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五、根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
Life is always full of stress these days. How do you usually do with your stress? Do you know doing housework is helpful in reducing stress?
In fact, doing something like washing clothes may really make people relaxed. “Doing some housework such as folding clothes or cleaning the room 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 stress to try doing housework every day. “When washing something,” she says, “you can imagine you're washing away some troubles in your life.”
Do all the people agree with her? Here are some people's ideas about it.
“Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life,” says Linda. “Get me out of doing any housework and then I'll really be relaxed.”
Gary is a busy father. “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!” says Gary.
(D) 1. What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?
A. To take some medicine.
B. To become a psychologist.
C. To be as tidy as possible.
D. To do some housework.
(B) 2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?
A. Taking medicine. B. Doing housework.
C. Making money. D. Reducing stress.
(B) 3. What does Linda think of doing housework?
A. Relaxing. B. Stressful.
C. Helpful. D. Easy.
(A) 4. Where is Gary's stress probably from?
A. His work. B. The psychologist.
C. His wife. D. The housework.
(C) 5. What's the best title for the text?
A. Work and Life
B. The Reason for Stress
C. Housework and Stress
D. A Successful Psychologist

答案： 1. D
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. C

六、根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
In some countries, many children do housework to get pocket money. 1.______ School students have to do homework and study for tests. They don't have much free time on weekdays. 2.______
Young kids only do easy housework. So they don't get much money. But that's enough. Many of them only want to buy candies. 3.______ They often help do the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet dog. When they get older, they want to buy more expensive things. 4.______ They often help their parents wash the car or paint a house.
5.______ For example, they can learn how to use a lawnmower (割草机) or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
A. And candies are not expensive!
B. They have to work harder to get more money!
C. So they often do housework at weekends.
D. Some housework is a good way for kids to learn new things.
E. They usually start to do it when they are ten years old.
1.E 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.D

答案： ECABD