. |
| ■Feeling more ■Becoming less depressed and stressed, but more willing to be ■Working out problems more regularly. ■Achieving your |
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| ■Putting down whatever you feel grateful for every day. ■Writing to or calling whoever you want to ■Giving thanks personally in a ■Devoting a proper |
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第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入
一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为
31—40的相应位置上。
Crying marriage? 31 (surprise), isn't it? Factually, the custom of crying
marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan
Province, and 32 (remain) in fashion 33 the end of the Qing Dynasty.Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in manyplaces, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 34(necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much 35 same in different places of the province. According to
elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding.36,the bride's neighbors
would look down upon 37 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the
thelaughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 38 which the bride wasbeaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a 39 by custom to set off the happiness of
the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 40 (arrange)
marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried
over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
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第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
A basketball match between the teachers and the students was
held on F_____ afternoon, March 4,2009 in our school stadium 76_______
The match began at 2:30 and it l_____ for an hour. It was really 77________
wonderful. The teachers had much more e ____ while the students 78________
were energetic. The scores ______(上升) by turns. The excited 79________
audience ______(欢呼) for every score. Then there were only two 80_________
______ left and the score was 60:60,which made all the players and 81 ________
audience very ______(紧张). At last the teachers team scored 82. ________
four more points and the teachers _____ the match. Though we 83._________
all f_____ a bit pity for the students, they said they had tried84__________
their best and they were happy and quite satisfied with _____(自己). 85______
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整的写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Though great progress has been made in science these years, there
are still many people in p_____ conditions in sole parts of the world. 76. ___________
They make their l_____ by collecting and selling used things. Their 77. ___________
Children cannot go to school because they have no e_____ money to 78. ___________
Send their children there. Why do you think so many people still _____ 79. ___________
from poverty now? The answer lies _____ the population explosion. 80. ___________
A president of a ____(发展中) country once said: “ It was we who are to 81. ___________
____ for the poverty because we used to produce children without limit.” 82. ___________
Although these few words _____(听起来) simple enough and strange, 83. ___________
they have clearly pointed out one of the _____(原因) of the poverty. 84. ___________
It’s a good lesson for us to learn in f_____. 85. ___________
第二卷（共35分）
V．短文填词(共10空；每空1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示；2)首字母提示；3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Many school students have difficulty in English listening．Here are
some t for you．We hope they can help you in one way or other． 76．
Before you start to listen to something，you need to (放松)． 77．
Don’t get n or excited．The first sentence tells a lot about the whole 78．
passage，so you’d listen carefully．When you’re listening，try to do 79．
some (思考)．For example，you call think of the following questions： 80．
What h，when，where and how? What was the result and what 81．
does the speaker want to tell us? This，you may understand the 82．
passage better．It’s n for you to remember some important facts． 83．
You may hear words you don’t know, but don’t spend too much time 84．
them．Very often，you’ll find outthey mean later when you goon 85．
with the listening．
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第二卷(共35分)
第一节短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）