Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average men and women．Career （职业）women are healthier than housewives．Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the jobholders．An investigation shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1％，the death rate increases by 2％．All this comes down to one point．work is helpful to health．
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness．Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead the happiest are those who are busy．Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard．Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. By work people come into contact with each other．By collective（集体的）activity they find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work means the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and makes him ill．
Besides，work gives one a sense of achievement．Work makes one feel his value in society．When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words．
From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be．Let us work hard and study hard and live a happy and healthy life．
1．What may be the reason why housewives are not as healthy as career women?
A．Housewives are poorer than career women．
B．Housewives have more children than career women．
C．Housewives have less chance to communicate with others．
D．Housewives eat less food than career women．
2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 2 ?
A．Busy people have nothing to do at home．
B．High achievers don’t care about their families．
C．There is no friendship and warmth at home．
D．A satisfying job helps to keep you healthy．
3．The best title for this passage may be “               ”
A．People Should Find a Job
B．Working Hard Is Good for Happiness and Health
C．People Should Make More Friends by Work
D．The Loss of Work Means the Loss of Life

Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average men and women．Career （职业）women are healthier than housewives．Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the jobholders．An investigation shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1％，the death rate increases by 2％．All this comes down to one point．work is helpful to health．

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness．Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead the happiest are those who are busy．Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard．Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. By work people come into contact with each other．By collective（集体的）activity they find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work means the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and makes him ill．

Besides，work gives one a sense of achievement．Work makes one feel his value in society．When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words．

From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be．Let us work hard and study hard and live a happy and healthy life．

1．What may be the reason why housewives are not as healthy as career women?

A．Housewives are poorer than career women．

B．Housewives have more children than career women．

C．Housewives have less chance to communicate with others．

D．Housewives eat less food than career women．

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 2 ?

A．Busy people have nothing to do at home．

B．High achievers don’t care about their families．

C．There is no friendship and warmth at home．

D．A satisfying job helps to keep you healthy．

3．The best title for this passage may be “               ”

A．People Should Find a Job

B．Working Hard Is Good for Happiness and Health

C．People Should Make More Friends by Work

D．The Loss of Work Means the Loss of Life

Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average men and women．Career （职业）women are healthier than housewives．Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the jobholders．An investigation shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1％，the death rate increases by 2％．All this comes down to one point．work is helpful to health．

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness．Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead the happiest are those who are busy．Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard．Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. By work people come into contact with each other．By collective（集体的）activity they find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work means the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and makes him ill．

Besides，work gives one a sense of achievement．Work makes one feel his value in society．When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words．

From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be．Let us work hard and study hard and live a happy and healthy life．

1．What may be the reason why housewives are not as healthy as career women?

A．Housewives are poorer than career women．

B．Housewives have more children than career women．

C．Housewives have less chance to communicate with others．

D．Housewives eat less food than career women．

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 2 ?

A．Busy people have nothing to do at home．

B．High achievers don’t care about their families．

C．There is no friendship and warmth at home．

D．A satisfying job helps to keep you healthy．

3．The best title for this passage may be “               ”

A．People Should Find a Job

B．Working Hard Is Good for Happiness and Health

C．People Should Make More Friends by Work

D．The Loss of Work Means the Loss of Life

Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women．Career women are  1  than housewives．Evidence shows that  2  are in poorer health than the job-holders．A study，shows that   3  the unemployment rate increases by 1%，the death rate increases correspondingly（相应地）by 2%．All this   4   one point：Work is helpful to health．

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy,   5   loneliness and solitude（孤独）．Researches show that people feel unhappy,  6  and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead, the happiest are those who aye busy．Many high achievers who   7   their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard．Word serves as   8   between man and reality．By work, people   9   each other．By collective（集体的） activity, they find   10   and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work   11   the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and makes him easy to have（a/an）   12   ．

   13   ，work gives one a sense of satisfaction and a sense of  14  ．Work makes one feel his value and status in society．When   15  finishes his writing or a doctor successfully    16   a patient or a teacher sees his students   17   ，they are happy   18   ．

From the above we   19  come to the conclusion   20   the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be．Let's work hard and live a happy and healthy life．

1．A．worse                  B．healthier             C．weaker           D．cleverer

2．A．the lazy           B．the busy          C．the jobless        D．the hard-working

3．A．whenever                B．though              C．whether         D．because

4．A．leads to             B．refers to            C．sticks to                D．amounts to

5．A．down behind        B．off with            C．sticks to                D．away from

6．A．surprised           B．disappointed         C．frightened        D．worried

7．A．love                B．choose             C．adapt               D．determine

8．A．a river              B．a gap              C．a channel            D．a bridge

9．A．believe in            B．communicate with   C．depend on            D．come across

10．A．courage          B．friendship          C．pride                D．interest

11．A．means             B．represents          C．matches                    D．reflects

12．A．success           B．injury              C．victory                     D．disease

13．A．Besides              B．Therefore          C．However             D．Thus

14．A．freedom            B．achievement        C．experience            D．fortune

15．A．a worker           B．a clerk             C．a writer               D．a manager

16．A．manages            B．faces              C．cures                D．persuades

17．A．learn                B．grow            C．debate                D．unite

18．A．in a word                B．without a word     C．at a word             D．beyond words

19．A．should              B．must              C．can                  D．would

20．A．that               B．which             C．what                D．if