Having one of those days—or weeks—when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood （心情）will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster, often within a day or two.
Walk it off
Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person who’s in a bad mood has low energy and high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk, or taking some quick exercise can do wonders towards changing that bad mood.
Tune it out
Listening to your favorite music for a while can also make tensions go away quickly, because music starts associations with past positive experiences we’ve had.
Give yourself a pep talk
Stop and listen to what’s on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paper, including the pessimistic（悲觀的）messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers.（“I still don’t have a job.” Vs” I have two interviews next week.”）
Reduce your stress
Relaxation techniques are wonderful mood-lifters. There include de3ep breathing, stretching and visualizing, all of which sound complicated(復(fù)雜的)but aren’t. One easy way to visualize, close your eyes and picture a favorite place, such as the beach. Another simple way to unhappiness is to make a to-do list. One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, you realize you’re not helpless. You can make changes in your mood and life.
Avoid things that won’t improve your mood
TV may not help much: you need to increase your energy level and stimulate（刺激）your mind-something that the TV show “Neighbors” won’t do. And before you reach for that piece of cake and coffee, think about how mood and food are linked. Sugar and caffeine contribute to depressed moods. The better choice? Research shows that carbohydrates, such as potatoes and pasta(面食), produce a calming effect on people who have a desire for them.
小題1:Which of the following may help us stop a bad mood?
A．Draw a picture of something complicated．B．Put more sugar into your coffee．
C．Writing down negative thoughts．D．look ahead and write something positive．
小題2:Why is it suggested that you close your eyes and picture the beach?
A．It helps raise your spirits．B．It brings us a new technique．
C．It is not complicated to do so．D．It is an area to be easily controlled．
小題3:What can we infer from the passage?
A．You don’t have to be nice to your neighborsB．you often feel powerful when in bad mood
C．Some TV shows won’t energize youD．Slow exercise can gets you out of bad mood
小題4:Which would be the best title for this passage?
A．How to Beat a Bad MoodB．Energy Level and Stress
C．Bad Mood and Our LifeD．How to Control Your Feeling

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A
文章主要介紹了幾種能改善心情的方法。并提出了看電視不能改善心情
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。由第四段第二句Write them all down on paper, including the pessimistic（悲觀的）messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers.可知寫一些樂觀的東西有助于改善心情。故選D
小題2:A細節(jié)題。從第四個建議中可知通過一些技巧可以改善情緒，舉例是告訴人們怎樣改善心情。One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, you realize you’re not helpless.可知這個建議可以讓人們振奮精神心情改善。故選A
小題3:C細節(jié)題　從最后一段第一句TV may not help much可知電視幫不上忙故選C
小題4:A文章主旨題 全文可知從五個方面教人們怎樣改善情緒，將壞心情趕走。故選A項。
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Chocolate is good for your heart, skin and brain. Usually, people think that chocolate is bad for their health. They describe chocolate as “something to die for” or say “death by chocolate”. Now they should bite their tongues! Evidence(證據(jù)) is showing that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you in the following ways:
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per day for two weeks their blood pressure drop quickly.
Muscle magic
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Better for your skin. German researchers gave 24 women a half-cup of special cocoa every day. After three months, the women’s skin was moister(滑潤的)and smoother. The research shows that chocolate helps protect and increase blood flow to the skin, improving its appearance.
Brain gains
It sounds almost too good to be true, but research suggests that chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving by increasing blood flow to the brain.
小題1:Which of the following is wrong?                                            
A．Coca’s chemicals can prevent both cell damage and inflammation.
B．Chocolate may help you lower your blood pressure.
C．People early know chocolate is good for their health.
D．Chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving.
小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?
A．Sports drinks are better than chocolate milk.
B．Sports drinks can make people easy to be tired.
C．Drinking milk can keep you energetic at work.
D．We should drink chocolate milk between times when we work hard.
小題3:What’s the main idea of the text?
A．Chocolate, a Healthy FoodB．More Chocolate, Less Health
C．Chocolate and Blood PressureD．Advice on Eating Chocolate
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A．Think of it.B．Speak up. C． Stop talkingD．Listen to it

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There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems---the telephone, post office ,or transportation --may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.
Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.
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小題1:According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, _________________.
