题目内容
why is it that many people who have suffered a major shock，such as divorce or death of a family member，seem to be weaker against a variety of major and minor illness. One common idea among psychologists has been that people could deal with suffering more effectively if they were able to understand and accept it. Indeed，many experts stress the value of expressing thoughts and feelings connected with upsetting events.
Recently，a team of medical researchers studied the links between describing psychologically painful events and long―term health. In one experiment healthy college students were asked to write about either personally disturbing experiences or ordinary topics over a period of four days. In the months afterwards，students who had chosen to show their inner thoughts and feelings in their writing visited the health center for illness much less often than those who had written about everyday topics.
In an experiment that followed，another group of healthy students were given the four-day writing exercises. Some chose to write about highly personal and upsetting experiences(including loneliness，problems with family and friends，and health). When questioned immediately afterwards，they said that they did not feel any better. However，their blood samples(样本)taken before and after the experiment showed evidence of an improved resistance to illness. The white cells that right off bacteria and viruses had increased their reaction and sensitivity to these “invaders”. This trend continued over the following six weeks，when another blood sample was taken. Individuals who showed the best results were those who wrote about topics that they had actively kept from telling others about
The researchers suggested that failure to face up to painful experience can be a form of stress itself，and can increase the possibility of illness . It follows，then，that actively dealing with a major shock makes possible its understanding and acceptance. The answer is not to suffer in silence. It may not always be possible to talk about personal problems，but writing them down will help the body to fight disease in the long run
72. In the first experiment，the students who wrote about painful events .
A. started to suffer psychological problems
B. enjoyed sharing their inner thought and feelings
C. were less likely to seek treatment for sickness
D. couldn't deal with suffering effectively
73. People who wrote about personal problems in the second experiment
A. had more bacteria and viruses in their blood
B. had decreased feelings of loneliness
C. showed an improved white cell reaction
D. did better in their writing tasks
74 What does the underlined word “invaders” refer to?
A. The white cells.
B. Bacteria and viruses.
C. Resistance to illness.
D. The reaction and sensitivity of the cells.
75. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Suffering and health.
B. Inner thoughts and feelings.
C. Illness and health
D. Mental illness and social acceptance.
72. C 73. C 74. B 75. A
It is obvious that doctors recognize obesity as a health problem. So why is it so hard for them to talk to their patients about it?
The results of two surveys, one of primary care physicians and the other of patients, found that while most doctors want to help patients lose weight and think it is their responsibility to do so, they often don’t know what to say.
“So while doctors may tell patients they are overweight, the conversation often ends there,” said Christine C. Ferguson, director of the Stop Obesity Alliance. “Patients are not told about the possibility of diabetes (糖尿病),” she said. “And doctors don’t feel they have good information to give. They felt that they didn’t have adequate tools to address this problem.
The lack of dialogue hurts patients, too. The patient survey, of over 1,000 adults, found that most overweight patients don’t even know that they’re too heavy. Only 39 percent of overweight people surveyed had ever been told by a health care provider that they were overweight.
Of those who were told they were obese, 90 percent were also told by their doctors to lose weight, the survey found. In fact most have tried to lose weight and may have been successful in the past—and many are still trying, the survey found. And many understand that losing even a small amount of weight can have a positive impact on their health and reduce their risk of obesityrelated diseases like hypertension and diabetes.
Dr. William Bestermann Jr., medical director of Holston Medical Group, in Kingsport, Tenn. , which ranks the 10th in obesity among metropolitan areas in the United States, said the dialogue had to be an ongoing one and could not be dropped after just one mention of the problem. “If you’re to be successful with helping your patients lose weight, you have to talk to them at actually every visit about their progress, and find something to encourage them and coach them,” he said.
He acknowledged that many doctors tend to be not optimistic.
“Part of this is that there’s this common belief, and doctors are burdened by it, too, that overweight people are weak-willed and just don’t have any willpower and are selfindulgent and all that business,” he said. “If you think that way, you’re not going to spend time having a productive conversation.”
【小题1】What is the Stop Obesity Alliance most probably in Paragraph 3?
| A．An organization of doctors suffering from obesity. |
| B．An organization of patients suffering from obesity. |
| C．A research group that conducts special surveys about overweight people. |
| D．A research group dealing with doctor-patient relationship. |
| A．About 350. | B．About 390. |
| C．About 900. | D．About 1,000. |
| A．They are not as hopeless as doctors think they are. |
| B．Most of them have tried hard to lose weight, but in vain. |
| C．Without their doctors’ constant coaching, there is little chance of their succeeding in losing weight. |
| D．Most of them have just given up their hope of becoming less heavy. |
| A．Most doctors never think of warning their patients about their weight problem. |
| B．Many doctors find it difficult to persuade overweight people to lose weight. |
| C．Most patients are too weak-willed to do anything about their weight. |
| D．Many patients tend not to trust their doctors about their weight problem. |
| A．Obesity in the U. S. |
| B．Trouble of overweight Americans. |
| C．Talk more, help better. |
| D．Doctors or patients---who to bear more blame?[ |