Are you feeling stressed out? Anxious? Is your mind racing in circles? Are you worried about all the things you have to get done? Here’s a quick—acting trick that can make you feel better.
If you are sitting at a desk, place the palm of your hand on the desk, and take a moment to focus on what the surface of the desk feels like. Is it hot or cold, rough or smooth? Put all of your attention on the sensations in your palm, on how the desk feels underneath your hand. If you are not at a desk, do the same exercise by placing your palm on any nearby object—a wall, a chair, even your opposite arm.
When you are feeling stressed, your thoughts tend to take on a life of their own. You may be thinking about things you wish you had done differently in the past or worrying about things that you have to do in the future. These thoughts will make you feel anxious. The anxiety, in turn, increases the number of anxious thoughts.
If you can ground yourself even for a moment in the present, you will break the cycle and feel instant relief. Paying attention to what objects in your environment feel like forces you to pay more attention to the present moment than to negative, anxiety—provoking (刺激的，誘發(fā)的)thoughts about the past or about the future.
Try using your other senses too:
Try closing your eyes for a second(don’t try this while driving!) and breathe deeply through your nose. What do you smell?
When eating, put all your attention on how your food tastes.
What do you hear? What little noises are there around you that you didn’t notice before?
Look closely at an ordinary object. Do you see anything you haven’t noticed before?
小題1:By saying  “Is your mind racing in circles”, the author intends to mean that______.
A．you did something wrong in the past and wouldn’t forgive yourself
B．your mind is quick and bright when in a state of anxiety
C．you are thinking in a stupid way when anxious thoughts worries you a lot
D．you worried a lot and the anxious thoughts will increase your anxiety
小題2:The author advises to put your palm on the desk or any things nearby in order to ____
A．play a small trickB．feel the surface of the object
C．do some exercisesD．reduce your anxiety
小題3:The writer mentioned some senses that could be used to reduce stress except the _____.
A．sense of touchingB．sense of smellC．sense of humourD．sense of listening
小題4:Which of the following can be served as a title for the article?
A．Frist Aid to Anxiety----Senses
B．How Anxiety Works
C．The Cause of Anxiety—Senses
D．How to Deal with Anxiety

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文作者作者介紹了通過轉(zhuǎn)移感官注意力來減輕壓力的方法。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段最后一句“These thoughts will make you feel anxious. The anxiety, in turn, increases the number of anxious thoughts.”這些想法會(huì)讓你感到焦慮。焦慮反過來又增加了許多焦慮的想法。由此可以解釋Is your mind racing in circles腦子繞圈子的涵義。故選D。
小題2:推理題：閱讀全文可知作者介紹了通過轉(zhuǎn)移感官注意力來減輕壓力的方法。故選D。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：閱讀文章可知作者提到了用手觸摸桌子表面，或吃飯時(shí)深呼吸、或傾聽聲音，或注意觀察等方法減壓，就是沒有提到用幽默減壓。故選C。
小題4:推理題：閱讀文章可知作者提到了用手觸摸桌子表面，或吃飯時(shí)深呼吸、或傾聽聲音，或注意觀察等方法減壓，這些都是通過感官。故選A。
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