Question

【題目】In Stressful Times, Make Stress Work for You

These are stressful times. Fortunately, we can actually use that stress to improve our health and well-being. Over a decade of research suggests that it’s not the type or amount of stress that determines its impact. 【1】.

Step 1: Acknowledge Your Stress

Labeling your stress consciously and deliberately moves neural activity from the amygdala — the center of emotion and fear — to the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for executive control and planning.

In other words, when we take a moment to acknowledge our stress, it moves us from operating from a fearful, reactive place to a position where we can be thoughtful and deliberate.

【2】.

Step 2: Own Your Stress

The next step is to welcome, or “own,” your stress. We only stress about things that we care about. 【3】. If we deny or avoid our stress, we my actually be denying or disconnecting ourselves from the things we value and treasure most.

Step 3:【4】

Connecting to the core values behind your stress sets you up for the third and most essential step: using or leveraging stress to achieve your goals and connect more deeply with the things that matter most.

Ask yourself: Are your typical responses in alignment with the values behind your stress? Think about how you might change your response to this stress to achieve your goals and your purpose.

There’s so much happening right now that we can’t control. 【5】. Some psychologists argue that true transformative change can occur only during stress or crises. The trick is to channel your coronavirus stress as energy to make the most of this time.

A.Use Your Stress

B.Release Your Stress

C.By owning our stress, we connect to the positive motivation or personal value behind our stress.

D.But — as many people are noticing — there are also unprecedented opportunities.

E.Instead, it’s our mind-set about stress that matters most.

F.But later, we will be able to ask ourselves how we each responded to this crisis.

G.This step is also an opportunity to understand what’s at the heart of your personal stress or anxiety.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】G

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了如何利用壓力來(lái)改善我們的健康和幸福的三個(gè)步驟。

【1】

結(jié)合上文Over a decade of research suggests that it's not the type or amount of stress that determines its impact.可知超過(guò)10年的研究表明，不是壓力的類(lèi)型和數(shù)量決定了它的影響。由此可知，對(duì)壓力的心態(tài)才是最重要的。故E選項(xiàng)“相反，我們對(duì)待壓力的心態(tài)才是最重要的”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選E。

【2】

根據(jù)上文In other words, when we take a moment to acknowledge our stress, it moves us from operating from a fearful, reactive place to a position where we can be thoughtful and deliberate.可知換言之，當(dāng)我們花一點(diǎn)時(shí)間來(lái)承認(rèn)自己的壓力時(shí)，它會(huì)使我們從一個(gè)恐懼的、被動(dòng)的地方轉(zhuǎn)移到一個(gè)我們可以深思熟慮和深思熟慮的位置。由此可知，本句承接上文說(shuō)明，“承認(rèn)你的壓力”這一步的意義是：讓你了解你的個(gè)人壓力或焦慮核心原因的機(jī)會(huì)。故G選項(xiàng)“這一步也是一個(gè)了解你個(gè)人壓力或焦慮的核心原因的機(jī)會(huì)”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選G。

【3】

根據(jù)前文The next step is to welcome, or “own,” your stress. We only stress about things that we care about.可知下一步是歡迎或“承受”你的壓力。我們只強(qiáng)調(diào)我們關(guān)心的事情�？芍�后文If we deny or avoid our stress, we actually be denying or disconnecting ourselves from the things we value and treasure most.可知如果我們否認(rèn)或逃避壓力，我們實(shí)際上是在否認(rèn)或斷開(kāi)我們最珍視和最珍惜的東西。由此可知，本句是在說(shuō)明只有通過(guò)承認(rèn)我們的壓力，才能將壓力背后的積極動(dòng)機(jī)或個(gè)人價(jià)值聯(lián)系起來(lái)，如果否認(rèn)或逃避，則實(shí)際上是在否認(rèn)或斷開(kāi)我們最珍視和最珍惜的東西。故C選項(xiàng)“通過(guò)承受壓力，我們與壓力背后的積極動(dòng)機(jī)或個(gè)人價(jià)值聯(lián)系起來(lái)�！狈�合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選C。

【4】

根據(jù)下文Connecting to the core values behind your stress sets you up for the third and most essential step: using stress to achieve your goals and connect more deeply with the things that matter most.可知把壓力背后的核心價(jià)值觀聯(lián)系起來(lái)，你就可以邁出第三步，也是最重要的一步：利用壓力來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)，并與最重要的事情更深入地聯(lián)系起來(lái)。由此可知，本段主要講述利用壓力。故A選項(xiàng)“利用你的壓力”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選A。

【5】

根據(jù)上文There's so much happening right now that we can't control.可知現(xiàn)在發(fā)生的事情太多了，我們無(wú)法控制。以及后文后文Some psychologists argue that true transformative change can occur only during stress or crises. The trick is to channel your coronavirus stress as energy to make the most of this time.可知一些心理學(xué)家認(rèn)為，真正的變革性改變只能在壓力或危機(jī)中發(fā)生。訣竅是把你的冠狀病毒壓力作為能量，充分利用這段時(shí)間。由此可知，本句是在說(shuō)明雖然很多無(wú)法控制的事情讓我們產(chǎn)生恐懼，但恐懼中也存在著機(jī)會(huì)，上下文構(gòu)成明顯的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故D選項(xiàng)“但是，正如許多人注意到的那樣，也存在著前所未有的機(jī)遇”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選D。