单选题
In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard
Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky
point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious
illness of a family member" were high on: the list, but so were some positive
life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must
remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress—it only shows
how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these
events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy. By
the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And
millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports.
Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women's magazines
ran headlines like "Stress causes illness. " If you want to stay physically and
mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events.
But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are
dangerous, many—like the death of a loved one—are impossible to avoid. Moreover,
any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying
away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful; a
person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a
child, take a new job or move. The notion that all stress makes
you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes we're all
vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity (逆境). But what about human
initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more
physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time
without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental
strain.
单选题
The result of Holmes-Rahe's medical research tells us ______.
A. the way you handle major events may cause stress