英语阅读理解练习及答案详解(48)

　　As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. But relaxation is __1__ for a healthy mind and body.

　　Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to __2__ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of __3__ that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

　　The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some peoplw are not afraid of stress, and such __4__ are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first sight of __5__ difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both physically and __6__. In fact we make choice between flight or fight and in more __7__ days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same __8__. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued __9__ to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cannot __10__ stress from our lives it would be unwise to do so even if we could, we need to find ways to deal with it.

　　A)exposure B)characters C)answer D)chemically

　　E)avoid F)psychologically G)primitive H)transfer

　　I)unusual J)control K)remove L)escape

　　M)response N)backward O)essential

　　【答案】

　　1.选O)。此处应填形容词。前文中说人们正在失去放松的休闲方式，But转折表明作者对relaxation的重视态度，只有essential必须的，重要的符合文意。

　　2.选E)。此处应填动词。前句说Stress is a natural part of everyday life压力是日常生活中很自然的一部分，说明人们不能避免压力。选项中只有avoid的意思为避免，消除，故E)avoid正确。

　　3.选J)。此处应填名词。前面说有压力并不是坏事，适当的压力能给人以动力，能赋予人生活的意义。只有在什么时候，压力才会导致人们表现不佳，身体不好。根据上下文可知get out of control压力失控的时候，才会有不好的结果，故选J)control。

　　4.选B)。此处应填名词。前句中not afraid of stress不怕压力是一些人的性格特点，选项中可以表示人的性格特点的词只有characters，故选B)。

　　5.选I)。此处应填形容词，修饰名词difficulties。一些人遇到......的困难就灰心丧气，选项中的形容词中，unusual不同寻常的可以说明困难的程度，故选择I)。

　　6.选F)。此处应填副词，与physically相对应，在此physically作为身体上的解释。选项中的副词有chemically化学地和psychologically精神地，很明显两个副词中选择F)psychologically.

　　7.选G)。此处应填形容词，修饰名词days。...days与后文中的today相对应，形成对比。选项中的是primitive，即将人类的早期和人类的今天做比较 ，故选G)。而N)backward说明的是社会发展的状态，不符合原文意思。

　　8.选M)。此处填名词。前句说，在人类的早期，选择不同就意味着生与死的差别;而现在人们碰到的危机不可能那样极端。后面but转折，说明了不管是压力的大小，人们都是在避免和战斗之间选择，下句中的such a reaction也可以说明人们对压力的反应是一样的，选项中的名词answer和response中，M)response=reaction符合文意。

　　9.选A)。根据上题，这种反应长时间持续的原因就是长时间的面对压力，选项中的exposure暴露的状态，受影响符合上下文意思，故选择A)exposure。