Question

Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.

The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on .

How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

	Yes	No
Do you easily get angry?
Do you often sleep badly?
Do you get headaches a lot?
Do you take sleeping pills?
Do you find it difficult to relax?
Do you usually hide your feelings?
Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?

Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving（減輕） stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways—people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, be­cause crying is the natural way of relieving stress.

1.Who has got stress in everyday life?

A. Men and women. B. Young people.

C. Only men D. Both A and B.

2. If you have over problems listed in the table, you are the person with stress.

A. two B. three

C. four D. eight

3. Which of the followings is NOT the reason for stress?

A. Taking exams.B. Taking sleeping pills.

C. Making money. D getting married.

4. What’s the easier way to relax your body?

A. Talking with friends. B. Doing relaxing exercises.

C. Laughing, smiling and crying. D. listening to light music

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文告訴我們在我們的日常生活中，壓力無處不在，很多人都會感到有壓力，引起壓力的原因也很多。作者還給我們列了一張表格，來測試一下我們是否有壓力，還提到了如何釋放壓力。

1.細節理解題。根據短文的開頭部分Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.可知，壓力在我們的日常生活中無處不在，不僅男人有壓力，女人和年輕人也有壓力。故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據表格下面If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress.可知，如果表格中的問題，你有兩個或以上的答案是“是”，那么你就是一個有壓力的人。故選A。

3.推理判斷題。根據短文第二段中The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on可知，導致壓力的原因有很多，如死亡、疾病、考試、賺錢、結合、搬家、變換工作、結束友誼等等。其中沒有提到的是B選項服用安眠藥。故選B。

4.細節理解題。根據短文最后一段中However, doctors now say that there are easier ways—people should laugh and smile more often和 crying is the natural way of relieving stress.可知，醫生說釋放壓力簡單的方式是要經常笑，哭也是釋放壓力的一種自然的方式。故選C。

考點：科普類短文閱讀。