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1、认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意:每空格1个单词。White-collar workers going to great lengths for stress reliefA soldier of the South Korean special attack corps paints his eyes during a friendly Taekwondo match at a South Korean Army Base in Pochon, north of Seoul.Stressed out white-collar workers are
2、 scaling skyscrapers, camping out on rooftops, smashing up restaurants, pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a bid to relieve the pressure of modern life.As the countrys economy continues to steam ahead, once popular forms of entertainment, such as karaoke, card games and even b
3、oxing bars, appear to be losing their appeal.Consider the members of Shanghais Cat Rain club. By day, this group of young women works executive jobs, but by night they climb buildings so they can spend the night on the roof.Its a good way to release our pressure. You feel relaxed when youre sitting
4、on the roof, looking up to the sky and chatting with intimate friends, said Gong Ying, 25.The stress of work is not just limited to people in Shanghai.A recently opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers to smash plates - as long as they are willing to pay to replace them.Though there has be
5、en some debate about the extravagance of such services, some psychologists say the activity reflects the desire of some white-collar workers to vent their angst.Some workers even appear eager to return to their childhoods. This May, hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretende
6、d to be children. It was an adults-only event, and participants could read comics and eat sweets all day.Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective. But a cemetery?Cemetery companies in Shanghai organized visits to local graveyards for stressed-ou
7、t workers in March. The participants were taken to quiet spots in the cemetery where they could contemplate life and their futures.Roof-campcr Chen Bin, an IT marketing professional, said she had camped out on a rooftop about 30 times. When shes not sleeping out under the stars, she also has several
8、 other adrenal in-fueled interests, such as downhill racing and paragliding.Pressure may bring us distress, but it doesnt mean we cant find ways out, Chen says. Life should be imaginative.While-collar workers going to great lengths for 1 reliefiAOldentertainmentbecomes less popular. Once 2 forms ofe
9、ntertainment, such as Karaoka, card games and boxing bars, which were popular in the 3,appear to be losing their appeal.The ways for white-collar to relieve the pressure of 4 life.Climbing buildings and spending the night on the 5.Going to the restaurants which encourage customers to _6plates.Taking
10、 part in a festival in which adults 7 to be children.Scenic places can also help people _8and put things in perspecti ve.9_ out under the stars can also help.JLife should be 10Pressure may bring us distress, but we can find ways out.Keys: 1. stress 2. popular 3. past 4. modern 5. roof 6. smash 7. pretend 8. relax 9. sleeping 1(). imaginative