Hard-working Making People Live Longer 努力工作使人长寿
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___1___ than housewives, Evidence (证据) shows that ___2___ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___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 __6___ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are ___7___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as ___8___ between man and reality. By work, people ___9___ each other. By collective (集体的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __10___ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)___11___.
__12___, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of ___13___. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___14___ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __15___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___16___, they are happy __17___.
From the above we can come to the conclusion ___18___ the more you work, __19___ you will be. Let us work hard, __20___ and live a happy and healthy life.
1. A. more healthier            B. healthier         C. weaker            D. worse
2. A. career women       B. the busy         C. the jobless        D. the hard-working
3. A. that whenever            B. whether          C. that though             D. since
4. A. comes down to        B. equals to         C. adds up to        D. amounts to
5. A. 不填                  B. off                 C. in touch with      D. away from
6. A. happy, interested                            B. glad, joyful
C. cheerful, concerned                        D. unhappy, worried
7. A. busy                     B. free              C. lazy                 D. empty
8. A. a river                  B. a gap         C. a channel          D. a bridge
9. A. come across                                B. come into contact with
C. look down upon                             D. watch over
10. A. means                 B. stands           C. equals                     D. matches
11. A. success               B. death         C. victory             D. disease
12. A. Besides                     B. Nevertheless   C. However        D. Yet
13. A. disappointment      B. achievement      C. regret            D. apology
14. A. a worker               B. a farmer       C. a writer           D. a manager
15. A. manages                B. controls        C. operates on        D. deals with
16. A. raise                   B. grow         C. rise                  D. increase
17. A. in a word            B. without a word  C. at a word        D. beyond words
18. A. that                    B. which               C. what                D. 不填.
19. A. the lonelier and weaker                    B. lonelier and weaker
C. happier and healthier                     D. the happier and healthier
20.A. study well            B. studying well     C. study good        D. studying good