【Howoftendoyousitstillanddoabsolutelynothing．Theusualanswerthesedaysis“never”．or“hardlyever”．Asthepaceoflifecontinuestoincrease，wearefastlosingtheartofrelaxation．Onceyouareinthehabitofrushi】

　　Howoftendoyousitstillanddoabsolutelynothing．Theusualanswerthesedaysis“never”．or“hardlyever”．Asthepaceoflifecontinuestoincrease，wearefastlosingtheartofrelaxation．Onceyouareinthehabitofrushingthroughlife，beingonthegofrommorningtillnight，itishardtoslowdown．Butrelaxationisessentialforahealthymindandbody．

　　Stressisflnaturalpartofeverydaylife．Thereisnowaytoavoiditsinceittakesmanyandvariedforms-drivingintraffic，problemswithpersonalrelationshipsarealldifferentformsofstress．Stress，infact，isnotthe“baddy”itisoftenreputedtobe．Acertainamountofstressisvitaltoprovidemotivationandgivepurposetolife．Itisonlywhenthestressgetsoutofcontrolthatitcanleadtopoorperformanceandillhealth．

　　Theamountofstressapersoncanwithstanddependsverymuchontheindividual．Somepeoplearenotafraidofstress，andsuchcharactersareobviouslyprimematerialformanagerialresponsibilities．Othersloseheartatthefirstsightofunusualdifficulties．Whenexposedtostress，inwhateverform，wereactbothchemicallyandphysically．Infactwemakeachoicebetween“fight”or“fright”andinmoreprimitivedaysthechoicemadethedifferencebetweenlifeanddeath．Thecrisiswemeettodayareunlikelytobesoextreme，buthoweverlittlethestress，itinvolvesthesameresponse．Alltheenergyisshiftedtocopewiththestress．Itiswhensuchareactionlastslong，throughcontinuedexposuretostress，thathealthbecomesendangered．Suchseriousconditionsashighbloodpressureandheartdiseasehaveestablishedlinkswithstress．

　　Stressinsomepeopleproducesstomachdisorders，whileothersexperiencetensionheadaches．Sincewecannotremovestressfromour1ires，Weneedtofindwaystocopewithit．

　　【小题1】Peoplearefindinglessandlesstimeforrelaxingthemselvesbecause .

　　A．theyareworkingharderthantheyusedtoB．theyareoftentoobusytofindthetimeC．theyarenotclearofhowtorelaxbythemselvesD．theyaresufferingfromtheeffectsofstress【小题2】Whatisimpliedbutnotstatedinthepassage?A．Theartofrelaxationcangreatlyhelppe