Question

【題目】How to relax your mind

Nowadays，people everywhere seem to find less and less time available to them, and more and more things to achieve. It’s quite common to find people running around like headless chickens meeting deadlines that they create. One doesn’t have to live this way, in stress and struggle. 【1】

Breathe — I can’t stress enough the importance of learning how to breathe properly, and not only when you’re stressed, but at all times that you can. Learning how to breathe properly at all times is essential. You should try to deepen and lengthen your breath to lower the stress level and promote relaxation.【2】

Relax — We often think that just going to the gym and working out is the right way to go to relax ourselves. 【3】 A good hard workout is good from time to time, but you are still running at full steam ahead and not giving yourself time to relax. So lighting some fragrant candles, taking a slow hot bath or a shower, or meditating for even 10 minutes will do wonders to help you relax your mind and get out of the stress zone.

Let it all out — 【4】 So calling or meeting up with a person who can listen and empathize with us, is often a great way to relax. It’s important that we don’t go into victim mode and get too negative. When we let out our frustrations, it should be done in a positive manner, and with lightheartedness, even joking about the stress we’re under.

【5】 — Probably one of the most difficult skills at first to master, but in the end one of the most rewarding to learn in our fast-paced society is the attitude of gratitude. We can do some gratitude list making right on the spot to get out of our heads and away from all that we wished we had but don’t, and to be thankful for all that we do have. I swear learning how to do this will relax you in a way that will change your life for the better.

Hopefully this article helped you to find an answer to your question about how to relax your mind from stress. Try these techniques and let us know, what works best for you.

A. Be thankful to your friends.

B. Be grateful for what you have.

C. But this pace doesn’t do much for our mind or stress levels.

D. You can either lie down on the floor or sit comfortably to relax yourself.

E. In this article we will present a few tips on how to relax your mind from stress.

F. In addition, deeper breathes help to get rid of harmful substances in your lungs.

G. Sometimes we need to just let out our frustrations and worries to a close friend.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】C

【4】G

【5】B

【解析】

【1】E考查上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)后文可知本文是講述關(guān)于如何放松的方法，而選項(xiàng)E意為“在本文中,我們將介紹一些小技巧如何放松你的精神壓力”，是對(duì)下文的總結(jié)，故選E。

【2】F考查上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)前文可知這里是講述深呼吸的作用，而選項(xiàng)F所表達(dá)的意思是深呼吸對(duì)身體的幫助，符合語(yǔ)境，故選F。

【3】C考查上下文聯(lián)系。本段講述的是關(guān)于鍛煉讓自己放松，講述到了鍛煉的速度，選項(xiàng)C意為“這個(gè)速度對(duì)我們的思維和壓力沒(méi)有什么幫助”，符合語(yǔ)境，故選C。

【4】G考查上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)小標(biāo)題可知，這段講述的是關(guān)于把不好的情緒發(fā)泄出來(lái)，選項(xiàng)G就是這個(gè)意思，符合語(yǔ)境，故選F。

【5】B考查上下文聯(lián)系。本段講述的是要對(duì)自己擁有的感到滿(mǎn)足與尊敬，而選項(xiàng)B就是表達(dá)的這個(gè)意思，對(duì)整段的總起，故選B。