题目内容：

A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on ________ management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class _______ they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.________, that was not the case. With a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How much do you think this glass of water weighs?”

Answers called out _______ from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).

She quieted the students down and then replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t ________. But it counts how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my ________. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the ________ of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the ________ I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?”

Lost in ______, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

“Our stresses and ________ in life are like that glass of water. If we ________ our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even unable to ________.”

________ you have to do is put all your burdens down, as _______ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ________ next morning and are ________ to move forward. More often than not, life gets terrible when we ________ too much. And the moment you ________ your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.

So rather than being upset and feeling ________ for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to ________ yourself to anything that is not making you happy.

1.A. class    B. emotion    C. time    D. stress

2.A. wondered    B. expected    C. agreed    D. argued

3.A. However    B. Meanwhile    C. Anyhow    D. Therefore

4.A. replied    B. ranged    C. read    D. exchanged

5.A. exist    B. change    C. matter    D. increase

6.A. head    B. leg    C. arm    D. stomach

7.A. weight    B. position    C. shape    D. size

8.A. better    B. longer    C. further    D. deeper

9.A. fantasy    B. dreams    C. thought    D. discussion

10.A. doubts    B. joys    C. surprises    D. worries

11.A. carry    B. show    C. hide    D. cover

12.A. break off    B. work out    C. pick up    D. carry on

13.A. Something    B. Nothing    C. All    D. Anything

14.A. eagerly    B. early    C. quickly    D. naturally

15.A. depressed    B. entertained    C. refreshed    D. amazed

16.A. ambitious    B. able    C. passive    D. anxious

17.A. think    B. fear    C. rest    D. get

18.A. catch up with    B. look down on    C. 1et go of    D. put up with

19.A. sorry    B. happy    C. disappointed    D. greedy

20.A. help    B. treat    C. drive    D. abandon