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。
1.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
2.Study shows that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel______.
A. terrible B. relaxed
C. stressed D. worried
3.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
4.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
5.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
阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
Not long ago, I asked large mid-aged persons a question. I asked, “How many of you had a hobby when you were children?” Nearly everyone raised a hand. I then asked them to keep their hands in the air if they knew at least one of their children had a hobby. Most of the hands went down. I felt sad. It’s terrible if the children don’t have a hobby. How I wish all the parents can care their children’s hobbies!
Thirty years ago, almost every child in my neighborhood had some kinds of hobbies. Collecting and trading baseball cards was a popular hobby. Others, like coin collecting and stamp collecting, are also popular. One of my friends was collecting photos, another was collecting radios. In fact, hobbies can benefit children in several ways. They are expressions of personal success and self-discovery(自我发现). Hobbies also help build self- respect(自尊). Hobbies are educational tools, as well. For example, a child who becomes interested in rocketry (火箭技术) —one of the most popular hobbies, can explore those skills in many ways. By working on hobbies, children learn to set goals, make decisions, and solve all sorts of problems.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.What’s the age the persons I questioned?
A. 3—10. B. 15—25. C. 30—40. D. 50—60.
2.Why did the writer feel sad?
A. Because the person’s children didn’t have any hobbies.
B. Because most persons didn’t have children.
C. Because the children weren’t interested in hobbies.
D. Because the parents didn’t pay enough care for their children’s hobbies.
3.Which was out of the popular hobbies?
A. Radio collecting. B. Coin collecting.
C. Stamp collecting. D. Baseball cards collecting.
4.What does the underlined word “They” mean?
A. Photos. B. Hobbies.
C. Children. D. Radios.
5.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Many parents don’t care about their children’s hobbies.
B. Children need to have a hobby.
C. Hobbies help children build self- respect.
D. Children learn skills by working on hobbies.
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）。
In Ancient Egypt, only boys went to school. That seems ! Why could only boys go to school? Let's see we can discover.
Boys needed an education to be in Ancient Egyptian culture. When they were young, boys learned skills their fathers. They learned to fish, hunt, and work in the family's fields. As a boy grew, his father would decide what type of education he would . For some of the poorer boys, he could learn was his father's trade. , some fathers wanted their sons to have a better life. But, this was very costly. School by the government. So if a boy was going to learn else than his father's trade, there was a fee. If he could afford the fee, a father had two main chances: an apprenticeship(学徒) or school.
Artisans(工匠) and craftsmen(技工) offered apprenticeships to boys. A father would pay a fee to have his son special skills. During an apprenticeship, a boy worked beside the tradesman to learn from him. Apprenticeships lasted for many years.
1.A. unhappy B. unfair C. unknown D. unclear
2.A. which B. how C. when D. what
3.A. joyful B. useful C. wonderful D. forgetful
4.A. on B. to C. through D. from
5.A.find B. catch C. fetch D. receive
6.A. all B. each C. every D. both
7.A. Therefore B. Especially C. However D. Finally
8.A. weren’t built B. wasn’t builtC. didn’t built D. shouldn’t be built
9.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
10.A. learned B. taught C. talked D. made
—Can you tell me _________________?
—Since 1990.
A. how long you’ve bought the MP3
B. when you joined the Party
C. how long have you become a guitar player
D. how long you’ve lived in the town
—Will you go back home to see your parents or your parents come here to spend the holiday with you in the Spring Festival?
—__________.
A. No, I won’t
B. Yes, they will
C. It’s so noisy here
D. I’ll visit my parents, of course
This is the place ______ I met him 10 years ago.
A. which B. who C. where D. when
