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Is there anything more important than health?I don’t think so.You can’t be good at your studies or work when you are ill.

If you have a headache，or a bad cough，if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold，I think you should go to the doctor.

The doctor will examine your throat，feel your pulse，take your temperature，sound your heart and lungs.After that he will advise some treatment，or some medicine.The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.

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An old man 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.”

72.The writer thinks that ________.

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

解析：选A。文中开头讲“还有什么比健康更重要的吗?我认为没有”，即“我认为健康是最重要的”。

73.The doctor usually tells his patient what to do ________.

A.without examining the patient

B.after he has examined the patient

C.if the patient doesn’t take medicine

D.unless the patient feels pain

解析：选B。文中第三段交代“After that he will advise some treatment，or some medicine.”。that就是指代前面提到的“检查”。

74.The underlined part means“________”.

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

解析：选A。“以前从来没有感觉到自己是一个健康的人”，即采纳了医生的建议后感到舒服。文中用的是过去完成时，强调过去的过去感到自己不是一个健康的人，而现在则相反。

75.From the last sentence of the passage，we learn the man ________ 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

解析：选C。这里有些幽默，上文提到医生说“每天抽烟不要超过一支”，而以前这个病人并不抽烟，采纳医生的建议后就每天抽一支烟。