get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of __1__.Apply these __2__in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.

　　When you concentrate on one task, you find you have __3__ that you didn't even know you had.Just imagine: you are at a fair (集市) and you have to __4__ two heavy pigs over 100 yards.If you keep __5__ one and then the other, it will take a long time, __6__ one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and __7__.But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your__8__， make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get __9__ one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.

　　The stress of work is now __10__ almost in all occupations.In the modern nuclear family, the stress that formerly would have been __11__ among all the relatives is now __12__ on the individual partner.

　　If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not __13__， then it's not because the day has too __14__ hours, but because you have too many activities.A simple fact is that __15__ people tend to forget.The __16__ is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.

　　"I can handle stress" is regarded as a positive statement.People who can handle stress are given more-until one day they __17__.Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can __18__.These signs come form various __19__ of life.You are ill or your work efficiency is __20__.

　　If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress.Say openly, "I can't manage that."

1．A.bringing up B．taking up C．giving up D．speeding up

2．A.principles B．advantages C．operations D．relations

3．A.appetite B．gift C．energy D．excuse

4．A.carry B．fetch C．bring D．take

5．A.pushing B．enjoying C．grabbing D．exchanging

6．A.and B．because C．so D．but

7．A.running away B．turning off C．catching up D．lying down

8．A.labor B．strength C．power D．force

9．A.another B．others C．other D．the other

10．A.small B．true C．great D．wrong

11．A.shared B．given C．realized D．influenced

12．A.contracted B．concentrated C．constructed D．congratulated

13．A.enough B．short C．important D．proper

14．A.little B．much C．few D．many

15．A.overslept B．overdeveloped C．overcrowded D．overloaded

16．A.answer B．destination C．problem D．solution

17．A.break through B．break down C．break out D．break off

18．A.put with B．deal with C．suffer from D．come with

19．A.qualities B．quantities C．areas D．stages

20．A.improved B．advanced C．increased D．affected

四、短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

To achieve determination, we need the followed strategies.First, we should adopt a positive attitude towards fail.Although some smokers have tried in vain to give up