2014届湖北省黄石市高考英语专项训练：阅读理解19（含答案）.docVIP

Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress(紧张) helps to bring it on. We need to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them. Are we under-employed, or overburdened(负担过重) with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure(闲散) in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all that they should be? All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them directly, and to bring our frustrations(失意) into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health more good than those who bottle up their feelings. If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a different living standard. We can improve our personal relationships by a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hour’s anger. The teaching in the Bible “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath(愤怒)” is good advice from the health point of view as well as religion. 12. Which of the following statements is true? A. Freedom from responsibilities helps reduce stress. B. Stress is the direct cause of caner. C. The causes of stress are worth serious study. D.Cancer is the number one killer is our society today. 13. Judging from the context, the underlined word “row” in the third paragraph most probably means______. A. a noisy quarrel B. a very loud noise C. a neat line of things side by side D. a journey in a boat 14. Which of the following is not mentioned as a way to reduce our stress? A. Changing our jobs. B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy. C. Speaking out about our frustrations. D. Reading the Bi