【正文】 mind, you must first understand the nature of stress and the reasons why it builds up. Then you can easily beat stress. Talking to others helps relieve work stress especially when you and the person you talk to are in the same boat and under the same work stress. Your worries will be divided! If you are your own boss, you need some good advisers around you, who know your trouble and talk sense. If there is no such persons at your workplace, let there be one at home, who is a friend, a family member or a guide that you can talk to. Music has the power to take you into a new world, away from your worries. Taking a break to listen to some favorite music is also a great way to relieve stress. If there is a park around, go and have a walk there. You can eat some snacks sitting on the grass. Move around, look at the world around you and forget your work for a while. Let your body get some exercise. A walk works as it also clears your thoughts. You can listen to music while going on a walk. If you keep thinking about nothing other than work all the time, there is bound to be stress. So, throw away your thoughts about work after you leave your office and get a life beyond it. Have a life beyond the workplace, and you can relax after work.（1）We can learn from the first paragraph that to relieve stress, we should _________. A.B.find a good adviser to talk toD.d better talk to those who ________. free of job stress enough time to talk to you the same sufferings change your job（3）listening to some music can __________. you improve your taste of music your relationship with others you feel more tired of your job you relax and forget work stress（4）When taking a walk to relieve work stress, you should _________. problems at work at the same time your mind at peace and do some exercise new friends with strangers as you walk to a quiet place as far away as possible（5）The author of this passage may be ________. researcher who studies music of working under pressure person who is trying to find a job in dealing with work stress【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）B（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一些可以緩解工作壓力的方法。根據(jù)第一段中的”To relieve (緩解）stress and lighten your mind, you must first understand the nature of stress and the reasons why it builds up.“可知，想要緩解思想上的壓力，我們首先要明白壓力的特征和它產(chǎn)生的原因。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的”Music has the power to take you into a new world, away from your worries. Taking a break to listen to some favorite music is also a great way to relieve stress.“可知音樂可以讓人遠(yuǎn)離擔(dān)憂，聽喜歡的音樂也是一種緩解壓力的方式，即音樂可以令人放松并且緩解壓力。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Move around, look at the world around you and forget your work for a while. Let your body get some exercise.“可知，我們在散步時(shí)要暫時(shí)忘記工作，關(guān)注周圍的世界，讓身體動(dòng)起來。 （5）考查推理判斷。故選D。2．閱讀理解 t know, an idiom is a phrase which has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。 This might be something your teacher says to you if you score badly in an exam or if you misbehave in class. You can also use it to talk about people in general. For example, if your friend is being mean or nasty for no reason, then you can tell them that they need to get their act together.⒉Pull yourself together (Meaning: calm down)m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。 Yes, it39。I39。, but if your English teacher asks you why you haven39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。 I don39。 This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。t worry. Let39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習(xí)語是學(xué)習(xí)語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個(gè)常見習(xí)語的用法。根據(jù)It39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達(dá)你對即將參加800米比賽的同學(xué)的擔(dān)憂，故選D。根據(jù)I39。m sick)可知，當(dāng)你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時(shí)，你該怎樣回答。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當(dāng)有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時(shí)，甚至以英語為母語的人也會(huì)感到困惑。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 The arts, especially music, should be part of every school39。 Music not only makes children better students, but also gives them something positive to do. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining a gang(團(tuán)伙). Parents can enjoy listening to their children39。 Music builds selfconfidence, too. It gives children a sense of achievement and success. Making music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practice performing in front of an audience. Music gives children an opportunity for selfexpression, and that helps develop their selfconfidence.s selfconfidence（4）What39。s selfconfidence. makes students much smarter. music and making music.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文介紹了音樂在學(xué)生的成長過程中不容忽視的作用，應(yīng)該被列為學(xué)校里的一門必修課程．音樂不但能夠提高學(xué)生們的注意力和服從指揮的能力，而且也能讓學(xué)生發(fā)揮想象力，培養(yǎng)他們的創(chuàng)造能力。根據(jù)第一段中的“They could improve their classroom skills”和“Making music also lets children use their imagination”可知，音樂通過提高學(xué)生的課堂技能和發(fā)揮他們的想象力，使其更加聰明。 （2）考查詞義猜測。s music instead of seeing them glued to a puter or TV screen.”家長們能享受孩子們的音樂，而不是看他們不愿離開電腦或電視。故選C。 根據(jù)第三段中的“Music builds selfconfidence, too.”音樂也建立自信可知, 故選D。 第一段中的“The arts, especially music, should be part of every school39。根據(jù)概括標(biāo)題需遵循“征對性、概括性、醒目性”的原則可知A為最佳答案，故選A。4．閱讀理解 s students are not going to be satisfied with any job. According to the latest survey, making a difference through their