People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior．
However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a stronger effect on their health．
From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are regular．Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them．
The research team interviewed a national sample of 1,031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health．People without a high school diploma reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent of the time．
“Less advantaged people are less healthy on a daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health．”leading researcher Dr．Joseph Grzywacz of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement．“The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors(紧张刺激物), and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more damaging for the less advantaged．”
“If something happens every day, maybe it’s not seen as a stressor．”Grzywacz says．“Maybe it is just life．”
(1)
Stress level is closely related to ________．
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A．
family size
B．
social position
C．
body weight
D．
work experience
(2)
Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?
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A．
People without any education．
B．
People without high school degrees．
C．
People with high school degrees．
D．
People with college degrees．
(3)
The less advantaged people are, the greater ________．
[ ]
A．
the effect of stress on their health is
B．
the effect of education on their health is
C．
the level of their education is
D．
the degree of their health concern is
(4)
Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because ________．
More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert．One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men．He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son．The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed．When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master．He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest．Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head．
"What have you done?" the Prince said．He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son．The cradle was lying on its side on the floor．The clothes were torn and there was blood on them．
"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily．"You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog．Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark．Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog．
The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt．Near him was a dead wolf．Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf．
The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late．Gelert was dead．The Prince was very sad indeed．Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faith-ful friend．The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there．After this, the Prince never smiled again．Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes．
If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried．There is a sign by his grave．It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog．
(1)
Gelert was the dog of the Prince of _________．
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A．
Scotland
B．
England
C．
Ireland
D．
Wales
(2)
The Prince told the dog to _________ when he was leaving．
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A．
watch the door
B．
take care of his baby at home
C．
welcome his friends
D．
stop the strangers
(3)
The dog was very _________ when his master came back from hunting．
