As the life they were used to _____ changed by the terrible earthquake, the people in the earthquake-stricken area are doing all they can ______ their new life.

A. have now been, build       B. having now been, to build

C. has now been, to build      D. is now, build

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
In a hall, a lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. At the beginning of the speech,he 41 a glass of water and asked the audience, “How 42 do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers 43 from 20g to 500g.
“Actually,it does not matter on the absolute 44 . But it depends on how 45 you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for a(n) 46 , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to 47  an ambulance. It is exactly the 48 weight, but the longer I hold it, the 49 it becomes.” Hearing these words,the whole audience became silent, lost in thought.
After a moment, the lecturer continued, “ 50 we carry our burden all the time, 51 , we will not be able to carry on with the burden becoming increasingly heavier,  52 heavy for us to bear.
“So, what you have to do is to 53 the glass, rest for a while 54 holding it up again.”
As is shown in the story above, we have to put down the burden periodically, 55 we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you 56 home from work tonight, put the burden of 57 down. Don’t carry it back 58 . You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burden you are having now on your 59 , let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is short,  60 it!  
41. A. supported            B. drank                C. needed                        D. raised
42. A. heavy                 B. pure           C. sweet                       D. many
43. A. differed             B. ranged              C. numbered                 D. limited
44. A. weight            B. volume             C. height                     D. quantity
45. A. tight                B. long                  C. difficult                   D. high
46. A. day                  B. second              C. hour                D. half
47. A. require                  B. invite          C. call                D. ask
48. A. proper                  B. same           C. right                   D. usual
49. A. less                  B. lighter              C. more                   D. heavier
50. A. If                     B. Unless         C. While                   D. Since
51. A. now and then    B. little by little        C. sooner or later      D. sometimes
52. A. too              B. so              C. rather                D. quite
53. A. put away       B. put down          C. put aside            D. put back
54. A. after            B. for              C. by                       D. before
55. A. so that                B. even if            C. as if                D. as soon as
56. A. leave                  B. clean                C. approach                  D. return
57. A. life                  B. duty                      C. task                     D. work
58. A. home                  B. office             C. company             D. family
59. A. shoulders            B. heart              C. body                   D. hands
60. A. do                   B. like                C. love                D. enjoy

Having now __ 40, he feels that his football career is coming to an end.

A. gone    B. turned    C. become      D. entered

II. Cloze 20%
Directions:  For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. He 21a glass of water and asked the audience, “How 22 do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers 23 from 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the absolute 24 . It depends on how 25 you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for a(n) 26 , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to 27  an ambulance. It is exactly the 28 weight, but the longer I hold it, the 29 it becomes.” The whole audience became silent, lost in thought.
After a moment, the lecturer continued, “ 30 we carry our burden all the time, 31 , we will not be able to carry on with the burden becoming increasingly heavier, 32 heavy for us to bear.
“What you have to do is to 33 the glass, rest for a while 34 holding it up again.”
As is shown in the story above, we have to put down the burden periodically, 35 we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you 36 home from work tonight, put the burden of 37 down. Don’t carry it back 38 . You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burden you are having now on your 39 , let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is short,  40 it!
21. A. supported            B. drank                C. needed                        D. raised
22. A. heavy                 B. pure           C. sweet                       D. many
23. A. differed             B. ranged              C. numbered                 D. limited
24. A. weight            B. volume             C. height                     D. quantity
25. A. tight                   B. long                  C. difficult                   D. high
26. A. day                  B. second              C. hour                D. half
27. A. require                  B. invite          C. call                D. ask
28. A. proper                  B. same         C. right                      D. usual
29. A. less                  B. lighter              C. more                   D. heavier
30. A. If                     B. Unless         C. While                   D. Since
31. A. now and then    B. little by little        C. sooner or later      D. sometimes
32. A. too              B. so              C. rather                D. Quite
33. A. put away       B. put down          C. put aside            D. put back
34. A. after            B. for              C. by                       D. before
35. A. so that                B. even if            C. as if                D. as soon as
36. A. leave                  B. clean                C. approach                  D. return
37. A. life                  B. duty                      C. task                     D. work
38. A. home                  B. office             C. company             D. family
39. A. shoulders            B. heart              C. body                   D. hands
40. A. do                   B. like                C. love                D. Enjoy

 (广西柳州铁一中2009届高三第二次模拟考试)

A lecturer was giving a lecture on stress management．He raised a glass of water and asked the audience，“   36    heavy do you think this glass of water is?” The audience’s answers  3  7  from 20g to 500g．

It does not depend on its  38  .It depends on  39  you hold it．If I hold it for a minute，It is OK, If I hold it for an hour，I will have a(n)  40  in my right arm．If I hold it fot  41,  you will have to call an ambulance．It is the exact same weight，  42  the longer I hold it，the  43 it becomes．

If we carry our burdens  all the time，  44  ，we will not be able to catty on，the burden becoming  45  heavier．  46  you have to do is to put the glass down，rest for a while  47  holding it up again．

 We have to  48  the burden from time to time．so that we can be refreshed and are    49  to carry on．So before you return home from  50  tonight，put the burden of work down．Don’t 

51  it back home．You can   52  tomorrow.   53  burdens you are having now on your  54  ，let it down for a moment if you can．

    Life is short，  55   it !

    36．A．What                B．Where                   C．When             D．How

    37．A．ranged            B．changed                C．came                     D．turned

    38．A．height                     B．length                    C．weight            D．width

    39．A．how far            B．how long               C．how soon              D．how much

    40．A．wound                     B．injury                     C．cut                 D．ache 

    41．A．a year                     B．a month                 C．a day                    D．a second

    42．A．or                     B．therefore               C．but                 D．so

    43．A．bigger                     B．1arger                   C．heavier          D．1ignter

    44．A．in no time         B．sooner or later             C，on time           D．first  of all

    45．A．briefly              B．interestingly           C．increasingly   D．decreasingly

    46．A．That                 B．What                            C．How                D．It

    47．A．since                B．after                      C．before            D．because

    48．A．put down          B．write down             C．note down          D．push  down

    49．A ．kind                B．able                       C．strong            D．eager

    50．A．school                     B．hospital                 C．work               D．walk

    51．A．hold                 B．sell                        C．carry                     D．return

    52．A．pick it up          B．get rid of it             C．carry it up             D．put it out

    53．A．However          B，Whichever             C．Whoever        D．Whatever

    54．A．heart                B．shoulders                     C．bodies            D．heads

    55．A．have                B．eat                        C．enjoy                     D．hate