Is there anything more important than health? I don't think so. Health is the greatest wealth(财富), 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 plain 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.
【小题1】The writer thinks that .A．health is more important than wealthB．work is as important as studiesC．medicine is more important than pleasureD．nothing is more important than money【小题2】The doctor usually tells his patient what to do .A．without examining the patientB．after he has examined the patientC．if the patient doesn't take medicineD．unless the patient feels painful【小题3】The underlined part in the passage means .A．he was feeling better than everB．he will be well againC．he was feeling worse than beforeD．he wasn't a healthy man【小题4】From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man before.A．was a heavy smokerB．didn't smoke so muchC．didn't smoke at allD．began to learn to smoke【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true?A．The man thanked the doctor.B．The man didn't follow the doctor's advice.C．The man told the doctor he couldn't remember things.D．The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill.A
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(答案→)A
解析：什么是最重要的？健康！
【小题1】 细节题。根据文章第一段Health is the greatest wealth(财富)可知作者认为健康比财富更重要。
【小题2】细节题。根据第三段After that，that指代前面提及的那些检查，可知B正确。检查以后，医生才会给出建议。
【小题3】猜测词义题。根据上文可知他感觉非常好，从来没有这么健康过的。故A正确。
【小题4】推理题。上文医生建议他每天抽烟不要超过一根。而it's not easy to begin smoking at my age说明这个人以前从来不抽烟的。
【小题5】细节题。根据文章最后两段可知这个人严格遵守医生的建议，所以才重新获得了健康。故B符合要求。