单选题   SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
    In this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
    PASSAGE ONE
    (1) I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all.
    (2) I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone. She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, 'I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.'
    (3) Then she smiled and ran towards the court to repeat the routine I had seen over and over again. Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms.
    (4) I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. 'Oh, nothing,' came a soft reply. 'I am just too short.' The coach told her that at 5'5' she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment.
    (5) I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing—her own attitude. He told her again, 'If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.' The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division I, NCAA women's basketball team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.
    (6) It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.
    PASSAGE TWO
    (1) Observe a child; any one will do. You will see that not a day passes in which he does not find something or other to make him happy, though he may be in tears the next moment. Then look at a man; any one of us will do. You will notice that weeks and months can pass in which every day is greeted with nothing more than resignation, and endured with polite indifference. Indeed, most men are as miserable as sinners, though they are too bored to sin—perhaps their sin is their indifference. But it is true that they so seldom smile that when they do we do not recognise their face, so distorted is it from the fixed mask we take for granted. And even then a man cannot smile like a child, for a child smiles with his eyes, whereas a man smiles with his lips alone. It is not a smile, but a grin; something to do with humour, but little to do with happiness. And then, as anyone can see, there is a point (but who can define that point?) when a man becomes an old man, and then he will smile again.
    (2) It would seem that happiness is something to do with simplicity, and that it is the ability to extract pleasure from the simplest things—such as a peach stone, for instance.
    (3) It is obvious that it is nothing to do with success. For Sir Henry Stewart was certainly successful. It is twenty years ago since he came down to our village from London, and bought a couple of old cottages, which he had knocked into one. He used his house as a weekend refuge. He was a barrister. And the village followed his brilliant career with something almost amounting to paternal pride.
    (4) I remember some ten years ago when he was made a King's Counsel, Amos and I, seeing him get off the London train, went to congratulate him. We grinned with pleasure; he merely looked as miserable as though he'd received a penal sentence. It was the same when he was knighted; he never smiled a bit, he didn't even bother to celebrate with a round of drinks at the 'Blue Fox'. He took his success as a child does his medicine. And not one of his achievements brought even a ghost of a smile to his tired eyes.
    (5) I asked him one day, soon after he'd retired to potter about his garden, what it was like to achieve all one's ambitious. He looked down at his roses and went on watering them. Then he said, 'The only value in achieving one's ambitious is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving.' Quickly he moved the conversation on to a more practical level, and within a moment we were back to a safe discussion on the weather. That was two years ago.
    (6) I recall this incident, for yesterday, I was passing his house, and had drawn up my cart just outside his garden wall. I had pulled in from the road for no other reason than to let a bus pass me. As I set there filling my pipe, I suddenly heard a shout of sheer joy come from the other side of the wall.
    (7) I peered over. There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a tribal war dance, of sheer unashamed ecstasy. Even when he observed my bewildered face staring over the wall he did not seem put out or embarrassed, but shouted for me to climb over.
    (8) 'Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last! I have done it at last!'
    (9) There he was, holding a small box of earth in his hand. I observed three tiny shoots out of it.
    (10) 'And there were only three!' he said, his eyes laughing to heaven.
    (11) 'Three what?' I asked.
    (12) 'Peach stones', he replied. 'I've always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child, when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and then forgot where I planted them. But now at last I have done it, and, what's more, I had only three stones, and there you are, one, two, three shoots,' he counted.
    (13) And Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement—his achievement of simplicity.
    PASSAGE THREE
    (1) As unpleasant emotions go, anxiety is the sketchiest. It's a vague, pit-of-the-stomach dread that sneaks up to you—that unease you get when your boss says that she needs to talk to you right away, when the phone rings at 4:00 a.m., or when your dentist looks into your mouth and says 'Hmmmm' for the third time.
