【題目】In February 2006, Lydia Angyiou and her two sons were walking through their village in northern Canada. The sound of children shouting made her turn around. To her horror, Lydia saw a 700-pound polar bear behind her eyeing her seven-year-old son. Getting between the bear and her child, Lydia yelled at the children to run away. She then began hitting and kicking the animal as hard as she could. A neighbor who heard all the noise came and shot the bear. But everyone agreed it was Lydia who had saved her children’s lives. A local policeman described it this way: “… I guess when your back is up against the wall, we come up with super-human strength.”

Where does this “super-human strength”, courage and quick thinking come from? Experts say it comes from stress! In stressful situations, the body releases chemicals that prepare it to take action. These chemicals give people the speed and strength they need to fight danger or run away from it.

When we think of stress, we usually think of its negative effects. Studies, though, show that moderate levels of stress are actually helpful. In fact, the way we perform is usually affected by the amount of stress we feel.

Stress causes the brain to release adrenaline(腎上腺素) which in turn increases our energy and excitement. The chemical gives us clearer minds and helps us to do more. This is why some people say they work better under a deadline.

Adrenaline that is not released for long periods of time can cause us to increase and strengthen our abilities instead of weakening them. We sometimes turn out our very best work when we push ourselves to the limit. Stress can also make us more confident. Handling small amounts of stress now prepares us for handling serious situations in the future. Who knows? Today’s stress may even prepare for the next polar bear that comes along!

【1】In the first paragraph, the case of Lydia Angyiou is mentioned to______.

A. introduce the topic to be followed

B. remind us of the unexpected danger of life

C. praise Lydia Angyiou for her bravery

D. show the importance of super-human strength

【2】What does the policeman probably mean by saying “your back is up against the wall”?

A. You are helped. B. You are inspired.

C.You are confident. D. You are cornered.

【3】What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Brave Mother

B. The Cause of Stress

C. The Benefit of Stress

D. Super-human Strength

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：全文是通過(guò)介紹Lydia Angyiou在危機(jī)時(shí)刻救孩子逼出的力量引出在壓力下能爆發(fā)出更大的力量。進(jìn)而引出壓力的益處。

【1】A過(guò)第一段介紹Lydia Angyiou救她的孩子引出下文有壓力才有超人一樣的力量。所以選A。為了引出下文的中心論點(diǎn)。

【2】D cornered意思是被逼至絕路的，inspired是有創(chuàng)造力的，confident是有信心的。只有D符合題意。

【3】C全文是通過(guò)介紹Lydia Angyiou在危機(jī)時(shí)刻救孩子逼出的力量引出在壓力下能爆發(fā)出更大的力量。進(jìn)而引出壓力的益處。

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】My 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door．“Look, Mama! Doggie!” I dropped what I was doing and stuck my head out the door．Brandy, our next-door neighbor’s 11-year-old dog, was over again．“Go away!” I shouted．

Brandy’s owner had died about a month earlier．The woman’s family had emptied the house and stuck a “For Sale” sign in the front yard, but the family had left old Brandy behind．For weeks, she’d been wandering around the neighborhood．

It wasn’t that I disliked dogs or anything like that．I just didn’t think about them very much．I never had a dog growing up and had never thought to get one．

Brandy went away and I stayed outside with Adam．Then the phone rang．I went inside to take the call．When I came back, Adam was gone．I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool．No trace of him．I was so nervous that I ran home and called the police, then my husband．

Police searched the neighborhood．Suddenly I heard another sound: a dog barking．“It’s coming from the woods,” one of my neighbors said．We followed the barking to a wooded cliff（懸崖）．There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep．Brandy was beside him, leaning（倚靠）against him to keep him away from the edge．When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on her side, breathing quickly．She must have been holding Adam there for hours!

I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house．She hesitated a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I’d driven her away．

“Come on, girl,” I said．“This is your home now．” Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door．She’d done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it ．She’d certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had．What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!

【1】What is the correct order for the events in the story about Brandy?

a．She was left behind by her owner’s family．

b．She stepped into the woman’s house．

c．She appeared at the woman’s front door．

d．She stayed beside the woman’s son for hours．

A．d, a, b, c B．a(chǎn), c, b, d

C．c, d, b, a D．a(chǎn), c, d, b

【2】What did the woman do when she first saw Brandy?

A．She gave her some food．

B．She drove her away．

C．She took her home．

D．She said thank you to her．

【3】How were they able to be aware that the woman’s son was near the cliff?

A．By searching the neighborhood．

B．By hearing a dog barking．

C．By following a dog’s footsteps．

D．By hearing her son’s crying．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】My uncle is a very humourous person, and he often __________ us for hours with funny stories.

A. encourages B. entertains

C. educates D. directs

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】He told me he had been offered a very well-paid __________ abroad.

A. service B. business

C. position D. work

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】Are you nervous about climbing because you think it’s too dangerous? Do you feel you’re not fit enough to climb? Do you know how to start climbing?

Let’s consider the idea that climbing is dangerous. Being afraid is natural, but if you use suitable ropes and other climbing equipments you will feel completely safe. Climbers are usually very careful because they know what they are doing is dangerous. Accidents happen, but when they do, they tend to attract a lot of publicity. As a result, people think there are many more accidents than there are in reality.

You cannot expect to start climbing straight away. Climbing is a challenge and challenges take time. It is necessary first of all that you achieve a good level of fitness. Begin as soon as you become interested in climbing—go to the gym, go swimming, take up jogging and continue to do so throughout your training period.

