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One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students .He held up（举起）a glass of water and asked the class. "How heavy do you think this glass of water is ?"

The students' answers ranged（范围） from 20g to 500g .

"It does not matter on the weight itself .It depends on how long you hold it .If I hold it for a minute ,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 an ambulance（救护车）.It is exactly the same weight ,but the longer I hold it ,the heavier it becomes."

"If we carry our burdens （负担）all the time, sooner or later ,we will not be able to carry on ,the burden becoming increasingly heavier ."

"What you have to do is to put the glass down ,rest for a while before holding it up again ."

We have to put down the burden sometimes ,so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on .

So before you return home from work tonight ,put the burden of work down .Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow .

Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can .

1.The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because ______

A. he was very thirsty  B. his arms were strong  C. it was a good example

2."A glass of water " in this passage referred to （指）______

A. knowledge  B. the burden  C .the time

3.Accordign to the teacher ,you may feel ______if you put down the burden sometimes.

A. more energetic  B. much heavier  C. more stressed out （压力、紧张）

4.This was a lesson about______

A. how to relax oneself in life  B. how to solve a physics problem .

C. how to keep fit by drinking water

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?

A .You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand .

B. All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was

C. The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood

—What are _______ teachers doing?

—They are having a meeting.

A. this　　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　　　　 C. those

A new term has begun. Teachers are   36   about the fact that new students are not easy to handle. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is   37   ，some students even use cellphones to do with out-of-class matters in class，or sometimes just for fun. Some other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.

    Are these new students really that    38   ? 'Yes，' says Delaney Kirk，a professor at Drake University.   39   she adds it's not their fault. Instead， the things that they bring into school---cellphones，MP3 players and so on --- and the teachers are to blame. Kirk first began thinking about students' manners six years ago. ‘I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well   40   nothing to do with them，' she says. 'At first，I got worried about this，but then I said to myself， "You're teaching   41  ，and you need to  manage this…These students need to know more about manners. It's time to help them develop some good    42   . They shouldn't waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later，they might regret the time they have wasted."'

    Kirk also    43    a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions：

    ●  Tell students how they will benefit by taking the class. On the first day of class，emphasize its importance    44   giving some homework that students must turn in next time.

    ●  Do not allow them to bring cellphones and MP3 players to the class at all.

    ■  Decide  45   formal and informal the class will be.

1.A. excited         B. worried      C. surprised    D. interested

2.A. bad            B. worse       C. good        D. better

3.A. rude           B. polite        C. friendly     D. curious

4.A. But           B. However      C. And        D. Therefore

5.A. learned        B. did           C. had        D. shared

6.A. management    B. English       C. Chinese    D. lessons

7.A. ideas          B. speeches      C. habits      D. classes

8.A. makes         B. brings        C. gets        D. takes

9.A. Of            B. on           C. at         D. by

10.A. what          B. how          C. which      D. Why