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(疾病), exams, making money, getting married(結婚), moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendship and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?
Stress Test
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easily get angry?
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often sleep badly?
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get headache a lot?
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take sleeping pills?
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find it difficult to relax?
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smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
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find it difficult to put your heart into something?
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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
X_ more often ,because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
小題1:Which of the followings is NOT the reason of stress?
| A．Taking exams. | B．Changing jobs. |
| C．Taking sleeping pills. | D．Making money. |
小題2:According to the passage, which of the followings is true?
| A．Women and young people never have stress |
| B．Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. |
| C．People who answer “No” to all of the questions have great stress. |
| D．People who answer “Yes” to more than two of the questions have no stress. |
小題3:What’s the easier way to relax your body?
| A．Talking with friends. | B．Listening to light music. |
| C．Doing relaxing exercises. | D．Laughing , smiling and crying. |
小題4:“X” in the passage should be the word “
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| A．cry | B．laugh | C．smile | D．smoke |
小題5:The main idea of the passage is
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| A．about stress and how to relieve stress. |
| B．that there are many reasons for having stress. |
| C．that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress. |
| D．that doing the Stress Test is a good way to help you to live better. |
