2018年黑龙江高考英语模拟题8

>>高考英语模拟题：2018年黑龙江高考英语模拟题8

>>高考个性化辅导

A moment’s drilling(钻孔) by the dentist may make us nervous and upset. Many of us cannot stand pain. To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand the “needle” — a shot of novocain (麻醉药) — that deadens the nerves around the tooth.

Now it’s true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves —and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves — we wouldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture(折磨) is based on the human body being open to pain.

But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir(苦行僧) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.

The big thing in withstanding (抵挡) pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says, “This will hurt a little,” it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation (感觉), we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.

9. The purpose of this passage is mainly to tell us

_______.

A. that pain is good for us

B. to stop taking the “needle” at the dentist’s

C. how to handle pain

D. how to avoid torture

10. The sentence “we pay for our sensitivity” in Paragraph 2 most probably

means _______.

A. we suffer because of being sensitive

B. our sensitivity costs us much money

C. we have to pay the dentist for his making us sensitive to pain

D. we are lucky to have developed our senses

11. The most important thing in handling pain is to_______.

A. do what the Indian fakirs do

B. welcome it

C. know about it in advance

D. treat it as an interesting sensation

12. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. more nerves our body has, more easily we adjust to the world

B. novocain makes human’s nerves dead when in operation

C. human body’s being open to pain did great harm to history

D. attitude is important when we handle the pain

参考答案

11~12 DD

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