Question

Stress（压力）is everywhere in our everyday life．Men, women, the young and the old sometimes have stress．

The most important reasons of stress are： death, diseases, exams, making money, 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 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 exercise, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways  relieving（减轻）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.Which of the followings is NOT one of the most important reasons of stress according to the passage?

A．Taking exams．  B．Taking sleeping pills．

C．Making money．  D．Ending friendships．

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

A．Talking with friends．

B．Doing relaxing exercise．

C．Laughing, smiling and crying．

D．Listening to music．

3.The main idea of the passage is about _________．

A．a survey of people with stress

B．the reasons for having stress

C．who has stress easily

D．stress and how to relieve your stress

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是每个人都会遇到压力，文章中给我们提供了一个表格，我们可以根据表格中的问题来判断自己是否有压力。另外作者还讲述了如何来对待这些压力，以及释放压力的办法。

1.B细节理解题。根据短文第二段中The most important reasons of stress are： death, diseases, exams, making money, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.可知，压力最重要的原因有：死亡、疾病、考试、赚钱、变换工作、结束友谊等等。这里面没有提到吃安眠药，故选B。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文最后一段中However, doctors now say that there are easier ways — people should laugh and smile more often.以及crying is the natural way of relieving stress.可知，比较容易使人释放压力的办法有大笑、微笑，还有哭。故选C。

3.D主旨大意题。这篇短文主要讲述的是每个人都会遇到压力，我们可以根据表格中的问题来判断自己是否有压力。另外作者还讲述了如何来对待这些压力，以及释放压力的办法。故D选项，压力以及怎样释放压力这个题目是最合适的。故选D。

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