    (2) Lingering anxiety can keep you up at night, make you irritable, undermine your ability to concentrate, and either ruin your appetite or cause Olympian eating binges. And the constant state of readiness generated by anxiety—adrenaline pumping, heart racing, palms sweating—may contribute to high blood pressure and heart disease.
    How to prevent anxiety then?
    (3) Meditate. Maybe you're just high-strung. If so, meditation is worth a try. It cultivates a calmness that eases anxious feelings and offers a sense of control. A study at the University of Massachusetts found that volunteers who took an 8-week meditation course were considerably less anxious afterward. People who are high-strung find that they are dramatically calmer with 20 minutes of meditation in the morning and another 20 minutes after dinner.
    (4) If you've never done meditation, try this technique: Sit quietly in a comfortable position and take a few deep, cleansing breaths to relax your muscles. Then choose a calming word or phrase. (Experts suggest either a word or short phrase with religious significance, or the word one.) Silently repeat the word or phrase for 20 minutes. As you find your thoughts straying, gently return your focus to your repeated word and continue to breathe deeply.
    (5) Jog, walk, swim, or cycle. If you can't make time for meditation, be sure to make time for regular exercise. Exercise can have the same calming effect as meditation, particularly if it's something repetitive like running or swimming laps.
    Treatment?
    (6) Odds are that you can learn to handle anxiety better. Here's how.
    (7) Remember to breathe. When you're anxious, you tend to hold your breath or breathe too shallowly. That makes you feel more anxious. Breathing slowly and deeply can have a calming effect. To make sure that you're breathing correctly, place your hand on your diaphragm (横膈膜), just below your rib cage. Feel it rise with each inhalation and fall with each exhalation.
    (8) Analyze and act. The antidote (矫正方法) to anxiety is analysis and action. To rid yourself of that vague sense of dread, you have to figure out exactly what it is that you dread. Then you can map a plan of action to do something about it. Usually the first step in this action plan is to fund out more about the problem.
