When we talk about positive thinking, we often use terms having to do with our hearts — open heart, pure heart or joyful heart. But new research from Duke University is making a closer connection, finding that a positive attitude may be helpful to people who have angina (心绞痛)，a common heart condition.
Symptoms of this condition include chest pain or pressure because the heart is not receiving sufficient oxygen. Patients who displayed optimistic thought patterns, including having positive expectations about recovery, were 40 percent less likely to be hospitalized or require surgery than those who were not optimistic, according to the study. The researchers collected data from 2,400 patients who had diagnoses of angina.
An interesting additional finding from the patients' questionnaires was that the most optimistic patients were also the least likely to have histories of heart attack, heart failure or heart disease.
The researchers did not declare a causal relationship between positive thinking and better heart disease outcomes, however. There are multiple possible reasons for the results of the study, including the idea that patients who are healthier to begin with are more likely to expect to recover and regain good health.
But the study does represent a new way of looking at the situation. Now, in addition to a body of research that examines the relationship between depression and heart health, there is a new way of inquiry that asks whether positive thinking could be used as a strategy to improve outcomes.
Lead researcher Alexander Fanaroff, a fellow in the department of cardiology (心脏病学) at the Duke University Medical Center, told the Duke Chronicle that his next research question will find ways to improve attitudes among heart patients.
Perhaps his subjects could reflect on the word of the writer Anthony J. D'Angelo: "Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart."
1.How can people with angina get better according to the study?
A.By expecting more. B.By thinking positively.
C.By getting timely surgery. D.By taking more exercise.
2.What may be Alexander Fanaroff’s next research?
A.To explore how to improve patients’ attitudes.
B.To find out the ways to treat heart patients.
C.To learn the causes of heart diseases.
D.To test if positive attitudes help with health.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A.Optimistic people hardly get heart attack.
B.People's attitudes decide their overall health.
C.How positive thinking benefits heart health is unclear.
D.The reason why patients recover well is that they have no depression.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A.Keep positive to get rid of illness
B.Angina, a kind of serious condition
C.Depression, a key cause of heart attack
D.Positive thinking makes hearts healthier
I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling (叛逆). I suggested they recall their own teenage years. At that age they would like to be growing away from parents. They preferred to stand on their own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of going out fighting bravely on their own, most of them are grasping one another's hands for reassurance (肯定).
They declare they want to dress as they like, but they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music, but somehow they all end up gathering around listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in a similar way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (茧) into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All these create a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't, care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go for it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really matters.
1.What will teenagers do if they are rebelling?
A.Fight bravely.
B.Wear beautiful clothes.
C.Follow the crowd.
D.Stay away from teachers.
2.What's paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.The symbols of the present rebellion.
B.The attitudes of parents to the present rebellion.
C.The reasons why teenagers fail in finding their own ways.
D.The ways of changing the teenagers' dependence.
3.What does the author suggest?
A.Finding popularity with others.
B.Growing away from parents.
C.Staying together with friends.
D.Holding on to our own thoughts.
Off-duty firefighter Roben Duge smelled the smoke, saw the flames and heard the screams from his neighbor's house and thought instantly of his own family. The heroic smoke eater pulled a grandmother and two children from a burning house, on Thursday night, while walking home from his job at Ladder 103 in Brooklyn.
“I’m not a hero, I'm just reacting off instinct (本能),” the fearless father said on Friday at home, right next door to the fire-damaged house. His wife Crystal disagreed “It’s just who he is.” He is a superman.
The mild-mannered firefighter was heading home from the subway when he noticed the thick black smoke pouring out of his neighbor’s house. “A child playing downstairs in the basement accidentally started the fire and he was too frightened to tell his grandmother as the flames spread quickly,” reporters said. Duge, a five-year FDNY experienced firefighter, started rushing toward the two-storeyed residence when he saw the smoke. Visions of his own three kids flashed through his mind. “When I heard the kids screaming, I realized it from the bottom of my heart,” Duge told the Daily Neivs. “I thought how I could get in deep enough because I didn’t have any equipment and I didn’t know how dangerous it was.”
