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【題目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

We often use the terms “worry,” “stress” and “anxiety” interchangeably, but they aren’t the same. Each has unique 【1】 and features. Identifying which one is 【2】 us will help us better address it. Registered psychologist Kristin Buhr, a director at the North Shore Stress & Anxiety Clinic in North Vancouver and co-author of The Worry Workbook, 【3】 the differences.

Worry is a negative thought you have about an uncertainty in life. Worries tend to focus on the assumption that something negative will come from future events or from the results of 【4】 that happened in the past.

Stress involves your reaction to pressures placed on you. You feel overwhelmed because life is demanding too much of your limited time, energy or some other personal resource. While worries are thoughts, stress is a feeling.

Anxiety is your mental and physiological response to a perceived threat. It’s like the body’s smoke detector—it 【5】 danger and signals your body to run to deal with it. While worry takes place only in the mind, anxiety can have physical effects, like speeding up your pulse rate. Worry, however, 【6】 anxiety when your mind perceives imagined uncertainties as real threats.

While worry, stress and anxiety are normal, intense and 【7】 anxiety can become a problem. You might have a behavioral 【8】 if, for instance, you have regular sleep issues or you’re skipping out on your accustomed activities. Excessive anxiety can be focused on a fear of something specific, like social gatherings (known as social anxiety) or a host of experiences (known as generalized anxiety disorder).

The best way to avoid risk is getting it all out. Telling a friend or family member what’s worrying you, or even saying it aloud to yourself or writing it down, can allow you to see the 【9】. “It’s a little easier to challenge worries—to recognize that if there is a negative outcome. It’s more of a struggle than a horror—when your worries are on paper or said out loud, rather than 【10】 around in your head,” says Buhr.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】B

【3】G

【4】K

【5】C

【6】F

【7】J

【8】A

【9】H

【10】E

【解析】

本文是議論文。文章闡述了“擔(dān)憂”“壓力”“焦慮”三個詞的不同，并指出雖然擔(dān)憂、壓力和焦慮是正常的，但強(qiáng)烈的、頻繁的焦慮會成為一個問題。解決最好的方法是告訴朋友或家人你在擔(dān)憂的事情，大聲地對自己說出來或?qū)懴聛怼?/span>

【1】

考查可數(shù)名詞單復(fù)數(shù)。句意：每一種都有獨(dú)特的品質(zhì)和特性。and是并列連詞，連接兩個并列的成分；后面的features是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，前面所填詞也應(yīng)該是可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式，與features并列；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是名詞quality，意思為“特性，品質(zhì)”。故填I。

【2】

考查動詞和時態(tài)。句意：確定是哪一種在困擾著我們將幫助我們更好地設(shè)法解決。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，所填詞在句中是謂語動詞；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是動詞disturb，意思為“擾亂，使不安”；前面有be動詞is，應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時時態(tài)，表示現(xiàn)階段正在進(jìn)行的動作。故填B。

【3】

考查動詞和時態(tài)。句意：注冊心理學(xué)家KristinBuhr分析了這種差異，他是北溫哥華北岸壓力與焦慮診所的主任，也是《憂慮工作手冊》的合著者。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，句中“a director at the North Shore Stress & Anxiety Clinic in North Vancouver and co-author of The Worry Workbook”是同位語，所填詞在句中是謂語動詞；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是動詞analyze，意思為“分析”；句子敘述的是客觀事實(shí)，應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時；句子主語是Registered psychologist Kristin Buhr，謂語動詞應(yīng)用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。故填G。

【4】

考查可數(shù)名詞單復(fù)數(shù)。句意：擔(dān)憂往往集中于假設(shè)未來會發(fā)生的消極事件或過去發(fā)生事件的結(jié)果。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，“that happened in the past”是定語從句，所填詞是先行詞；在介詞of后，應(yīng)是名詞；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)是名詞occurrence，意思為“事件”；根據(jù)語境，“過去發(fā)生的事件”應(yīng)該是指多種，因此occurrence應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)形式。故填K。

【5】

考查動詞和時態(tài)。句意：它就像身體的煙霧探測器——它感知到危險，并向你的身體發(fā)出信號，讓它跑過去處理。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，所填詞在句中是謂語動詞；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是動詞sense，意思為“感覺到”；句子敘述的是客觀事實(shí)，應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時；句子主語是it，謂語動詞應(yīng)用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。故填C。

【6】

考查動詞和時態(tài)。句意：然而，當(dāng)你的大腦將想象中的不確定性視為真正的威脅時，憂慮會引起焦慮。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，“however”是插入語，所填詞在句中是謂語動詞；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是動詞cause，意思為“引起，導(dǎo)致”；句子敘述的是客觀事實(shí)，應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時；句子主語是worry，此處是不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞應(yīng)用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。故填F。

【7】

考查形容詞。句意：雖然擔(dān)憂、壓力和焦慮是正常的，但強(qiáng)烈的、頻繁的焦慮會成為一個問題。and是并列連詞，連接兩個并列的成分；前面的intense是形容詞，所填詞也應(yīng)該是形容詞，修飾名詞anxiety；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是形容詞frequent，意思為“頻繁的”。故填J。

【8】

考查名詞。句意：例如，如果你經(jīng)常有睡眠問題，或者你忽視你習(xí)慣的活動，你可能有行為障礙。在不定冠詞a后應(yīng)是可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是名詞disorder，意思為“紊亂，混亂”。故填A。

【9】

考查名詞。句意：告訴朋友或家人你在擔(dān)憂什么，甚至大聲地對自己說出來或?qū)懴聛�，都能讓你明白問題的關(guān)鍵所在。在定冠詞the后應(yīng)是名詞，在句中作賓語；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是名詞point，意思為“關(guān)鍵，要點(diǎn)”。故填H。

【10】

考查動詞和時態(tài)。句意：“當(dāng)你的擔(dān)憂被寫在紙上或被大聲說出來，而不是讓它漂浮在你的腦海里，這更像是一種掙扎，而不是一種恐懼。” Buhr說。根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是動詞float，意思為“漂浮”；此處rather than 用作介詞，后接動名詞作賓語。故填E。