10．Is there anything more important than health？I don't think so．"Health is the greatest wealth．"wise people say．You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill．If you have a headache，toothache，backache，earache or bad pain in the stomach，if you complain of a bad cough，if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold，or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure，I think you should go to the doctor．
The doctor will examine your throat，feel your pulse，test your blood pressure，take your temperature，sound your heart and lungs，test your eyes，check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed．After that he will advise some treatment，or some medicine．The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice．Speaking about doctor's advice，I can't help telling you a funny story．
An old gentleman came to see the doctor．The man was very ill．He told the doctor about his weakness，memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest．He also advised him to eat a lot of meat，drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks．In other words，the doctor advised him to follow the rule："Eat at pleasure，drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．"The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again，he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day．A month later the gentleman came into the doctor's office．He looked cheerful and happy．He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．"But you know，doctor，"he said，"it's not easy to begin smoking at my age．"
21．The writer thinks thatA．
A．health is more important than wealth
B．work is as important as studies
C．medicine is more important than pleasure
D．nothing is more important than money
22．The underlined part in paragraph 3means"A"．
A．he was feeling better than ever
B．he wasn't a healthy man
C．he was feeling worse than before
D．he will be well again
23．From the last sentence of the passage，we learn the manC before the doctor told him not to smoke more than one cigarette a day．
A．was a heavy smoker
B．didn't smoke so much
C．didn't smoke
D．began to learn to smoke．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了健康對人們的重要性，沒有什么事情比健康更重要了．
解答 21．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段1，2行Is there anything more important than health？I don't think so．"Health is the greatest wealth．"wise people say說明健康比任何事物都重要，故A正確．
22．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．說明這個病人現(xiàn)在感覺很好，非常健康．故A正確．
23．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一句"But you know，doctor，"he said，"it's not easy to begin smoking at my age．"說明他開始抽煙了，可知他原來的不抽煙的．故C正確．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
