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Life are always full of stress (压力) these days. How do you usually deal with (处理) your stress? Do you know doing housework is helpful in dealing with stress? In fact, doing something like washing dirty clothes may really make people relaxed.
"Doing some housework such as washing windows or ironing (熨) clothes is a good way to face our stress without taking any medicine," says Carol Clark, a successful psychologist (心理学家) in New York. She often advises people who are under lots of stress to try doing housework every day. "While washing something," she says, "you can imagine(想象) you're washing away some trouble in your life."
Do people all agree with her idea? Here are some ideas about it.
"Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life," says Linda in France. "Get me out of doing the housework and then I'll really be relaxed."
Gary is a single (单身的) father. "So, a man pays a psychologist $200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework. I really don't know who is crazier, the psychologist or the man!
【小题1】What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?
| A．To take some medicine. | B．To call on a psychologist. |
| C．To be as tidy as possible. | D．To do some housework. |
| A．relaxed | B．under much stress |
| C．helpful | D．in a healthy state |
| A．People have more and more stress. |
| B．Some people have different ideas from Carol Clark's. |
| C．Doing housework isn't helpful in dealing with stress. |
| D．Most people have to do too much housework. |
| A．Work and Life | B．The Reason for Stress |
| C．Housework and Stress | D．A Successful Psychologist |
"Doing some housework such as washing windows or ironing (熨) clothes is a good way to face our stress without taking any medicine," says Carol Clark, a successful psychologist (心理学家) in New York. She often advises people who are under lots of stress to try doing housework every day. "While washing something," she says, "you can imagine(想象) you're washing away some trouble in your life."
Do people all agree with her idea? Here are some ideas about it.
"Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life," says Linda in France. "Get me out of doing the housework and then I'll really be relaxed."
Gary is a single (单身的) father. "So, a man pays a psychologist $200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework. I really don't know who is crazier, the psychologist or the man!
小题1:What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?
| A．To take some medicine. | B．To call on a psychologist. |
| C．To be as tidy as possible. | D．To do some housework. |
| A．relaxed | B．under much stress |
| C．helpful | D．in a healthy state |
| A．People have more and more stress. |
| B．Some people have different ideas from Carol Clark's. |
| C．Doing housework isn't helpful in dealing with stress. |
| D．Most people have to do too much housework. |
| A．Work and Life | B．The Reason for Stress |
| C．Housework and Stress | D．A Successful Psychologist |
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1. Thomas is a student from Japan, studying in Eastland High School. He has some problems with some English words and expressions. So he turns to some proper website for help.
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5. David is a student of English coming from Africa and used to have many difficulties in his English study. He decided that he would get some free English learning materials to read and with the help of his friends, he wanted to find a website for his purpose.
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C Our website offers you special place to study English. The classes are small—never more than 6 students. The friendly, highly qualified teachers are always ready to help. We have programs such as Day and Evening Classes, and Business English Training for the workplace.
D This website provides hundreds of pages of free English learning materials organized at different levels from low beginners to high beginners, low intermediate, high intermediate, and advanced. No matter which English level you are at, you’ll find something for you here.
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In the end I turned down the invitation. As soon as Ted asked somebody else to go, I began kicking myself. I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was afraid, and had ended up feeling depressed (沮丧的) . That unhappy summer taught me a valuable lesson out of which I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you worried; don’t do what makes you depressed.
At the end of my senior year, I began to think about becoming a writer. But my professor was telling me to aim at teaching. I hesitated (犹豫). The idea of trying to live by writing was a lot scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up on what I really wanted to do depressed me. Right then I learned another lesson. To avoid that kind of depression meant having to bear a certain amount of worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I was frequently required to interview big names. Before each interview I would get anxieties (焦虑) in the mind and my hands would shake. One person I particularly admired was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed the very model of confidence. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright and had anxietyattacks. I went on doing those frightening interviews. Then I realized that I was even looking forward to the interviews. What had happened to those anxieties?
Well, in truth, the anxieties were still there, but there were fewer of them. I had benefited from a process of overcoming them. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often enough, he will eventually learn that there isn’t anything to be worried about. This brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it. The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary (可怕的). But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
小题1:What does the phrase “turned down” mean in the second paragraph?
| A．To say “No” to his roommate. | B．To say in a low voice. |
| C．To put away the invitation. | D．To take the invitation. |
| A．finds it difficult to make decision |
| B．has found out what causes anxiety |
| C．was inspired (受启发的) by Duke Ellington’s stage fright |
| D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
| A．Hesitation leads to depression. |
| B．Anxiety can be a positive drive. |
| C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. |
| D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |