Задание

Read the texts and match the headings to the texts. There is one that you do not need to use.

Write one number in each gap.

1. Not focusing on the challenging situation is the secret to success

2. Writing helps with stress management

3. Knowing all the possible outcomes helps in the stressful situation

4. Stress is the reason for saving many lives

A. On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth. The journey was a success, despite some malfunctions that could have led to tragedy in those early days of space exploration. Glenn relied on his military training to control his nerves. "I felt a little bit like the way I had felt going into combat," he wrote in his 1999 memoir. There you are, ready to go; you know all the procedures, and there's nothing left to do but just do it. People have always asked if I was afraid. I wasn't. I was keyed up and alert to everything that was going on, and I had full knowledge of the situation — the best antidote to fear."

B. On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from New York City's LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, North Carolina. Moments later, the plane struck a flock of Canada geese and began falling toward the Hudson River. Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his crew managed to make an emergency landing on the water and facilitate a rescue of everyone on board. "We weren't calm. We couldn't be calm," Sullenberger told Good Morning America a decade later of their heroic actions during the "Miracle on the Hudson". "The stress was too intense, but due to it we were able to do our job."

C. In a sport in which a split-second loss of balance could mean the difference between a gold medal and nothing, Simone Biles has been seemingly immune to pressure. The American gymnastics star won five medals (four of them gold) at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and became the first woman to win five world championship all-around titles. While her rivals may be obsessing over the details of their routines, Biles lets herself be distracted during competitions. "I'm one of the few gymnasts who can just block out anything. I could probably be thinking about pizza before I go and compete. A lot of people like to focus on their routines, but I feel like if I focus on it too much, I get more stressed out and I overthink; and that's when I don't do my best. I try not to think about it."