55．C。推理判断题。经历过ups and downs的人，能够更加有能力处理困难。

54．B。推理判断题。根据上句所述”文章告诉我们应避免压力事件”，其实这是不可行的。从文章一开始就可以得知，无论是“悲伤还是喜悦”的事，都会带来压力，所以这种a小vice是不可行的，言外之意是没有哪个处方在减轻压力方面是奏效的。

53．D。推理判断题。根据文章第二自然段中“it only shows how much you have to deal”只是表明你承受多大程度的压力”可知。

52．D。细节理解题。文章中有“millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports”，表明这一阶段的研究给人带来更多的是担扰，并且从一些杂志用的标题上都可以显示出来。

51．A。主旨大意题。难度较大。根据文章前面的叙述，其意为“分数无法向你表明你怎样对待压力，只表明你承受多大程度的压力”。做题时，可以紧接着看后面一句，即你处理这些事件的方式会很戏剧性地影响你保持健康的机会。

54. Why is “such simplistic advice” (Line 1, Paragraph 3) impossible to follow?

　　 A. No one can stay on the same job for long.　　

B. No prescription is effective in reducing stress.

C. People have to get married someday.　　　　　

D. You could be missing chances as well.

53. The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows ________________.

A. how you can deal with life-changing events　

B. how helpful events can change your life

C. how stressful a major event can be　　　　　

D. how much pressure you are under

52. The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to ___________________.

　　 A. popular avoidance of stressful jobs　　　

B. great fear over the mental disorder

C. a careful research into stress-related illnesses

D. widespread worry about its harmful effects

51. The result of Holmes-Rahe’s medical research tells us _________________.

　　 A. the way you deal with major events may cause stress

　　 B. what should be done to avoid stress

　　 C. what kind of event would cause stress

　　 D. how to deal with sudden changes in life