整理海南专升本公共英语阅读理解练习题，供考生复习。

一、阅读理解

A moment’s drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset.Many of us cannot stand pain.To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two,we demand the“needld”—a shot of novocaine(奴佛卡因，一种局部麻醉药)—that deadens the nerves around the tooth.

But there is a way to handle pain.Look at the Indian fakir(苦行僧)who sits on a bed of nails.Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm,and feel no pain.This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.

The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it.If the dentist says,“This will hurt a little,”it helps us to accept the pain.By staying relaxed,and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation(感觉),we can handle the pain without falling apart.After all,although pain is an unpleasant sensation,it is still a sensation,and sensations are the stuff(要素)of life.

1.The passage is mainly about（  ）.

A.how to suffer pain

B.how to avoid pain

C.how to handle pain

D.hoe to stop pain

2.Many people ask the dentist to use needles,because（  ）.

A.they like needles

B.They believe in needles

C.They don't believe in drilling

D.They are afraid of the pain of drilling

3.When the author mentions the Indian fakir,he suggests that（  ）.

A.Indians are not at all afraid of pain

B.People may be senseless of pain

C.Some people are able to handle pain

D.Fakirs have magic to put needles right through their arms

4.The most important thing to handle pain is（  ）.

A.how we look at pain

B.to feel pain as much as possible

C.to show an interest in pain

D.to accept the pain reluctantly

5.The author’s attitude towards pain is（  ）.

A.pessimistic

B.optimistic

C.radial(极端的)

D.practical

【参考答案】1.答案C     2.答案D    3.答案C    4.答案A      5.答案B