    (9) Let's say you are anxious about your competence on the job. Ask yourself, 'What, in particular, am I afraid that I'll muff?.' Maybe you're afraid that you'll get further behind and miss your deadlines. Or maybe you're worried that you're blowing it whenever you present your ideas in meetings. Are your worries founded? Have you had several near misses with deadlines? Are your suggestions routinely vetoed? If not, the anxiety is needless. If there is a real problem, work on a solution: Pace yourself to better meet deadlines, or join a public speaking class.
单选题     When the author watched the girl playing basketball for the first time, he was ______.(PASSAGE ONE)
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[参考译文] (1)透过厨房的窗口，我总能看到她。她个子瘦小，穿梭在操场上一群男孩子的中间。学校就在我家对面的那条街上，我常看到孩子们在课间休息时间打球。尽管打球的孩子很多，但在我眼里，她特别显眼。 (2)我记得第一次看她打篮球的时候，我惊讶地看着她在其他孩子中间兜来兜去。她跳起来设法把球投入篮中，球越过孩子们的头顶落入了筐中。男生们总是试着防她，但是没能成功。我开始在其他时候注意到她：她手里拿着球，独自练习。她一次又一次地练习运球和投篮，有时一直练到天黑。有一天，我问她为什么要不断地练习，她注视着我，毫不犹豫地说：“我想上大学，只有拿到奖学金才能上大学。我喜欢篮球，我觉得如果我打得足够好，就能拿到奖学金。我想到大学打篮球。我想成为最棒的那个。我爸爸告诉我，如果梦想足够远大，现实环境的好坏不算什么。” (3)接着，她微笑着跑向球场，继续之前不断重复的动作，那些我看了一遍又一遍的动作。嘿，我真服了她——她可真有决心。我看着她读完初中又上了高中。每个星期，她带领的队伍总能获得胜利。在她上高三的一天，我发现她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。 (4)我穿过街道，坐在了她身旁的草地上，草地很凉。我轻声问她发生什么事了。“没什么，”她柔柔地回答，“我就是太矮了。”教练对她说，凭她5尺5寸的身高几乎永远无法在顶级球队效力，更不用说得奖学金了，所以她应该放弃上大学的梦想。她的心碎了，我也感到喉咙发紧，我能体会她的失落。 (5)我问她有没有和她爸爸谈过，她从臂弯里抬起头告诉我，她爸爸说那些教练的话是一派胡言，他们根本不懂梦想的力量。她爸爸告诉她，如果她真的想进一所好大学打球，真想拿奖学金，什么也不能阻止她，除了一点——她本人的态度。(而且)她爸爸又再次对她说，“如果梦想足够远大，现实环境的好坏不算什么。”第二年，她和她的球队打进了北加州的冠军赛。她因此被一个大学的招生人员发现了，并真的获得了一笔全额奖学金，进入了NCAA其中一个女子甲组篮球队。至此，她渴望了多年并为之奋斗至今的大学梦，就要成真了。 (6)是的，如果梦想足够远大，现实环境的好坏不算什么。 根据题干的watched the girl playing basketball for the first time定位到第2段第2、7句。虽然作者没有直截了当点明他第一次看女孩练球时的感受，但从作者使用的in wonder，ask...why...等描述来看，作者当时的感受是“好奇”，故本题选A。B很具迷惑性，因为第2段有女孩跳起来投篮命中的表述，但作者在此时并没有表现出admire，而是直到最后才逐渐对女孩表达赞美之情；C、D纯属凭空想象。
单选题     'it' in Para. 3 Three most probably refers to ______.(PASSAGE ONE)
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据题干直接定位到第3段第2句。解题时只要将四个选项代回原文中，即可发现只有C符合文意。将A、B代入原文句子中，句意不通顺；另外，作者并没有建议女孩做什么，所以D也排除。
