单选题 As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease—especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise.
The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious (有营养的) foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body"s special needs. Both types have simply been called "well". In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "wellness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health.
People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body"s condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be "well" in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations.
"Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.

单选题 Today medical care is placing more stress on ______.

单选题 Which of the following behaviors is not healthy according to the writer? ______

单选题 Traditionally, a person is considered "well" if he ______.

单选题 According to the author, the true meaning of "wellness" is for people ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 释义题。题干意为“根据作者，‘健康’的真正含义是对人们来讲能够”。根据题干wellness定位原文至第三段最后一句，其中those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health对wellness作出解释，即“健康”的人应是那些积极努力维持并且改善他们健康状况的人。文章第四段对这一观点作了进一步的详细阐释。B选项(努力保持最健康的状态)与其意思一致，故B为正确答案。

单选题 According to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy? ______

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 是非判断题。题干意为“根据作者所倡导的，下面哪群人被认为是健康的?”。A“拥有发达肌肉和苗条身材的人”；B“当前没有表现出任何生病征兆的人”；C“尽管有身体局限但仍努力保持健康的人”；D“即使没有医疗保健也能恢复健康的人”。根据第四段最后一句可推知c选项符合题意，其他三项在原文均未提及，故C为正确答案。