One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"

The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, 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 an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "

If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. "

"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again. "

We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.

So before 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 are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.

1.   The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because         .

A．he was very thirsty	B．his arms were strong
C．it was a good example	D．he wants to share the water with students

2."A glass of water" in this passage referred to          .

A．knowledge

B．the burden

C．the time

D．the money

3.According to the teacher, you may feel      _  if you put down the burden sometimes.

A．more stressed	B．much heavier
C．more relaxed	D．much happier

4.   This was a lesson about     ____ .

A．how to relax oneself in life

B．how to solve a physics problem

C．how to keep fit by drinking water

D．how to study well

5.   Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.

B．All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.

C．The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood.

D．All the students can understand the teacher’s lesson.

 

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共8分，每小题1分)

1. Travellers __________(remind) that it’s wise to take a map and an umbrella.

2. Did you notice the boy in red __________(pick) apples in that tree just now?

3. These days, the governments of China and Japan ___________(argue) about the problems of

Diaoyu Island.

4. ---Did you see him come in?         ---No, I __________(watch）TV.

5. The Greens moved to Paris in 2005 and ___________(live) there ever since.

6. Miss Lv says learning English __________(require) action, or we’ll get nothing.

7. More information must be paid attention to ___________(discover) the truth.

8. If you don’t work hard, you __________ (suffer) from much stress at work sooner or later.

 

A teacher was giving a lesson to his students on stress management (压力). He raised a glass of   1  and asked the students, “How  2 do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’­  3  ranged from 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you  4  it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it   5   a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车). It is the exact same weight, but the   6  I hold it, the heavier it becomes.
“If we    7  our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.
“__8_you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up  _9_.”
We have to  10 the burden from time to time, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So  11 you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it  12  home. You13  pick it up tomorrow.   14  burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is   15  , enjoy it.

【小题1】

A．coffee B．drink C．juice D．water

【小题2】

A．heavy B．much C．soon D．long

【小题3】

A．questions B．say C．answers D．ask

【小题4】

A．hold B．take C．bring D．put

【小题5】

A．in B．on C．for D．of

【小题6】A better             B. fewer        C. longer            D. more

【小题7】

A．have B．carry C．don’t have D．don’t carry

【小题8】

A．How B．Who C．That D．What

【小题9】

A．still B．also C．too D．again

【小题10】

A．put on B．put down C．put off D．put up

【小题11】

A．in front of B．behind C．before D．ago

【小题12】

A．back B．to C．on D．go

【小题13】

A．must B．can C．have to D．need

【小题14】

A．Whenever B．Whatever C．However D．Wherever

【小题15】

A．short B．long C．wide D．thin

动词考查(每题1分，共5分)。

选择动词词组，并用其适当形式填空。

go to sleep， learning…by themselves， used up， come ture， be angry with

1. Sometimes，I would     my best friend，but not for long.

2. Tom，it’s time for you to     or you will get up late tomorrow.

3. The young man     all the paper.

4. I think my dream will     sooner or later.

5. The students in poor areas are     some subjects     .

 

 

A new term has begun. Teachers are   36   about the fact that new students are not easy to handle. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is   37  ，some students even use cellphones to do with out-of-class matters in class，or sometimes just for fun. Some other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that   38  ? 'Yes，' says Delaney Kirk，a professor at Drake University.  39  she adds it's not their fault. Instead， the things that they bring into school---cellphones，MP3 players and so on --- and the teachers are to blame. Kirk first began thinking about students' manners six years ago. ‘I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well   40  nothing to do with them，' she says. 'At first，I got worried about this，but then I said to myself， "You're teaching  41 ，and you need to  manage this…These students need to know more about manners. It's time to help them develop some good    42  . They shouldn't waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later，they might regret the time they have wasted."'
Kirk also    43   a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions：
●  Tell students how they will benefit by taking the class. On the first day of class，emphasize its importance    44   giving some homework that students must turn in next time.
●  Do not allow them to bring cellphones and MP3 players to the class at all.
■  Decide  45  formal and informal the class will be.

【小题1】

A．excited B．worried C．surprised D．interested

【小题2】

A．bad B．worse C．good D．better

【小题3】

A．rude B．polite C．friendly D．curious

【小题4】

A．But B．However C．And D．Therefore

【小题5】

A．learned B．did C．had D．shared

【小题6】

A．management B．English C．Chinese D．lessons

【小题7】

A．ideas B．speeches C．habits D．classes

【小题8】

A．makes B．brings C．gets D．takes

【小题9】

A．Of B．on C．at D．by

【小题10】

A．what B．how C．which D．Why