Good health is the most precious thing in the world. When you have got it, you never think about it. When you haven’t got it, you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are not terrible, diseases and so on. We are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too much, drink too much and smoke too much. And though our reason tells us we should control ourselves, we find it difficult. The fact is that most human beings need stimulation. Who doesn’t enjoy a drink after a busy day? Only a smoker knows the pleasure of a cigarette with a cup of coffee.

So far so good. The danger is when these innocent pleasure run our lives and so destroy our health. When you find yourself eating between meals or eating too much rich food, when you can only keep yourself going by taking frequent drinks or by smoking one cigarette after another, then it’s time to stop and think what you might be doing to yourself. The funny thing is that when we don’t control ourselves, simple pleasures are no longer simple pleasures.

All right, I know what you’re thinking. You’re probably saying: “It’s all very well for him to talk, but I can’t help myself. I need that extra bit of food, that extra drink, that extra cigarette. Life has so many pressures that I can’t manage without them. ” But I’m saying you can help yourself. Not only that you must help yourself. Because if you don’t help yourself, no one else can. So be your own best friend.

 

60. In the writer’s view, the most precious thing in the world is ________.

A. time         B. work         C. friendship        D. good health

61. This passage is mainly about _________.

A. terrible diseases             B. pleasures after a busy day

C. the danger of too much drinking, smoking and eating

D. the difficulty of controlling ourselves

62. “I can’t help myself” means _________.

A. I can’t do it myself               B. I must ask someone for help

C. I can’t control myself            D. Do help me , please

63. Which of the following expresses the writer’s advice?

A. Have a drink after a busy day.         B. Have a cigarette with a cup of coffee.

C. Eat as much rich food as you can.   D. Be your own best friend and control yourself

The oldest forms of medicine are enjoying a comeback . Modern holistic medicine is an approach that treats the whole patient, not just the disease. It is a way to maintain good health rather than cure illness . The most important influences on today's holistic medicine are ancient Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurvedic medicine, both of which promoted whole body health.

    Holistic medicine usually combines diet ,physical exercise and meditation, together with other alternative techniques such as massage(按摩)and acupuncture(针灸). Herbal treatment, a practice of treating illness by using plants, is influenced by the writings of Culpeper as well as Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. Homeopathy(顺势疗法)is one of the forms of holistic medicine which is widely practiced in Europe and the USA. Homeopathy began in Germany in the early 1800s, when Samuel Hahnemann described how very tiny doses(剂量)of a drug had an effect On his patients. According to Hahnemann, the more the drug was diluted(稀释), the stronger its effects . The substance selected would produce similar effects to the disease itself if given in large doses. In the UK homeopathy is regarded as a non-traditional but just about acceptable treatment.

    Meditation and contemplation have an important role in holistic medicine. They were brought to Europe by Indian teachers who combined Indian Ayurvedic medicine with Western beliefs. Transcendental meditation (超脱静坐)is one of the best known of these techniques. People repeat words inside their heads to reach a state of deep relaxation.

    The holistic movement has made many doctors look at the whole patient, not just the disease. Life-style, emotional problems and diet are just some of the factors that can affect a person's health. Holistic medicine emphasizes good diet, exercise and fresh air, all of which contribute to health . Some clinics now offer holistic medicine along with traditional treatments, so that their patients can choose a combination of treatments that suits them. One problem with holistic medicine is that it is difficult for people to be sure a doctor is reliable. To solve this, many countries want alternative doctors to form professional bodies.

 

71. Modern holistic medicine centers upon ________.

    A. curing a disease                         B. herbal treatment

    C. continuous development             D. keeping patients healthy

72. Which of the following does NOT belong to holistic medicine?

    A. massage                              B. meditation

    C. a balanced diet                     D. a knee operation

73. The principle of homeopathy is that ________.

    A. the large doses of medicine that will not be harmful will take better effect

    B. the disease will be cured sooner by taking larger doses of medicine

    C. a small thinner dose of medicine will be more effective

    D. the doses of medicine depend on how serious the illness is

74. Which of the following titles best sums up the passage?

    A. Holistic Medicine                     B. Traditional Medicine Returns

    C. History of Medicine                 D. Combination of Treatments Works

75. What can we infer from the passage?

    A. Relaxation is the key of holistic treatment.

    B. Holistic medicine needs to become more trustworthy.

    C. Holistic treatment is more beneficial than traditional treatments.

    D. Holistic medicine will become the most welcome treatment soon.

Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.

People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them. For example, most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources, cultures, and times. They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education, but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.

“ Most local stories are based on a larger theme,” American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “ Cinderella(灰姑娘), or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”

Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoners too, helping them knowing who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they don’t like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. “For every advance in business,” she says, “ there is a greater need for communication.” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says.

Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there. The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere, she says.

“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,” she says, “ What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs. We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybody’s story.”

 

22.     What do we learn about American storytellers from Paragraph 2?

   A. They share the same way of storytelling.

   B. They prefer to tell the stories from other cultures.

   C. They learn their stories from the American natives.

   D. They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.

23.     The underlined sentence (Paragraph 4) suggests that prisoners can _____.

   A. start a new life                        B. settle down in another place

   C. direct films                            D. become good actors

24.     Pugh has practised storytelling with _____ groups of people.

   A. 2              B. 3               C. 4             D. 5

25.     What is the main idea of the text?

   A. Storytelling can influence the way people think.

   B. Storytelling is important to the growth of business.

   C. Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.

   D. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.

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