Question

Here is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone can’t make us tire. It sounds absurd. But a years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue (疲勞). To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer, we would find it full of fatigue toxins(毒素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end of the day.

So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of effort as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired?

Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional(情緒的) attitudes. One of England’s most outstanding scientists, J.A. Hadfield, says, “The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares, “One hundred percent of the fatigue of sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”

What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being appreciated---those are the emotions that tire sitting workers. Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue. We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.

1.What surprised the scientists a few years ago?

A. Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborer’s blood.

B. Albert Einstein didn’t feel worn after a day’s work.

C. The brain could work for many hours without fatigue.

D. A mental worker’s blood was filled with fatigue toxins.

2.According to the author, which of the following can make sitting workers tired?

A. Challenging mental work. B. Unpleasant emotions.

C. Endless tasks. D. Physical labor.

3.What’s the author’s attitude towards the scientists’ idea?

A. He agrees with them. B. He doubts them.

C. He argues against them. D. He hesitates to accept them.

4.We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energetic, sitting workers need to ___________.

A. have some good food. B. enjoy their work

C. exercise regularly D. discover fatigue toxins

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

1.找到關鍵詞surprise.定位第一段。根據Mere is an astonishing and significant fact:Mcntal work alone cant make us tired. It sounds absurd.(Mere是一個令人驚訝又有意義的事實:僅僅腦力勞動不能使我們覺得累。這聽起來有點荒唐)。鎖定答案C。

2.找到關鍵句can make sitting workers tired,定位末段。根據A feeling of being bored,anger,anxiety,tenseness,worry a feeling of not being appreciated–those are the emotions that tire sitting workers。（一種厭煩、憤怒、焦急、緊張、憂慮、不被欣賞的感覺，這些是腦力工作者感到累的情感因素）因此，答案為B。

3.這是一篇說明文，文章的主旨或作者的態度一般在首末段體現。文章的首段首句Mere is an astonishing and significant fact(Mere是一個令人驚訝又有意義的事實)，作者的態度是驚嘆與贊同的：在末段，作者得出結論: We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.(我覺得累是因為我們的感情在體內產生了緊張情緒)。因此，可以判定作者的態度是贊同的，而不是懷疑、爭論或者猶豫。

4.通過文章的大意結構圖，我們知道在文中的第二三四段作者給我們分析了科學家對致使我們勞累的因素進行的研究，在文中的末端得出結論：不好的情緒致使體內昌盛緊張情愫從而使人覺得勞累。因此，答案為選項B。