阅读理解 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 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 and passive in the face of adversity. But what about human initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had Ira. fore. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental swain.

单选题 The result of Holmes-Rahe''s medical research tells us______

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】文章第一段的第一句话"In the 1960s，medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events．”的意思是 Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe两位研究人员、在60年代给会引起人们紧张的事情开了个清单，即列出"what kind of event would causes stress”，可见[C]符合题意。

单选题 The studies on stress in the early 1970''s led to ______

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据文章第二段第二句话"And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports．”，可以看出，数百万的在压力下工作和生活的美国人因为"the reports"而忧心忡忡，而"the reports"就是指20世纪70年代初在"Holmes-Rahe’s medical research”之后的一些研究。所以[A]符合题意

单选题 The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows ______

单选题 Why is "such simplistic advice" (Para. 3) impossible to follow?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据文章第三段中的“．．．any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble"，可以看出如果"follow such simplistic advice(avoid stressful events)”，除了会避免"trouble''’以外，还会"stay away from opportunities”，即"missing opportunities''’，因此[D]符合题意。