第二节(共5小题;每小题2分, 满分10 分)

根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

We all face quantities of stress in day-to-day living, whether at work, in the home, or anywhere in between. 36 Here’s how stress can help us on an everyday basis.

◆Sharpening your memory.

Did you ever notice that sometimes when you are stressed, your memory seems to improve? Remember that test you passed where the answer seemed to come out of nowhere? 37 It’s because of stress hormones (荷尔蒙) that increase your alertness when it’s most needed.

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Successful employees turn stress into motivation. Have you ever noticed that you get the least amount of work done when you have fewest deadlines? Too little stress can affect how much you actually get done. When you take risks and choose to get over the difficulty, it improves your mental toughness and self-confidence.

◆Helping you resist the attack of illness.

39 Believe it or not, the right kind of stress can help your body’s defenses against illness. When you get sick, stress causes you to make hormones that battle threats to your health. That burst of stress is helpful to your immune system when your body faces a threat.

◆Making your life more interesting.

Think about some stressful situation that we consciously put ourselves in to make life more interesting and enjoyable, like asking someone out on a first date, conquering a known fear, or learning something new. These may not immediately come to mind when you think of stress because of the positive outcomes. 40

A. You need a healthy immune system to help fight off diseases.

B. But handled properly, stress can have many benefits for the body and mind.

C. Helping you get an advantage at work.

D. That’s one way your brain responds to stress.

E. This will happen whenever you are stressed.

F. But they’re the types that can help you achieve fulfillment and happiness.

G. Helping you get through difficult times.

第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分)

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Pooja Dhingra should have been a lawyer. But while studying 41 at university in Mumbai, she decided to quit her major and to something more 42 .

Remembering helping her mother in the 43 during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. So she 44 her parents to let her go to study cooking.

One day, her friends took her to one of the best macaron(杏仁小圆饼)shops in Paris. After just one 45 , Ms Dhingra determined that when she 46 to Mumbai she would open her own macaron store, the first of its kind in India.

Upon graduation, she started 47 macarons in her parents' kitchen, but it was a complete 48 .The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it 49 to make delicious cakes. After 60 failed 50 , she finally got an ideal recipe.

51 being both young and female meant she faced additional 52 ."The biggest problem was to get people to take you 53 .” she tells us. "For example, 54 I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me. "

However, she 55 opened her first shop in 2010. To 56 sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaron was, Ms Dhingra 57 free samples to customers. The cakes were immediately popular, and sales soon took off thanks to the 58 evaluation. Now, Ms Dhingra is the 59 of three busy macaron shops. She has planned to 60 her business across the country. One newspaper article called her "the macaron queen of India" .

41. A. design B. literature C. law D. medicine

42. A. effective B. confident C. enthusiastic D. creative

43. A. bedroom B. kitchen C. study D. basement

44. A. convinced B. warned C. forgave D. reminded

45. A. bite B. effort C. breath D. drink

46. A. replied B. returned C. traveled D. walked

47. A. eating B. bringing C. making D. selling

48. A. comfort B. failure C. honor D. success

49. A. appealing B. difficult C. smooth D. available .

50. A. attempts B. assumptions C. statements D. competences

51. A. Even B. Still C. Yet D. Just

52. A. challenges B. sacrifices C. tasks D. praises

53. A. slightly B. seriously C. pleasantly D. peacefully

54. A. unless B. after C. though D. if

55. A. unwillingly . B. suddenly C. eagerly D. eventually

56. A. check B. ban C. promote D. decrease

57. A. gave away B. smoothed away C. cleared away D. put away

58. A. negative B. plain C. positive D. critical

59. A. owner B. inventor C. driver D. customer

60. A. protect B. sell C. abandon D. expand