A．the fewer difficulties you may have abroad
B．the more difficulties you may have abroad
C．the more money you will earn abroad
D．the less homesick you will feel abroad
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A．“Culture shock” is a term used to describe the feelings that people experience in a new environment
B．In the second stage of “ Culture shock”, people may hate the life in the new environment
C．When you are homesick, you had better not stay at home all the time
D．Every one of us doesn’t feel culture shock in this way or that
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A．Escape unfamiliar environment
B．The feeling of homesickness
C．The best way to overcome (克服、戰(zhàn)勝）culture shock: get familiar with the new culture
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A．what can prevent people from having cancer.
B．Scientists have developed cancer- fighting tomato.
C．ways to live much longer have been found by scientists.
D．genetically engineered food is good for people’s health.
小題2:In the first paragraph the underlined word “ bolster” probably means _______
A．changeB．reduceC．supportD．test
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A．Blackberries and blackcurrants can lower risk of cancer.
B．The anthocyanins can make the purple tomatoes grow stronger.
C．Genes from snapdragon flowers can be put into common tomatoes.
D．Mice fed the modified fruit lived longer than the common ones.
小題4:According to Dr. Lara Bennett, the effects of anthocyanins through diet on human being________
A．a(chǎn)re not certain now.
B．have been proved
C．a(chǎn)re very harmful
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If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
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An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease.
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A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
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A．health is more important than wealth
B．work is as important as studies
C．medicine is more important than pleasure
D．nothing is more important than money
小題2:The doctor usually tells his patient what to do 　　　　.
A．without examining the patient
B．a(chǎn)fter he has examined the patient
C．if the patient doesn’t take medicine
D．unless the patient feels pain
小題3:The underlined part means “　　　　”.
A．he was feeling better than ever
B．he wasn’t a healthy man
C．he was feeling worse than before
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A．giving time orderB．giving examples
C．giving tipsD．giving cause and effect
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Everyone's circumstances are different, but the causes of self-induced depression are common: low self-esteem, hurtful thinking and a bad attitude.
So how can we change the way we think, feel, and cultivate a cheerful attitude?
First we must look at ourselves, truly and honestly examining our motives for what we wish to achieve. If you are dissatisfied because you feel you haven't or can't do anything, then one step is needed - to set goals.
Always start your goals relatively small and easy to attain. Think of them as sand; one grain may be insignificant but as a group they form the beach. Once you have set and attained small goals for yourself, move on to slightly larger, more challenging goals.
It takes more than just setting goals to be happy. It takes positive thinking. How can we attain this?
There are a number of factors that can make us think negatively and one of those is diet.
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Next, exercise. A half-hour a day is recommended for positive well being. Then think about good memories you had, or generally think of things that make you smile. Remember, everything you wear costs money but to wear a smile is free. A smile can be the difference between an average day and a great day.
If you follow these steps, positive change is inevitable.
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A．Depression is a kind of illness that can’t be cured like some cancer.
B．Depression can all be cured successfully by patients themselves.
C．Those who suffer from depression feel dissatisfied with themselves.
D．Those who suffer from depression live in similar circumstances.
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A．a(chǎn) practical goal can help people to achieve a sense of success
B．we shouldn’t be satisfied with small goals that are insignificant
C．we should avoid challenging goals that may lead to failure
D．people can enjoy happiness only if they set reasonable goals
小題3:In order to achieve positive thinking a person should do these things EXCEPT____________.
A．set challenging goalsB．eat healthier foods
C．exercise half an hour a dayD．a(chǎn)lways wear a smile
小題4:What’s the passage mainly about?
A．To prove the argument that depression can be changed.
B．To analyze the danger depression can bring to people.
C．To introduce to readers how to keep positive thinking.
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Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet .... We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤)  instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.
小題1:From Paragraph 1, we learn that ______.
A．diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B．people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C．diet products are misleading people
D．people are fed up with diet products
小題2:One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to ______.
A．try out a variety of diet foods
B．hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C．pay attention to their own eating habits
D．watch their weight rather than their diet
小題3:In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.
A．diet products bring no pain
B．it costs a lot to lose weight
C．losing weight is effortless
D．diet products are free from calories
小題4:Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.
A．a(chǎn)re over-consumed
B．lack basic nutrients
C．a(chǎn)re short of chemicals
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Why are people interested in eating raw foods or whole foods? One reason is that eating these types of food reduces the risk of acid accumulation in your body.
