______ on time, or you’ll be fired.
A.Arriving B.If you arrive C.Arrive D.To arrive
It is a headache trying to ______ in a strange new town. I will just take a taxi and avoid all the trouble.
A.get over B.get on with C.get around D.get out of
The parcel was sent to the wrong ______.
A.destination B.solution C.congestion D.registration
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. _______, he didn’t teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was _______ and ill.
My father was _______ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness _______ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is _______. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started _______ about life, and I told them about one of my _______. I said that we must very often give things up _______ we grow — our health, our beauty, our friends — but it always _______ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ________ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. ________, he answered his own question, “I ________ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also ________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I ________ remember his words and become ________. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ________ to give up my small anger. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this ________.
1.A.However B.Therefore C.Afterwards D.Meanwhile
2.A.tired B.slow C.poor D.weak
3.A.already B.once C.only D.still
4.A.sent B.threw C.took D.put
5.A.impossible B.hopeless C.stressful D.difficult
6.A.worrying B.caring C.talking D.asking
7.A.decisions B.beliefs C.strengths D.experiences
8.A.before B.since C.as D.till
9.A.suggests B.seems C.promises D.requires
10.A.opened B.turned C.broken D.spoke
11.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
12.A.Naturally B.Surprisingly C.Truly D.Certainly
13.A.had B.accepted C.enjoyed D.gained
14.A.defended B.astonished C.touched D.warned
15.A.would B.could C.should D.might
16.A.quiet B.relaxed C.calm D.happy
17.A.able B.likely C.free D.ready
18.A.case B.way C.method D.form
19.A.doubt B.guess C.know D.wonder
20.A.award B.theme C.gift D.word
How to Deal With Travel Anxiety Abroad
Traveling abroad offers many benefits. But for those suffering from anxiety, travelling in a new country they know little about can be challenging. 1.
Take a notebook. A notebook is the perfect choice to keep your trip organized! It can be used to detail the itinerary (行程) and map important locations.2.For example, whenever you feel bored, you can find a quiet place to sit and draw as you like.
3. The biggest travelling fears can be getting lost, losing smartphones or having passports stolen. So to deal with such nerves, think of possible ways in advance for all the situations before travelling.
Socialize with strangers. 4. But when you’re traveling, you have to talk with others.
You’ll find plenty of people willing to recommend new places or share their experiences.
Be proud of how far you’ve come. Things are not always going as you like. There is nothing better than some positive words to make yourself calm and confident that things will get better and you’re doing the right thing. 5. Don’t ruin all the progress you’ve been making.
All in all, anxiety can strike anytime. Positive thoughts and preparedness can help you go on and get lost in a new culture — you’ll be glad you did!
A.It is also important to record details.
B.Try to keep your emotions in control.
C.It can bring some other benefits as well.
D.You may be a person with social anxiety.
E.Create plans for some issues ahead of time.
F.Fortunately, there are ways of managing this fear.
G.These tips will change your opinion about travelling.
Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The University of Texas discovered. Their findings suggest that in order to forget an unwanted experience, more attention should be focused on it.
“Decades of research has shown that we have the ability to forget something out of our own free will, but how our brains do that is still being questioned. Once we can figure out how memories are weakened and come up with ways to control this, we can design treatment to help people rid themselves of unwanted memories.” said Jarrod Lewis-Peacock, the study's senior author.
Memories are energetic constructions of the brain that regularly get updated, adjusted and reorganized through experience. The brain is constantly remembering and forgetting information—and much of this happens automatically during sleep.
Their findings not only confirmed that humans have the ability to control what they forget, but that successful intentional forgetting requires more activity than what is required to remember.
“A proper level of brain activity is important to this forgetting mechanism (机制). Too strong, it will strengthen the memory; too weak, you won’t change it,” said Tracy Wang, lead author of the study. “Importantly, it's the intention to forget that increases the activation of the memory, and when this activation (激活) hits the “proper level” sweet spot, that's when it leads to later forgetting of that experience”.
The researchers also found that participants were more likely to forget scenes than faces. “We're learning how these mechanisms in our brain respond to different types of information, and it will take a lot of further research before we understand how to use our ability to forget,” said Lewis-Peacock. “Hopefully we can find out how we process and get rid of those really strong memories, which can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being.”
1.What remains a puzzle to researchers?
A.How our memories can be strengthened.
B.How our brains voluntarily forget something.
C.What effect unwanted memories have on our brains.
D.Whether our brains can voluntarily forget something.
2.Which of the following words can best describe memories?
A.Casual. B.Unpredictable.
C.Active. D.Permanent.
3.It can be learned from the text that ______.
A.it requires less attention to forget than to remember
B.the more active the brain is, the faster it forgets
C.humans can't keep memories under control
D.humans forget faces less easily than scenes
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.What It Takes to Forget an Unwanted Experience
B.Strong Memories Have a Great Influence on Health
C.Forgetting Uses More Brain Power than Remembering.
D.How to Train Our Brains to Voluntarily Forget Something
