Passage One
Pain is an emotional as well as physical response to injury or disease. Intense fear and anxiety are vital immediate responses that cause you to avoid sources of pain whenever possible.Sometimes however, pain persists even when the injury or disease is no longer present. A painful feeling car become associated with constant stress, bad memories, or lasting fear.
Medicine is often essential for controlling pain in the short term, but taking painkillers（止痛药） for an extended period can lead to addiction（上瘾）or serious physical side effects, including stomaci and liver diseases. Your body may also build up a tolerance to a drug so that you get less benefit from ill as time goes on.
Although you should always seek medical advice if pain is severe or continues for a long time, you can also use techniques to control it. Mind-body techniques can reduce or help control pain——with net risk of side effects. Most people relax with deep, controlled breathing to reduce the tension that come with pain. Try lying quietly in a dark room； breathe in deeply while counting to 10, hold the breath for a moment, and then 【exhale】 slowly for a count of 10. Continue this for 10-20 minutes.
Shifting your attention often reduces pain's severity（严重程度）.Try turning your attention awa： from the painful area, focusing instead on a non-painful part of your body. Or,imagine the pain as a bi| ball of energy outside your body, and make it smaller in your mind. Train yourself to replace th< thoughts like "I can't stop this pain," with positive ones such as "This pain is only temporary."
In this practice, you merely acknowledge the pain by actively fighting it, instead of allowing it to dominate your thoughts.
38.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "exhale" in Paragraph 3?
A、To breathe out.
B、To fall asleep.
C、To turn your body.
D、To get up.
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：【考情点拨】词义理解题。
【应试指导］根据上文可推测,exhale与breathe in对应，互为反义词。故选A。
