Question

    When stress affects your sleep on a nightly basis, it sets you up for a terrible insomnia (失眠) that forces you to turn to sleeping pills.1.

※ Target （把…作为目标）the enemy

“Every night a couple of hours before bed, sit down and make a list of all the problems you have to deal with,” says Donna Arand, director of Kettering Hospital Sleep Disorders Center. “Next to each item, write a solution or plan.” 2. That way, if thoughts of your problems arise as you’re trying to sleep, you can tell yourself, “I’ve got a plan and I’ll work on it tomorrow. “

※ Balance your work and activities

3. But a joint study of 314 workers found that workers with higher levels of enjoyable activities such as exercise, hobbies, and social activities, were able not only to come back from workplace stress better than their always-on-the-job coworkers but also sleep much better than others.

※ Deal with less

Four of the top ten stressors we experience are related to money.4. And how should we spend it? Given that, doesn’t it make sense that if we want less and are satisfied with less--smaller houses, and simpler forms of transportation--our stress levels will go down?

※  Give a nod to a nap （打盹）

It’s doubly unfortunate that stress makes it hard to get to sleep because, chemically speaking, the antidote （对抗手段）to stress is sleep. There is a way to deal with it.5. It’s true that one nap of up to 90 minutes between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 P.M. during the day, will make people energetic again.

A.That’s by taking a nap.

B.Here’s how to step back from that state.

C.Now there is some advice on how to keep energetic.

D.When you ‘re ready for bed, put the list by the bedroom door.

E.It was reported recently that on-the-job stress has reached the worst levels.

F.How can we get it ?

G.Does stress always interrupt you?

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.E

4.F

5.A

【解析】

本文为说明文。作者告诉我们几个对抗因工作压力导致的失眠的方法。

1.

根据When stress affects your sleep on a nightly basis, it sets you up for a terrible insomnia (失眠) that forces you to turn to sleeping pills.（当压力影响你每晚的睡眠时，它会让你陷入严重的失眠，迫使你求助于安眠药）和下文可知，本文讲述了几个摆脱失眠的方法，选项B. Here’s how to step back from that state.（以下是如何摆脱这种状态的方法。）符合语境，故选B。

2.

根据Every night a couple of hours before bed, sit down and make a list of all the problems you have to deal with（每天晚上睡觉前的几个小时，坐下来列出你必须处理的所有问题）和That way, if thoughts of your problems arise as you’re trying to sleep, you can tell yourself, “I’ve got a plan and I’ll work on it tomorrow. “（这样，如果你在试图入睡时想到问题，你可以告诉自己:“我有一个计划，明天开始做。”）可知，列一个清单可以让你安睡，选项D. When you ‘re ready for bed, put the list by the bedroom door.（当你准备睡觉时，把清单放在卧室门口。）符合语境，故选D。

3.

根据本段副标题Balance your work and activities（平衡你的工作和休息）和下文But a joint study of 314 workers found that workers with higher levels of enjoyable activities such as exercise, hobbies, and social activities, were able not only to come back from workplace stress better than their always-on-the-job coworkers but also sleep much better than others（但是一项对314名工人的联合研究发现拥有更多愉快活动(如锻炼、业余爱好和社交活动)的员工不仅能比一直在工作的同事更好地从工作压力中恢复，而且睡眠也比其他人好。）尤其根据第二句开头连词“But”可知该句与所给句子在意义上为转折关系，选项E. It was reported recently that on-the-job stress has reached the worst levels. （据报道，最近工作压力已经达到了最严重的程度。）符合语境，故选E。

4.

根据前一句Four of the top ten stressors we experience are related to money（在我们经历的十大压力源中，有四个与金钱有关）和后一句And how should we spend it（我们应该怎样花它呢）? 可知，选项F. How can we get it（我们怎样赚到它呢）?与后一句并列，并且与第一句有顺承关系，符合语境，故选F。

5.

由本段第一句可知，压力让人难以入睡，因为从化学角度来说，缓解压力的良药就是睡眠。根据空前一句There is a way to deal with it.（有一种处理方法。）可知下文引出本段主题“Give a nod to a nap （打盹）”，因此选项A. That’s by taking a nap.（那就是打盹）符合语境，故选A。