Discover as much as you can about climbing. Visit the library and find books especially for beginners or buy climbing magazines and look for articles which describe your situation. Look up information on the Internet. Find out about equipment, methods and places to go.

Next, take a course on a climbing wall. There are plenty of climbing walls all over the country which have trained and qualified people as instructors. Call your local leisure centre to find out if there is one in your area. These training sessions are a quick way to get experience and you are likely to meet other beginners. After this, you can do an outside course or join a club where you can meet climbers of all abilities and eventually join in group-climbing events.

At first you may not understand the importance of a good training period, but after you have completed your first climb and you are standing safely at the top of a rock feeling thrilled, then you will know it was the right thing to do.

【1】The article is written by ______.

A. a doctor B. an experienced climber

C. a beginner D. a fitness instructor

【2】The writer thinks a new climber should ______.

A. begin by becoming fit

B. be aware of the causes of the accidents

C. have the courage to meet the challenges

D. do enough sports to get interested in climbing

【3】By climbing walls you can ______.

A. join a club you like

B. become qualified instructors

C. gain controlled experience

D. take part in group-climbing events

【4】The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A. the climb B. the training

C. the equipment D. the achievement

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】-My room gets very cold at night.

-__________.

A. So is mine B. So mine is

C. So does mine D. So mine does

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!

The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.

Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.

If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.

【1】The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to__________.

A. take photos

B. cheer herself up

C. hop along the path

D. find a solution to the project

【2】The underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1 probably means " __________".

A. uninteresting B. unrelated

C. unsuccessful D. unexpected

【3】In the author's opinion, __________.

A.a bath can make people relaxed

B. adults should express their inner feelings freely

C. walking in a busy city centre harms people's health

D. depression is usually caused by hard work

【4】The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.

A. suggestion B. explanation

C. introduction D. reminder

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device (裝置) developed by doctors in Israel.

The device will be used by breathing in and out through the nose, according to a study. Healthy people who tested the device quickly learned to play computer games and write sentences by sniffing. Encouraged by the results, the researchers decided to test their device on people who are paralyzed (癱瘓) but whose intelligence remains normal. Ten paralyzed who tested the device quickly learned to use their noses to write words, open a webpage, copy words and put them into a search engine.

With their success in helping severely disabled people to communicate * the researchers decided to make use of the new technology to design an electric wheelchair to be driven by sniffs.

Ten healthy people easily mastered sniff—driving a wheelchair through a maze (迷宮), and a 30-year-old man who had been paralyzed from the neck down for six years was as good a sniff-driver as the healthy participants at his second attempt. In other words, a paralyzed person could use the sniff controller to drive an electric wheelchair.

At the moment, sniff-controlled technology is still in the stage of development, and the Weizmann Institute has already applied for a patent on the device. "Ill be very happy if it can help us to make money, but the real problem is that I hope someone will develop it, because this would help a lot of people," said Sobel, one of the lead researchers of the study.

【1】What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce a new invention.

B. To equip the disabled with life skills.

C. To show the nose's special functions.

D. To instruct doctors to apply for a patent.

【2】In the test, the paralyzed people with normal intelligence can use their nose to ______.

A. type long sentences quickly

B. play computer games easily

C. enter a website without much difficulty

D. communicate with others successfully

【3】With the help of the sniffing device, a 30-year-old disabled man ______.

A. spent six years learning how to drive a wheelchair

B. failed to drive through the maze at his first attempt

C. took the wheelchair controlled by healthy participants

D. managed to drive an electric wheelchair by sniffing

【4】From the last paragraph, we can infer that the sniff-controlled technology ______.

A. will be applied to other fields of research

B. needs further developing to serve more people

C. has become an important patented invention

D. shows the wisdom and talents of Israel doctors

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)并填寫在答卷上。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Tips to Ease Migraines

If you've ever experienced migraine headache, you know that it's no walk in the park. Migraines are very painful type of headache, often felt on one or both sides of a head. Some people experience migraines every now and then, while others get them more than once a week. 【1】 Although they are not dangerous to life, migraines can seriously affect one's ability to function throughout the day. Here are four tips for easing migraines:

1. Learn to manage. Migraines are often caused by stress, so try not to get stressed out easily. 【2】 Learning stress management techniques can reduce and even prevent the pain of a migraine headache. You can do this by taking a yoga lesson. If you prefer to practice relaxation at home, then try lying down on your bed or sofa and closing your eyes. Take slow, deep breaths and focus on relaxing each muscle group one at a time until you hate relaxed every single muscle in your body.

2. Use ice massage(按摩). Another solution is the "ice massage". Put your fingers into ice-cold water and then press your temples(太陽(yáng)穴) until the pain decreases. 【3】

3. Drink lots and lots of water. You can also get migraines if your body lacks water. Avoid dehydration by staying out of the sun and drinking plenty of water throughout the day. Carry a water bottle with you. 【4】

4. 【5】 When you have a migraine, lights and sound can sometimes be your worst enemy. Close your curtains, turn out the lights, and remember to turn off the TV.

A . Add a few drops of peppermint(薄荷) oil for an even stronger effect.

B. Create a dark space to rest.

C. But never drink coffee, tea, or soda, for these may cause migraines.

D. But never wear headphones for too long, since it may cause migraines.

E. Avoid bright lights and loud noises.

F. Avoid using the computer for too long and going to bed late at night.

G. About 6 in every 100 people regularly experience migraine headaches.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案