题目内容
Good news: stress brought on by day-to-day events can actually help your health, and may even extend your life. Skeptical? So were we—recent studies have linked short-term stress to a reduced risk of a wide variety of diseases, including cancer.
The results seem incredible: after all, don’t we usually hear that high blood pressure and heart attacks are often brought on by stress? For people with constantly stressful jobs, or difficult family situations, that is indeed the case. But incidents of short-term stress that are quickly resolved have the opposite effect, inspiring the body to quickly repair itself.
Periodic bursts of stress won’t just help you recover more quickly from illnesses. It stands to reason that it would slow down aging.
So how can you make sure that you're enduring the right sort of stress? Here are the tips:
1. Keep track of your stress level on a 1–10 scale each day.
If it comes in at 5 or higher for two straight days, make some time to take part in relaxing activities that you enjoy.
2. Have an adventure.
New and exciting activities can stimulate short bursts of stress, which will have a positive effect on your body.
3. Create a "What-I've-done" list.
Make sure that you remind yourself of your accomplishments regularly to lighten your mood.
4. Try new sensations.
Try the spiciest dish that you can handle and it's a great way to kick-start your immune system into overdrive.
5. __________________.
You don't need to run a marathon to see the effects—any exercise that makes you sweat will give you the stress you need to fix the damage in your body.
1. What is the traditional view about stress? （Please answer within 15 words.）
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2. Please fill in the blank following No.5 with proper word（s）. （Please answer within 5 words.） ____________________________________________________________________________
3. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Stress with regular outbreaks will mean more than helping your sickness recover sooner. ____________________________________________________________________________
4. Please translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
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5. Please add one more tip to the list and explain it briefly. （Please answer within 30 words.）
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1. Stress is harmful to our health.
2. Exercises/ Sports/ Take more exercises/ Take proper exercises
3. Periodic bursts of stress won’t just help you recover more quickly from illnesses.
4. 对于那些从事有持续压力的工作的人，或家庭不和谐的人来说，情况确实如此。
5. Answers may vary.
Good news! The price of all those second-hand goods is ________ before.
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Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say.
Economists from the University of Warwick, central England, and from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, looked at data on the mental health of two million people from 80 countries.
In Britain, the probability of depression for men and women peaks at around 44 years of age, Warwick University said in a press release.
In the United States, though, there was a big difference between men and women.
Among women, unhappiness peaked at around the age of 40, whereas among men, it was about 50.
But the U-shape of happiness is constant around the world, and mid-life depression takes place regardless of marital status, changes in job or income.
The study appears in Social Science & Medicine, published by the Dutch publishing house Elsevier.
"It happens to men and women ,to single and married people, to rich and poor and to those with and without children." said co-author Andrew Oswald.
One possibility may be that people realize they won't achieve many of their aspirations at middle age, the researchers said.
Another reason could be that after seeing their fellow middle-aged peers begin to die, people begin to value their own remaining years and embrace life once more.
But the good news is that if people make it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, they are on average as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year old.
"For the average persons in the modern world, the dip in mental health and happiness comes on slowly, not suddenly in a single year," Oswald said. "Only in their fifties do people emerge from this low period,"
Title: People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in middle
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Happiness is in the (1) of U, for we are happier when are young and old but unhappy when we are middle-aged. |
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For (2) men and women, depression is most (3) to peak when they are about 44 years old. |
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For American people, men and women are very (4) . Most women feel (5) at around the age of 40. Among men, unhappiness peaks at about 50. |
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The U-shape of happiness is constant around the world, and mid-life depression (6) regardless of marital status, changes in job or income. |
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Possibly because people realize they are (8) to achieve many of their aspirations at middle age. |
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Possibly because after they have seen their fellow middle-aged peers’ deaths, people begin to value their own years (9) and embrace life once more. |
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Good news |
If people are still in good (10) when they reach 70, they are on average as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year old. |