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 straia (319 words)
单选题
The result of Holmes-Rahe"s medical research tells us______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：本题属于主旨题。根据关键词“Holmes-Rahe’s medical research”我们定位到第一段的第一、二句话。从第二句话得知任何重大事件的变化都会使人产生压力。针对这个论点，作者提出了“serious illness of a family member”(家庭成员的疾病)与“marriage” (结婚)两个例子来论证。在谈Holmes—Rahe的测试时，作者指出“…it only shows how much you have to deal with…”，这仅表明你必须处理的压力有多少，而与你用什么办法无关。综上所述，可以得出结论：Holmes-Rahe’s的研究结果只告诉了我们什么样的活动产生压力，故只有C是正确答案。
单选题
The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：本题属于细节推断题。根据时间状语“in the early 1970s”，我们可以定位到第二段。其中“similar studies”=“the studies on stress”，第二句话明确告诉我们上百万的美国人对这些报道非常担忧。从后面女性杂志对此归结出来的结论“Stress causes illness”，我们也可以看出压力所带来的负面的或有害的影响受到人们的广泛关注，也即选项A“广泛关注压力的有害影响”。B“压力引起的精神错乱给人们带来巨大恐慌”，文中只用了“worried”这个词，还没有严重到“great panic”或“mental disorder”；C、D在文中没有明确提出。
单选题
The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：本题属于细节题。根据关键词“score”和“show”定位到第一段第四句话：“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．”(当你做Holmes-Rahe的测试题时，你必须记住，得分多少不反映你处理压力的好坏一一只与你有多少压力要处理有关。)句中的“stress”=“pressure”，选项A“how much pressure you are under”(承受或面临多大的压力)，是对文中原句“how much stress you have to deal with”的一个转述，所以选A。
单选题
Why is "such simplistic advice" (Line 1, Para. 3) impossible to follow?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：本题属于推理题。第三段段落结构比较清晰，首句提出一个观点：如此单纯的忠告很难遵循(such simplistic advice is impossible to follow)，之后便给出详细解释：(“Moreover”引出了更为重要的原因)任何回避压力的忠告使你远离麻烦的同时也失去了机会(Moreover，any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble)。最后作者给出自己的观点或结论：“既然任何变化都可能带来压力，一个想完全没有紧张压力的人只能永远不结婚生子，永远不找新工作，或搬迁”。选项D“同时你也会失去机会”，是对本段原因部分的同义转述。
单选题
According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：本题属于推理判断题。首先要正确定位题干中的短语“ups and downs”(盛衰起伏)，在此可理解为挫折、磨难。所以“ups and downs”=“adversity”。请同学们注意，命题者在题干中使用同义或近义词来替换原文中的单词是命题的技巧之一。之后对人类的主动性和创造性提出疑问，进而给出解释：很多人经历逆境后会变得身体更加强壮，大脑更加有活力(Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before)。选项C“更有能力对待困境”，是对文章的同义转述。