阅读理解精选16Inthe1960s,medicalresearchersThomasHolmesandRichardRahedevelopedachecklistofstressfulevents.Theyappreciatedthetrickypointthatanymajorchangecanbestressful.Badeventslike"seriousillnessofafamilymember"werehighonthelist,butsoweresomehelpfullife-changingeventslikemarriage.WhenyoutaketheHolmes-Rahetestyoumustrememberthatthescoredoesnotshowhowyoudealwithstress－itonlyshowshowmuchyouhavetodealwith.Andwenowknowthatthewayyoudealwiththeseeventsdramatically(戏剧性的)affectsyourchancesofstayinghealthy.Bytheearly1970s,hundredsofsimilarstudieshadfollowedHolmesandRahe.AndmillionsofAmericanswhoworkandliveunderstressworriedoverthereports.Somehowtheresearchgotboileddowntoamemorablemessage.Women'smagazinesrantitleslike"Stresscausesillness".Ifyouwanttostayphysicallyandmentallyhealthythearticlessaidavoidstressfulevents.Butsuchsimplisticadviceisimpossibletofollow.Evenifstressfuleventsaredangerous,many—likethedeathofalovedone—areimpossibletoavoid.Moreover,anywarningtoavoidallstressfuleventsisaprescription(处方)forstayingawayfromchancesaswellastrouble.Sinceanychangecanbestressful,apersonwhowantedtobecompletelyfreeofstresswouldnevermarry,haveachild,takeanewjobormove.Theideathatallstressmakesyousickalsotakesnonoticeofalotofwhatweknowaboutpeople.Itsupposeswe'reallvulnerableandnotactiveinthefaceofthedifficultsituation.Butwhatabouthumanabilityandcreativity?Manycomethroughperiodsofstresswithmorephysicalandmentalstrengththantheyhadbefore.Wealsoknowthatalongtimewithoutchangeorchallengecanleadtoboredomandphysicalandmentalpressure.41.TheresultofHolmes-Rahe’smedicalresearchtellsus_________________.A.thewayyoudealwithmajoreventsmaycausestressB.whatshouldbedonetoavoidstressC.whatkindofeventwouldcausestress-3-\nD.howtodealwithsuddenchangesinlife42.Thestudiesonstressintheearly1970sledto___________________.A.popularavoidanceofstressfuljobsB.greatfearoverthementaldisorderC.acarefulresearchintostress-relatedillnessesD.widespreadworryaboutitsharmfuleffects43.ThescoreoftheHolmes-Rahetestshows________________.A.howyoucandealwithlife-changingeventsB.howhelpfuleventscanchangeyourlifeC.howstressfulamajoreventcanbeD.howmuchpressureyouareunder44.Whyis“suchsimplisticadvice”(Line1,Paragraph3)impossibletofollow?A.Noonecanstayonthesamejobforlong.B.Noprescriptioniseffectiveinreducingstress.C.Peoplehavetogetmarriedsomeday.D.Youcouldbemissingchancesaswell.45.Accordingtothepassagepeoplewhohaveexperiencedupsanddownsmaybecome_______.A.nervouswhenfacedwithdifficultiesB.physicallyandmentallytiredC.moreabletodealwithdifficultiesD.coldtowardwhathappenstothem【答案与解析】46—50ADDBC本文主要论述压力的产生及人人都不应该逃避压力。文中用了很多高级词汇，且有许多复杂难句，阅读时请注意认真分析。41．A。主旨大意题。难度较大。根据文章前面的叙述，其意为“分数无法向你表明你怎样对待压力，只表明你承受多大程度的压力”。做题时，可以紧接着看后面一句，即你处理这些事件的方式会很戏剧性地影响你保持健康的机会。-3-\n42．D。细节理解题。文章中有“millionsofAmericanswhoworkandliveunderstressworriedoverthereports”，表明这一阶段的研究给人带来更多的是担扰，并且从一些杂志用的标题上都可以显示出来。43．D。推理判断题。根据文章第二自然段中“itonlyshowshowmuchyouhavetodeal”只是表明你承受多大程度的压力”可知。44．B。推理判断题。根据上句所述,文章告诉我们应避免压力事件，其实这是不可行的。从文章一开始就可以得知，无论是“悲伤还是喜悦”的事，都会带来压力，所以这种a小vice是不可行的，言外之意是没有哪个处方在减轻压力方面是奏效的。45．C。推理判断题。经历过upsanddowns的人，能够更加有能力处理困难。-3-