单选题     Which of the following statements about the girl is CORRECT?(PASSAGE ONE)
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据各选项内容定位到第4、5段。根据第4段可知，女孩因为听了教练的话：她太矮了，也许永远也无法为顶级的球队效力，很伤心，连作者也感觉到她的失落。由此可判断D的表述正确。听了教练的话，女孩当时虽然很伤心，但从后文可知她并没有因此改变对篮球的态度或对自己完全失去信心，排除A、C。文中虽提到女孩的爸爸对女孩说教练的话不对，但文中没有女孩是否相信的相关表述，故B可排除。
单选题     It can be inferred from the passage that a college recruiter is responsible for ______.(PASSAGE ONE)
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题干中的college recruiter定位到第5段。根据该段倒数第3句可知，女孩因为精湛的球技被college recruiter发现之后，获得了一笔全额奖学金，并进入了NCAA其中一个女子甲组篮球队。由此可见，college recruiter的职责在于发掘最优秀的球员，故B为本题答案。
单选题     Sir Henry Stewart came to our village most probably because ______.(PASSAGE TWO)
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[参考译文] (1)仔细观察一个小孩；随便哪一个都行。你会发现，小孩每一天都能找到某样让自己开心的东西，尽管他下一分钟就可能哭鼻子了。接着，再来观察一个成人；我们当中任意一个都行。你会发现，我们每天除了忍气吐声，忍受披着礼貌外壳的冷漠外，别无他物，数周如此，数月如此。的确，大多数成人就如同痛苦的罪人，尽管他们无聊透顶，不会去做犯罪的行径——他们的罪恶也许是源于他们的冷漠。真的，他们不苟言笑，所以当他们笑的时候，我们无法认清他们的笑脸。因为他们笑起来的时候，表情扭曲，和我们习以为常的那张毫无表情的面具脸大不相同。尽管这样，成人也无法像一个孩子那样微笑。因为孩子是用双眼微笑，而成人只是用嘴唇微笑。那其实不是一个微笑，而是假笑；这样的笑和幽默有关，和幸福相关甚微。然而，正如人们所见，时间进入到一个特定点(但谁能定义这个特定点呢?)当成人步入老年之时，他将会重新微笑。 (2)幸福似乎与简单的生活有关，幸福是一种能从最简单的事物里——譬如说，桃核——汲取快乐的能力。 (3)幸福显然与成功毫不相干。因为亨利·斯图亚特爵士当然是个十分成功的人。20年前，他从伦敦来到我们的村子，买了好几座旧房屋，推倒后建了一所大房子。他把这所房子当作周末度假休闲用。他是位律师。我们村里的人带着一种父辈般的骄傲心情追随他那辉煌的业绩。 (4)我记得，大约10年前他被任命为王室法律顾问，阿莫斯和我看见他走下伦敦开来的火车便上前去表示祝贺。我们高兴地笑着；而他的表情却跟接到判刑通知书一样悲惨。他受封爵士时也是如此，脸上没有一丝笑容，他甚至不屑于在“蓝狐狸酒馆”请我们大家喝杯酒。他对待成就就像小孩吃药一样，任何一项成就都未能使他疲惫的眼睛露出一丝笑意。 (5)他退休以后常在花园里随便走走，干些轻松的闲活。有一天，我问他一个问题：一个人实现了一切雄心壮志是什么滋味?他低头看着玫瑰花，继续浇他的水。过了一会儿，他说：“实现雄心壮志的唯一价值是你发现它们都不值得追求。”他立刻转移话题去讨论更有实际意义的事情，我们很快谈论起万无一失的天气问题。这是两年前的事。 (6)我之所以想起这件事，是因为昨天我经过他家，把大车停在他花园的院墙外边。我从路上把车开到他花园外边是为了给一辆公共汽车让路，仅此而已。我坐在车上装烟斗时，突然听见院墙里面传来一声欣喜若狂的欢呼。 (7)我向墙内张望。里面是亨利爵士，他站在那像在跳部落出征的舞蹈，他欣喜若狂，一点也不难为情。即使他发现了我在墙头张望，满脸的疑惑不解，他似乎也不生气，也不窘迫，还大声叫我翻墙过去。 (8)“快来看，杰。看呀!我终于成功了!我终于成功了!” (9)他站在那里，手里拿着一小盒土。我发现土里长出了三颗小芽。 (10)“就只有这3颗!”他眉开眼笑地说。 (11)“三个什么东西?”我问。 (12)“桃核。”他回答道，“我一直想把桃核种成功，从小就想，每次参加晚会后我老是把桃核带回家，后来长大成人参加宴会后也这样。我以前常常种桃核，可是过后就忘了种在什么地方。现在，我总算成功了。还有，我只有三个桃核。你瞧，一、二、三颗芽。”他数着说。 (13)亨利爵士跑开了，叫他的妻子来看他的成就——简简单单的成就。 根据题干中的came to our village和because定位到第3段。本题的解题关键在于理解原文中a weekend refuge的含义。作者在此把斯图亚特爵士在他们村子里建的大房子描述为周末休闲的地点，D中的a place for relaxation是其同义替换，故选D。文章虽然提到村里的人对斯图亚特爵士的成功感到骄傲，但这不是斯图亚特来村子的原因，故A不对；作者从亨利·斯图亚特爵士的故事中体会到幸福与简单有关，不是亨利·斯图亚特爵士自己认为简单就是成功，并且这跟题干并未构成因果关系，B不对；C是文中的细节，跟题干并未构成因果关系，故排除。
