Question

完形填空。通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的选项中选择正确的一项。

A teacher began his class by holding up a glass of water. He asked the students, “How much do you think this glass __________ ?”

“Fifty grams!” “One hundred grams!” “One hundred and fifty grams!” the students answered.

“I don’t know either,” said the teacher. “What would _________ if I held it up like this for a few minutes?”

“_________,” the students said.

“OK. What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?”

“Your _________ would ache,” said a student.

“You’re right. Now what would happen if I held it for a day?”

“Your arm would go numb (麻木的). You may have to go to a _________!” said another student, and all the students laughed.

“Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass _________ ?” asked the teacher.

“No.”

“Then what _________ the pain and numbness?”

The _________ were puzzled (困惑的) .

“What should I do now to get rid of (消除) the _________ ?” asked the teacher again.

“Put the glass _________ !” said a student.

“ Exactly!” said the teacher. “Life’s problems are _________ like this. Hold them for a few _________ in your head and they seem OK. _________ them for a long time and they begin to ache. Hold them even _________ and they begin to make you numb. You will not be able to do anything.”

It’s important to think of the challenges or _________ in your life. But what’s even more important is to “put them down” at the end of every day.

1.A. costs         B. has          C. weighs      D. fills

2.A. complete      B. happen       C. reply       D. disturb

3.A. Everything B. Something   C. Anything     D. Nothing

4.A. foot          B. finger       C. arm          D. head

5.A. library      B. hospital     C. museum       D. office

6.A. change       B. go           C. improve      D. raise

7.A. caused       B. carried      C. controlled  D. collected

8.A. teachers     B. students     C. glasses      D. weights

9.A. pain         B. water        C. glass        D. stress

10.A. away         B. up           C. down        D. off

11.A. nothing      B. anything     C. everything  D. something

12.A. minutes      B. hours        C. days         D. weeks

13.A. Talk with    B. Talk about C. Think about D. Think with

14.A. shorter      B. longer       C. lighter      D. heavier

15.A. joy          B. happiness    C. excitement  D. Problems

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个老师给他的学生讲述人生道理的故事。这位老师把杯子举在手中，学生们都知道，如果举的时间长对身体不好。人生中的难题也是这样，有时你需要放下。

1. grams!” “One hundred grams!” “One hundred and fifty grams!” 可知，这里是学问杯子的重量。故选C，weigh：重量。

2. would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?”的描述可知，这里是询问用手举起杯子几分钟会发生什么情况，故选B，happen：发生。

3. Nothing：没有事情。根据语境可知应选D。

4. arm would go numb”的描述可知，这里指的是胳膊，故选C。

5. ：博物馆，office：办公室。根据语境可知，由于胳膊麻木，因此需要去医院，故选B。

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. away：放到一边，put up：张贴，put down：放下，put off：推迟。根据语境可知应选C。

11. something：某些事情。根据语境可知，这里指的是生活的问题与此有某些相似。故选D。

12.

13. with：和---交谈，Talk about：谈论，Think about：思考，Think with：和---想。根据语境可知，这里指的是思考很长时间。故应选C。

14.

15. ：欢乐，happiness ：幸福，excitement：兴奋，problems：问题。联系上下文的描述可知，这里指的是人生中遇到的挑战和问题。故选D。

考点：教育类短文。