The grandmother, a stroke victim, was merely able to get around on her own when he made his way inside. “The lady could stand up, but she needed assistance to walk and the kids were screaming and scared to death,” said Duge.
After getting the three residents out of their house, he assisted them over to his home. The fire was brought under control about half an hour after it started. Duge, reflecting on his daring rescue, shrugged (耸肩) off the praise that was arrived via text and voicemail from fellow firefighters. “We often operate in chaos and we do put ourselves at risk,” said the FDNY officer.
1.Who was supposed to blame for the fire?
A.Duge’s kids. B.The old lady.
C.Duge’s wife. D.The neighbor’s kid.
2.What did Duge find when he entered the burning house?
A.The lady sat on the floor. B.The kids were frightened.
C.The firefighters arrived. D.The smoke was disappearing.
3.What did Duge think of the praise for him?
A.He thought what he had done deserved it.
B.He viewed it as a big surprise.
C.He owed it to his fellow firefighters’ help.
D.He cared little about it.
Directions: Write an English composition in 150 words. The composition must be based on the information given below.
假设你是高一年级学生Leo，最近学校英语周报(《 School Weekly》)正在招募( recruit vt.)校园记者，你很感兴趣，决定写一封申请信。信的主要内容包括：
1. 你认为自己有什么特长或经验有助于你胜任这份工作；
2. 如果你申请成功，你打算展开哪几项具体工作。
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Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.金山中学的梦想剧场可以容纳大约600人。(seat)
2.他们在国庆节的第一次会面最终成为了双方合作的开始。( prove)
3.这部小说很受80后的欢迎,因为它令他们想起了那些天真懵懂的日子。( remind)
4.他每天花半小时阅读英语原版书籍，希望可以在一年后看到明显的进步。( in the hope of)
Directions: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentences to fill in the blanks and complete the passage. There are two extra sentences you do not need.
On a typical hot August day in Xianyou County, Fujian Province, Zeng Demei, a retired worker in his seventies, hurries down a busy street. In his hand is a black leather bag. Zeng opens his bag, taking out two forms. 1.
Each of the forms contains detailed information of a student. On his arrival two hours later a woman greets him and leads him to her office where another man is waiting. They are the two village officials. They inspect the forms handed to them by Zeng and immediately recognize the girls. 2. “It’s a pity but it doesn’t matter,” says Zeng, who wastes no time in deciding to look for the remaining child, Su Qinju.
After half an hour, they stop outside a small house made of mud brick. A middle-aged man and a girl in a faded pink dress greet them. Su Qiuju is eight years old. She was forced to drop out of school after both her parents died. She is now living with her uncle who cannot afford his own children’s education. However, the year of education Su Qiuju did complete was a successful one. 3.
When they are about to leave, Zeng says, “I must find a supporter for this girl to sponsor her education.” Zeng has made it his retirement task to help children complete their schooling. Back in 1999, Zeng took part in a campaign started by the local women’s organization to help students from poor families. He was so overcome by the tough situation of many poor children that he donated all his money to help out a girl.
His task had begun and since then he has spent his time persuading his friends and neighbors and others to donate money. “To me, children’s education is the most important. 4. I have to find sufficient funding before the school opens in September.”
When asked how long he will keep up his vital work as the community’s guardian angel, he has a simple reply, “Not until my eyes can’t see, and my feet can’t move.”
A. They were having problems with their school work.
B. These are for the two girls he’s going to visit this morning.
C. They live in a small village not very far, though only one of the girls is still living at home.
D. She displayed a talent for handwriting, writing her three-character name neatly and beautifully.
E. The thought of students dropping out of school bothers me so much that I can’t get to sleep at night.
F. Of course, some people question why I would want to give up my retirement to go to so much trouble.
