Question

What do you think of stress? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Most of the students think stress can do harm   16   them in some ways. There’s a story about a teenager in a middle school. He even   17   his study because of the stress from school and family. We also usually   18   that someone turns to psychological doctors because of heavy working stress. There is no doubt that some people think stress is a dangerous wolf.

On the other hand, other people argue that stress is not a bad thing. They  19   stress can produce momentum(动力）in the end. For them, right attitude and action can reduce stress and make it   20   . When I was a child, my mom always pushed me to study hard. She wished I could go to an ideal   21   for further education. I experienced stress for the first time. Porn to a poor family, I deeply knew   22   was not easy for us, and everything my mom did to me was just to hope I could live a better life in the future.   23   the saying goes, “no pains, no gains.” So I did what my mom expected because I didn’t want to let her down. At last, I did measure up(达到标准） to my mom’s expectation and go to college   24  . Thanks to my mom’s push! Thanks to the stress! In this way, I don’t think stress is a bad thing.

Overall, stress is not a bad thing in   25  . The key is how we deal with it.

16. A. for     B. in     C. to     D. of

17. A. began with     B. showed off     C. gave up     D. cheered for

18. A. wonder     B. decide     C. promise     D. hear

19. A. doubt     B. believe     C. disagree     D. forget

20. A. useful     B. difficult     C. strange     D. terrible

21. A. company     B. college     C. factory     D. farm

22. A. life     B. spirit     C. opinion     D. silence

23. A. Then     B. But     C. As     D. Or

24. A. quietly     B. wildly     C. specially     D. successfully

25. A. himself     B. myself     C. itself     D. herself

Answer 1

【2010主旨大意】你怎样看待压力？它是好事情还是坏事情呢？有的人认为它对人们造成很大的伤害，比如因压力过大而放弃学业或者向心理医生求助，而有的人则认为压力并不是坏事，它能促进人们把压力转化为动力，发挥潜力。其实，压力本身并没有错，重要的是我们对待压力的态度。

16. C  do harm to sb. 为固定搭配，意思为“对某人有害”。

17. C  begin with以……开始；show off炫耀；give up放弃；cheer for为……欢呼。这个例子是围绕该段的中心句----第一句话来举的例子，所以应该是不好的一方面，那位男生因为压力放弃了学业。

18. D  wonder猜想；decide决定；promise允诺；hear听说。只有hear符合语境。

19. B  doubt怀疑；believe相信；disagree不同意；forget忘记。本段内容围绕与上一段相反的观点来写，认为压力是对人们有力的，所以用believe符合文意。

20. A  useful有用的；difficult困难的；strange奇怪的；terrible可怕的。对待压力的正确态度和行为能够减少压力，使它有用。

21. B  妈妈希望我上一所理想的大学深造。

22. A  生活的艰难让“我”知道了生活的不易。下文中“hope I could live a better life in the future”也有所提示。

23. C  as the saying goes为固定搭配，意思为“正如俗话所说，常言道”。

24. D  quietly安静地；wildly疯狂地；specially特别地；successfully成功地。我成功地考入了大学。

25. C  stress为无生命的名词，用itself来表示其反身代词形式。