单选题 The human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerves, we couldn't know what's happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture (折磨) is based on the human body being open to pain.
But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir (苦行僧) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle fight through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says, "This will hurt a little," it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation (感觉), we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.

单选题 The human body has developed a system of nerves that enables us to ______

A. stay relaxed
B. avoid pain
C. stand torture
D. feel pain

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】

单选题 What does the writer mean by saying "we pay for our sensitivity" in the first paragraph?

A. We have to take care of our sense of pain.
B. We suffer from our sense of feeling.
C. We should try hard to resist pain.
D. We are hurt when we feel pain.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】

单选题 When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he shows that______

A. fakirs possess magic power.
B. Indians are not afraid of pain.
C. people can learn to cope with pain.
D. some people are born without a sense of pain.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】

单选题 What is essential for people to stand pain according to the writer?

A. Their relaxation.
B. Their interest.
C. Their nerves.
D. Their attitude.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】

单选题 The author believes that______

A. feeling pain is part of our life
B. pain should be avoided at all costs
C. feeling pain can be an interesting thing
D. magic power is essential for reducing pain

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 说明文 [解题技巧] 41题是推断题，问人体的神经系统能让我们怎样，文章通篇讲的是疼痛，而根据常识，神经系统主要让人感觉，再根据第一段第三句推断D)正确； 42题是推断题，问“we pay for our sensitivity'’的含义，从第一段的第五句可知；43题是推断题，问作者提及印度苦行僧的意图，从第二段最后一句话和第三段第一句话可知答案；44题是细节题，问作者认为忍受疼痛的重要因素是什么，从第三段第一句话可知答案；45题是归纳题，问作者相信的理念是什么，从文章的最后一句可知。