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Stress is the feeling you get when you’re really worried about something. This is the kind of worry that troubles you for hours, or   1   days. It makes you feel blue, scared or angry. You may find it    2   to eat and sleep, or you might eat and sleep much more than usual.

Too much stress is bad for you. Stressing out can lead to serious   3   like heart illnesses. But a moderate (适度的) amount of stress keeps your body and   4   alert (警觉的) and can make your performance better, like when you are doing a presentation to your class or   5   to the finishing line.

But, if you are seriously stressed out, look at these quick and easy ways to   6  . Firstly, you can go for a run, play tennis or ride your bike for a while    7   exercise produces more beta-endorphin(B-内腓) that controls stress. Secondly, having a good   8   is very important. You should try to get at least eight hours of sleep every night. Thirdly, eating a healthy, balanced diet that   9   all the food groups will help. Also, you can talk to the people you trust . Keeping your feelings inside may make the situation 10  while talking to a person you trust may make you feel better. They may be able to give you advice and help you solve your problem.

1.A. still          B. also                 C. even             D. only

2.A. easy           B. hard             C. possible             D. comfortable

3.A. worries        B. sadness          C. problems         D. questions

4.A. personality        B. strength         C. talent               D. mind

5.A. running        B. leading          C. replying         D. turning

6.A. relax          B. operate         C. complain         D. explore

7.A. although       B. unless               C. if                   D. because

8.A. walk           B. rest             C. time                 D. sense

9.A. includes       B. creates             C. develops          D. produces

10.A. better            B. worse                C. angrier              D. safer

Students learn their lessons in class. They sit in the 1.c            listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the 2.o     way for students to learn? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is students can teach themselves. For 3.e         , if you can’t remember something when you are doing your 4.h       , what will you do? You can look at your books to 5.f       the answer.

How to teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are6.i          in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. A clever student is usually 7.g        at asking questions. The third is to answer the questions yourself by 8.t         hard, by reading books, and sometimes by asking

9.o         people. These are the ways of teaching yourself. If you keep doing like these for a long time, you are 10.s       to make great  progress in your study.

Stress is the feeling you get when you’re really worried about something. This is the kind of worry that troubles you for hours, or   1  days. It makes you feel blue, scared or angry. You may find it    2  to eat and sleep, or you might eat and sleep much more than usual.
Too much stress is bad for you. Stressing out can lead to serious   3  like heart illnesses. But a moderate (适度的) amount of stress keeps your body and   4  alert (警觉的) and can make your performance better, like when you are doing a presentation to your class or   5  to the finishing line.
But, if you are seriously stressed out, look at these quick and easy ways to   6 . Firstly, you can go for a run, play tennis or ride your bike for a while    7   exercise produces more beta-endorphin(B-内腓) that controls stress. Secondly, having a good   8  is very important. You should try to get at least eight hours of sleep every night. Thirdly, eating a healthy, balanced diet that   9  all the food groups will help. Also, you can talk to the people you trust . Keeping your feelings inside may make the situation 10 while talking to a person you trust may make you feel better. They may be able to give you advice and help you solve your problem.