单选题     How did Sir Henry Stewart react to his achievements?(PASSAGE TWO)
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题干中的react to his achievements定位到第4段。该段描写斯图亚特爵士对他获得的成就的态度时，作者用了miserable，never smiled a bit, ...even a ghost smile等字眼来描述，可见B与题目吻合。A中的with a smile表述与原文不符；C、D找不到原文依据。
单选题     By saying 'there were only three', Sir Henry ______.(PASSAGE TWO)
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题干直接定位到第10段。斯图亚特爵士因自己种的桃核发芽了而高兴，B正合此意。C和D的regretful与文意相悖，可以马上排除；斯图亚特爵士是因为自己种的桃核发芽了而高兴，并不是因为找到桃核而高兴，可排除A。
单选题     Which of the following symptoms is NOT directly caused by anxiety?(PASSAGE THREE)
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[参考译文] (1)在众多不快的感觉中，焦虑算是最轻微的一种。这是一种模糊的、令人难受的、偷偷潜上你胸口的一种恐惧。当你的老板凌晨4点给你打电话说她要立刻和你对话时，你会感觉到这种不舒服：或者当你的牙医看着你的牙齿第三次发出“嗯……”的声音时，你也会有这种感觉。 (2)挥之不去的焦虑会使你彻夜难眠，让你易怒，降低集中注意力的能力，并且不是破坏你的食欲就是让人突然狂躁地暴饮暴食。由于焦虑而产生的I临战状态——肾上腺素增加，心跳急促，手掌出汗——这些都可能导致高血压以及心脏病。 那么，该如何避免焦虑呢? (3)冥想。你可能只是神经绷得太紧了。如果真是这样的话，冥想就值得一试。它能建立一种宁静的状态，消除焦虑感、给人控制力。麻省大学的一项研究表明，那些参加过8周冥想疗程的志愿者的焦虑情况后来减轻了许多。而那些习惯绷紧神经的人经过早上和晚饭后各20分钟的冥想，变得放松了很多。 (4)如果你从未“冥想”过，可以尝试以下这个方法：选一个舒服的坐势安静地坐着，深呼吸，通过几次净化身体的呼吸放松你的肌肉。然后，选择一个平静的单词或短语。(专家建议选一个带宗教意义的词或短语，或单词“一”。)默念该单词或短语20分钟。一旦发现走神，轻轻地将注意力转回到你一直重复的单词并继续深呼吸。 (5)慢跑、散步、游泳或骑车。如果你腾不出时间冥想，务必腾出时间定期做运动。运动具有和冥想一样的镇静作用，尤其是那些重复性的运动比如说慢跑或绕圈游泳。 如何治疗焦虑? (6)奇怪的是，你可以通过学习，更好地应对焦虑。以下就是(具体的)方法。 (7)不要忘了呼吸。当你焦虑时，你往往会屏住呼吸或呼吸深度不够。这可能使你更焦虑。缓慢、深长的呼吸有镇静作用。为了确保你呼吸的方式正确，可以把手放在你的横膈膜上，它就在你的胸腔内。(用心)感觉横膈膜随着(你的每次)吸气向外隆起，随着(每次)呼气向内收缩。 (8)分析以及采取行动。矫正焦虑的方法就是分析和采取行动。为了让自己摆脱这种隐隐的担心，你必须查明自己究竟畏惧什么。然后，你可以有针对性地制定出一系列行动措施。一般来说，采取行动的第一步就是找出关于这个问题更多的东西。 (9)假设你对自己的工作能力感到焦虑。反问你自己，“我究竟担心自己会搞砸什么?”也许你担心自己可能会落在后面，赶不上截至日期。或者你认为自己只要在会议上陈述观点就会把事情搞砸。你找到自己焦虑的原因了吗?你是不是有过几次差点赶不上截止日期的经历?你的建议是不是习惯性被否决?如果答案是否定的，那你的焦虑就是不必要的了。如果真有问题存在，找一个解决办法：调整好速度以便更好地在规定时间内完成(任务)或参加公共演讲培训。 根据题干中的symptoms，caused by anxiety及各选项内容定位到第2段。由该段末句“由于焦虑而产生的临战状态——肾上腺素增加，心脏急促，手掌出汗——这些都可能导致高血压以及心脏病”可知，导致高血压是一个潜移默化的过程，焦虑并不能直接导致高血压，故D为本题答案。解答本题时，需注意区分哪些是焦虑“直接引起”的症状，哪些“间接引起”的症状，弄清两者的区别，本题就不难得出正确答案。另外，由第2段可知，A、B、C都是由焦虑直接产生的症状，可以排除。
