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(動力）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(達到標準） 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】你怎樣看待壓力？它是好事情還是壞事情呢？有的人認為它對人們造成很大的傷害，比如因壓力過大而放棄學業或者向心理醫生求助，而有的人則認為壓力并不是壞事，它能促進人們把壓力轉化為動力，發揮潛力。其實，壓力本身并沒有錯，重要的是我們對待壓力的態度。

16. C  do harm to sb. 為固定搭配，意思為“對某人有害”。

17. C  begin with以……開始；show off炫耀；give up放棄；cheer for為……歡呼。這個例子是圍繞該段的中心句----第一句話來舉的例子，所以應該是不好的一方面，那位男生因為壓力放棄了學業。

18. D  wonder猜想；decide決定；promise允諾；hear聽說。只有hear符合語境。

19. B  doubt懷疑；believe相信；disagree不同意；forget忘記。本段內容圍繞與上一段相反的觀點來寫，認為壓力是對人們有力的，所以用believe符合文意。

20. A  useful有用的；difficult困難的；strange奇怪的；terrible可怕的。對待壓力的正確態度和行為能夠減少壓力，使它有用。

21. B  媽媽希望我上一所理想的大學深造。

22. A  生活的艱難讓“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為固定搭配，意思為“正如俗話所說，常言道”。

24. D  quietly安靜地；wildly瘋狂地；specially特別地；successfully成功地。我成功地考入了大學。

25. C  stress為無生命的名詞，用itself來表示其反身代詞形式。