Scientists find that hard-working people live much longer than average men and women. Career women are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that people without a steady job are in poorer health than jobholders.
Why is work good for people's health? It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness. Researches show that people may feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are often those who are busy with their work. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between men and the world around them. By work people have the chance to come into with each other. By collective activity they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful and beneficial to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It affects one in spirit and emotion and is inclined to make him ill.
Besides, work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words and they may have a feeling of endless satisfaction.
From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard and study and live a happy and healthy life.

单选题 Why are housewives not as healthy as career women?

单选题 What do we know about the high achievers?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】文章第二段第五句指出，许多取得巨大成就的人非常喜爱自己的事业，当他们努力工作的时候他们感到最快乐。第七、八、九句指出，通过工作，人们可以相互交流，通过共事，人们可以找到友谊和温情，这对于健康是有益的。由此确定D)为本题的答案。

单选题 What will happen to those who have lost their work?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】第二段最后两句提到，失去工作就意味着失去了一切，这会影响人的精神和情绪，往往会导致疾病的发生。简而言之，没有工作可能导致人生病，使身体健康状况变差。题干中的have lost their work是对原文中The loss of work的同义转述，A)中的are likely to be in poor health是对原文中is inclined to make him ill的同义转述。由此确定A)为本题的答案。

单选题 According to Paragraph 3, why does a writer feel satisfied when he finishes a writing?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】第三段第一、二句指出工作有利于健康的另一个原因，即工作让人有成就感，让人能够感到自己在社会中的价值和地位。然后举出三个例子进行证明，分别是：作家完成一部作品、医生成功实施手术和教师看到学生成长。由此推断，作家在完成一部作品之后感到满意是因为写作这项工作让他感受到自己在社会中的价值。由此确定A)为本题的答案。

单选题 The best title for this passage may be______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】文章介绍了工作对人们的健康起到的重要的促进作用，并且从两个方面加以论证，即工作可以让人摆脱孤独的感觉，还可以让人有成就感。由此可见，文章的主旨为努力工作对健康有益。所以，B)为本题的答案。