Everyone knows we must exercise regularly to maintain good health．Indeed, stayin

Everyone knows we must exercise regularlyto maintain good health．Indeed, staying physically fit is a big part of our culture．We consider （and rightly so） that healthy people areattractive people．Sincemost of us want to be attractive, there is no shortage of exercise clubs,training videos, magazines, and books offering to help us stay physically fit．

Unfortunately, however, our culture doesnot place the same emphasis on mental fitness．Although we admire and love men and women withstrong and healthy-looking bodies, we don’t have the same degree of respect orattraction for smart, educated and mentally healthy people．This is a shame, because thereare immense rewards for people who have developed the ability to think well．

If your mind is well trained and flexible,you will be able to understand a great deal of what happens around you．And if you are also welleducated--- that is, if you understand basic science, mathematics, music, art,literature, history and so on--- you will find it much easier to make gooddecisions throughout your life．Over the long run, this leads to a senseof control over your destiny and a much better life than otherwise．

People who are poorly educated or who don’tthink well--- that is, people who are not mentally fit see things differently．Their world is controlled bymysterious, but often malevolent (恶意的) forces．Such people live within a system they will nevermaster, forced to follow the rules they will never understand．Although it may not be obvious,most people spend their lives being manipulated (控制) by others．They are told what to do, whatto think, how to spend their money, and what they should and should not aspire (渴求) to in life．

In my opinion, if you want to live well,you must be able to use your mind well．For this reason, I want you to be able to concentrate, solveproblem, understand complex ideas, and think clearly and quickly．Such skills will make it easierfor you to make informed decisions, understand current events, choose goodfriends, manage your money well, make wise long-term decisions, and appreciatemusic, art and literature．

The key to developing such skills is toenjoy learning, and to have the ability and motivation to teach yourself．

67．The writer of the passage feels disappointed that______________．

     A．some people have not the skillto make good decisions

     B．the world of the physicallyhealthy people is controlled by mysterious forces

     C．mentally healthy people are notas popular as physically people

     D．too much has been done to helppeople stay physically fit

68．The underline word “this” refers to___________．

     A．the understanding of a greatdeal of what goes on around you

     B．the understanding of basicscience and mathematics

     C．good training in body and mind

     D．being able to make gooddecisions in life

69．The writer of the passage thinks that those who are not mentallyfit___________．

     A．live a poor and mysteriouslife              B．can’t control over their life

     C．often do what othersdo           D．enjoy being fooled and ruled

70．The best title of the passage will most probably be______________．

     A．Mind Helps YouMore                    B．Train Your Mind

     C．Make InformedDecisions                 D．Learn More to Help Yourself

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【答案】

 C

 D

 B

 B

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