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Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of  36  . Apply these  37  in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification. When you concentrate on one task, you find you have   38  that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to  39  two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep   40  one and then the other, it will take a long time,  41  one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and  42  . But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your  43  , make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get  44  one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success. The stress of work is now  45  almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that formerly would have been  46  among all the relatives is now  47  on the individual partner. If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not  48  , then it’s not becausse the day has too  49__ hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that  50  people tend to forget. The  51   is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments. “I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more—until one day they  52  . Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can   53  . These signs come from various  54  of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency   55  . If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “ I can’t manage that.” 36. A. bringing up       B. taking up               C. giving up              D. speeding up 37. A. principles         B. advantages             C. operations             D. relations 38. A. appetite            B. gift                        C. energy                  D. excuse 39. A. carry               B. fetch                     C. bring                    D. take 40. A. pushing            B. enjoying                 C. grabbing               D. exchanging 41. A. and                  B. because                 C. so                        D. but 42. A. running off       B. turning off             C. catching up           D. lying down 43. A. labor                B. strength                 C. power                  D. force 44. A. another            B. others                    C. other                    D. the other 45. A. small                B. true                       C. great                    D. wrong 46. A. shared              B. given                     C. realized                 D. influenced 47. A. contracted        B. concentrated          C. constructed          D. congratulated 48. A. enough             B. short                     C. important              D. proper 49. A. little                 B. much                    C. few                      D. many 50. A. overslept          B. overdeveloped        C. overcrowded               D. overloaded 51. A. answer             B. destination             C. problem                D. solution 52. A. break up           B. break down            C. break out              D. break off 53. A. put with           B. deal with                C. suffer from           D. do with 54. A. qualities            B. ways                     C. areas                    D. stages 55. A. is improved      B. advances               C. inecreases             D. is affected 答案：DACAC  BABDC  ABACD  DBBCD

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