阅读理解
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 (穴居人), who didn''t 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.
单选题
The modern man is suffering________.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】根据文章第二段It''s not that people suffer more stress today;it''s just that they think they do.推知C项正确。
单选题
Stress is________.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】根据第三段所述,紧张是很常见的,也是很正常的状态,故D项正确。
单选题
According to the passage, which of the following may be the cause of distress at present?