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E．He said the expression of these feelings was universal and recognizable by anyone, from any culture．
F．It is as if they are programmed into the brains of \are and
whatever their races．
G．We thought of trying to describe each emotion, but it would have been almost impossible
to make clear rules for this．
朝阳一模：
Stay on the brighter side of life
One very important component of optimism is gratitude or feeling grateful. In fact, there is a strong connection between a grateful attitude and a heightened sense of well-being.Appreciate all the positives in your life by starting a gratitude journal in order to remember what you’re grateful for. ___71___
Feeling down? Instead of feeling sorry for yourself waiting for the universe to throw you a bone, try acting like you’re happy—even if you aren’t. A sincere smile and a forced smile will cause the same chemical reactions in your brain, so you can actually fool your mind into feeling better by making it react chemically as if things were going well. ___72___ Reassure yourself that everything is good—even if you
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don’t feel it.
“___73___ If you’re stuck in traffic, then everything else must be going horribly too,” says Anne Parker, a wellness counselor. By blowing negative events out of proportion, you’re setting yourself up for feeling down all day. Instead, acknowledge that you’re stuck in traffic, but also bring to mind something good, like the beautiful scenery outside the window.That way, you’ll get in the habit of forbidding negative circumstances from blanketing your whole day.
Swearing to lose 20 pounds or to run a marathon seems like goals leading to happiness, but they take time to achieve. ___74___Youmay even end up admitting that you have been defeated. However, if you focus on the small milestones that occur along the way, you will feel positive about your progress, which will give you the strength to keep going.
___75___ Try making someone else’s day better. A report by United Healthcare and Volunteer Match found that volunteers are 72% more likely to characterize themselves as optimistic compared with non-volunteers. Plus, 89% of volunteers say that volunteering has improved their sense of well-being, and 92% say that it enriches their sense of purpose in life.
A. Try to help someone in need. B. Want to give your attitude a lift? C. People tend to think in an either-or way.
D.Act in an optimistic way—smile, laugh, tell a joke.
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E. You’ll fail to appreciate more important things in your life.
F. By focusing on not having accomplished them yet, you will start to feel down on yourself.
G. By remembering the pleasant things in your life, you can actually turn a negative attitude around.
石景山一模：
Lack of sleep \’genes
One week of bad sleep can \” hundreds ofgenes and raise the risk ofa host ofillnesses which is linked to higher bodyweights or heart disease, scientists claim． 7 1 Getting fewer thansix hours' sleep per night can switch off genes in the body according to a new study．
Our bodies depend on genes to produce a constant supply of proteins which are used to replaceor repair damaged tissue, but after a week of lacking in sleep some of genes stopped working． 72Scientists from Surrey University divided 26 volunteers into two groups, one of which slept for lessthan six hours per night for a whole week, and one which slept for ten hours per night．At the end ofthe week each group was kept awake for 40 hours and donated blood samples, which were studied toexamine the effects of their sleep states． 73
Although a week's normal sleep was enough to restore the affected genes to their normal pattern,researchers said that long periods of sleeplessness could lead
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to serious health problems includingheart disease．
74 Prof Colin Smith, one of the authors of the new paper, which was published in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, said: \night, Many people have that amount of sleep forweeks, months and maybe, even years so we have no idea how much worse it might be.\
If these processes continue to be disordered, you could see how you are going to get damage oforgans, tissues, heart disease, etc． 75
A．Genes in our bodies play a key role in the constant process ofself-repair． B．The group oflack of sleeping was found to have changed the function of 711 genes．
C．The other participants were monitored as they slept with their rest disturbed on some ofthe nights.
D．The results suggest that shorter sleep provides a more permissive environment only for heartdisease．
E．If you are not able to repair cells and tissues that are damaged then you are going to suffer permanent ill health.
F．Studies have also shown the lack of sleep can lead to some other problems, for example limiting our ability to drive a car safely．
G．The findings suggest that long-lasting lack of sleep could prevent the body from fully repairing itself and raise the risk ofa host of diseases．
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丰台一模：
“Tear them apart!” “Kill the fool!” “Murder the referee（裁判）！” These are common remarks one may hear at various sporting events. At the time they are made, they may seem innocent enough. 71 They have been known to influence behavior in such a way as to lead to violence. Volumes have been written about the way words affect us. It has been shown that words having certain connotations（含义）may cause us to react in ways quite foreign to what we consider to be our usual humanistic behavior. I see the term “opponent” as one of those words. 72
The dictionary meaning of “opponent ” is “enemy” or “one who opposes your interests.” Thus, when a player meets an opponent, he or she may tend to treat that opponent as an enemy. At such times, winning may control one’s brains. 73 I recall an incident in a handball game when a referee refused a player’s request for a time out for a glove change because he did not consider them wet enough. The player started to rub his gloves across his wet T-shirt and then shouted. “Are they wet enough now?”
In the heat of battle, players have been observed to throw themselves across the court without considering the consequences that such a move might have on anyone in their way. I have also witnessed a player hitting his opponent with the ball as hard as he could during the course of play. Off the court, they are good friends. 74 It certainly gives proof of a court attitude which differs from
高等考试英语七选五汇编及答案解析
