一、完形填空。

A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress （壓力） 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 are different， from 20 g to 500 g.

“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 （負(fù)擔(dān)） 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. Dont 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 yourselves.

Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it！

（ ）1. A. heavy B. full

C. much 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. give up B. put down

C. pick up D. think about

（ ）9. A. after B. since

C. before D. until

（ ）10. A. save B. help

C. care D. relax

二、閱讀理解。

Mrs. Brown is very fat.

“Dont eat meat or cakes，” her doctor says to her.

“Im going to stop her eating them， doctor，” her husband says.

The next morning， Mrs. Brown makes a nice cake， and her husband eats half of it. After he goes out， Mrs. Brown cuts a very small piece of the cake and eats it. It is very good. She cuts a bigger piece and eats it. In a few minutes she finishes the cake. “My husband is going to be very angry （生氣），” she says， “What am I going to do？”

She makes another cake very quickly， eats half of that， and leaves half on the table. Her husband comes back later. He sees the half of the cake on the table and he is very happy.

（ ）1. The doctor tells Mrs. Brown not to eat meat or cakes because .

A. Mrs. Brown likes them

B. meat and cakes can make her fatter

C. Mr. Brown tells the doctor to say so

D. meat and cakes are not good food

（ ）2. The next morning Mrs. Brown makes a cake for .

A. her husband

B. her children

C. her sister

D. the doctor

（ ）3. Mr. Brown eats that morning.

A. one cake

B. half cakes

C. half a cake

D. many cakes

（ ）4. Mrs. Brown makes another cake because .

A. she is good at making cakes

B. her husband likes cakes

C. she wants to eat more cakes

D. if her husband knows she eats the half of the cake， he will be angry

（ ）5. Why is Mr. Brown very happy when he sees the half of the cake on the table？

A. Because he is angry.

B. Because Mrs. Brown likes cakes very much.

C. Because the cake is nice and delicious.

D. Because he thinks Mrs. Brown begins to stop eating cakes.