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  3. "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." said Dr. Hans Selye, the first phy

"Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." said Dr. Hans Selye, the first phy

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问题    "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here’s no question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you’re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.
   In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they couldn’t get the job done.
   Stress that you can manage may also boost immune(免疫的)function. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects believed they had control over the outcome. In the second, they weren’t in control: They had to sit through a gory(血淋淋的)video on surgical procedures. Those who did go on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin(免疫球蛋白)A, an antibody that’s the body’s first line of defense against germs. The video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.
   Stress prompts the body to produce certain stress hormones. In short bursts these hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function. "They can help nerve cells handle information and put it into storage," says Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.
   "Sustained stress is not good for you," says Richard Morimoto, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity (长寿),"It’s the occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective. "(325w)
The word "shun" (Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means ______.
选项 A、cut down on
B、stay away from
C、run out of
D、put up with
答案B
解析  本题题点的句是“Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food，love or exercise”这句话中的shun一词。该句的含义为“就像不能躲避食物、爱情或锻炼一样，人们谁也躲避不了压力”。句中any more than连接相同的结构，Humans should和they would对称，avoid stress和shun food，love or exercise对称。把相应的词义和对称结构加以分析，即可推断，shun和avoid同义，即stay away from。由此可知，本题属于语义理解题。解答此题的关键在于对短文首中对应句相关词语和结构的理解，重点在于理解avoid stress和shun food内容相关，not…any more than…这个结构等同于no more than…，意思是“和……一样不……”。
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