单选题
A moment's drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset. Many of us cannot stand pain. To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand the "needle"— a shot of novocaine (奴佛卡因) -that deadens the nerves around the tooth. Now it' s true that 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 world. Without our nerves—and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves— we wouldn'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 is based on the human body being open to pain. But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir(行僧) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right 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, 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.
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The passage is mainly about______. A. how to stiffer pain B. how to avoid pain C. how to handle pain D. how to stop pain
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The sentence "But we pay for our sensitivity."in the third paragraph implies that______. A. we should pay a debt for, our feeling B. we have to be hurt when We feel something C. our pain is worth feeling D. when we feel pain, we are suffering it
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 综合理解题。 [详细解答] 根据上下文，因为下一句指出We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body．显然，这里pay for不是“付钱”的意思，而是指“为…付出”。因此，D为最佳答案。
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When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he suggests that______. A. Indians are not at all afraid of pain B. people may be senseless of pain C. some people are able to handle pain D. fakirs have magic to put needles right through their arms
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。 [详细解答] 作者在印度行僧在胳膊上插上针来镇痛的例子后提到：This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain．显然，他的目的是指出有些人可以对付疼痛的困扰。因此，本题正确答案为C。
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The most important thing to handle pain is ______. A. how we look at pain B. to feel pain as much as possible C. to show an interest in pain D. to accept the pain reluctantly
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 事实了解题。 [详细解答] 根据最后一段的开头The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it.一句，显然忍受疼痛更重要的问题是对待它的态度，选项A与之相符，应为正确答案。
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The author's attitude towards pain is ______. A. pessimistic B. optimistic C. radical D. practical
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 事实推断题。 [详细解答] 作者对待疼痛的态度应该是乐观的。因为全篇对人类对付疼痛的几个例子显然都是持赞赏态度的。尤其是最后一句话，and sensations are the stuff of life，作者的态度更是可见一斑。所以正确答案为D。