Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often  1 that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so 2 with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily  3 in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly  4. Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along  5 and had to wait  6   in a low mood. Just 'then he heard light, hesitant   7   on his door that were dearly audible (听到) in the  8 night.

"Who's it?" he wondered. Terry had no  9   in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be   10. So he went to the door and opened it  11. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, "Sir, do you have candles? I'm your neighbor." "No," answered Terry in anger and shut the door  12. "What a nuisance (讨厌)!" he complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to  13  things."

After a while, the door was knocked again, He opened it and found the same girl outside.14  this time she was 15 two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She  16   me here to give you these." Terry was    17 dumb (目瞪口呆) by what he saw.

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   18   in life. It was his   19  and harshness (刻薄的) with other people, The person who had cheated him in life was   20   nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been bluffed (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

1. A. complaining    B. reflecting       C. praying     D. pretending

2. A. inspired       B. disappointed     C. thrilled    D. encouraged

3. A. abandoned      B. wasted           C. absorbed    D. occupied

4. A. went on        B. went down        C. went out    D. went through

5. A. candles        B. matches          C. lights      D. flashlights

6. A. happily        B. patiently        C. willingly   D. helplessly

7. A. steps          B. words            C. knocks      D. screams

8. A. dark           B. quiet            C. noisy       D. crowded

9. A. acquaintances  B. enemies          C. neighbors   D. bosses

10. A. offered        B. disturbed        C. embarrassed D. panicked

11. A. cheerfully     B. contently        C. impatiently D. relevantly

12. A. gently         B. deliberately     C slightly     D. abruptly

13. A. lend           B. sell             C. purchase    D. borrow

14. A. And            B. But              C. So          D. For

15. A. holding        B. hiding           C. fetching    D. seeking

16. A. suggested      B. forbad           C. sent        D. forced

17. A. frightened     B. disturbed        C. confused    D. struck

18. A. failure        B. success          C. complaint   D. determination

19. A. warmth         B. coldness         C. kindness    D. sympathy

20. A. doubtfully     B. hardly           C. actually    D. specifically

That "Monday morning feeling" could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday morning and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.

The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.

Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.

A study of 11,000 Italians proved 8 a.m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewest heart attacks in both countries.

The finding could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr. Stefan Willich of the Free University. "We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol (胆固醇) but we don't know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can't give clear advice on how to prevent them." he said.

Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressure of work.

"When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal (内分泌) changes in their bodies." Willich explained. "All these things can have an unfavorable effect on the blood system and increase the risk of a clot (血凝块) which will cause a heart attack."

"When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activities." said Willich.

1. "Monday morning feeling", as this passage shows,        

A. is not as serious as people thought

    B. is the first killer in Germany and Italy

    C. is created by researchers in Germany and Italy

    D. is harmful to working people in developed countries

2. To protect people from a heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to __

    A. people's working time                B. people's living place

    C. people's lifestyle                   D. people's nationalities

3. What does the underlined word "break" mean in the passage?

    A. rest              B. end          C. freedom           D. play

4. It can be learned from this passage that the heart attack has something to do with all the following EXCECT        

    A. blood pressure     B. heart rate      C. hormonal changes   D. blood type

5. If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?

    A. Improving working conditions.         B. Never go to work on Mondays.

    C. Stay with a doctor on Monday.         D. Get up late on Monday morning.

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