When someone says that his father is a beefeater, he means that ______.A.His father is a
A.His father is a Yeoman Warder.
B.His father guards at the Tower of London.
C.His father likes eating bee
D.His father only eats bee
A.His father is a Yeoman Warder.
B.His father guards at the Tower of London.
C.His father likes eating bee
D.His father only eats bee
第1题
Take jealousy for example. Remember that time your partner spent so (1) extra time with that tall blonde at your best friend’s party? When you mentioned it, he got angry and yelled: ―You’re always so jealous! You have to learn to trust me. He made you feel so foolish —like an insecure little girl- and you vowed you (2) jealous again.
It doesn’t work that way. Jealousy isonly a symptom, and trust isn’t the issue. Fear is. (3) you figure out what you’re afraid of, you’ll find yourself on that merry-go-round again and again. So sit down and (4) why you feel so fearful about the attentions your significant someone shines on someone else.
Some fears are obvious. Will he find someone else more attractive? If he finds (5) more attractive, will he leave you? If he leaves you, what will you do? We stay in unhappy or destructive relationships and jobs for far longer than is emotionally healthy (6) we fear change. And we don’t trust ourselves to (7) the right decisions.
Goleman says (8) literate people have learned how to express their emotions at the right time and place and in the right way. They’re also aware (9) how their emotions affect others, keeping the (10) on cooperation instead of competition or compliance.
(1) A、many
B、much
C、few
D、little
(2)A、will be
B、will never be
C、would be
D、would never be
(3)A、Until
B、Before
C、Unless
D、Then
(4)A、analyze
B、analyzing
C、analyzed
D、analysis
(5)A、anyone
B、everyone
C、someone
D、no one
(6)A、when
B、where
C、because
D、after
(7)A、do
B、make
C、take
D、plan
(8)A、emotion
B、emotional
C、emotionaly
D、emotionally
(9)A、to
B、on
C、in
D、of
(10)A、focus
B、point
C、spot
D、dot
第2题
A、hold up
B、keep up
C、stir up
D、come up
第3题
第4题
The Death of a Spouse
For much of the world, the death of Richard Nixon was the end of a complex public life. But researchers who study bereavement (丧失亲人) wondered if it didn't also signify the end of a private grief. Had the former president merely run his allotted fourscore and one, or had he fallen victim to a pattern that seems to afflict (折磨) longtime married couples: one spouse quickly following the other to the grave?
Pat, Nixon's wife of 53 years, died last June after a long illness. No one knows for sure whether her death contributed to his. After all, he was elderly and had a history of serious heart disease. Researchers have long observed that the death of a spouse particularly a wife is sometimes followed by the untimely death of the grieving survivor. Historian Will Durant died 13 days after his wife and collaborator, Ariel; Buckminster Fuller and his wife died just 36 hours apart. Is this more than coincidence?
"Part of the story, I suspect, is that we men are so used to ladies feeding us and taking care of us," says Knud Helsing, an epidemiologist (流行病学家) at the Johns Hopkins School of Public health, "that when we lose a wife we go to pieces. We don't know how to take care of ourselves." In one of several studies Helsing has conducted on bereavement, he found that widowed men had higher mortality rates than married men in every age group. But, he found that widowers who remarried enjoyed the same lower mortality rate as men who'd never been widowed.
Women's health and resilience (愉悦) may also suffer after the loss of a spouse. In a 1987 study of widows, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and UC, San Diego, found that they had a dramatic decline in levels of important immune-system cells that fight off disease. Earlier studies showed reduced immunity in widowers.
For both men and women, the stress of losing a spouse can have a profound effect. "All sorts of potentially harmful medical problems can be worsened," says Gerald Davison, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California. People with high blood pressure, for example, may see it rise. In Nixon's case, Davison speculates, "the stroke (中风), although not caused directly by the stress, was probably hastened by it." Depression can affect the surviving spouse's will to live; suicide are elevated in the bereaved, along with accidents not involving cars.
Involvement in life helps prolong it. Mortality, says Duke University psychiatrist Daniel Blazer, is higher in older people without a good social-support-system who don't feel they're part of a group or a family, that they "fit in" somewhere. And that's a more common problem for men, who tend not to have as many close friendships as women. The sudden absence of routines can also be a health hazard, says Blazer. "A person who loses a spouse shows deterioration in normal habits like sleeping and eating." he says. "They don't have that other person to orient them, like when do you go to bed, when do you wake up, when do you eat, when do you take your medication, when do you go out to take a walk? Your pattern is no longer locked into someone else's pattern, so it deteriorates."
While earlier studies suggested that the first six months to a year - or even the first week - were times of higher mortality for the bereaved, some newer studies find no special vulnerability (弱点) in this initial period. Most men and women, of course do nor die as a result of the loss of a spouse. And there are ways to improve the odds. A strong sense of separate identity and lack of over-dependency during the marriage are helpful. Adult sons and daughters, siblings (兄弟姐妹) and friends need to pay special attention to a newly widowed parent. They can make sure that he or she is socializing, getting proper nutrition and medical care, expressing emotion and, above all, feeling needed and appreciated.
第5题
When people talk, they keep a certain______from someone they talk with.
A.distance
B.scope
C.range
D.boundary
第6题
A.As
B.That
C.Which
D.It
第7题
Hardly______finished when someone rose to refute his points.
A.had he
B.has he
C.he has
D.he had
第8题
A.as
B.until
C.when
D.while
第9题
A、there was a knock on the door
B、someone was knocking at the door
C、we heard a knock on the door
D、we heard someone is knocking at the door
第10题
Someone feels _________ even when he is with many friends.
A、lonely
B、alone
C、on lonely
D、in alone