Relaxation therapy . If you read the sentence out loud , your blood pressure will go up . If you talk to another person , it will go still higher . If the talk is with your boss , your pressure will go even higher . If you speak to someone of the opposite sex , your pressure may show less change if you're married than if you're single .

      Dozens of times each of day , your blood pressure changes with what you're feeling and doing . These "ups and downs" take place in everyone , but they are more severe in people with high blood pressure . That discovery is the basis for the newest therapy : controlling blood pressure by learning skills to control everyday stress .

      Many patients control their blood pressure with the relaxation response . This takes four simple things : a quiet environment , a comfortable position (sitting or lying down) , the repeating of a word , sound , prayer or phrase each time you breathe and having none of other thoughts.

      Something remarkable happens when you do this , according to research in Boston . Relaxation of the mind and body has the effect that some blood-pressure pills would have . What's more , the blood pressure stays lower , just as it would with a pill , after you have stopped the relaxation and have returned to the stress of daily life .

      68. The first paragraph tells us the reason why your blood pressure goes up is that ______ .
      A. you read aloud a sentence
      B. the man you talk to is your boss
      C. you're not married
      D. you're nervous

      69. Which of the following statements is not true ?
      A. One's blood pressure changes many times every day
      B. Your blood pressure changes with your feelings
      C. When you're doing different things , your blood pressure , perhaps , is different
      D. The changes of blood pressure only happen to people with high blood pressure

      70. The second paragraph shows us the basis of relaxation therapy is ____ .
      A. to reduce the going up of the pressure
      B. to control everything stress
      C. to do less and say less
      D. to think less and sleep more

      71. "The repeating of a word ... and having none of other thoughts "are aimed at ____ .
      A. learning them by heart
      B. calming oneself down
      C. seeing whether you can pronounce them
      D. helping to breathe better

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