閱讀理解精選16In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Bad events like "serious illness of a family member" were high on the list, but so were some helpful life-changing events like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not show how you deal with stress it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you deal with these events dramatically (戲劇性的) affects your chances of staying healthy. By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women's magazines ran titles like "Stress causes illness". If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy the articles said avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous , many like the death of a loved one are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (處方) for staying away from chances as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move. The idea that all stress makes you sick also takes no notice of a lot of what we know about people. It supposes we' re all vulnerable and not active in the face of the difficult situation. But what about human ability and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental strength than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom and physical and mental pressure. 41. The result of Holmes-Rahes medical research tells us _. A. the way you deal with major events may cause stress B. what should be done to avoid stress C. what kind of event would cause stress D. how to deal with sudden changes in life42. The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to _. A. popular avoidance of stressful jobs B. great fear over the mental disorderC. a careful research into stress-related illnesses D. widespread worry about its harmful effects43. The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows _.A. how you can deal with life-changing events B. how helpful events can change your lifeC. how stressful a major event can be D. how much pressure you are under44. Why is “such simplistic advice” (Line 1, Paragraph 3) impossible to follow? A. No one can stay on the same job for long. B. No prescription is effective in reducing stress.C. People have to get married someday. D. You could be missing chances as well.45. According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become _.A. nervous when faced with difficulties B. physically and mentally tiredC. more able to deal with difficulties D. cold toward what happens to them【答案與解析】 4650 ADDBC本文主要論述壓力的產(chǎn)生及人人都不應(yīng)該逃避壓力。文中用了很多高級(jí)詞匯，且有許多復(fù)雜難句，閱讀時(shí)請(qǐng)注意認(rèn)真分析。41A。主旨大意題。難度較大。根據(jù)文章前面的敘述，其意為“分?jǐn)?shù)無(wú)法向你表明你怎樣對(duì)待壓力，只表明你承受多大程度的壓力”。做題時(shí)，可以緊接著看后面一句，即你處理這些事件的方式會(huì)很戲劇性地影響你保持健康的機(jī)會(huì)。42D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章中有“millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports”，表明這一階段的研究給人帶來(lái)更多的是擔(dān)擾，并且從一些雜志用的標(biāo)題上都可以顯示出來(lái)。43D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二自然段中“it only shows how much you have to deal”只是表明你承受多大程度的壓力”可知。44B。 推理判斷題。 根據(jù)上句所述,文章告訴我們應(yīng)避免壓力事件，其實(shí)這是不可行的。 從文章一開(kāi)始就可以得知，無(wú)論是“悲傷還是喜悅”的事，都會(huì)帶來(lái)壓力，所以這種a小vice是不可行的，言外之意是沒(méi)有哪個(gè)處方在減輕壓力方面是奏效的。45C。推理判斷題。經(jīng)歷過(guò)ups and downs的人，能夠更加有能力處理困難。