Question

    It is a well-known fact that those who suffer from stress at work are often unskilled workers doing uninteresting, repetitive jobs, especially those on production lines. Many of them have already turned to medicines to fight against sleeplessness and fear about the future, two of the signs of long-term stress and depression. In Britain, people spend 650 million pounds a year on different kinds of medicines. About one third of this is spent on those medicines dealing with stress and depression. People take three million sleeping tablets every night. Although these “drugs of the mind” can be extremely useful in cases of crisis, most patients would be better off without them.

    There are many causes of stress: uninteresting work, unemployment, poor housing, family problems, overcrowding and financial worry are all important factors. Nevertheless, doctors believe that if people learnt to breathe properly, took more exercise, used their leisure time more actively and expressed their anger instead of holding it in, they would not depend so much on drugs, which treat only the outward signs and not the cause of the stress. If doctors refused prescriptions more often and discouraged patients with minor illnesses from visiting the doctors, the country would have more money to spend on improving leisure facilities and adult education, which are at present inadequate in many parts of the country. Moreover, doctors would have more time to spend on those patients in real need of their help.

63. The passage tells us that _______ .

A. unskilled workers are more likely to suffer from stress

B. about one-third of the British workers worry about the future

C. most patients feel uncomfortable with medicines

D. people spend 650 million pounds on sleeping tablets every year

64. The word “depression” (Paragraph 1) means _______ .

A. humor                                                  B. low spirit

C. good effort                                           D. balance

65. According to the writer’s opinion, _______ .

A. some medicines have a long-term effect on the mind

B. the ways to treat the cause of stress remain unknown

C. those who suffer from stress need to have a good rest

D. taking medicines is not a good way to overcome stress

66. In this passage, the writer states that _______ .

A. patients should visit their doctors whenever they feel unwell

B. the government should spend more money on people’s health

C. nowadays people spend too much time on their leisure activities

D. doctors offered patients medicines more often than necessary

Answer 1

63.解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一句It is a well-known fact that those who suffer from stress at work are often unskilled workers doing uninteresting, repetitive jobs, especially those on production lines. 可知。

64.解析：选B。猜测词义题。从上文“stress”一词可以猜出。

65.解析：选D。主旨大意题。作者的观点：人们承受如此多的压力，只靠吃药解决不是好办法。

66.解析：选D。推理判断题。第二段后半部分说明了医生给病人吃的药远远超过病人的需要。