Question

【題目】 When stress affects your sleep on a nightly basis, it sets you up for a terrible insomnia (失眠) that forces you to turn to sleeping pills.【1】

※ Target （把…作為目標(biāo)）the enemy

“Every night a couple of hours before bed, sit down and make a list of all the problems you have to deal with,” says Donna Arand, director of Kettering Hospital Sleep Disorders Center. “Next to each item, write a solution or plan.” 【2】 That way, if thoughts of your problems arise as you’re trying to sleep, you can tell yourself, “I’ve got a plan and I’ll work on it tomorrow. “

※ Balance your work and activities

【3】 But a joint study of 314 workers found that workers with higher levels of enjoyable activities such as exercise, hobbies, and social activities, were able not only to come back from workplace stress better than their always-on-the-job coworkers but also sleep much better than others.

※ Deal with less

Four of the top ten stressors we experience are related to money.【4】 And how should we spend it? Given that, doesn’t it make sense that if we want less and are satisfied with less--smaller houses, and simpler forms of transportation--our stress levels will go down?

※ Give a nod to a nap （打盹）

It’s doubly unfortunate that stress makes it hard to get to sleep because, chemically speaking, the antidote （對(duì)抗手段）to stress is sleep. There is a way to deal with it.【5】 It’s true that one nap of up to 90 minutes between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 P.M. during the day, will make people energetic again.

A.That’s by taking a nap.

B.Here’s how to step back from that state.

C.Now there is some advice on how to keep energetic.

D.When you ‘re ready for bed, put the list by the bedroom door.

E.It was reported recently that on-the-job stress has reached the worst levels.

F.How can we get it ?

G.Does stress always interrupt you?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】E

【4】F

【5】A

【解析】

本文為說明文。作者告訴我們幾個(gè)對(duì)抗因工作壓力導(dǎo)致的失眠的方法。

【1】

根據(jù)When stress affects your sleep on a nightly basis, it sets you up for a terrible insomnia (失眠) that forces you to turn to sleeping pills.（當(dāng)壓力影響你每晚的睡眠時(shí)，它會(huì)讓你陷入嚴(yán)重的失眠，迫使你求助于安眠藥）和下文可知，本文講述了幾個(gè)擺脫失眠的方法，選項(xiàng)B. Here’s how to step back from that state.（以下是如何擺脫這種狀態(tài)的方法。）符合語境，故選B。

【2】

根據(jù)Every night a couple of hours before bed, sit down and make a list of all the problems you have to deal with（每天晚上睡覺前的幾個(gè)小時(shí)，坐下來列出你必須處理的所有問題）和That way, if thoughts of your problems arise as you’re trying to sleep, you can tell yourself, “I’ve got a plan and I’ll work on it tomorrow. “（這樣，如果你在試圖入睡時(shí)想到問題，你可以告訴自己:“我有一個(gè)計(jì)劃，明天開始做。”）可知，列一個(gè)清單可以讓你安睡，選項(xiàng)D. When you ‘re ready for bed, put the list by the bedroom door.（當(dāng)你準(zhǔn)備睡覺時(shí)，把清單放在臥室門口。）符合語境，故選D。

【3】

根據(jù)本段副標(biāo)題Balance your work and activities（平衡你的工作和休息）和下文But a joint study of 314 workers found that workers with higher levels of enjoyable activities such as exercise, hobbies, and social activities, were able not only to come back from workplace stress better than their always-on-the-job coworkers but also sleep much better than others（但是一項(xiàng)對(duì)314名工人的聯(lián)合研究發(fā)現(xiàn)擁有更多愉快活動(dòng)(如鍛煉、業(yè)余愛好和社交活動(dòng))的員工不僅能比一直在工作的同事更好地從工作壓力中恢復(fù)，而且睡眠也比其他人好。）尤其根據(jù)第二句開頭連詞“But”可知該句與所給句子在意義上為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，選項(xiàng)E. It was reported recently that on-the-job stress has reached the worst levels. （據(jù)報(bào)道，最近工作壓力已經(jīng)達(dá)到了最嚴(yán)重的程度。）符合語境，故選E。

【4】

根據(jù)前一句Four of the top ten stressors we experience are related to money（在我們經(jīng)歷的十大壓力源中，有四個(gè)與金錢有關(guān)）和后一句And how should we spend it（我們應(yīng)該怎樣花它呢）? 可知，選項(xiàng)F. How can we get it（我們?cè)鯓淤嵉剿�呢�?/span>?與后一句并列，并且與第一句有順承關(guān)系，符合語境，故選F。

【5】

由本段第一句可知，壓力讓人難以入睡，因?yàn)閺幕瘜W(xué)角度來說，緩解壓力的良藥就是睡眠。根據(jù)空前一句There is a way to deal with it.（有一種處理方法。）可知下文引出本段主題“Give a nod to a nap （打盹）”，因此選項(xiàng)A. That’s by taking a nap.（那就是打盹）符合語境，故選A。