Question

    A psychology professor(心理学教授) entered the classroom with half a glass of water in his hand. The students expected the old common question “Was it half 1. or half full?” But to their 2., he asked them “How heavy is this glass of water?”

The answers given by the students were from 7 oz.to 25 oz. But the professor replied that the weight of the glass with water doesn’t always matter but 3. long you hold the glass is what matters.

If you hold the glass for a minute, you won’t feel 4. weight. But if you hold for 10 minutes, you will feel a little more weight and it gets 5. for you with hours. If you hold it for the whole day, then your hands would go numb(麻木) and pain. Similar is the case(实例) when you carry stress with you. If you think about it for a while and 6. it, then there is no problem but if you think about it for hours, it starts becoming a problem and it becomes worse if you sleep with it.

For these 7. , you should learn to let go of your stress and never sleep with it. If you can do 8. about it, just do it.

Answer

1.empty

2.surprise

3.how

4.much

5.heavier

6.forget

7.reasons

8.something

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了教授向学生讲解如何处理压力的问题，如果总是背着一些问题不肯放下，它们会变得愈来愈重，最后重到你负担不起。所以一定要记得每天睡觉前把它们放下，调整自己。

1.

句意：学生们期待着这个老问题“它是半空还是半满？”。

根据句中“half full”可知，此处是“杯子是半空的还是半满的”，empty是形容词，意为“空的”。故填empty。

2.

句意：但让他们感到惊讶的是，他问他们“这杯水有多重？”。

根据句中“How heavy is this glass of water?”可知，这次教授提出的问题和以往不同，所以让学生们感到惊讶；surprise是名词，意为“惊讶”，to one’s surprise让某人感到惊讶的是。故填surprise。

3.

句意：但是教授回答说，水杯的重量并不总是重要的，重要的是你拿着杯子的时间。

根据下文中“If you hold the glass for a minute…”可知，此处是“重要的是你拿着杯子的时间”；how long可以用来提问时长，所以此处使用how。故填how。

4.

句意：如果你拿着杯子一分钟，你就不会觉得有太多重量。

根据下文中“you will feel a little more weight”可知，此处是“你就不会觉得有太多重量”；weight是不可数名词，此处使用much对其进行修饰，表示“数量”，much许多。故填much。

5.

句意：但是如果你坚持10分钟，你会觉得有点重，而且随着时间的推移杯子会越来越重。

根据句中“you will feel a little more weight”可知，你会觉得有点重，而且随着时间的推移杯子会越来越重；heavy是形容词，意为“重的”，句中more是much的比较级，所以此处使用heavy的比较级。故填heavier。

6.

句意：如果你想了一会压力，然后忘记它，那就没有问题，但如果你想了几个小时，压力开始变成问题，如果你带着压力睡觉情况会变得更糟糕。

根据句中“then there is no problem”可知，如果你想了一会压力，然后忘记它，那就没有问题；forget是动词，意为“忘记”。故填forget。

7.

句意：因为这些原因，你应该学会释放压力，永远不要带着压力睡觉。

根据上文中“but if you think about it for hours, it starts becoming a problem and it becomes worse if you sleep with it”可知，此处是在解释要学会释放压力的原因；reason是可数名词，意为“原因”，根据these可知，此处reason使用复数形式。故填reasons。

8.

句意：如果你能做点什么事情来缓解压力，就去做吧。

根据上文中“you should learn to let go of your stress and never sleep with it”可知，应该学会释放压力，永远不要带着压力睡觉，若果如果你能做点什么事情缓解压力，就去做吧；something是不定代词，意为“某事”，用在此处符合题意。故填something。