五、阅读短文,回答问题(答案不超过6个词)
Once again, my experiment had refused to work. I felt hopeless. A few months earlier, when I started the project, I was confident. I believed I could make it if I worked hard enough. So I spent over 10 hours in the lab every day. When the experiment failed, I simply worked harder. Yet here I was, working harder than ever—but not getting anywhere. I didn't know what to do.
It was late in the evening. One other person was still in the lab, and he noticed my worried look. He came over and asked how I was doing. I told him about my problems. After we talked through the experiment, he said, "I think it's time to go home and get some sleep." "Taking a break is also hard work, you know," he added with a smile.
Those words opened my eyes. I no longer overworked myself in the lab. I felt less stressed and my research started to progress (进展).
A few years later, my professor and I were discussing an age-old problem at a cafe. As he finished his coffee, he said, "We need to work smarter, not harder." I felt kind of surprised. I had never heard my professor say anything like this.
Our conversation that day helps me understand that exciting ideas seldom come from a mind under pressure. My best ideas always come after I have allowed my mind to relax—whether that's cooking a nice dinner or going on long hikes with my brother.
Today, I try to pass this idea on to my own students. Work-life balance is not a barrier (障碍) to excellent research. It is an important part of it.
1. How did the writer think he could succeed at the beginning of the project?
2. What did the other person in the lab advise him to do?
3. What happened after the writer took the person's advice?
4. According to the writer, how can a person come up with exciting ideas?
5. What does the writer want to tell the readers?

1. Work hard enough.
2. Get some sleep.
3. Research started to progress.
4. Relax the mind.
5. Work-life balance matters.

六、首字母填空
Everybody can suffer from stress. No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are (1) in your life.
Teenagers, (2) , have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an (3) , even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions.
Families can be one of the biggest (4) of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, (5) from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their (6) after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot (7) to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them.
(8) , there is nothing we can do to remove stress from the lives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best (9) to deal with stress. It may sound simple, but it is true. A problem (10) is a problem halved.

1.happening 2.however 3.adult 4.causes 5.especially 6.education 7.afford 8.Sadly 9.methods 10.shared

1. 句意：你会因为生活中发生的事情感到压力。结合首字母h，填happening（发生）。
2. 前文说每个人都有压力，后文讲青少年压力更多，表转折，首字母h，填however（然而）。
3. 不再是孩子，但还不是成年人，首字母a，填adult（成年人）。
4. 家庭是压力的最大原因之一，one of后接复数，首字母c，填causes（原因）。
5. 举例说明学校压力来源，首字母e，填especially（尤其）。
6. 高中毕业后选择教育，结合后文“上大学”，首字母e，填education（教育）。
7. 一些人负担不起上大学，can't afford to do sth.，首字母a，填afford（负担得起）。
8. 无法消除压力但可学习应对，表遗憾，首字母S，填Sadly（不幸地）。
9. 与人交谈是最好的方法之一，one of后接复数，首字母m，填methods（方法）。
10. 谚语“分享的问题就是减半的问题”，首字母s，填shared（被分享的）。