Question

    A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked them, “How _____________ do you think this glass of water is?” The students began to think and ______________ . Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g.

“It does not matter on the real _________________. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it fora______________, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a  day, you will have to call a_______________ . It is the exact same amount of water, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, ________________ for a while before holding it up again.”

“If we carry our burdens________________ , sooner or later,  we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to _________________ the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.”

So______________ you return home from work tonight, leave the burden away. Don’t carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to________________yourselves. Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

1.A.heavy B.full C.long

2.A.read B.watch C.guess

3.A.height B.weight C.length

4.A.minute B.day C.week

5.A.policeman B.teacher C.doctor

6.A.rest B.shake C.work

7.A.this time B.from time to time C.all the time

8.A.think about B.put down C.raise up

9.A.after B.since C.until

10.A.relax B.help C.care

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.A

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲述的是有关如何解压的事情。在日常生活和工作中，如果我们背负了太多的负担，时间一长我们就容易受伤，所以在平时我们应该在适当的时候放下负担，放松自己。

1.句意：你们认为这杯水多重？

heavy重的；full满的；long长的。根据下文中Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g.他们的答案从20克到500克不同可知，空处的词是“重的”，故答案为A。

2.句意：学生们开始思考并猜测。

read读；watch观看；guess猜测。根据下句Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g.他们的答案从20克到500克不同可知，学生们不知道确切答案，所以空处的词应是“猜测”，故答案为C。

3.句意：这与真正的重量没有关系。

height高度；weight重量；length长度。根据上句“How ______1______ do you think this glass of water is?” 你们认为这杯水多重？可知，空处的词应是名词“重量”，故答案为B。

4.句意：如果我拿它一分钟，那是可以的。

minute分钟；day天；week周。根据下句If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.如果我拿它一小时，我将右胳膊疼痛可知，空处的词是比hour小的单位，分钟。故答案为A。

5.句意：如果你拿它一天，你将不得不给医生打电话。

policeman警察；teacher老师；doctor医生。根据If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. 如果我拿它一小时，我将右胳膊疼痛可推测出，如果拿一天，胳膊会更不舒服，需要看医生了，故答案为C。

6.句意：我们必须做的事情是在又拿起杯子之前，放下杯子，休息一会。

rest休息；shake摇动；work工作。根据but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.我拿的时间越长，它变得越重可知，空处的词应是动词“休息”，故答案为A。

7.句意：如果我们一直背负负担，迟早我们将会不堪重负。

this time这次；from time to time不时；all the time一直、始终。根据后句句意可知，空处的短语应是“一直”，故答案为C。

8.句意：我们必须时而放下负担，以便我们能重新振作起来，继续前进。

think about考虑；put down放下；raise up举起。根据后句so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on以便我们才能重新振作，由此可以推测重新振作的前提是“放下”背负的重担，故答案为B。

9.句意：因此在你今晚下班回家之后，卸下负担。

after在……之后；since自从；until直到……才。根据句意可知，空处的词是“在……之后”，故答案为A。

10.句意：学会放松你自己。

relax放松；help帮助；care关心。根据上句Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can.无论你有什么负担，如果可以的话，让他们暂时放下，也就是放松一下自己可知，空处的词应是“放松”，故答案为A。