Question

Stress may be defined as the response of the body to any demand.  Whenever people experience something pleasant or unpleasant, we say they are under stress.  We call the pleasant kind “eustress”, the unpleasant kind “distress”.

People sometimes compare our lives with that of the caveman, who didn’t have to worry about the stock market or the atomic bomb (原子弹). They forget that the caveman worried about being eaten by a bear or about dying of hunger—things that few people worry about today.  It is not that people suffer more stress today; it is just that they think they do.

It is inconceivable (不可思议) that anyone should have no stress at all.  Most people who are ambitious and want to accomplish something live on stress. They need it. But excessive stress is by all means harmful.  Worse, chronic (长期的) exposure to stress over a long time may cause more serious diseases and may actually shorten your life.    //The most frequent causes of distress in man are psychological—lack of adaptability (适应能力), not having a code (规范，准则) of behaviour. So the secret of dealing with stress is not to avoid it but to do what you like to do and what you are made to do, at your own rate.  For most people, it is really a matter of learning how to behave in various situations. The most important thing is to have a code of life, to know how to live.

1.The modern man is suffering 　　　.

A. more stress than the caveman    B. less stress than the caveman

C. different stress from the caveman    D. the same stress as the caveman

2.Which of the following is an example of eustress?

A. Being lack of adaptability and code of life.    B. Triumph (成功，胜利) in a contest.

C. Having just lost a job.    D. Learning how to do something.

3.The best way to deal with stress is to 　　　.

A. do the things of our own accord    B. try to lengthen our life

C. become ambitious in business    D. get more eutress and meet less distress

4.The main idea of the passage is 　　　.

A. how to form a code of life    B. that life means stress

C. how we are supposed to treat stress    D. how to prevent stress in advance

5.What does the underlined words in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. give a definition for the meaning of a word    B. give direction to

C. grow worse    D. refused

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。本文分析了压力是怎样造成的及我们应该如何处理压力。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段一整段的内容可知，原始人承受着会被熊吃掉和挨饿的压力，我们现代人承受着经济等各种压力，可推断出我们和原始人承受着不同的压力故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段对eustress的定义：We call the pleasant kind “eustress” 我们把那些经历的愉快的事情叫eustress可推测出选B.竞赛获胜。A.缺乏适应性和生活准则；C.刚刚失去工作；D.学会怎样去做一些事情。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段的So the secret of dealing with stress is not to avoid it but to do what you like to do and what you are made to do, at your own rate. 可知，处理压力的最好的方法是做你喜欢做的，以你的速度做，故选A。

4.主旨大意题。文章开始分析了我们的压力是如何产生的，接着告诉我们怎样去面对压力，可知本文的主旨大意是我们应该怎样处理压力，故选C。

5.词义猜测题。结合本句句意及下文内容可知，本部分主要是对两种压力的解释，因此本句应该是压力可被定义为身体对需求的反应，故选A。