1、注意:每空格1个单词。 (1) White-collar workers going to great lengths for stress reliefA soldier of the South Korean special attack corps paints his eyes during a friendly Taekwondo match at a South Korean Army Base in Pochon, north of Seoul.Stressed out white-collar workers are scaling(攀登) skyscrapers, campi
2、ng out on rooftops, smashing up restaurants, pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a bid to relieve the pressure of modern life.As the countrys economy continues to steam ahead, once popular forms of entertainment, such as karaoke, card games and even boxing bars, appear to be lo
3、sing their appeal.Consider the members of Shanghais Cat Rain club. By day, this group of young women works executive jobs, but by night they climb buildings so they can spend the night on the roof.Its a good way to release our pressure. You feel relaxed when youre sitting on the roof, looking up to
4、the sky and chatting with intimate(亲密的)friends, said Gong Ying, 25.The stress of work is not just limited to people in Shanghai.A recently opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers to smash plates - as long as they are willing to pay to replace them.Though there has been some debate about th
5、e extravagance(奢侈)of such services, some psychologists say the activity reflects the desire of some white-collar workers to vent their angst.Some workers even appear eager to return to their childhoods. This May, hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretended to be children. It
6、 was an adults-only event, and participants could read comics and eat sweets all day.Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective. But a cemetery?Cemetery companies in Shanghai organized visits to local graveyards for stressed-out workers in March.
7、The participants were taken to quiet spots in the cemetery where they could contemplate(考虑、打算)life and their futures.Roof-camper Chen Bin, an IT marketing professional, said she had camped out on a rooftop about 30 times. When shes not sleeping out under the stars, she also has several other adrenal
8、in-fueled interests, such as downhill racing and paragliding.Pressure may bring us distress, but it doesnt mean we cant find ways out, Chen says. Life should be imaginative.White-collar workers going to great lengths for _1_ reliefThe ways for white-collar to relieve the pressure of _4_ life.Climbin
9、g buildings and spending the night on the _5_.Going to the restaurants which encourage customers to _6_ plates.Taking part in a festival in which adults _7_ to be children.Scenic places can also help people _8_ and put things in perspective._9_ out under the stars can also help.Old entertainment bec
10、omes less popular. Once _2_ forms of entertainment, such as Karaoka, card games and boxing bars, which were popular in the _3_, appear to be losing their appeal.Life should be _10_Pressure may bring us distress, but we can find ways out.Keys: 1. stress 2. popular 3. past 4. modern 5. roof 6. smash 7
11、. pretend 8. relax 9. sleeping 10. imaginative ( 2 )请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 Do you raise salmon (鲑鱼) in your classroom at school? Do you ever have class while floating down a river in a canoe? Do you ever throw your school lunch leftovers into a compost (混合肥料) bin when you are finished
12、? They are all part of a regular school day at Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut. Known as a “green” school, Barnard attracts students from all over the region who are interested in environmental studies. “We do Earth Day all the year round,” said Marjorie Drucker
13、, Barnards Magnet Resource teacher. With the schools special classes, its 325 students study the environment all day long. “Being green means that everything in the building is designed with the environment in mind,” Drucker told Scholastic News. For example, the lights go off when people leave the
14、room, and special windows provide “passive light”, cutting down on the need for electric lighting. When a window is open, the air-conditioning automatically turns off. Conserving energy is not all that students do to help the environment. While learning about the dying salmon population in the Conne
15、cticut rivers, students also do something to help out- they raise more salmon. In the classrooms there are fish tanks containing salmon eggs. The eggs are kept in water at two degrees Celsius. After the eggs hatch, students observe the baby salmon through all the stages of development, and then release the adult salmon into Connecticut rivers. Composting is another part of taking care of the environment at Barnard Students deal with their lunches by throwing the remaining food into a compost bin in a greenhouse. The compost is used
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