2014考研英语：阅读理解模拟题及答案(七)

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    2014考研英语：阅读理解模拟题及答案(七)
    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 lastperhaps a minute or two, we demand theneedle- a shot of novocaine (奴佛卡因)-thatdeadens the nerves around the tooth.
    Now it's true that the human body has developed its millions ofnerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. Thishelps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves - and our brain, which is abundle of nerves - we wouldn't know what's happening. But we pay for oursensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any partof our body. The history of torture is based on the human body being open topain.
    But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir(行僧)who sitson a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel nopain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should giveus ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
    The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If thedentist says, This will hurt a little, it helps us to accept the pain. Bystaying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation(感觉), we canhandle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is anunpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff oflife.
    31. The passage is mainly about.
    A) how to suffer pain B) how to avoid pain
    C) how to handle pain D) how to stop pain
    32. The sentence But we pay for our sensitivity. in the secondparagraph implies that.
    A)we should pay a debt for our feeling
    B)we have to be hurt when we feel something
    C)our pain is worth feeling
    D)when we feel pain, we are suffering it
    33. When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he suggests that.
    A)Indians are not at all afraid of pain
    B)people may be senseless of pain
    C)some people are able to handle pain
    D)fakirs have magic to put needles right through their arms
    34. the most important thing to handle pain is.
    A) how we look at pain B) to feel painas much as possible
    C) to show an interest in pain D) to accept thepain reluctantly
    35. The author's attitude towards pain is.
    A) pessimisticB) optimistic C) radical (极端的)D) practical
    Passage 7
    1.C2.D3.C4.A5.B