【题目】(B)

Stress: Good or Bad?

Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.

In recent years, stress(1)______(regard) as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress(2)______ does you harm. It is time you considered that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the (3)_____(good) your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though , further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself (4)_______ number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of (5)______, and yet find it impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient or(6) _____(annoy) with people over unimportant things?... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better(7)______(control ) your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how much stress is involved in various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12,etc. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely (8)_______ (get )ill.

【题目】 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One of my favourite films is Mr Bean at a Fancy Restaurant. In the film, after being __21__ at his table,Mr Bean takes out a __22__,writes a few words on it,signs his name,puts it into an envelope and __23__ it on the table.After a moment,he looks at the __24__ but this time he looks surprised,as if he did not know it was there.He opens it to find a birthday card and delightedly puts it on the table for everyone to see.

When he looks at the __25__,an astonished look quickly __26__ on his face.He takes all __27__ out of his pockets,counts it and puts it in a saucer(碟子).He then looks from the menu to the money with __28__ until he finds one thing that makes him smile. He __29__ a dish called “steak tartare”. When the dish arrives,he is __30__ to discover that “steak tartare” is __31__ a raw(生肉的)hamburger.He _32__ an attempt to eat it,but it is __33__,from the look on his face,that he finds the taste really terrible.He cannot __34__ his feelings,except when the waiter asks whether everything is OK.He smiles and nods,__35__ that everything is fine. _36__ no one is looking,however,he__37__ himself hiding the raw meat anywhere he can__38__ ,inside a sugar bottle,a tiny flower vase and under a plate.He becomes so disappointed in the end that he __39__ hides some inside the__40__ of a sitting near him and throws some under the seat of the restaurant's violinist!

I like to watch Mr Bean on TV but I wouldn't want to meet someone like him in real life.

【1】A.treated B.invited C.accepted D.served

【2】A.magazine B.book C.card D.wallet

【3】A.throws B.places C.removes D.spreads

【4】A.waiter B.watch C.envelope D.table

【5】A.customers B.tablecloth C.surroundings D.menu

【6】A.appears B.grows C.turns D.shows

【7】A.cards B.money C.bills D.keys

【8】A.satisfaction B.care C.confidence D.concern

【9】A.buys B.orders C.washes D.breaks

【10】A.shocked B.pleased C.moved D.frightened

【11】A.mostly B.indeed C. actually D.nearly

【12】A.makes B.gets C.tries D.takes

【13】A.doubtful B.sure C.clear D.likely

【14】A.hide B.express C.prevent D.explain

【15】A.admitting B.recognizing C.indicating D.realizing

【16】A.Because B.When C.Once D.Although

【17】A.pretends B.helps C.prepares D.busies

【18】A.reach B.see C.get D.arrive

【19】A.rather B.almost C.exactly D.even

【20】A.hand B.purse C.blouse D.hair

【题目】D

More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children,a new survey showed last Tuesday.

The survey,published by the Bank of America,studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”.

The majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade,firstgeneration rich.Fiftytwo percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are,and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.

They are worried that their children would become lazy,spend money freely,make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.

Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance (遗产) they plan to leave them.

“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said Sallie Krawcheck,president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our research,however,uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”

The trend is led by the world’s richest man Bill Gates,who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife,the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation (基金会),and not to his children.

“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact,” he said.

Of his plans for his children,Gates said:“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”

【1】We can learn from the passage that________.

A.rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance

B.rich parents don’t equal rich kids,at least in the US

C.American children don’t get to inherit their parents’ wealth

D.poor children don’t expect themselves to be as rich as their parents

【2】According to the survey,most rich Americans________.

A.think they owe their children nothing

B.think it best to give their money back to society

C.doubt their children’s ability to handle wealth

D.are confident of their children’s ability to handle wealth

【3】The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refers to________.

A.responsible children B.Bill Gates and his wife

C.firstgeneration rich D.rich parents

【4】From the last paragraph,we can see that Bill Gates wants to show________.

A.the trend of leaving no inheritance to children

B.the positive impact of charity on society

C.the way of giving back to society

D.the importance of independence for children

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