第二部分.阅读理解(共25小题。第一节每小题2分,第二节每小题1分满分45分)

第一节 阅读  下面五篇短文,从每题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

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      ___     .

A. family size                           B. work experience      

C. body weight                     D. social position       

2.Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?

 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 degree of their health concern is

C. the level of their education is                                D. the effect of education on their health is

4.Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because          .

A. they don’t want to tell truth                                  B. they don’t want to face the truth

C. stress is too common a factor in their life           D. their stress is much greater   

LONDON---Life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent fast-forward.

Their full school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough. But Hangner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.

Often,the exhausted family doesn’t get home until 7 p. m. There is just time for a quick supper before homework

In today’s world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line.

  Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.

  "Doctors across the country are reporting a growing number of children suffering from stomachaches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress, "says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.

  Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It’s a very serious problem.

Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports, language, music and math classes for children as young as four.

  "There is a new parenting trend under way which says that you have to tap all your child’s potential at a young age; otherwise you will let him down," says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病专家).“It isn’t entirely new: there have always been pushy parents. But what was previously seen as strange behavior is now well accepted.”

1.From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that ________.

  A.Hanger wastes much time helping her children’s lessons

  B.Hanger doesn’t spend much time on her full time job

  C.Hanger is interested in sports and music

  D.Hanger busies herself by following a trend

2.British parents, as the writer described in this passage, ________.

  A.treat their children as sports players

  B.pay no attention to their children’s lessons

  C.bring up their children in a simple way

  D.give their children little time to develop freely

3.The writer’s opinion of after-school clubs is that _________.

  A.activities in the country are too competitive

  B.children should attend four clubs at a time

  C.some clubs lead to competitive pressures

  D.clubs should have more subjects for school children

4.The last paragraph tells us that in Britain______

       A.parents used to take their children to every club.

B.parents used to be wise on how to raise children

C.parents have all benefited from children’s clubs.

D.parents have come to know the standard of education

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