阅读理解。
What does it mean to relax? Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course of our lives,
very few people have deeply considered what it's really about.
When you ask people what it means to relax, most will answer in a way that suggests that relaxing is
something you plan to do later-you do it on vacation, when you retire, or when you get everything done. This
means, of course, that most other times (the other 95 percent of your life) should be spent nervous, restless,
rushed, and mad. Could this explain why so many of us perform as if life were one great big emergency
(紧急事件)? Most of us put off relaxation until our " in-basket (收文篮)" is empty. Of course it never is.
It is useful to think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can own on a regular basis rather than
something left for some later time. You can relax now. It's helpful to remember that relaxed people can still be
super achievers and, in fact, that relaxation and creativity go hand in hand. When I'm feeling upright, for
example, I don't even try to write. But when I feel relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.
Being more relaxed includes training yourself to react differently to the dramas (戏剧) of life-turning your
melodrama (情节剧) into a sweet-drama. It comes, in part, from reminding yourself over and over again
(with loving kindness and patience) that you have a choice in how you respond to life. You can learn to relate
to your thinking as well as your situation in new ways. With practice, making these choices will translate into
a more relaxed self.
1. The writer intends to tell us _____.
A. how to find chances to relas
B. what realxation really means
C. when to relax
D. the ways to relax
2. The underlined word " it" in the second paragraph (last sentence) probably refers to _____.
A. life
B. emergency
C. relaxation
D. in-basket
3. According to the passage most people think of relaxation as _____.
A. something planned to do in the future
B. something to be done now
C. something never to be done
D. something to be done like a dream
4. What is the writer's attitude towards relaxation?
A. Only by relaxing can one achieve something
B. No one really understands what relaxation is.
C. relaxation is a good state of mind one should keep every day.
D. 95 percent of your life should be spent in a relaxed way.
