Healthy people with stressful jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction from what they do have twice the risk of dying from heart disease as satisfied employees, according to a study. Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular disease (心血管病). Finnish scientists have now shown that even in healthy people the pressures of work can take their toll. High blood pressure, lack of exercise, smoking and being overweight contribute to heart disease—a leading killer in many industrialized countries.
But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the medical histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.
Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to the study published in The British Medical Journal. Work stress involves too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and unappreciated. Many people work long hours but if the effort is rewarding the stress is minimized.
The British Heart Foundation said the results support earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual(体力的) workers, could be as great risk of heart disease than other employees. “ It is advisable for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employees to allow people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their successes,” the foundation said in a statement.
【小题1】Healthy people may die from heart disease of ____________.
A.too much job stress | B.working too hard | C.feeling valued | D.being satisfied |
A.High blood pressure is likely to cause heart disease. |
B.Being overweight may cause heart disease. |
C.Job stress is most likely to cause heart disease. |
D.Working long hours must cause heart disease. |
A.increased | B.reduced | C.raised | D.cured |
A.advise people not to work long hours |
B.suggest that everyone be satisfied with everything |
C.ask us to learn to enjoy ourselves |
D.tell us that job stress threatens our health nowadays. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:文章讲述了工作压力的危害。年轻人长时间的工作得不到回报,加上高压的影响,突发心脏病的风险很高。同时,高血压、缺乏锻炼、抽烟、肥胖等都会增加心脏病的风险。年轻人应该学会减压,雇主应该给员工更多的自由以释放压力。
【小题1】根据第一段“Healthy people with stressful jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction from what they do have twice the risk of dying from heart disease”可知,长时间从事压力大的工作并获得很少的满足感的健康人,死于心脏病的风险比较高,故选A。
【小题2】根据第一段最后两行“High blood pressure, lack of exercise, smoking and being overweight contribute to heart disease”可知,高血压、缺乏锻炼、抽烟、肥胖等都会增加心脏病的风险,长时间工作不一定导致心脏病。故选D。
【小题3】Many people work long hours but if the effort is rewarding the stress is minimized.许多人工作时间都很长,但是如果他们的努力得到了回报,压力就会减少。A增加;B减少;C提高;D治愈。故选B。
【小题4】文章讲述了工作压力给年轻人带来的危害,长时间的工作得不到回报,在高压下,突发心脏病的风险很高。同时,高血压、缺乏锻炼、抽烟、肥胖等都会增加心脏病的风险。年轻人应该学会减压,雇主应该给员工更多的自由以释放压力。故选D。
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A.to buy food and pay for the caretakers |
B.do research work, buy drugs and devices |
C.take care of the families of the deaths |
D.set up more hospitals and health institutions |
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B.to promote cooperation between countries |
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【小题2】Fill in the blank in the 2nd paragraph with a proper phrase.(within 5words)
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【小题5】Translate the underlined sentence in the 1st paragraph into Chinese.
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B.Foreign food is of higher quality than native food. |
C.Americans need more and more food recently. |
D.The United States is short of food supply. |
A.they are curious about the origin of the food. |
B.most of them are particular about the tastes |
C.they are concerned about food safety |
D.most of them are food safety activists |
A.right now | B.in a month | C.in three months | D.in half a year |
A.Store owners are most likely to be the supporters of the law. |
B.The government of America will possibly forbid importing peppers from Mexico. |
C.Federal inspectors couldn’t take measures to enforce the law. |
D.Most Americans prefer imported vegetables to the vegetables grown in local places. |
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【小题1】According to the text, which of the following is correct?
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C.You should buy shoes with a little extra space for your smaller foot. |
D.Losing weight by walking is always easy and effective without any danger. |
A.a, b, c, d, e, f | B.a, c, d, e, f | C.a, b, d, e, f | D.a, d, e, f |
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B.He/She might live in a small town with dimly lit streets. |
C.He/She needs just a decent pair of walking shoes while walking. |
D.He/She is quite experienced in the exercise of walking. |
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【小题1】From the article,we know that ________.
A.brighter children are likely to become vegetarians when they are ten. |
B.people with a higher IQ will not be overweight |
C.brighter children are likely to have a healthier lifestyle |
D.overweight may cause high blood pressure |
A.Someone who only eats vegetables. |
B.Someone who chooses not to eat meat or fish. |
C.Someone who likes eating meat and fish. |
D.Someone who likes eating vegetables. |
A.Did the vegetarian children grow up in a family with a vegetarian parent? |
B.Did the children eat a primarily vegetarian diet at the age of 10? |
C.Were meatless meals regularly served in the participants’ families? |
D.Did the vegetarian children really have a high IQ? |
A.the low IQ children will be unhealthier when they grow up |
B.being vegetarians can reduce the risk of overweight and heart disease |
C.IQ is important to vegetarians |
D.high IQ children are more likely to become vegetarian when they grow up |
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【小题1】According to the passage, what disease is not related to salt in diet?
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A.all the heart diseases result from eating too much salt |
B.the American Heart association suggest less than 3 grams of salt a day for everyone |
C.how much salt is contained in certain food is measured by the amount of sodium |
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A.attract the public attention to the problem |
B.require fast food places to list salt information |
C.inform people of the harm that salt does to health |
D.put pressure on food companies and restaurants |
A.Bloomberg has made some other efforts to improve people’s health |
B.Bloomberg is very successful in his career |
C.parents must pay great attention to calorie information |
D.a new study is being done about calorie information |
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