America’s  No.1 health problem? A report published by the American Institute of Stress claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS. The report says: “It has been estimated that75-90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems”
It is no exaggeration to say that people today are being attacked by stress. According to the National Consumers League, “ Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%),followed by family (30%).Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%)and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%).”
However , stress is hardly unique to the United States .A British survey in 2013 estimated that “over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2012 that they were experiencing work –related stress at a level that was making them ill .” As a result of “work –related stress, depression or anxiety ,”there are “an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain .”\
The picture is no less bleak (荒涼的) in mainland Europe .According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work , “work-related stress has been shown to affect millions of European Workers across all types of employment sectors .” One survey revealed that there are “about 41 million workers affected by work-related stress each year.”
What about Asia ? A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded: “ Job stress is a  common concern among many countries in the world , both developing and industrialized countries .” The report observed that “several countries in East Asia , including China and Korea, have rapidly industrialized and economically grown .These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers’ health.”
小題1:What did the author indicate by quoting “America’s No.1 Health Problem.” (Para. 1)?
A．He wanted to talk about health problems in America.
B．He meant to introduce the topic of stress
C．He hoped to emphasize the stress in America
D．He wanted to tell readers something about American Institute of Stress
小題2:Which of the followings is NOT true?
A．The threat of work-related stress is bigger than cancer and AIDS.
B．Stress is always from working and living pressure.
C．Some Americans care about international conflict and terrorism.
D．A lot of English people become ill as a result of stress.
小題3:We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.
A．Asian people are more willing to develop their countries
B．the rapid economic development is the main reason for stress
C．some people in Asian countries have health problems from employment stress
D．Asian countries have a better situation of stress than Europe
小題4:It is likely that you’ll read this information in ______.
A．Popular ScienceB．New York Medical News
C．Daily Health ReportD．Medicine and Healthcare Journal
小題5:What’s the best title for this passage ?
A．America’s No.1 Health Problem B．How to Deal with Stress
C．Attacked by StressD．Working Stress around the World

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：文章從介紹美國(guó)頭號(hào)健康問(wèn)題入手，引出了壓力問(wèn)題，從工作壓力，生活壓力到其他問(wèn)題給人們所帶來(lái)的壓力。接著作者又介紹了在英國(guó)，人們同樣面臨這一影響健康的問(wèn)題，然后說(shuō)到在歐洲大陸以及亞洲也都普遍存在著壓力影響健康的狀況。
小題1:B推理判斷題。文章整篇都是在講述人們面對(duì)的壓力問(wèn)題，所以從文章內(nèi)容可以判斷作者開(kāi)頭提出America’s  No.1 health problem?是為了引出“壓力問(wèn)題”這一話題，故正確答案為B.
小題2:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%)and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%)可知除了工作生活方面的壓力，人們還要面對(duì)如健康，經(jīng)濟(jì)等其他方面的壓力，所以B選項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:C推理判斷題。從文章末段A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded: “These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers’ health.”可知亞洲一些國(guó)家的人們存在著由工作壓力所造成的健康問(wèn)題。所以C選項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:D推理判斷題。本文是講述全球人們都面對(duì)的由壓力所造成的健康問(wèn)題，所以文章應(yīng)該是選自醫(yī)學(xué)健康雜志，故D選項(xiàng)正確。
小題5:C主旨大意題。文章開(kāi)頭提出America’s No.1 health problem? 然后通篇講述全世界人們都面對(duì)著由壓力帶來(lái)的健康問(wèn)題，所以文章中心是人們的健康普遍受到壓力的影響，故正確答案是C，其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)都片面。
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