Question

【題目】While everyone overthinks situations once in a while, some people are troubled by thinking all the time. Overthinkers rethink conversations they had yesterday, second-guess every decision they make, and imagine disastrous outcomes all day. Their minds are like a movie where they imagine their car going off the road or they replay distressing events over and over again. 【1】

Keep the focus on problem-solving

Keeping the focus on your problems isn’t helpful, but looking for solutions is. If it’s something you have some control over, consider how you can prevent the problem or challenge yourself to identify five potential solutions.

If it’s something you have no control over—like a natural disaster—think about the strategies you can use to cope with it. 【2】

Schedule time for reflection

Worrying about your problems for long periods of time isn’t productive, but brief reflection can be helpful. Thinking about how you could do things differently or recognizing potential traps to your plan, could help you perform better in the future.

Add 15 minutes of “thinking time” into your daily schedule. During that time let yourself worry, or think about whatever you want. 【3】

Learning mindfulness skills

It’s impossible to rehash（反復(fù)推敲）yesterday or worry about tomorrow when you’re living in the present. Mindfulness will help you become more aware of the here and now.

【4】 There are classes, books, apps, courses, and videos available to help you learn mindfulness skills.

【5】

Do this in your brain by changing your activity. Exercise, engage yourself in a conversation on a completely different subject, or work on a project that draws away your attention. Doing something different will put an end to the negative thoughts.

A. Change your attitude.

B. Change the channel.

C. When your time is up, move onto something else.

D. Just like any other skill, mindfulness takes practice, but over time, it can decrease overthinking.

E. Overthinking can become such a habit that you don't even recognize when you’re doing it.

F. There are four tips that can help you stop overthinking.

G. Focus on the things you can control, like your attitude and effort.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 F

【2】 G

【3】 C

【4】 D

【5】 B

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了四種方法可以幫助你停止過度思考。

【1】上文提示“他們的思維就像一部電影，他們想象自己的車在路上行駛，或者一遍又一遍地重演令人沮喪的事件。”再根據(jù)下文的四個(gè)小標(biāo)題，可知，F.項(xiàng)There are four tips that can help you stop overthinking.（有四種方法可以幫助你停止過度思考。）切題。該項(xiàng)中的overthinking指上文中的內(nèi)容。故選F。

【2】上文提示“如果它是你無法控制的東西——就像一場(chǎng)自然災(zāi)害——想想你可以用什么策略來應(yīng)對(duì)它。”承接上文，G項(xiàng) Focus on the things you can control, like your attitude and effort.（專注于你能控制的事情，比如你的態(tài)度和努力。）切題。故選G。

【3】上文提示“在你的日程表中加入15分鐘的“思考時(shí)間”。在這段時(shí)間里，讓你自己去擔(dān)心，或者想想你想要什么。”承接上文，C項(xiàng)When your time is up, move onto something else.（當(dāng)你的時(shí)間到了，就去做別的事情。）切題。關(guān)鍵詞time。故選C。

【4】下文提示“有一些課程、書籍、應(yīng)用、課程和視頻可以幫助你學(xué)習(xí)靜觀技能。”承接下文，D項(xiàng)Just like any other skill, mindfulness takes practice, but over time, it can decrease overthinking.（就像其他技能一樣，靜觀需要練習(xí)，但隨著時(shí)間的推移，它可以減少過度思考。）此處關(guān)鍵詞mindfulness，故選D。

【5】此空是小標(biāo)題。根據(jù)本段提示“在你的大腦中通過改變你的活動(dòng)來做到這一點(diǎn)。鍛煉，讓自己參與到一個(gè)完全不同的主題的對(duì)話中，或者做一個(gè)能吸引你注意力的項(xiàng)目。”由此可知，B項(xiàng)Change the channel.（轉(zhuǎn)換頻道）切題。故選B。