Hard-working Making People Live Longer 努力工作使人长寿
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are
___1___ than housewives, Evidence (证据) shows that
___2___ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows
___3___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this
___4___ one point: Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy,
__5___ loneliness and solitude (孤独). Researches show that people feel
__6___ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are
___7___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as
___8___ between man and reality. By work, people
___9___ each other. By collective (集体的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work
__10___ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)
___11___.
__12___, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of
___13___. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When
___14___ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully
__15___ a patient or a teacher sees his students
___16___, they are happy
__17___.
From the above we can come to the conclusion
___18___ the more you work,
__19___ you will be. Let us work hard,
__20___ and live a happy and healthy life.
| 小题1: | | A．more healthier | B．healthier | C．weaker | D．worse |
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| 小题2: | | A．career women | B．the busy | C．the jobless | D．the hard-working |
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| 小题3: | | A．that whenever | B．whether | C．that though | D．since |
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| 小题4: | | A．comes down to | B．equals to | C．adds up to | D．amounts to |
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| 小题5: | | A．不填 | B．off | C．in touch with | D．away from |
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| 小题6: | | A．happy, interested | B．glad, joyful | C．cheerful, concerned | D．unhappy, worried |
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| 小题7: | | A．busy | B．free | C．lazy | D．empty |
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| 小题8: | | A．a river | B．a gap | C．a channel | D．a bridge |
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| 小题9: | | A．come across | B．come into contact with | | C．look down upon | D．watch over |
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| 小题10: | | A．means | B．stands | C．equals | D．matches |
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| 小题11: | | A．success | B．death | C．victory | D．disease |
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| 小题12: | | A．Besides | B．Nevertheless | C．However | D．Yet |
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| 小题13: | | A．disappointment | B．achievement | C．regret | D．apology |
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| 小题14: | | A．a worker | B．a farmer | C．a writer | D．a manager |
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| 小题15: | | A．manages | B．controls | C．operates on | D．deals with |
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| 小题16: | | A．raise | B．grow | C．rise | D．increase |
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| 小题17: | | A．in a word | B．without a word | C．at a word | D．beyond words |
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| 小题19: | | A．the lonelier and weaker | B．lonelier and weaker | | C．happier and healthier | D．the happier and healthier |
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