Question

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A professor began his speech by holding up a glass with some water in it. Then he held it up for all to see, and asked the students, “ How much do you think this glass weighs?”

“50g!””100g!””125g!” the students answered .

“ I really can’t unless I weigh it,” the professor said, “but my next question is: “ what would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?”

“Nothing,”the students said .

“Okay. What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?” the professor asked.

“ Your arm could go numb. You might have serious muscles stress, or paralysis.You would have to go the hospital for sure” another student said. All students laughed.

“ Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?” the professor asked.

“No,” the student said.

“Then why do we have different results?

The students were puzzled.

“ It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it.” the professor said: “ it is exactly the same weigh, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes, what you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”

The problems in life are like this. If you just think about them for a few minutes, they might not seem so bad. Think about them for a longer time, and they begin to ache. Hold them even longer and they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything. It’s important to think about challenges in your life, but it’s even more important to“put them down” at the end of the day before you go to sleep.That way, maybe be you will ________________________ the next day.

1.What did the professor do to begin his speech?

2.Did the students know how much this glass weighted?

3.Why were the students puzzled by professor’s question?

Because ______________________________________.

4.How can professor reduce arm ache and the muscle stress?

By ____________________________________________

5.The professor made this speech to help students solve physical problems, didn’t he?

______, ________________.

6.What can be filled in the blank at the end of the speech?

Maybe you will _______________________________.

Answer

1.He began his speech by holding up a glass with some water in it.

2.No, they didn’t.

3.the result were different though the weight of the glass didn’t change

4.putting the glass down and rest for a while before holding it up again

5.Yeshe did

6.Any reasonable answer is acceptable. 比如：solve them

【解析】本文讲诉了一个老师给他的学生讲诉人生道理的故事。这位老师把杯子举在手中，学生们都知道，如果举的时间长对身体不好。人生中的难题也是这样，有时你需要放下。

1.题意：教授做了什么来开始他的演讲？根据第一句A professor began his speech by holding up a glass with some water in it.可知他开始演讲的时候举起了一杯水，故答案是：He began his speech by holding up a glass with some water in it.

2.题意：学生们知道这个杯子的重量吗？根据文中的句子“50g!””100g!””125g!” the students answered .可知学生们不知道这个杯子的重量，故答案是：No, they didn’t.

3.题意：为什么学生对教授的问题感到困惑？根据文中教授和学生的对话可知，虽然玻璃的重量没有改变，但结果却不同，所以学生们对教授的问题感到困惑，故答案是：the result were different though the weight of the glass didn’t change

4.题意：教授如何减轻手臂疼痛和肌肉紧张？根据文中教授所说的话“ it is exactly the same weigh, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes, what you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”可知是把杯子放下，休息一会，然后再拿起来。故答案是：putting the glass down and rest for a while before holding it up again

5.题意：教授做这个演讲是为了帮助学生解决物理问题，不是吗？本句是一个反意疑问句，通过对本文的理解可知教授做这个演讲的目的是向学生解释生活问题，故答案是：(1). Yes（2）.he did

6.题意：在演讲结束时，什么可以填补空白处？根据对整篇文章的理解可知任何合理的答案都是可以接受的，比如：solve them