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    help(s) us most to handle pain.A. Attitude B. Life C. Our nerves D. The Indian fakir CYears ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, “Emma, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. How right they were!“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it! when others shout, “No, you can’t! It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping．We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old. Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money. If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius． We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens ．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be ．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow． 【查看更多】

     

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    　　A moment's drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset．Many of us cannot stand pain．To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand the "needle"－a shot of novocaine－that deadens the nerves around the tooth．

    　　Now it's true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it．This helps us adjust to the world．Without our nerves and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves-we wouldn't know what's happening．But we pay for our sensitivity．We can feel pain when

    the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body．The history of torture(酷刑)is based on the human body being open to pain．

    　　But there is a way to handle pain．Look at the Indian fakir who sits on a bed of nails．Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain．This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain．

    　　The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it．If the dentist says, "This will hurt a little," it helps us to accept the pain．By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart．After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation,

    and sensations are the stuff of life．

    (1)

    The purpose of this passage is mainly to tell us ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    the pain is good for us

    B．

    to stop taking the "needle" at the dentist's

    C．

    how to handle pain

    D．

    how to avoid torture

    (2)

    The result of pain is to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    let us know what's going on

    B．

    make us open to torture

    C．

    make us pay for our sensitivity

    D．

    help us get more sensations

    (3)

    The most important thing in handling pain is to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    do what the Indian fakirs do

    B．

    welcome it

    C．

    know about it in advance

    D．

    treat it as an interesting sensation

    (4)

    The sentence "we pay for our sensitivity" in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    we suffer a lot because of being sensitive

    B．

    our sensitivity costs us a great deal

    C．

    we have to pay the dentist for his making us sensitive to pain

    D．

    we are lucky to have developed our senses

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    　　A moment's drilling(钻) by the dentist may make us nervous and upset.Many of us cannot stand pain.To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two,we demand the “needle”—a shot of novocaine(一种局部麻醉药)—that deadens the nerves around the tooth.?

    　　Now it's true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware(知觉的) of what goes on both inside and outside of it.This helps us adjust(适应) to the world.Without our nerves—and our brain,which is a bundle of nerves—we wouldn't know what's happening.But we pay for our sensitivity(敏感).We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body.The history of suffering pain is based on the human body being open to pain.?

    　　But there is a way to handle pain.Look at the India fakir(苦行僧) who sits on a bed of nails(钉子).Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm,and feel no pain.This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the minds can deal with pain.?

    　　 The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it.If the dentist says,“This will hurt a little,”it helps us to accept the pain.By staying relaxed,and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation(知觉),we can handle the pain without falling apart.After all,although pain is an unpleasant sensation,it is still a sensation,and sensations are part of life.?

    1.From the passage,the writer seems to tell us　　　　　　 .?

    A.that we needn't pay more attention to pain?

    B.that pain is good for us?

    C.how to avoid pain at the dentist's?

    D.how to handle pain?

    2.The result of pain is to　　　　 .?

    A.help us get more sensations

    B.keep us sensitive?

    C.let us know what's going on

    D.help us change the world?

    3.The sentence “we pay for our sensitivity” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ______.?

    A.we suffer because of being sensitive?

    B.we are lucky to have developed our senses?

    C.our sensitivity costs us a great deal?

    D.we have to pay the dentist for his making us sensitive to pain?

    4.The underlined word “withstanding” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by “_____”.

    A.fighting

    B.handling?

    C.suffering

    D.accepting?

    5.According to the passage,we should ______ to deal with the pain.?

    A.make ourselves less sensitive?

    B.do something to avoid danger?

    C.treat it as an interesting sensation?

    D.do what the India fakirs do

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