听力题 As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of (36) 1. Once you are in the habit of (37) 2through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But is (38) 3for a healthy mind and body. Stress is a (39) 4part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often (40) 5to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide (41) 6and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of the (42) 7that it can lead to poor (43) 8and ill health. The amount of stress a person can put up with depends very much on the individual. (44) 9Others lose heart at the first sight of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between "flight or fight" and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death. (45) 10. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. (46) 11. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.