Question

     A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress (压力) management. He raised a glass of water and asked them,"How 31 do you think this glass of water is?"

   The students began to think and 32 Their answers are different,from 20 g to 500g.

"It does not matter on the real 33 It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a 34 ，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 35 It is the exact same weight,but the longer I hold it,the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down,36 for a while before holding it up again. "

   "If we carry our burdens (负担) 37 , sooner or later,we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to 38 the burden every now and then,so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on."

     So 39 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 have,let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to 40 yourselves.

Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

31. A. heavy   B. full   C. much   D. long

32. A. read   B. watch   C. guess   D. listen

33. A. glass   B. weight   C. water   D. height

34. A. minute   B. night   C. day   D. week

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

36. A. rest   B. shake   C. look   D. work

37. A. this time   B. some other time

   C. next time   D. all the time

38. A. give up   B. put down

   C. pick up   D. think about

39. A. after   B. since   C. before   D. until

40. A. save   B. help   C. care   D. relax

Answer 1

31. A 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. D

[完形短文大意]老师问他的学生一杯水有多重，学生的回 答是不一样的。老师告诉学生，一杯水的实际重量并不要紧，关键 在于你举起这杯水的时间。举的时间越长，它就会变得越重。老 师教育学生，要学会放下重担，休息一下，然后才会有力气再把重 担肩负起来。

31. A 结合下文中的"Their answers are different,from 20 g to 500 g"

可知，老师问的是这杯水有多重，故heavy符合题意。

32. C学生们开始思考，并”猜测”(答案) ，故所缺的词是guess。

33. B真正的”重量"并不要紧，它取决于你举着它的时间，故所缺的词是weight。

34. A 结合下文中的"If I hold it for an hour...” 以及"If I hold it for

a day..."可推断，此处所缺的词是minute。

35. C结合上下文的描述可推知，如果我举一天，你们就得给"医生..打电话了，故所缺的词是doctor。

36. A我们需要做的就是把杯子放下，"休息”一会儿，然后再把它举起来，故所缺的词是rest。

37. D结合上下文可推断，如果我们”一直"带着我们的负担，我们迟早会背不动它，故all the time符合题意。

38. B我们必须时不时”放下”我们的负担，故所缺的短语是put down 

39. C结合下文中的"Don’t carry it back home”可知，此处所缺的连词是before。

40. D结合本段的描述可知，要学会自我”放松"，故所缺的词是

relax