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.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’s not that people suffer more stress today; it’s just that they think they do.

　　It is inconceivable 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 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, not having a code of behavior.So the secret of coping 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 caveman

　　C.different stress from the caveman

　　D.same stress as the caveman

　　2.Which of the following is NOT an example that causes distress?

　　A.Lacking in adaptability and code of life.

　　B.Killing a bear in hunting.

　　C.The failure to pass final examinations.

　　D.Having an economic problem.

　　3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A.Everyone will suffer certain kinds of stress in his life.

　　B.Chronic exposure to stress may shorten your life.

　　C.Excessive stress is especially harmful to health.

　　D.Most people can learn to avoid stress.

　　4.According to the passage, one should .

　　A.try to avoid as much stress as possible

　　B.cope with stress in different ways

　　C.learn to do things at his own rate

　　D.have the response of the body to any demand

　　參考答案

　　1.

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】C根據(jù)第二段可知，人們將自己的生活與穴居人相比較，認為穴居人不用擔心股票市場和原子彈。但穴居人擔心的是被熊吃掉或餓死，所以現(xiàn)在的人們和穴居人都會有壓力，只是面臨的壓力不同而已。故選C。

　　2.

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】B 根據(jù)第四段一句可知，A項“缺乏適應性和生活規(guī)范”會使人們產(chǎn)生壓力。根據(jù)第三段一、、二句和文章大意可推知，C項“期末考試失敗”和D項“經(jīng)濟問題”都可能產(chǎn)生痛苦和壓力。B項“殺死一只熊”和壓力沒有關系。故選B。

　　3.

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】D 根據(jù)第三段一句“It is inconceivable that anyone should have no stress at all.”和第四段第二句“…is not to avoid it, but to do what you like to do…”可知，一個人不可能沒有任何壓力,應對壓力的秘訣不是逃避它，所以D項不正確。根據(jù)第三段可知，選項A、B、C均符合文章大意。

　　4.

　　[考點]事實細節(jié)題

　　【精析】C

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