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
When you are invited to attend a party in the West, the first important thing you need to know is that you should arrive late.
It is a great embarrassment to arrive at a party early or even on time. Therefore, unless you are the host of the party, you never want to be the first person present at a party. Why? Because others may think that you have no life or nothing better to do than wait for a party to start. Many people try to project(展现)an image(形象)of always being busy, which, whether true or not, has something to do with success. So, by arriving late, you are implying: “I live a full life and it's really exciting.”
Therefore, an 8 o'clock party usually doesn't really start until maybe 9 o'clock, as everyone wants to be thought of as a busy and important person with lots of things to do. In other words, a party is one of those rare occasions(极少数场合)in which your punctuality can actually hurt you. It's quite a strange thing, isn't it? Anyhow, remember to be late!The passage is most likely to have been taken from a book about______.
| A.life in the West | B.health and medicine |
| C.politics in the West | D.behavioral science |
What is the reason that people want to be late for parties?
| A.They are not the host of the party. |
| B.They are too busy to arrive on time. |
| C.They want others to think they are busy. |
| D.They don’t want to wait for a party to start. |
What does the word "punctuality" in the last paragraph mean?
| A.Being polite | B.Being late |
| C.Being smart | D.Being on time |
We can infer from the passage that______.
| A.Sometimes people pretend to be what they want to be. |
| B.Lateness is not a problem when you are attending a meeting. |
| C.You need to be late on every occasion. |
| D.Going to a party can be a waste of time. |
Absence
If a student is absent, parents are asked to contact the school and report that absence. Simply ring the school and you will be directed to the absence phone system. You should then give the name of the student and their tutor teacher.
Attendance
School hours are 08:35 to 15:00. If a student is late, they must sign in at the Student Office.
School times are as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
08:35 - 09:35 Period 1
09:35 - 10:35 Period 2
10:35 - 10:50 Tutor Time
10:50 - 11:10 Interval
11:10 - 12:05 Period 3
12:05 - 13:00 Period 4
13:00 - 13.45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:05 School-wide reading
14:05 - 15:00 Period 5
Wednesday Only
09:00 - 09:55 Period 1
09:55 - 10:50 Period 2
Rest of the times are the same as for the other days.
Cellphones
The current cell phone policy is that, although permitted at school, they must not be used or turned on during class time.If a student is absent, ______ should call the school and report the absence.
the student’s parentsB. the student himself
C. the student’s tutor D. the student’s teacherThe school doesn’t have Tutor Time ______.
| A.on Monday and Friday | B.on Tuesday |
| C.on Thursday | D.on Wednesday |
Students can use their cell phones at ______ every day.
| A.09:00 | B.10:00 |
| C.11:00 | D.12:00 |
Which of the following is true?
| A.When you report an absence, you speak directly to the Student Office. |
| B.You are not late if you go to your classroom at 8 o’clock on Thursday. |
| C.You must ring the school if you are late. |
| D.Wednesday afternoon is free. |
Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids! Come to have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! There’s a new type of business franchise(特许经销权)that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds, which feature toys, games, guided fun and a workout that doesn’t break the family bank.
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids’ physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $ 5 an hour. “Playgrounds are dirty, not guided,” says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N. Y., part of Kansas City-based chain, “We are indoors; we are padded; parents can feel their child is safe”.
In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families, the new franchise stays open in the evenings, long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable. However, these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers. Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special guided programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner. If there is a problem, Mom and Dad are called.
The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes(两小时上下班往返), play with their kids. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.What is this article mainly talking about?
| A.Children can play without parent’s care. |
| B.The fast development of Discovery Zone. |
| C.A new type of business franchise of kids. |
| D.The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds. |
According to the article, which of the following is TRUE to the new playground?
| A.The cost is high for a family. |
| B.It doesn't allow parents to leave their kids. |
| C.It stays open in the evening just as traditional playgrounds. |
| D.It's a place where parents can play together with their kids. |
What does the writer mean by saying "old-fashioned"?
| A.The so-called new playground is out of date. |
| B.The new playground is actually enjoyed by parents. |
| C.The new playground is also enjoyed by old people. |
| D.The new playground offers a fashion which is popular in the past. |
The writer’s attitude toward the new playground is_______________.
| A.agreeable | B.negative |
| C.doubtful | D.unknown |
Life is difficult.
But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it. Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is painful. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole of solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working our problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.The writer uses just one short sentence in the first paragraph probably to _________.
| A.make a suggestion | B.persuade readers |
| C.make readers laugh | D.get readers’ attention |
According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to __________ .
| A.encourage them to learn |
| B.make them suffer |
| C.make their life easier |
| D.help them understand life is difficult |
“Those things that hurt, instruct.” from Benjamin Franklin suggests that ________ .
| A.we do not learn from experience |
| B.we do not learn when we are in pain |
| C.pain teaches us important lessons |
| D.pain cannot be forgotten |
From the passage, it can be inferred that __________.
| A.not everybody has the same problems |
| B.we become stronger by facing and solving the problems in life |
| C.life is difficult because our problems bring us pain |
| D.people like to complain about their problems |
Tea, the most important of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid 17th century that tea first appeared in England.
Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock, thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner. The Duchess asked her servant to bring a tray of tea, bread, butter and cake to her room during the late afternoon. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.
This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880’s upper class and society women would change into long gowns(长袍), gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock.
Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty(讲究的) sandwiches, scones(烤饼)served with cream and jams. Cakes and pastries(面团) are also served. Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from silver teapots into delicate bone china cups.
Nowadays, however, in the average suburban home, afternoon tea is likely to be just a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea, usually produced using a teabag.The title of the passage is __________.
| A.Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford |
| B.Tea, the most important of English drinks |
| C.Anna, a person introducing afternoon tea to England |
| D.Afternoon tea, a very British tradition |
Afternoon tea was introduced in English in _________.
| A.1880 | B.the mid 17th century |
| C.1840 | D.3 BC |
Traditional afternoon tea is made up of __________.
| A.sandwiches, scones as well as cakes and pastries |
| B.a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea |
| C.a tray of tea, bread, butter and cake |
| D.a selection of dainty sandwiches |
According to the passage, we can learn that _________.
| A.Tea appeared in England much earlier than in China |
| B.The reason why the Duchess was hungry at 4 p.m. is that dinner time came quite late |
| C.In the suburban home, afternoon tea is also served in a dainty way |
| D.Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from china teapots into delicate bone silver cups. |