Тест «Стресс»

TEST 2 “STRESS”

Name: Class: Date:

Ι. LISTENING

1. Americans are proud of their history.

2. Americans feel very independent from other people.

3. Americans look to the future rather than to the past.

4. Americans don’t think it's impolite to show their feelings.

5. Americans don’t care very much about dress code.

6. Americans think each person needs his own space.

ΙΙ. READING

Read the text and put T (True), F (False) or NS (Not Stated)

Stress and How to Cope Well With It

Nowadays many people say that they are tired of their hectic (беспокойная) lifestyle. They work too much and stop taking breaks. They forget about everything striving for their goals and they constantly raise the bar (поднять планку). Very often they don't find personal satisfaction in their work and don't love what they do. They have no sense of personal accomplishment (достоинство) and self-satisfaction. One the contrary, they feel disillusioned and dissatisfied. Having climbed the ladder of success they find nothing worthwhile on the top. Constant fatigue, physical and moral exhaustion, monotony and impossible pressure at work and at home can cause stress.

Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by people's response to pressure from the outside world. Stress causes tension, irritability, anxiety, alarm, loss of concentration, sensations of fear and panic as well as headaches and a fast heartbeat. It can result in a real breakdown of health.

Stress can have a negative influence not only on our physical and mental health, but on the lives of those around us. It often makes us lose control and shout at our spouses, relatives, friends or colleagues. People react to stress in different ways. Some of us are more vulnerable to stress than others. People who are always angry, impatient and mistrustful may have more stress-related physical problems.

Regular leisure activities and relaxing hobbies are also very important in reducing stress. If you feel depressed, yoga, swimming, bicycling, painting or gardening can help you relax, calm down and get a new lease on life. Anti-anxiety medications and anti-depressants can be useful for dealing with short periods of acute stress.

1. Many people give their opinions that they are weary of a rough-and-tumble life. _______

2. When people have success they express personal gratification. __________

3. Stress is inevitable. It goes hand in hand with the work people do. _______

4. Stress causes a real broken health. _________

5. Different actions are serious steps in stress reduction. ________

 6. Spikes of stress help us to develop and survive. ____________

ΙΙΙ. GRAMMAR

Ι. Use the relative pronouns or relative adverbs to make the sentences correct. Fill in which, why, who, whom, whose, that, when, where

1. The house ____________ you can see on the corner of the street is very old.

2. My mother _________________ is a professional doctor often tells me stories about her operations.

3. This is the same story _____________ I heard ten years ago.

4. I don’t know the exact place ___________ it happened.

5. She was met by a man __________ face she had never seen before.

6. I remember the day _________ I first came to Moscow.

7. The girl ______ you wrote is my cousin.

8. Tell me the reason ______ you are crying.

ΙΙ. Choose the correct word for each sentence.

deny regret

1. I ___________ leaving university. It was a very big mistake.

2. I'm sorry we have to ___________ your plan.

put on put down

3. ________ your coat. It is freezing.

4. He made an unkind remark, intended to _____ her ______.

harm hurt

5. I didn't mean to _____________ him, honest!

6. Drinking alcohol and smoking can ____________your health.

losing missing

7. She moved to Brasilia. Now she is _____________ her pen friend from Los Angeles.

8. I work as a teacher and sometimes I feel like I am ___________ control.

effect influence

9. TV is a bad influence on people.

10. The operation was of no effect.

ΙΙΙ. Omit who, which, that where it is possible. Tick it ✔

1. The cake that Jane cooked was nice and tasty.

2. I insist that is a wrong plan.

3. I see a boy who is playing football badly.

4. The President who you met was Vladimir Putin.

5. I’m looking for jeans, which (that) are less expensive.

6. The dress which you bought yesterday is very good.

ΙV. Answer the questions.

1. What is stress? What do you do to cope with it? Is it difficult for you not to lose you control?

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