23、针对目前高三学生高考资源网学习压力较大的现状,有人以”Effective Ways to Release the Stress”为题于上周调查采访了五个学校的800名高三学生。请你根据调查结果写一份报告,并再谈谈自己或身边同学释放压力的有效方法。

注意:

1 词数:120左右    2 调查报告的题目和开头已为你写好(不计入总词数)

3 可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

4 参考词汇:心理咨询室 the psychological consulting office

Effective Ways to Release the Stress

Nowadays more and more senior three students are getting stressed in their study.  In order to find out effective ways to release the stress, ________________________________________

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21、Unique Traditions from UK

Boxing Day

This holiday, which is observed on Dec. 26, is a unique part of the Christmas season in Great Britain, as well as other Commonwealth nations. Boxing Day comes from a tradition that began in the Middle Ages more than 800 years ago. On this day, English churches would open their “alms box” and distribute its contents to needy members of the community. It was also a day for servants to celebrate the holidays with their families, having usually worked the day before. Today, Boxing Day is one of the twenty-two paid holidays received by most working Brits. Most people now spend Christmas Day with their family and reserve Boxing Day for exchanging gifts with friends. Although the government shuts down for the day, cinemas and theatres are open.

Queen’s Telegram

In the United States, if you make it to the ripe old age of 101 or 102, Willard Scott will wish you happy birthday on national television. In England, the queen herself will send her congratulations. This fairly new custom is known as “the Queen’s Telegram” and assures centenarians (people at least 100 years old) that they will receive a birthday telegram from the queen on their one-hundredth birthdays. The telegram is so longed for by some Brits that one 98-year-old woman was recently proved to have faked her age by two years just to receive the telegram.

High Tea

High tea was first enjoyed by the English working class during the 1700s. This tradition began as a practical attempt to hold off hunger pains between breakfast and supper, as eating just two daily meals was common at the time. It was called “high” tea because it was usually taken sitting on top of stools in a tea shop or standing at a counter or buffet table. Today, high tea has become a more elegant and popular tradition that is practiced in fine hotels and restaurants around the world.

Public Houses

Visiting a pub is one of Britain’s oldest forms of entertainment. The idea for the first public houses was brought to Britain thousands of years ago by the conquering Roman army. The first pubs served wine, but after the discovery of hops (啤酒花) in the 14th century, pubs began to serve mainly beer and ale (麦芽酒), as they do today.

British pubs operate between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day except Sunday, when they must close at 10:30 p.m.

The drinking age in Britain is eighteen, but fourteen-year-olds may enter a pub unaccompanied if they order a meal.

Unique Traditions from UK

Traditions

Time

Main Activities

Boxing Day

Observed on Dec. 26 during the  71   season

In the past, churches would open their “alms box”, with its contents  72  to needy people.

Today it is reserved to  73  gifts with friends.

Queen’s Telegram

74  by the Queen when one has his or her 100th birthday

People over 100 years old will receive a birthday telegram from the Queen herself on their birthday, enjoying the Queen’s  75  on them.

High Tea

Enjoyed and practiced between breakfast and supper

It  76  to be taken sitting in a tea shop, or standing at a counter. Today it’s becoming a tradition  77  in the hotels and restaurants worldwide.

Public Houses

Visited between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day  78  Sunday

At the  79  only wine was served, but today they mainly serve beer and ale, but people  80  than eighteen are not allowed to drink.

20、Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do. Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it. “What is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?”

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain (花环) would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT—POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it. Burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labeled “ORANGE MARMALADE”, but to her disappointment it was empty; she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so she managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

“Well!” thought Alice to herself, “after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling

down stairs. How brave they’ll all think of me at home! Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!’ (Which was very likely true.)

Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end!

By LEWIS CARROLL

67. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Alice ran after the rabbit?

A. Because she heard the rabbit speak to her.

B. Because she was tired of sitting there with nothing to do.

C. Because she noticed the rabbit had a waistcoat-pocket.

D. Because she saw the rabbit take a watch out.

68. Alice’s adventure mainly happened _________.

A. in her family garden                                    B. in a rabbit-hole         

C. on the river bank                                        D. around a hedge

69. As Alice fell down the well, she felt rather ________.

A. disappointed          B. proud                 C. afraid                  D. relaxed

70. From which sentence can we judge this is a fairy tale?

A. “I have nothing to do but make a daisy-chain.” said Alice.

B. “THE ORANGE MARMLADE is empty,” said Alice disappointedly.

C. “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!” the Rabbit said to itself.

D. The hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid.

19、I believe influence is the union of power and purpose. As a TV star, magazine founder, businesswoman and celebrity, Oprah Winfrey certainly has power. But most important, she has purpose—a lasting commitment to the principles of goodness and generosity that goes beyond any one individual. ① I have sat with Oprah in interviews and in my home. I have felt her warmth, and I am always moved by her deep love for others. She makes you want to invite her into your life—and she invites you into hers.

Oprah’s story is America’s story: a young girl from Mississippi, who grew up without electricity or running water but realized her promise through education and achieved her dreams in liberty. Oprah, 52, reminds us that we who prosper in freedom have a moral responsibility to help others who have the desire to succeed but just need an opportunity. ②  Oprah is helping create those opportunities. Out of her own pocket, she built new homes—and gave new hope—to 65 families who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. ③ And just last year, Oprah launched a successful campaign to help victims of abuse find the justice they deserve, so they can move on with confidence.

For most people, Oprah’s influence is less direct but no less meaningful. Those are the millions of ordinary men and women who wish to improve themselves—to become better parents, kinder friends and stronger individuals. For those people, Oprah is an inspiration. She has struggled with many of the challenges that we all face, and she has transformed her life. ④ Her message is powerful: I did it, and so can you. So who, then, is Oprah Winfrey? She is a woman of moral character and a source of strength for millions of her admirers. Her life and her work are evidences to the greatness of her generous heart. She is influential, to be sure. And she is someone I am deeply honored to call my friend.

63. Through this passage the author intended _________.

A. to show her encouragement to Winfrey Oprah

B. to summarize the whole life of Winfrey Oprah

C. to introduce Winfrey Oprah as a friend and her shows 

D. to show her appreciation of Winfrey Oprah

64. Which of the following story is America’s story in the author’s eyes?

A. Rich young girls from Mississippi gain success in their life.

B. Poor young girls achieve their success through hard work.

C. Rich young men experience hardship and win success.

D. Poor young men pursue higher education but get nothing.

65. The supporting sentence “In South Africa, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls will educate a new generation of women leaders.” should be placed at _______.

A. ①                                 B. ②                          C. ③                          D. ④

66. Through the underlined part “I did it”, the author means that Winfrey Oprah is saying ________.

A. I managed to overcome the challenges                       

B. I encouraged parents, friends and individuals

C. I created many opportunities to help people          

D. I was admired as a source of strength

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