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In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious illness of a family member" were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.
By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women’s magazines ran headlines like "Stress causes illness!" If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressfu
A. how much pressure you are under
B. how positive events can change your life
C. how stressful a major event can be
D. how you can deal with life-changing events

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In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious illness of a family member" were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.
By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women’s magazines ran headlines like "Stress causes illness!" If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressfu
A. the way you handle major events may cause stress
B. what should be done to avoid stress
C. what kind of event would cause stress
D. how to cope with sudden changes in life

[单项选择]The result of Holmes-Rahe's medical research tells______ .
A. the way you handle major events may cause stress
B. what should be clone to avoid stress
C. what kind of event would cause stress
D. how to cope with sudden changes in life

[单项选择](Over) (the past) few years, medical researchers (are searching) for a means (to control) AIDS virus
A. Over
B. the past
C. are searching
D. to control

[单项选择]During the 1960s and 1970s, in order to create a competitive advantage, the car industry turned to
A. economies of scale.
B. efficient production methods.
C. surplus capacity.
D. joint agreement and mergers.

[单项选择]American rock music of the 1960s was greatly influenced by
A. American country music.
B. British rock music.
C. Hollywood film music.
D. the Hippies.

[单项选择]In the 1960s pop music underwent a revolution when ______ became world famous and turned their home town of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.
A. the Beach Boys
B. the Rolling Stone
C. the Animals
D. the Beatles

[单项选择]The Counter-culturists in the 1960s were described as a gang of young people who __________ alcohol and drugs.
A. hang on
B. engage in
C. indulge in
D. subscribe to