Question

【题目】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】

本文是议论文。文章阐述了“担忧”“压力”“焦虑”三个词的不同，并指出虽然担忧、压力和焦虑是正常的，但强烈的、频繁的焦虑会成为一个问题。解决最好的方法是告诉朋友或家人你在担忧的事情，大声地对自己说出来或写下来。

【1】

考查可数名词单复数。句意：每一种都有独特的品质和特性。and是并列连词，连接两个并列的成分；后面的features是可数名词复数形式，前面所填词也应该是可数名词的复数形式，与features并列；根据句意，应该是名词quality，意思为“特性，品质”。故填I。

【2】

考查动词和时态。句意：确定是哪一种在困扰着我们将帮助我们更好地设法解决。分析句子结构，所填词在句中是谓语动词；根据句意，应该是动词disturb，意思为“扰乱，使不安”；前面有be动词is，应用现在进行时时态，表示现阶段正在进行的动作。故填B。

【3】

考查动词和时态。句意：注册心理学家KristinBuhr分析了这种差异，他是北温哥华北岸压力与焦虑诊所的主任，也是《忧虑工作手册》的合著者。分析句子结构，句中“a director at the North Shore Stress & Anxiety Clinic in North Vancouver and co-author of The Worry Workbook”是同位语，所填词在句中是谓语动词；根据句意，应该是动词analyze，意思为“分析”；句子叙述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时；句子主语是Registered psychologist Kristin Buhr，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填G。

【4】

考查可数名词单复数。句意：担忧往往集中于假设未来会发生的消极事件或过去发生事件的结果。分析句子结构，“that happened in the past”是定语从句，所填词是先行词；在介词of后，应是名词；根据句意，应是名词occurrence，意思为“事件”；根据语境，“过去发生的事件”应该是指多种，因此occurrence应用复数形式。故填K。

【5】

考查动词和时态。句意：它就像身体的烟雾探测器——它感知到危险，并向你的身体发出信号，让它跑过去处理。分析句子结构，所填词在句中是谓语动词；根据句意，应该是动词sense，意思为“感觉到”；句子叙述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时；句子主语是it，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填C。

【6】

考查动词和时态。句意：然而，当你的大脑将想象中的不确定性视为真正的威胁时，忧虑会引起焦虑。分析句子结构，“however”是插入语，所填词在句中是谓语动词；根据句意，应该是动词cause，意思为“引起，导致”；句子叙述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时；句子主语是worry，此处是不可数名词，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填F。

【7】

考查形容词。句意：虽然担忧、压力和焦虑是正常的，但强烈的、频繁的焦虑会成为一个问题。and是并列连词，连接两个并列的成分；前面的intense是形容词，所填词也应该是形容词，修饰名词anxiety；根据句意，应该是形容词frequent，意思为“频繁的”。故填J。

【8】

考查名词。句意：例如，如果你经常有睡眠问题，或者你忽视你习惯的活动，你可能有行为障碍。在不定冠词a后应是可数名词单数；根据句意，应该是名词disorder，意思为“紊乱，混乱”。故填A。

【9】

考查名词。句意：告诉朋友或家人你在担忧什么，甚至大声地对自己说出来或写下来，都能让你明白问题的关键所在。在定冠词the后应是名词，在句中作宾语；根据句意，应该是名词point，意思为“关键，要点”。故填H。

【10】

考查动词和时态。句意：“当你的担忧被写在纸上或被大声说出来，而不是让它漂浮在你的脑海里，这更像是一种挣扎，而不是一种恐惧。” Buhr说。根据句意，应该是动词float，意思为“漂浮”；此处rather than 用作介词，后接动名词作宾语。故填E。