2016届高三英语二轮复习周测卷：4（含解析）（河北衡水）_高考复习指南

2016届高三英语二轮复习周测卷：4（含解析）（河北衡水）

　　A. setting our expectations is essential before taking action

　　B. knowing cause and effect is the key to future success

　　C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind

　　D. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes

　　The last paragraph serves as ______.

　　A. the proof of the author’s points

　　B. the conclusion of the argument

　　C. an introduction to another topic

　　D. a comparison between two views

　　Here is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone can't make us tired. It sounds absurd. But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue(疲劳). To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer, we could find it full of fatigue toxins(霉素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end of the day.

　　So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of efforts as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired?

　　Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional(情感的) attitudes. One of England's most outstanding scientists, J. A. Hadfield, says，“The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares，“One hundred percent of the fatigue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”