Life are always full of stress (压力) these days. How do you usually deal with (处理) your stress? Do you know doing housework is helpful in dealing with stress? In fact, doing something like washing dirty clothes may really make people relaxed.
"Doing some housework such as washing windows or ironing (熨) clothes is a good way to face our stress without taking any medicine," says Carol Clark, a successful psychologist (心理学家) in New York. She often advises people who are under lots of stress to try doing housework every day. "While washing something," she says, "you can imagine(想象) you're washing away some trouble in your life."
Do people all agree with her idea? Here are some ideas about it.
"Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life," says Linda in France. "Get me out of doing the housework and then I'll really be relaxed."
Gary is a single (单身的) father. "So, a man pays a psychologist $200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework. I really don't know who is crazier, the psychologist or the man!
【小题1】What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?

A．To take some medicine.	B．To call on a psychologist.
C．To be as tidy as possible.	D．To do some housework.

【小题2】Linda thinks that doing housework will make her                .

A．relaxed	B．under much stress
C．helpful	D．in a healthy state

【小题3】What can we know from the last two paragraphs (段落) of the passage?

A．People have more and more stress.

B．Some people have different ideas from Carol Clark's.

C．Doing housework isn't helpful in dealing with stress.

D．Most people have to do too much housework.

【小题4】Which of the following could be the best title (标题) of the passage?

A．Work and Life	B．The Reason for Stress
C．Housework and Stress	D．A Successful Psychologist

Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning(推理的) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.

For example, you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, “What would take someone put on a heavy jacket?” Maybe the person is going outside into very cold weather. Maybe the person works in the penguin pen(企鹅圈养地) at Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.

Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he bullied(欺负) another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!

Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, but this was really much too strange. Cait’s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause end effect, could you tell?

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1.According to the second paragraph, which of the following is an effect?

A．Someone puts on a heavy jacket.

B．Someone works in the penguin pen.

C．Someone will go outside into cold weather.

D．Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.

2.Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. Which of the following isn’t the possible cause?

A．He bullied another student.               B．He is going shopping.

C．His is being picking up early.               D．He is being given a prize.

3.What was Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall asleep?

A．He was going outside.                    B．He was reading a story.

C．He was sleepwalking.                     D．He was looking for his dad.

4.Which of the following is cause and effect?

A．Tony got up and had a glass of water.

B．We came home and found him sleeping.

C．The ball was lost and a window was broken.

D．Tim was late again and his teacher got angry.

5.What is the best title for the next?

A．Truth and lies                          B．Work and sleep

C．Cause and effect                        D．Life and dreams

 

I’m Brain. I    16   a good friend. His name is Jack. He    17   from Canada. He likes brown best(最). What    18   Jack look like? He    19   cool. His eyes are big and blue. He has short,    20   hair, and it’s his favourite colour. Jack is    21  . He is just 1.4 metres tall. Jack likes to tell    22   stories (故事) and I like him (他) very much. But I feel    23   today, because (因为) he feels    24  . I take him to    25   a doctor.

1.	A．have B．am C．want D．stay

 

2.	A．am B．is C．are D．/

 

3.	A．is B．does C．are D．do

 

4.	A．likes B．meets C．feels D．looks

 

5.	A．black B．red C．brown D．yellow

 

6.	A．long B．tall C．cool D．short

 

7.	A．funny B．fine C．bad D．well

 

8.	A．sad B．cool C．happy D．okay

 

9.	A．headache B．sick C．toothache D．fine

 

10.	A．look B．meet C．see D．have

 

Nick is a student. He has four friends. They are Ben, Eric, Peter and Andy. But they are all very different. Nick is confident and kind. He is also a good listener. All of his friends like to talk to him about their problems. This is his best quality. Ben is the quietest friend of them. He is not energetic and active like Eric, or outgoing like Peter. But he is so patient and fair. When they have an argument, Ben is always there to listen to everyone and make sure that everybody stays friends. Andy is very clever and hard-working. He does the best in exams at school. It is really kind of Andy to help Peter with his homework when he is having trouble. They get along well with each other like brothers.

1.What do you think of Ben?

A．He is just like Peter.

B．He is energetic and active.

C．He likes to argue.

D．He is quiet, but fair and patient.

2. What is Nick’s best quality?

A．He is confident.	B．He is kind.
C．He has good friends.	D．He is a good listener.

3.What is Peter like ?

A．Energetic

B．Outgoing

C．Quiet

D．Patient and fair

4. What is it kind of Andy to do ?

A．To help Peter with his homework.

B．To do well in exams

C．To help Nick with his homework.

D．To be hard-working and clever.

5.Who is always there to make sure that everyone stays friends when they have an argument?

A．Peter

B．Eric

C．Andy

D．Ben

 

Without question, the most stressful years for parents are when their children are between 13 and 20. With young children, control seems to be quite easy. If a child doesn’t do what he is told to do, he is just made to do it. If a child is leaving the house and doesn’t listen when the parent calls him back, the parent simply goes after the child picks him up and brings him back. But as the child grows older and bigger, parents can’t do that any more. They can’t just pick the child up and bring him back. With older children, control is best achieved when the parents do those things the children want. In this way, the things do the controlling for you. For example, parents may think it is necessary for the child to clean his own room, but the child may think it’s no use and refuses to clean his room. It is important for parents to understand how their use of control must change as their children grow older.
【小题1】Many children do what they are ___________to do ___________ they are under the age of thirteen.
【小题2】A child sometimes _______________to his parents when he grows older.
【小题3】If a child leaves the _______ without permission (同意), he will be brought _________.
【小题4】When a child __________ to clean his room, he may think it’s not _________.
【小题5】It’s important for parents to ___________ their children and __________ their way of controlling as time goes on.