问题 完形填空

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The power of work stress

Many experts believe that stress can strengthen you or tear you down.    小题1:   The following are suggested to perform better under pressure.

Give stress a good name

Why hate work stress—it’s a sign that our career is advancing. Think of a heavy work load as an exciting opportunity to push yourself. Don’t complain about it.    小题2:  

Alternate (交替) tasks

Spending an entire day or week on a single project increases your anxiety without improving your productivity.    小题3:   You need to create your working patterns to recharge. Every 60 to 90 minutes, take a break from your primary activity and do something different for 15 minutes.

Refuel

Tend to skip meals and pull late nights when you feel the heat at work?    小题4:   Get six to eight hours of sleep, and go to bed at the same hour every night. Avoid big meals but have high-carbon, low-fat snacks every few hours.

Overcome your fears

  小题5:   Often, your stress comes from worrying rather than from the work assignment or problem you’re dealing with. Write down the fears in detail and methodically address each one.

A.Both could lead to burnout.

B.In most cases, you can choose.

C.Pressure doesn’t get you down, fear does.

D.Keep work and rest in a proper balance.E. Instead, greet it with optimism(乐观).

F. In fact, you may lose focus.

G. Or rather, it is the basis of success.

答案

小题1:B

小题2:E

小题3:F

小题4:A

小题5:C

题目分析:文章主要讲的是工作压力对人的影响。许多专家认为压力能够强化你或把你打垮。作者就压力问题,给读者提了四点建议。

小题1:根据“Many experts believe that stress can strengthen you or tear you down.”和“The following are suggested to...”可知,压力能成就一个人,也能毁掉一个人,下面就是一些建议。B项“大多数情况下,你可以选择”符合语境。故选B。

小题2:Think of a heavy work load as an exciting opportunity把工作重担当作一次机会;Don’t complain about it.不要抱怨。相反,应该用乐观精神来欢迎压力。故选E。

小题3:Spending an entire day or week on a single project increases your anxiety without improving your productivity. You need to create your working patterns to recharge.在一个工作上花费一整天或一周的时间,会增加你的焦虑感,而不会提高你的效率。你需要重新充电。根据段意可知,这里讲的是注意力减退的问题。故选F。

小题4:根据第一句“Tend to skip meals and pull late nights when you feel the heat at work?”可知,不吃饭和熬夜都会把人累垮。故选A。

小题5:Overcome your fears克服你的恐惧,Often, your stress comes from worrying你的压力通常来自担忧。根据小标题和段意可知,压力不可怕,恐怕的是恐惧心理。故选C。

单项选择题 A3/A4型题
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In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if circumstances (环境) change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greeting for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while --- then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it left off and are delighted.

In the States, you can feel free to visit people’s homes, share their holidays, enjoy their children and their lives without fear that you are taking on a lasting obligation. Do not hesitate to accept hospitality because you cannot give it in return. No one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from home. Americans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily.

Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full and warm and real. Most visitors find themselves readily invited into many homes there. In some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain at home, offering what is felt as “merely” home cooked food, not “doing something” for your guest. It is felt that restaurant entertaining shows more respect and welcome. Or for various other reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes.

In the United States, both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one’s home than to go to a public place, except in purely business relationships. So, if your host or hostess brings you home, do not feel that you are being shown inferior (差的) treatment.

Don’t feel neglected (被忽视) if you do not find flowers awaiting you in your hotel room either. Flowers are very expensive there, hotel delivery (递送,投递) is uncertain, arrival times are delayed, changed, or canceled – so flowers are not customarily (通常) sent as a welcoming touch. Please do not feel unwanted! Outward signs vary in different lands; the inward welcome is what matters, and this will be real.

小题1:In the United States, you will find friendships __________ if circumstances change.

A.die suddenly

B.pass away

C.disappear gradually

D.last forever小题2:Americans _________ their foreign friends to make a return for their hospitality.

A.ask

B.wish

C.never allow

D.don’t expect小题3:In some other countries, giving a dinner party at home is considered _______ than in a restaurant.

A.less formal

B.less hospitable

C.more natural

D.more popular小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.Flowers are available at all time.

B.Flowers are expensive.

C.Flowers are signs of outward welcome.

D.Flowers are not necessarily sent to guests.小题5:Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A.American Hospitality

B.American Friendships

C.American Invitation

D.American Welcome