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In many countries, heart disease kills a lot of women and even more men. There are four major causes of this disease and these are smoking, poor or bad diet, a family history of heart disease and stressful work. Among these main wrong-doers, the most common cause is stress.
What is stress and how do you feel when you are under stress? Imagine you live alone – you are lying in bed at night and, suddenly, you hear someone in the kitchen. Immediately your heart begins to beat very fast and you feel that you can hardly breathe. What you are felling is not stress, but fear. However, your body changes in the same way when you feel stress. That means that if you feel anxious and worried during an important examination, your heart may beat very fast and you may feel breathless too. You are experiencing stress. Another common situation in which a person is likely to feel stress is to have to do something, for example, performing a boring duty, every day.
Let us look at the case of Annie who was a nurse. She felt a lot of stress in her work and began to have very bad headaches at the end of the day. Each morning she woke up more tired than she was when she went to sleep. She did not want to go out in the evening with her friends and she felt unhappy all the time.
Finally, she sat down and thought about her life. She saw a lot of illness and death in her work but that was not the reason why she was under stress. The real reason was that she felt unable to make a positive decision in her job – she had to do what the doctors and sisters told her.
So, Annie went back to college for further study. When she graduated, she found a job where she was part of a team, as before, but where she had responsibility in making decisions. Her working hours were longer and her work more difficult than when she was a nurse but she enjoyed it. She felt she was in control of her life and her work. For Annie, stress in her old job had made her change her life and end a difficult situation. Stress in her new job became a good thing because it helped her achieve satisfaction in her life and in her work.
12. Feeling _______ is one formof stress.
A. tired B. alone C. anxious D. breathless
13. According to the passage,______ die of heart disease.
A. most men B.more men than women
C. more women than men D.both men and women
14.When Annie was a nurse, she felt no real ______ in her work or in her life.
A.unhappiness B. breakdown C.satisfaction D. responsibility
15. What is one majordifference between Annie’s new job and her old one?
A. It included team work. B. It demands higher qualifications.
C. It ensures satisfaction. D. It involves decision-making.
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Everybody in this world is different from one another. But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money?
As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs. These are influenced by society, our family, the education we receive and so on. __16___
Financial experts say that everyone also has their own belief of how to manage their finances. This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money.
__17____They are: the ant, the cricket and the snail.
The ant—works first
___18____They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low risk.
The cricket—fun first
The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn’t think too much about the future. They even borrow money when they really want something. ___19____These people have little savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance.
The snail—lives under pressure
___20___They take big long-term loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses. They are happy to take big loans even though they are not sure whether they can afford them.
A.Many young people now belong to this group.
B.On the other hand, many old people belong to this group
C.According to our different values, experts put us in three categories.
D.The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves.
E.Once this value system is set up, it’s not easy to change later in life.
F.Different from ants, crickets are those who make their life overburdened.
G.Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter, these people don’t care about enjoying the moment.
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