That “Monday morning feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.
The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 per cent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 per cent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
A study of 11,000 Italians proved 8 am on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.
The findings could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol(膽固醇)but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,” he said.
Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.
“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal(內(nèi)分泌)changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavourable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot(血凝塊)in the arteries(動脈)which will cause a heart attack.”
“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,” said Willich.
【小題1】Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows,         .

A.is not so serious as people thought
B.is harmful to working people in developed countries.
C.is the first killer in Germany and Italy.
D.is created by researchers in Germany and Italy
【小題2】To protect people from suffering from heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to    
A.people’s working time
B.people’s living place
C.people’s diet and lifestyle
D.people’s nationalities
【小題3】It can be learned from this passage that heart attack has nothing to do with     .
A.blood pressureB.heart rate
C.hormonal changesD.blood group
【小題4】If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?
A.Stop working on Monday
B.Create a pleasant working environment
C.Get up late on Monday morning
D.Go to work with a doctor


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:本文是一篇調(diào)查的報告分析,向讀者說明星期一是最容易患心臟病的日子,并做了具體的原因分析。
【小題1】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段后3行Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.說明在德國和意大利星期一的上午是工作的人們最容易患心臟病的時刻,故說明這種感覺對發(fā)達(dá)國家的工作的人是有害的。故B正確。
【小題2】C 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第4段We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol(膽固醇)說明導(dǎo)致心臟病的長期原因的抽煙和膽固醇,那么這都是和人的生活習(xí)慣和飲食有關(guān)的,故C正確。
【小題3】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal(內(nèi)分泌)changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavourable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot(血凝塊)in the arteries(動脈)which will cause a heart attack.”說明ABC三項都是與心臟病有關(guān)的,只有D項沒有提及。
【小題4】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,”說明星期一心臟病高發(fā)是和工作的壓力有關(guān),那么可以創(chuàng)造出一個更好的工作環(huán)境來減少工作的壓力,故B項正確。
考點:考查健康類短文閱讀
點評:本文是關(guān)于發(fā)達(dá)國家的星期一是工作的人們最容易患心臟病的日子?疾榱送评眍}較多,推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;如第2題;蚋鶕(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。

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