五、根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
Life is always full of stress these days. How do you usually do with your stress? Do you know doing housework is helpful in reducing stress?
In fact, doing something like washing clothes may really make people relaxed. “Doing some housework such as folding clothes or cleaning the room is a good way to face our stress without taking any medicine,” says Carol Clark, a successful psychologist (心理学家) in New York. She often advises people who are under stress to try doing housework every day. “When washing something,” she says, “you can imagine you're washing away some troubles in your life.”
Do all the people agree with her? Here are some people's ideas about it.
“Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life,” says Linda. “Get me out of doing any housework and then I'll really be relaxed.”
Gary is a busy father. “A man pays a psychologist 200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework. I really don't know who is crazier, the psychologist or the man!” says Gary.
() 1. What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?
A. To take some medicine.
B. To become a psychologist.
C. To be as tidy as possible.
D. To do some housework.
() 2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?
A. Taking medicine. B. Doing housework.
C. Making money. D. Reducing stress.
() 3. What does Linda think of doing housework?
A. Relaxing. B. Stressful.
C. Helpful. D. Easy.
() 4. Where is Gary's stress probably from?
A. His work. B. The psychologist.
C. His wife. D. The housework.
() 5. What's the best title for the text?
A. Work and Life
B. The Reason for Stress
C. Housework and Stress
D. A Successful Psychologist

1. D
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. C

1. 根据第二段“She often advises people who are under stress to try doing housework every day.” 可知Carol Clark建议压力大的人每天做家务，所以选D。
2. 前文提到“Do all the people agree with her? Here are some people's ideas about it.” （所有人都同意她的观点吗？以下是人们关于做家务这件事的想法），所以“it”指代“Doing housework”，答案选B。
3. 根据Linda说的话“Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life”可知Linda认为做家务是她生活中压力的主要来源，即做家务是有压力的，选B。
4. 根据Gary说的话“A man pays a psychologist 200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework.” 可推测Gary觉得花200美元一小时咨询压力问题，结果被建议回家做家务很荒谬，暗示他的压力可能和家务有关，选A（从他是忙碌的父亲可推测压力可能来自工作，而做家务是缓解工作压力的荒谬建议，侧面体现他压力来源可能是工作，如果选D，文中未明确表明Gary的压力来自家务本身），结合选项这里选A更合理。
5. 文章主要讨论了做家务和压力之间的关系，不同人对做家务缓解压力有不同看法，所以“Housework and Stress”作为标题最合适，选C。

六、根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
In some countries, many children do housework to get pocket money. 1.______ School students have to do homework and study for tests. They don't have much free time on weekdays. 2.______
Young kids only do easy housework. So they don't get much money. But that's enough. Many of them only want to buy candies. 3.______ They often help do the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet dog. When they get older, they want to buy more expensive things. 4.______ They often help their parents wash the car or paint a house.
5.______ For example, they can learn how to use a lawnmower (割草机) or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
A. And candies are not expensive!
B. They have to work harder to get more money!
C. So they often do housework at weekends.
D. Some housework is a good way for kids to learn new things.
E. They usually start to do it when they are ten years old.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

ECABD

1. 前文讲孩子做家务赚零花钱，E项“他们通常十岁开始做”承接，说明开始年龄。2. 前文说工作日没时间，C项“所以他们经常周末做家务”表结果，符合逻辑。3. 前文提到买糖果，A项“糖果不贵”解释为何零花钱够买，衔接紧密。4. 前文说想买贵东西，B项“必须更努力工作赚更多钱”顺承，说明行动。5. 后文举例学用割草机、做饭，D项“有些家务是孩子学新东西的好方式”总起，引出下文。