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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The captain of a ship and a merchant were friends. The merchant had a young son, who wanted to be a 1 , so the captain took him for voyages(旅行) in his ship.

　　One day, when the captain had come from a 2 with a lot of money, the merchant told him that the price of 3 had fallen, and made the suggestion that he would buy some with his money. “I'll 4 it for you in my storehouse 5 you return from your next voyage,” said the merchant, “and perhaps the price will go up and you will be able to sell it and get more money.”

　　But while the captain was 6 , the price of the iron went up very 7 , so the merchant sold it and kept the money. When the captain came back, his 8 friend told him that he was very sorry 9 the rats had eaten all the iron.

　　The captain knew that his friend was telling lies, but he stayed 10 and said, “I knew that you had 11 with rats in your storehouse.” After a few days, the captain started 12 voyage, and when he returned home 13 the end of his voyage, he said to the merchant, “I'm very sorry, but 14 our voyage a bird 15 down and carried your son away.” The merchant was very 16 and said, “Birds cannot carry boys!” “And rats cannot eat iron,” answered the captain. The merchant took the captain to a 17 , who said, “The merchant must 18 the captain the money which he got when he 19 the iron, and then the captain 20 the merchant's son back to him.”

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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 !

 (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