. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.

   A. emotion    B. excitement    C. crisis    D. stress

 We share a_________ purpose, so let’s help each other.

A. common       B. ordinary      C. general       D.ordinary

It rained continuously for a week, completely _______ our holiday.

A. troubling      B. bothering      C. ruining      D. damaging

 —You've made great progress in your studies of English, haven't you?

—Yes, but much______.

A. remains to do                                  B. is remained to do

C. remains to be done                      D. is remained to be done

The ordinary girl sat silently at the corner , but when the prince came over to invite her to dance , her face immediately ____________.

       A. turned up   B. burnt up     C. cheered up        D. lit up

第二节： 书面表达 （满分30分）

针对目前高三学生学习压力较大的现状，有人以“Effective Ways to Release the Stress”为题于上周调查采访了五个学校的500名高三学生。请你根据以下调查结果的图表写一份报告，并再谈谈自己或身边同学释放压力的有效方法。

注意：1.词数：120左右；

  2.调查报告的题目和开头已为你写好(不记入总词数)。

  3.参考词汇：心理咨询室the psychological consulting office

 Effective Ways to Release the Stress

Nowadays more and more senior three students are getting stressed in their studies.

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---How often do you visit your father in the village?    

---I feel ashamed．Just__________．

A．often     B．by accident           C．once in a while         D．all of a sudden

. The child, who has a gift for sports, might make a first-class tennis player if given chances to develop her ______.

   A. courage   B. habit    C. potential   D. sense 

Try this little test. A man dressed completely in black is sitting at a bar in a country pub. He is drinking one whisky after another. After three hours, the man in black leaves the pub and walks drunkenly down a small country road. There are no lights, and there is no moon. A car without headlights approaches. The driver notices the man, however, and is able to brake in time to avoid an accident. How could the driver see the man in black? Think about this.

The reason we can get stuck with this – and other problems in life—is that we make assumptions. If we assume that the man in black is out for an evening drink, then the problem is a hard one to solve.

The dictionary describes an assumption as something we take for granted or suppose to be true. Assumptions are essential to logical thinking and decision-making, but what happens if they are false?

Sometimes false assumptions can lead to disaster. On 8 January 1989, a British Midland Airways Boeing took off from Heathrow for Belfast. The number-two (right) engine, which had caused trouble on the previous flight, had been cleared. Twenty minutes after take-off, the plane began to shake violently. The flight recorder later showed what had happened. The captain asked the co-pilot what the problem was. “It’s the f-ing right engine again!” he replied. The captain ordered no.2 engine to be shut down, and the lefthand (no.1) engine to be turned on for an emergency landing. The 737 crashed on the edge of the M1 motorway. The cause of the crash? The captain and copilot made a false assumption and shut down the wrong engine. Of the 118 passengers, 39 died and 74 suffered serious injury.

The more risky or the more expensive the decision, the more important it is to check assumptions. There is a nice way to remember the importance of assumption checking. Look at the letters in the word ASSUME, and note that taking things for granted can make an ASS（傻瓜） of U and ME.

1. What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?

  A. To provide background information of the topic.

  B. To attract readers attention to the topic.

  C. To use an example to support the topic.

  D. To offer basic knowledge of the topic.

2. The main purpose of the passage is to remind the readers _________.

  A. of the importance of making assumptions

  B. of the danger of making assumptions

  C. to make assumptions before dealing with problems

  D. to check assumptions before dealing with problems

3. The best title for this passage may probably be __________.

  A. Assumptions Lead To Disaster

  B. Ways of Avoiding False Assumption

  C. When Things Are Not as They First Seem

  D. Assumptions and Decision-making

4. The most probable reason that the driver can see the man in black is that       .

  A. there were bright stars in the sky when the accident happened.

  B. the driver had very good eyesight.

  C. the accident happened where the lights were bright.

  D. the accident happened during the afternoon, in daylight.

 He is modest and confident, _______ in my opinion, is most important in society.

       A. how    B. that     C. what   D. which