题目内容
We can’t help but grow older physically, but we can stay young in other ways. Do you want to stay young? If yes is the answer, here is what you can do:
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches (抱怨)pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.”
4.Enjoy the simple things. When the children are young, that is all that you can afford. When they are in college, that is all you can afford. When you are on retirement, that is all you can afford!
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh so much that you can be tracked in the store by your distinctive laughter.
6. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, or hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
7. Value your health. If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
8. The tears happen. Endure sorrow, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be alive while you are alive.
9. At every opportunity, tell the people you love that you love them.
【小题1】What does the underlined sentence “Throw out nonessential numbers” mean?
A.Try to forget some unimportant numbers. |
B.Do not let your age, weight or height trouble you. |
C.It is not interesting to remember some numbers. |
D.Some unimportant things are difficult to remember. |
A.The children are so clever that we need not worry about their study. |
B.Someone else can take care of the children and our late life. |
C.We are rich enough to afford all the money that the children spend. |
D.We needn’t worry about the children and our late life. |
A.Laugh often. | B.Enjoy the simple things. |
C.Drink eight cups of water a day. | D.Keep in good health. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
解析
We don’t plan to cry, but it just happens. In fact when we feel sad or angry, a good cry is almost impossible to resist. But if you didn’t know what crying was, you’d have to wonder why some strong feelings started water streaming from people’s eyes and why they seemed to feel better afterwards.
Now a US researcher had found there may be more in crying than we think. William H. Frey II, author of “Crying: The Mystery of Tears,” believes it may really be one of the body’s clever self-repair mechanisms. Crying may be a way of getting rid of the by-products of stress, he says.
He has found that tears contain some chemicals which can cause stress. One of these is the hormone prolactin (激素), which is set free when one is feeling stressed. Since women have more of this than men, that might explain why they usually cry more, he suggests.
Unsurprisingly, Dr Frey’s study seemed to prove that most people feel better after a good cry. And sex has nothing to do with it ––– the result was true for women and men. So, next time you feel like bursting into tears, go ahead. If Dr Frey is right, you’ll be doing yourself a favour.
【小题1】The best title of this passage would be ________.
A.Why Do We Cry | B.Crying and Tears. |
C.Dr Frey and Crying. | D.Tears and Chemicals |
A.crying is one of our habits |
B.we can’t control it |
C.crying is one of the body’s self-repair mechanisms |
D.we can get the by-products of stress by crying |
A.their bodies contain less hormone prolactin |
B.their tears contain more chemicals |
C.they are not so full of feelings as women |
D.the chemicals in their tears can’t cause stress |
A.to plan to cry very often |
B.not to cry any more |
C.to go outdoors without hesitation |
D.to cry as we want to |
A.Good cries can make most people feel better |
B.Only women can feel better after crying. |
C.It is easy to understand that people feel better after a good cry. |
D.Crying is sometimes impossible to resist. |