10．Is there anything more important than health？I don't think so．"Health is the greatest wealth．"wise people say．You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill．If you have a headache，toothache，backache，earache or bad pain in the stomach，if you complain of a bad cough，if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold，or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure，I think you should go to the doctor．
The doctor will examine your throat，feel your pulse，test your blood pressure，take your temperature，sound your heart and lungs，test your eyes，check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed．After that he will advise some treatment，or some medicine．The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice．Speaking about doctor's advice，I can't help telling you a funny story．
An old gentleman came to see the doctor．The man was very ill．He told the doctor about his weakness，memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest．He also advised him to eat a lot of meat，drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks．In other words，the doctor advised him to follow the rule："Eat at pleasure，drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．"The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again，he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day．A month later the gentleman came into the doctor's office．He looked cheerful and happy．He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．"But you know，doctor，"he said，"it's not easy to begin smoking at my age．"
21．The writer thinks thatA．
A．health is more important than wealth
B．work is as important as studies
C．medicine is more important than pleasure
D．nothing is more important than money
22．The underlined part in paragraph 3means"A"．
A．he was feeling better than ever
B．he wasn't a healthy man
C．he was feeling worse than before
D．he will be well again
23．From the last sentence of the passage，we learn the manC before the doctor told him not to smoke more than one cigarette a day．
A．was a heavy smoker
B．didn't smoke so much
C．didn't smoke
D．began to learn to smoke．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了健康对人们的重要性，没有什么事情比健康更重要了．
解答 21．A．细节理解题．根据文章第一段1，2行Is there anything more important than health？I don't think so．"Health is the greatest wealth．"wise people say说明健康比任何事物都重要，故A正确．
22．A．推理判断题．根据He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．说明这个病人现在感觉很好，非常健康．故A正确．
23．C．推理判断题．根据文章最后一句"But you know，doctor，"he said，"it's not easy to begin smoking at my age．"说明他开始抽烟了，可知他原来的不抽烟的．故C正确．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
