Being able to learn to relax can be very important, especially if you have a stressful life. When you build up too much tension without being able to control or release it, over time, 1. can develop some serious health problems.
If you want to learn 2. to relax, one simple way is to remind yourself that most of the things that we worry about never even happen. It is good to think ahead to make sure that future problems don’t show up, 3. many people spend a lot of time worrying about things that are totally out of their control. Learn to relax by only focusing on things you 4. control. Relaxing doesn’t always mean sitting back and 5. doing anything. If you have things to do, you can do them in a relaxed manner.
You can still relax and do all the things you need to do. Just 6. you have demands and responsibilities, it doesn’t mean you have to do everything in 7. stressed manner. The key is to simplify your life. Just relax by focusing 8. the moment.
My family suffered a lot three years ago when my father died in a car accident. It my mother, two younger brothers and me alone.
At that time, I was in a senior high school. As the eldest son, I had no choice but to of school and work in a factory. Life went on without any wonder. I dared not ask for more and just thought about my two brothers. However, it wasn’t easy, for I couldn’t their tuition (学费) even if I worked from day to nigh t without rest. I also had to look after my sick mother. I wanted to go back to school, but it seemed to be an impractical idea, since I needed to work to support my family.
A thread of appeared during those gloomy (阴暗的)days. It was a rainy dusk when I went outside into the rain and walked in the street. Suddenly the rain stopped! I raised my head, and found that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then I heard a deep voice say, “Why not without an umbrella?” It was a one-legged man, “If you run, you won’t get so wet.” His words me deeply. Without my father’s protection, was I only a slave to fate﹙命运﹚?
While walking with him in the rain, I knew that his dream was once by an accident. He was glad that he didn’t lose and still “ran” on the road of life. Facing this guy, I had no pity, but admiration.
Inspired by his , I went to a city in the south and became an insurance representative. After two years’ “running”, I got somewhere and my family situation became better . I went back to school and eventually succeeded in being admitted to a university.
Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! When you run out of the season of your life, there will be a bright sky ahead of you.
1.A. left B. carried C. had D. forced
2.A. take out B. drop out C. make out D. jump out
3.A. bringing in B. taking away C. bringing up D. taking over
4.A. receive B. realize C. manage D. afford
5.A. chance B. need C. hope D. money
6.A. drive B. walk C. travel D. run
7.A. shocked B. puzzled C. discouraged D. hurt
8.A. burnt B. accepted C. ruined D. discovered
9.A. face B. heart C. sight D. control
10.A. images B. achievements C. signs D. remarks
11.A. simply B. gradually C. normally D. immediately
12.A. rainy B. cloudy C. sunny D. windy
______yourself with positive people and you will keep focused on what you can do instead of what you can’t.
A. Surrounding B. Surrounded
C. Surround D. Having surrounded
It is not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to do ______ makes life happy.
A. which B. that C. what D. who
—Will you go to Mary’s wedding party tonight?
—I’m afraid not. I _______ my brother’s.
A. will attend B. have attended
C. am attending D. will be attending
If Susan ______ for ten more minutes at the party last night, she might have met Johnny Depp, the famous Hollywood star.
A. stayed B. would stay
C. had stayed D. would have stayed
