Question

Read the passage and do the exercises according to the requests．

(阅读表达。)

　　Having one of those days or weeks when everything seems to annoy(使恼怒)you?Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood(情绪)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 way to remove a bad mood．A person who’s in a bad mood has low energy and high tension(紧张)．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(鼓励)talk

　　Stop and listen to what’s on your mind．Bad moods are often started by too many negative(消极的)thoughts．Write them all down on paper, including the pessimistic(悲观的)messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic(乐观的)answers．

　　·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．And before you reach for that piece of cake and coffee, think about how ________ are linked．Sugar and caffeine contribute to depressed(消沉的)moods while carbohydrates, such as potatoes and pasta(意大利面食)，produce a calming effect in people who have a desire for them．

1．What’s the general idea of this passage?(Please answer in less than 10 words．)

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2．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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3．Please design a pessimistic situation and then find an optimistic solution(解决办法)，following the third suggestion．(Please answer within 20 words．)

Situation：________________

Solution：________________

4．Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words．

(Please answer in less than 10 words．)

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5．What do most people do to beat the bad mood according to the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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Answer 1

答案：
解析：

答案：1．How to beat a bad mood/Ways to get rid of bad moods 　　2．有时听一下自己最喜爱的音乐也有助于摆脱紧张的情绪，这是因为音乐能够把我们和自己过去一些积极向上的经历联系起来。 　　3．Situation：I still don’t have a job． 　　Solution：I have two interviews next week． 　　4．mood and food/what you feel and what you eat 　　5．People usually do some physical exercise to remove it． 　　解析：1．本题为概括性试题。根据本篇文章整体内容分析，答案应该是“如何消除不好的情绪”。 　　2．starts associations with可以翻译为“建立与……之间的联系”。 　　3．本题为开放性试题，但是应围绕文章中的相关内容和“pessimistic”及“optimistic”两词来设计。 　　4．根据下文内容判断，该句讲述的是食物和情绪之间的关系，所以空白处应填入与之相关的信息词。 　　5．本题为封闭性试题，答案根据文中“Exercise is the most popular way to remove a bad mood”一句得出。