Raw and whole foods are usually digested more efficiently than cooked and refined foods. When we cook foods, we destroy the natural enzymes (酶) that are part of the food in its raw form. These enzymes were intended by nature to help us digest the food. When we consume food without these natural enzymes, our bodies either digest the food improperly or allow too many nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream. In both instances, the result is obesity. When too many nutrients are absorbed at once, the body grows fat. Improperly digested food moves slowly through the digestive tract, where it becomes increasingly acidic. To protect its vital organs from this acidic waste, the body changes the acid into fat and stores it safely away from the organs.
Processed foods contain chemical elements, which might confuse the appetite mechanism that tells us when we’ve had enough to eat; as a result, people often overeat. Processed foods also upset the digestive cycle. The body will either identify these foods as allergens and then store them safely away from the organs as fat, or the remains of undigested food will become acidic and enter the bloodstream as acid waste, which will stick to the blood vessel walls and block the passage of vital oxygen and nutrients heading for the body’s cells. The body’s metabolism (新陳代謝) becomes inactive, and the result is weight gain and obesity.
The accumulation of acid in the digestive tract makes digestion increasingly inefficient. When that happens, even healthy foods can become acidic and the food allergies will become more common.
To stop this vicious（惡性的） circle in its tracks, people need to consume food and supplements that will neutralize the acid already accumulated in body. Eating the right types of raw and whole foods can help. It’s also important to restore your enzyme balance. You need to identify and avoid the foods that cause acid accumulation and consume the foods that increase enzyme production. If you truly want to change and help your body heal itself, you need to take an active approach.
小題1:It can be inferred from Para. 2 that __________.
A．foods with natural enzymes help people keep fit
B．we’d better be cautious about raw and whole foods
C．it is essential for people to protect their vital organs
D．giving up cooked and refined foods is a new lifestyle
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A．destroy body’s cellsB．may lead to obesity
C．a(chǎn)re difficult to digestD．stop body’s metabolism
小題3:What is the main purpose of this passage?
A．To warn people of the problem of obesity.
B．To advocate eating more raw and whole foods.
C．To inform people of the harm of processed foods.
D．To tell the differences between raw and processed foods.
小題4:What is likely to be talked about following the last paragraph?
A．Different causes of acid accumulation.
B．Correct ways to cook raw foods.
C．Suitable types of raw and whole foods.
D．Active approaches to avoid acid.
小題5:What can we learn from the text?
A．Processed foods are good for our appetite mechanism.
B．Processed foods also comfort the digestive tract.
C．T he accumulation of acid in the digestive tract makes digestion more effective.
D．Eating the right types of raw and whole foods does good to our body.

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According to a new study by Israel researchers from University of Haifa, posting blogs to express feelings and emotions is therapeutic for children aged 13-17. Psychology professors Meyran Boniel-Nissim and Azy Barak have found that a teenager writing a publicly-viewed blog on the Internet is more effective for relieving stress rather than keeping a private diary. The study, published in the journal Psychological Services, supports that expressing oneself through writing can be therapeutic.
To conduct the research, Boniel-Nissim and Barak randomly selected Israeli high school students who displayed a certain degree of stress. The teenagers were then divided into six groups. Two groups were asked to post blogs twice a week about their social difficulties, but only one of them was asked to open the blogs for comments. The next set of groups were also asked to blog twice a week to post about whatever was going on in their mind, again with one group allowing comments. The two control groups were asked to keep an old-fashioned private diary.
The researchers then collected the blog posts and diaries to discuss the adolescents’ emotional and social position. From the research, they saw that the greatest improvement in mood was with the bloggers who wrote about their personal troubles and allowed people to interact with their posts. The research also noted that the comments were mostly positive and constructive. Boniel-Nissim and Barak said that the commentators’ interactions helped the bloggers while they were distressed. The conclusive research noted that expressing yourself on the Internet not only let others know what was personally going on with you, but also helped you figure out some things about yourself too.
小題1:The underlined word “therapeutic” in Paragraph 1 can be best explained as “     ”.
A．a(chǎn)ttractive to teens
B．a(chǎn)ddictive for children
C．making people feel calm and relaxed
D．a(chǎn)ble to be easily hurt
小題2:______________were selected for the research.
A．Those who blogged regularly.
B．Those who suffered from stress.
C．Those who had never blogged before.
D．Those who had poor social skills.
小題3:The research shows that teens benefit most when       .
A．they blog and allow comments
B．they discuss their study on the blog
C．they keep a traditional diary
D．they comment on someone else’s blog
小題4:We can infer from the last paragraph that blogging ___________.
A．should not always be opened to comments
B．is most useful in improving one’s mood
C．is not an effective way to express one’s feelings
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