Over sixty years ago, Dr. Hans Selye recognized the mind-body connection involved with stress, as all of his patients had similar physiological and psychological characteristics. Studies done with laboratory rats found that these same physical responses existed with animals when they were put under stress. He came to the conclusion that stress is "the non-specific response of the body to any demand placed upon it". He concluded that each demand made on the body is unique in that there is a definite response: when we are cold, we shiver; when we are hot we perspire; a great muscular effort increases the demands upon the heart and vascular system.
Selye claimed that it was not stress that harmed us, but distress, and distress occurred when we prolonged emotional stress and didn't deal with it in a positive manner. Selye was the pioneer in research into stress in the 1930s, and is internationally acknowledged as "the father of the stress field'. After publishing the first scientific paper to identify and define "stress" in 1936, Selye wrote more than 1700 scholarly papers and 39 books on the subject. At the time of his death 1982, his work had been cited in more than 362,000 scientific papers, in countless popular magazine stories, and in most major languages. Selye held three earned doctorates (M. D. , Ph. D. , D. Sc. ) plus 43 honorary doctorates, tie was an elected member of several dozen of the world's most recognized medical and scientific associations.
After completion of his academic and professional studies in Prague, Paris, and Rome, Selye received a Rockefeller Research Fellowship and accepted a position at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. By 1945 he had become the first Director of tile Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the University of Montreal, Canada. He served in that position until his retirement in 1976. Subsequently he established the International Institute of Stress. He recognized that strain, or stress, plays a very significant nile in the development of all types of disease. Selye called the process whereby strain influences the body, the General Adaptation Syndrome. He concluded that there are three distinctive phases in this process: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. He wrote of two types of stress: pleasant stress contributing to human well-being, and unpleasant stress contributing to disease. He is still by far the world's most frequently cited author on stress topics.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.Selye's professional life and achievements.
B.The origins of the word "stress".
C.Defining stress.
D.The father of the stress field.
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Edgar began()as an office boy years ago.
A . job
B . work
C . position
D . occupatio
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The museum()we visited last Saturday was set up twenty years ago.
A . where
B . to which
C . which
D . for which
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A long time ago, I()in London for three years
A . had lived
B . have lived
C . lived
D . have been living
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Sixty million people who()in rural areas are moving to cities every year.
A . lived
B . lives
C . living
D . live
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More than 30 years ago, ()that the region was rich in natural resources。
A . people did little know
B . people little know
C . little did know
D . little did people know
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4. In Aymara, we may say “behind 20 years” to express “20 years ago”.
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The pumpkin was known in North America and South America 5,000 years ago, but it _______ in North America for over 8,000 years according to some researchers.
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Mary _______ in London two years ago.
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Scientists believe that a large meteor hit the earth thousands of years ago.
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4. Is this the factory _____ he worked ten years ago?
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Is this the factory ______ he worked ten years ago?
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Fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting?
<span style="color:464646">Fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting wild animals for fun ____________ sightseeing.</span>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:464646">A) rather than to go B) more than going C) other than going D) than to go</span>
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Galileo Galileis experiment at the Tower of Pisa around 400 years ago
A.was one way of testing Einstein"s general theory of gravity.
B.illustrated the insignificance of mass and composition of an object.
C.acted as a well-known example to testify the equivalence principle.
D.showed that all objects on Earth Were influenced by gravity.
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A water system for baths was built by over 3000 years ago()
A.the Romans
B.the Greeks
C.the Americans
D.the Italians
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My father ()work in China years ago.
A.didn’t found
B. finded
C. didn’t find
D. founded
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Life was not easy for many children livin9 100 years ago.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
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--- Where did you go for your holiday?--- Two years ago.()
--- Where did you go for your holiday?
--- Two years ago.()
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Which two rings show the weather 12 years ago?
A.The eleventh and twelfth ring from outside to inside.
B.The eleventh and twelfth rings from inside to outside.
C.The twelfth and thirteenth rings from outside to inside.
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The formation of Isua supracrustal belt was 8 billion years ago.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
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请就听到的内容作答______。 A) 3.3 billion years ago. B) 2.9 billion years ago. C) 1.2 billion years ago. D) 2.1 billion years ago.
此题为判断题(对,错)。
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That factory has been built nearly 50 years ago.()
对
错
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That factory was built nearly 50 years ago.()
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错
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John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be close to his daughter’s family, and because his big detached house and garden were too much work for him as he got older. It’s easier in the flat because the letting agent does everything that needs doing. The agent has the not satisfied because the window frames need painted two years ago, but the painters didn’t do it very well, so they need doing again. John pays over £1,500 a year for service and maintenance, and he thinks that it’s not good enough because the flats look shabby and a lot of things need repairing.
His daughter June, and her husband, Pete, on the other hand, have to do everything themselves or find builders to do it. They live in a large semi-detached house further out from the center of London than John, but they are still near enough to see him often. They live in the suburbs with a nice garden when their children play. They moved there four years ago to have more space. The only drawback is that June’s husband has to commute into the centre of London every day, but, overall, they are happy with their decision. When they bought the house, a lot needed doing to it and still does. June says, “We have a list of things to do as long as your arm-the roof needs repairing and the chimney needs mending. The bedrooms need decorating and we haven’t had the broken windowpanes replaced yet in the conservatory. We need to fix the gate and repair the path-it looks dreadful when you arrive.
31. John lives in the centre of London.()
32. The agent hasn’t done anything to John’s flat.()
33. June and Pete live near to John.()
34. There are broken windowpanes in conservatory.()
35. The front of the house is in a good state (处于较好的状态)。()
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This famous temple is believed___about 800 years ago.
A.A.being built
B.B.having built
C.C.to have built
D.D.to have been built