BECE English Language 2023 Objective — Question 6

Worry is a disquieting thought, fear and anxiety about known realities and unknown future realities. It is deadly and has nothing positive to offer its victims other than to load them with distress, disability and disease. Worry wreaks havoc on one’s health. When one worries, one feels a rush of adrenaline; one’s heart rate and blood pressure go up. This is often known as the fight-and-flight response. This response is the body’s reaction to danger either to fight or to run away. When this is activated, the body releases some stress hormones from the brain. These hormones bring about different reactions that prepare the body for action. One of such hormones is cortisone. It is one important body hormone that helps the body in regulating and modulating many of the changes that occur in the body in response to stress. But its long-term release has negative effects that disrupt the body’s processes and put one at increased risk of numerous health problems. It opens the body to virus and bacterial attacks since the immune system - the body’s defence system - has been weakened. It could also lead to digestive problems, heart diseases, infertility and miscarriages since the immune and reproductive processes have been either shut down or disrupted. However, worrying is a choice. The first thing to do when one is faced with the urge to worry is to take time out so that one can physically calm down; take short deep breathe, face one’s fears, imagine the worst and resolve never to be overwhelmed by one’s worries. According to the writer, one of the main sources of worry is

• A. challenge.
• B. disease.
• C. fear.Correct
• D. instability.
• E. laziness.