Nowadays, stress is everywhere in our daily life. Men, women and young people all suffer from stress. There are many causes, such as death, marriage, money, moving house, changing jobs, ending relationships and so on.

So how do you know if you suffer from stress? Finish the Stress Test first!

Stress Test
Do you …?	Yes	No
1. seldom sleep well?
2. get headaches often?
3. find it difficult to relax?
4. find it difficult to put your heart into something?
5. get angry when things go wrong?
6. need alcohol (酒精) or cigarettes to keep calm?
7. take sleeping pills?

If you have more than two “Yes” among these questions, you must be suffering from stress.

So what can you do about it?

Doing yoga, chewing gum and playing with worry beads are all common ways of relieving stress.

However, doctors now say that there are simpler ways. They say that people should laugh and smilemore often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men should cry more frequently, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.

【小题1】You may suffer from stress if you                              .

A．never depend on alcohol or cigarettes.	B．can sleep without sleeping pills.
C．often communicate with anyone else.	D．get angry easily when things go wrong.

【小题2】From the passage, we can know that                            .

A．many social problems can cause stress.

B．doing yoga is the most useful way to relieve stress.

C．young people suffer more from stress than the old.

D．you are suffering from stress only if all the answers are yes.

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT a way to relieve stress?

A．Doing yoga.

B．Laughing and crying.

C．Playing with worry beads.

D．Taking sleeping pills.