D

(2016·广东省五校协作体联考)In many countries, heart disease kills a lot of women and even more men. There are four major causes of this disease and these are smoking, poor or bad diet, a family history of heart disease and stressful work. Among these main wrongdoers, the most common cause is stress.

What is stress and how do you feel when you are under stress? Imagine you live alone — you are lying in bed at night and, suddenly, you hear someone in the kitchen. Immediately your heart begins to beat very fast and you feel that you can hardly breathe. What you are feeling is not stress, but fear. However, your body changes in the same way when you feel stress. That means that if you feel anxious and worried during an important examination, your heart may beat very fast and you may feel breathless too. You are experiencing stress. Another common situation in which a person is likely to feel stress is to have to do something, for example, performing a boring duty, every day.

Let us look at the case of Annie who was a nurse. She felt a lot of stress in her work and began to have very bad headaches at the end of the day. Each morning she woke up more tired than she was when she went to sleep. She did not want to go out in the evening with her friends and she felt unhappy all the time.

Finally, she sat down and thought about her life. She saw a lot of illness and death in her work but that was not the reason why she was under stress. The real reason was that she felt unable to make a positive decision in her job — she had to do what the doctors and sisters told her.

So, Annie went back to college for further study. When she graduated, she found a job where she was part of a team as before, but where she had responsibility in making decisions. Her working hours were longer and her work was more difficult than when she was a nurse but she enjoyed it.She felt she was in control of her life and her work. For Annie, stress in her old job had made her change her life and end a difficult situation. Stress in her new job became a good thing because it helped her achieve satisfaction in her life and in her work.

12.According to the passage, ________ die of heart disease.

A.most men

B.more men than women

C.more women than men

D.most women

13.Feeling ________ is one form of stress.

A.tired　　　　　　　　B.alone

C.anxious D.breathless

14.When Annie was a nurse, she felt no real ________ in her work or in her life.

A.unhappiness B.breakdown

C.excitement D.responsibility

15.What is one major difference between Annie's new job and her old one?

A.It includes teamwork.

B.It demands higher qualifications.

C.It ensures satisfaction.

D.It involves decision­making.

Ⅱ.阅读七选五(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

Some people get pleasure from picnics and tours. Others like to discuss various topics and find pleasure in it. But the reading of books provides us with such pleasure as we do not get from any other activity.

Books are written by learned people. They contain the best experiences and thoughts of their writers. Writers put in their books not only their own ideas and feelings, but also what they observe and find in society. __16__

If we are in a cheerful mood, our joy is increased by reading. __17__ They provide us with the best advice and guidance in our difficulties. Indeed, books are our best friends as they help us in our hour of need.

__18__ They entertain us in our spare moments. Good novels, books on poetry and short stories, give us great enjoyment. At times we become so absorbed in our books that we forget even our important arrangements. Loneliness is no trouble for a reader.

__19__ They give us sound moral advice. It is through the reading of books that we learn what to love and what to hate. The reading of good books develops and improves our character.

It was the English author Bacon who said that reading makes a full man. No one can question the truth of this saying. __20__ Some books are such that instead of doing any good, they do harm to the readers. So it is the reading of good books alone that presents us the greatest benefit.

A.Books keep us wellinformed.

B.Books contain grains of wisdom.

C.When we are alone, books are our best friends.

D.Books enable us to know the best of the colorful world.

E.When we are in a depressed mood, books comfort our troubled minds.

F.But we cannot get full advantage from reading, if our choice is not good.

G.By reading books written by great thinkers, we come into contact with their minds.

Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

(2016·合肥市质检)Goal setting seems to be a hot topic, yet it's easy to know about but difficult to practice.

People set goals, work hard at them for even a few months, and then __21__ them. Next year, they set the __22__ goals. But why do so many people do it? They may be making goals too __23__. But that isn't to say that they aren't __24__ goals. They need to be broken apart into smaller and __25__pieces. Make spoon­size goals and you'll accomplish them __26__.

Many people are probably unwilling to __27__ you to reach your goals. They're __28__ with you when you have your own goals. They may even be enthusiastic about your __29__ to change something or accomplish something new. __30__， as you change and accomplish, they may not like it. Why? It's usually because your changes and accomplishments __31__ them that they could be doing it, too ... __32__ they aren't!

You may have filled your __33__ with so many things that there's little __34__ for your goals to grow. We must be careful not to confuse busyness with __35__， as goals are always achieved step by step. Be __36__ about how you use your time and what you focus on. Success often comes when you know what to __37__， rather than what to include in your life.

Goal setting is like the pig and chicken walking out early one morning. The chicken became really __38__ when she saw a sign：“Ham & Eggs, $ 2.99”.She said to the pig，“Look, we've got double billing again.” The pig said, “That's __39__ for you to say! For you, it's all in a day's work. For me, it's total commitment.” Goal setting is all in a day's work. Goal __40__ is total commitment.

21.A.withdraw　　　　　　B.forget

C.change D.store

22.A.opposite B.common

C.same D.valid

23.A.global B.precise

C.vague D.realistic

24.A.simple B.achievable

C.reliable D.clear

25.A.equal B.unusual

C.regular D.specific

26.A.slowly B.accurately

C.easily D.instantly

27.A.support B.lead

C.force D.follow

28.A.comfortable B.familiar

C.careful D.patient

29.A.means B.desire

C.skill D.energy

30.A.Therefore B.Besides

C.Otherwise D.However

31.A.inform B.convince

C.remind D.warn

32.A.and B.but

C.or D.for

33.A.notebook B.file

C.schedule D.case

34.A.doubt B.hope

C.dimension D.room

35.A.progress B.performance

C.practice D.promotion

36.A.selective B.curious

C.skeptical D.optimistic

37.A.figure out B.leave out

C.take out D.send out

38.A.confused B.upset

C.excited D.worried

39.A.strange B.pitiful

C.necessary D.natural

40.A.development B.achievement

C.management D.assessment