Amazing Activities for a Mental Health Day

Mental health is an important part of your life. It makes you able to function during everyday life and helps you feel confident to rise to a new challenge. There are many ways to improve your mental health.

Pay a visit to your friends. 36 It is a good idea to visit your best friend and spend your mental health day together. You will have an opportunity to laugh, relax and reflect together on some interesting topics.

Go for a walk. Walking is one of the best ways to increase both mental and physical health. If you make long walking a regular habit, you will always feel peaceful and calm. 37 Moreover, it can help you erase a bad day, as you start concentrating on the surrounding environment.

38 Go to a park in your neighborhood or take a short trip to more rural areas, because nature is a perfect medicine when you are suffering from stress. Just looking at greenery can ease your mind. It seems to be the healing for tired minds and for overburdened spirits.

Read. If you prefer a passive way of spending time, you can spend your mental health day reading, a good book. 39 When you read, you can escape from reality, fears and obsessive thoughts. Reading is a good de-stressing activity that takes your mind off everyday life.

Go shopping. Shopping sprees can offer wonderful health benefits linked to great mental health.  40 It surely rids yourself of stress. The heightened emotions of happiness release endorphins in your brain, which help you refocus your mind on your body movements, improving your mood.

A. Nature heals.

B. Human interaction seems to keep our minds refreshed.

C. Go out for a picnic.

D. Shopping with your friends provides a bonding experience.

E. Getting lost in a wonderful book will help you refresh your mind.

F. Use your mental health day to make up for sleep and have a good rest.

G. A long walk is a perfect time to clear your mind and focus on yourself.

The failure to _____ the basic values and laws of a country harms the survival of its democracy (*).

A. ban            B. reduce          C. replace     D. observe

Several years ago，I was backpacking in the Philippines （41）　    　 I met a lady from the US．She was paying a visit to her father，（42）　   　 had lived with her in the US．I asked why her father （43）　    　 （choose） to live on such a poor and （44）　                 　（lone） island．She said her father was diagnosed with cancer after he moved to the US and the doctor said he had only half a year （45）　      　（leave）．As soon as her father heard the news，he went back to live on their home island in the Philippines．（46）　                      happened next was （47）　 　 miracle．Fishing and barbecuing as he used to，her father survived．（48）　   　 turned out that happiness was the best cure，"the woman said．

Backpacking tours like this give me the chance （49）       （reflect ） on the true purpose of living．Traveling has changed me．But if you asked me what that change is （50）       　，I would say it is about finding what I really want：happiness．

某校九年级（1）班准备举行一次“交流格言”的口语交际活动，假如你是该班学生，并被同学们推举为这次活动的主持人。（10分）

（1）作为主持人，你应该先有一段精彩的开场白。那么，现在请你展示出来吧！（3分）

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（2）活动中，同学们把课前收集的格言展示了出来，其中包括：

1强迫学习的东西是不会保存在心里的。（柏拉图）

2勤能补拙是良训，一分辛苦一分才。（华罗庚）

3黑发不知勤学早，白首方悔读书迟。（颜真卿）

4人不是因为美丽才可爱，而是因为可爱才美丽。（列夫。托尔斯泰）

5骄傲自满是我们的一座可怕的陷阱，而且这个陷阱是我们自己新手挖掘的。（老舍）

以上名言可以分成两类，一类是______________方面的，一类是______________方面的。如果老师让你选一条布置教室的墙壁，你会选第__________条（本选项不得分），因为：_________________________________________________________________（3分）

（3）       你在课外可能积累了不少格言，请你就“求知”“珍惜时间”、“注重友谊”、“热爱读书”选择一个方面写一条你喜欢的格言。（1分）

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（4）        “座右铭”是放在身边用来激励或提醒自己的警句格言，如“带着妹妹上大学”的洪战辉的座右铭是：“一个人你脊梁不弯，就没有你扛不起的山。”请结合自己的学习、生活，运用适当的修辞手法，为自己创作一条座右铭。（不超过30字）

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