Question

    A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress management (管理). He raised a glass of_________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 for a_________, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I_________an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a_________. It is the same weight,_________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 (负担)__________, sooner or later we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to__________the burden, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.”

So__________you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it back home. You can pick__________up tomorrow.

__________burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to__________ourselves.

Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

1.A.water B.milk C.juice D.coffee

2.A.much B.heavy C.long D.wide

3.A.read B.watch C.guess D.listen

4.A.glass B.water C.price D.weight

5.A.minute B.night C.day D.week

6.A.have B.had C.will have D.having

7.A.mother B.teacher C.friend D.doctor

8.A.so B.but C.and D.though

9.A.rest B.shake C.work D.worry

10.A.this time B.all the time C.another time D.next time

11.A.give up B.put down C.pick up D.think about

12.A.after B.before C.until D.since

13.A.it B.them C.they D.you

14.A.Whoever B.Wherever C.Whatever D.Whenever

15.A.save B.help C.care D.relax

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

本文讲述了一个老师做了一份实验：同样重量的水，手拿一分钟，手没关系；拿一个小时，手臂就会疼；坚持一天，得叫医生。拿的时间越长，它就变得越重，要做的就是把杯子放下，休息。无论你有什么样的负担，如果可以的话，把它们放下一会儿。学会放松自己。生命是短暂的，但却充满神奇。享受它!

1.句意：他举起一杯水。

water水；milk牛奶；Juice果汁；coffee咖啡；根据“do you think this glass of water is”你们认为这杯水，所以此处是水，故选A。

2.句意：你们认为这杯水有多重?

much多；heavy重；long长；wide宽；根据“ Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g. ”他们的答案不同，从20克到500克。所以此处是重量，故选B。

3.句意：学生们开始思考和猜测。

read读；watch看；guess猜；listen听；根据“ Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g. ”他们的答案不同，从20克到500克。所以此处是猜测。故选C。

4.句意：这与实际重量无关。

glass水杯；water水；price价格；weight重量；根据“ It depends on how long you hold it.”这取决于你拿多久，所以此处是实际重量，故选D。

5.句意：如果我拿一分钟，它是好的。

minute分钟；night晚上；day天；week周；根据“If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day”如果我拿一个小时，我的右臂就会疼。如果我坚持一天，所以此处是一分钟，故选A。

6.句意：如果我拿一个小时，我的右臂就会疼。

have有；had；will have；having；根据if 用于条件和假设句中，主句用将来时，从句用一般现在时。所以此处缺一般将来时，故选C。

7.句意：如果我坚持一天，你就得叫医生了。

mother妈妈；teacher老师；friend朋友；doctor医生；根据前文“an ache in my right arm”我的右臂就会疼，所以此处应该更严重，要找医生，故选D。

8.句意：但是我拿的时间越长，它就变得越重。

so所以；but但是；and和；though尽管；根据前文可知是“我拿的时间越长，它就变得越重”，与前文重量一样，之间是转折关系，故选B。

9.句意：我们要做的就是把杯子放下，休息。

rest休息；shake震动；work工作；worry担心；根据“before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down”你今晚下班回家之前，放下工作的重担，所以此处是休息，故选A。

10.句意：如果我们一直承担负担，或早或晚我们将无法继续下去。

this time这一次；all the time一直；another time另一次；next time下一次；根据“sooner or later we will not be able to carry on”或早或晚我们将无法继续下去，所以此处是“all the time”，故选B。

11.句意：我们必须放下重担，这样我们才能振作起来，继续前进。

give up放弃；put down放下；pick up捡起；think about考虑；根据“so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.”这样我们才能振作起来，继续前进，所以此处是放下，故选B。

12.句意：在你今晚下班回家之前，放下工作的重担。

after在……之后；before在……之前；until直到；since自从；根据“Don’t carry it back home.”不要把它带回家，所以此处是再回家之前，故选B。

13.句意：你可以明天来取。

it它；them他们；they他们；you你们；根据“Don’t carry it back home.”不要把它带回家，所以此处是it，故选 A。

14.句意：无论你有什么样的负担。

Whoever无论谁；Wherever无论哪里；Whatever无论什么；Whenever无论何时；根据“____14____burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can”无论你的 负担，所以此处是Whatever，故选C。

15.句意：学会放松自己。

save拯救；help帮助；care关心；relax放松；根据前文是放下负担，结合“Enjoy it!”，所以此处是放松自己，故选D。