Stressmaybedefinedastheresponseofthebodytoanydemand.Wheneverpeopleexperiencesomethingpleasantorunpleasant,wesaytheyareunderstress.Wecallpleasantkind“eustress”,theunpleasantkind“distress”.Peoplesometimescompareourliveswiththatofthecaveman,whodidn’thavetoworryaboutthestockmarketortheatomicbomb.Theyforgetthatthecavemanworriedaboutbeingeatenbyabearoraboutdyingofhunger—thingsthatfewpeopleworryabouttoday.It’snotthatpeoplesuffermorestresstoday;it’sjustthattheythinktheydo.Itisinconceivablethatanyoneshouldhavenostressatall.Mostpeoplewhoareambitiousandwanttoaccomplishsomethingliveonstress.Theyneedit.Butexcessivestressisbyallmeansharmful.Worse,chronicexposuretostressoveralongtimemaycausemoreseriousdiseasesandmayactuallyshortenyourlife.Themostfrequentcausesofdistressinmanarepsychological–lackofadaptability,nothavingacodeofbehavior.Sothesecretofcoopingwithstressisnottoavoiditbuttodowhatyouliketodoandwhatyouweremadetodo,atyourownrate.Formostpeople,itisreallyamatteroflearninghowtobehaveinvarioussituations.Themostimportantthingistohaveacodeoflife,toknowhowtolive.Themodernmanissuffering_____.A.morestressthanthecavemanB.lessstressthanthecavemanC.differentstressfromthecavemanD.samestressasthecavemanAccordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.EveryonewillsuffercertainkindsofstressinhislifeB.ChronicexposuretostressmayshortenyourlifeC.ExcessivestressisespeciallyharmfultohealthD.Mostpeoplecanlearntoavoidstress.Inthesecondsentenceofthethirdparagraph,“liveonstress”impliesthat___.A.stressisnecessarytothem.B.theycancontrolstress.C.stressisbyallmeansharmfultothem.D.theyhavetoomuchstress.Accordingtothepassage,oneshould_______.A.trytoavoidasmuchstressaspossibleB.copewithstressindifferentwaysC.learntodothingsathisownrateD.havetheresponseofthebodytoanydemandWhichofthefollowingisnotanexamplethatcausesdistress?A.LackinginadaptabilityandcodeoflifeB.KillingabearinhuntingC.Thefailuretopassfinalexaminations.D.Havinganeconomicproblem.