单选题     Which of the following statements about breath is CORRECT?(PASSAGE THREE)
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题干中的breath以及各选项内容定位到第7段。该段提到“你可能会屏住呼吸或呼吸深度不够。这可能会使你更焦虑”，由此可反推，深呼吸能减轻焦虑的情绪，故答案为B。根据该段第4句可知。有镇静作用的是“缓慢、深长的呼吸”，故A不正确。该段结尾部分提到，横膈膜就在胸腔内，会随着吸气向外隆起，随着呼气向内收缩，C、D篡改了原文，故应排除。
单选题     What is the last paragraph about?(PASSAGE THREE)
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据题干直接定位到最后一段。该段主要介绍了人们担心自己工作能力的各种表现并在文末给出了一些建议，故选A。解答本题时需注意辨别主要信息和次要信息。作者在提出人们对工作能力的担忧后还提出了解决措施，B过于片面。文章没有提及一些人能力不足的原因，C不正确。公共演讲培训在本文中是作为解决焦虑的方案之一出现的，本段并未主要介绍其作用，D可被排除。
单选题     SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
    In this section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
    Why did the girl play basketball over and over again?(PASSAGE ONE)
 
【正确答案】
【答案解析】根据题干中的played basketball over and over again定位至第2段后半部分。面对作者的问题“为什么要不断地练习”，女孩回答：她想上大学，但只能通过拿奖学金才能上大学；而要拿奖学金，她的篮球要打得足够好。上大学打篮球就是她的梦想，所以她才会反复练习篮球。因此答案可概括为Because she wanted to realize her dream。
单选题     What did Sir Henry Stewart think about the value of achieving one's ambitions?(PASSAGE TWO)
 
【正确答案】
【答案解析】本题属于观点态度题。根据题干的value和achieve one's ambitious定位到第5段第3句。当作者问斯图亚特爵士人当一个人实现了他所有的雄心壮志时是什么滋味，斯图亚特爵士回答道“实现雄心壮志的唯一价值是你发现它们都不值得追求”，由此可知斯图亚特认为实现雄心让一个人知道成就是一文不值的，回答问题时为避免重复啰嗦，用it作主语替换“the value of achieving one's ambitions”，所以本题答案可沿用原文说法He thought it made one know achievements are not worth achieving，但回答简单题是答案不得超过10个单词，所以略作简化，换成同义表述He thought it made one know achievements were worthless。
单选题     What does the phrase 'put out' in Para. 7 mean?(PASSAGE TWO)
 
【正确答案】
【答案解析】根据题干中的put out定位到第7段的第3句，put out是固定短语搭配，表示“生气的，心烦的”，在本句中的意思是“他似乎也不生气，也不窘迫”(he did not seem put out or embarrassed)。注意完整回答本句时，mean“表示……的意思”为及物动词，后接名词或动名词，故答案为It means 'being annoyed'。
单选题     What does 'sketchiest' mean?(PASSAGE THREE)
 
【正确答案】
【答案解析】根据sketchiest一词定位到第1段。sketchy本身有“轻微的”之义，又通过下文对焦虑进一步的说明“这是一种模糊的、令人难受的、偷偷潜上你胸口的一种恐惧”，可判断焦虑是一种不强烈、不那么严重的感受。题目中用的是形容词最高级，所以回答的时候也要用到最高级。因此答案为It means 'the least serious'。
单选题     What is the similarity between exercise and meditation?(PASSAGE THREE)
 
【正确答案】
【答案解析】根据题目中的exercise和meditation定位到第5段第2句“运动具有和冥想一样的镇静作用”(Exercise can have the same calming effect as meditation)可知，运动和冥想的共同点在于二者皆有镇定作用。因此答案可为Both have a calming effect。