一、完形填空（20分） A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked them, “How ____1_____ do you think this glass of water is ” The students began to think and ____2_____. Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g. “It does not matter on the real ____3_____. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a ___4_____, 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 _____5____. 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, ____6____ for a while before holding it up again.” “If we carry our burdens (负担)____7____, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to____8____ the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.” So ____9_____ 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 _____10____. Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it! 1. A. heavy B. full C. many D. long 2. A. read B. watch C. guess D. listen 3. A. glass B. weight C. water D. height 4. A. minute B. night C. day D. week 5. A. mother B. teacher C. doctor D. friend 6. A. rest B. shake C. look D. work 7. A. this time B. some other time C. next time D. all the time 8. A. put out B. put down C. put on D. put off 9. A. after B. since C. before D. until 10. A. save B. help C. care D. relax 二、阅读理解（30分） （A） When Norman left high school, he went to a college to learn cooking for two years. He enjoyed cooking and was good at creating (创造) his own dishes. Then he got a job in the kitchen of a big hotel as an apprentice (学徒) for four years. Norman soon found that cooking in a hotel was nothing like cooking for his family at home. He needed to work in a hot kitchen for a long time every day. A lot of people couldn’t stand it, but Norman enjoyed it. He always made new and unusual cakes on Friday. More and more people visited the hotel on Friday just because of his cakes. The hotel owner soon found out why. When Norman decided to leave the hotel, the hotel owner provided him with more money and the position (职位) of head cook. Norman took the position and saved most of the money he made. Finally, he bought his own hotel last year. Then he found he needed a lot more skills than just cooking skills. So he went to an evening school to learn business every Tuesday and Friday. Norman enjoys having his own hotel. But he also enjoys working in the kitchen and thinking up new creations when the hotel is not too busy. 11. How long did Norman work as an apprentice A. For two years. B. For three years. C. For four years. D. For five years. 12. Norman thought working in a hot kitchen was _____. A. relaxing B. terrible C. dangerous D. enjoya ... ...
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