Question

Life are always full of stress (压力) these days. How do you usually deal with (处理) your stress? Do you know doing housework is helpful in dealing with stress? In fact, doing something like washing dirty clothes may really make people relaxed.

    "Doing some housework such as washing windows or ironing (熨) clothes is a good way to face our stress without taking any medicine," says Carol Clark, a successful psychologist (心理学家) in New York. She often advises people who are under lots of stress to try doing housework every day. "While washing something," she says, "you can imagine(想象) you're washing away some trouble in your life."

    Do people all agree with her idea? Here are some ideas about it.

    "Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life," says Linda in France. "Get me out of doing the housework and then I'll really be relaxed."

    Gary is a single (单身的) father. "So, a man pays a psychologist $200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework. I really don't know who is crazier, the psychologist or the man!

1.What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?

A. To take some medicine.           B. To call on a psychologist.

C. To be as tidy as possible.          D. To do some housework.

2.Linda thinks that doing housework will make her                .

A. relaxed                    B. under much stress

C. helpful                    D. in a healthy state

3.What can we know from the last two paragraphs (段落) of the passage?

A. People have more and more stress.

B. Some people have different ideas from Carol Clark's.

C. Doing housework isn't helpful in dealing with stress.

D. Most people have to do too much housework.

4.Which of the following could be the best title (标题) of the passage?

A. Work and Life                  B. The Reason for Stress

C. Housework and Stress            D. A Successful Psychologist

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：如今生活总是充满了压力。你通常如何处理你的压力？你知道做家务是解决压力有用吗？事实上，做一些像洗脏衣服可以使人放松。“做一些家务如洗窗、熨衣服是没有服用任何药物面对压力的好方法，”卡罗尔说克拉克，一个成功的心理学家在纽约。她经常建议人们有很多压力时试着每天做家务。“在你洗东西期间，”她说，“你可以想象你洗去在你的生活的一些麻烦。”这样做的人都同意她的想法？这里有一些关于它的观念。“做家务是我生命中的应力的主要原因，”琳达说，“让我做完家务，然后我会很轻松。”加里是一个单身的的父亲。“一个人付心理学家200美元一个小时，问关于他的压力问题。然而，他只是告诉回家去做一些家务活。我真的不知道谁是疯狂的，心理学家还是这个人！

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考点：社会现象类阅读。