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Amoment'sdrillingbythedentistmaymakeusnervousandupset.Manyofuscannotstandpain.Toavoidthepainofadrillingthatmaylastperhapsaminuteortwo,wedemandtheneedle-ashotofnovocaine（奴佛卡因）-thatdeadensthenervesaroundthetooth.

Nowit'struethatthehumanbodyhasdevelopeditsmillionsofnervestobehighlyawareofwhatgoesonbothinsideandoutsideofit.Thishelpsusadjusttotheworld.Withoutournerves-andourbrain,whichisabundleofnerves-wewouldn'tknowwhat'shappening.Butwepayforoursensitivity.Wecanfeelpainwhentheslightestthingiswrongwithanypartofourbody.Thehistoryoftortureisbasedonthehumanbodybeingopentopain.

Butthereisawaytohandlepain.LookattheIndianfakir（行僧）whositsonabedofnails.Fakirscanputaneedlerightthroughanarm,andfeelnopain.Thisabilitythatsomehumanshavedevelopedtohandlepainshouldgiveusideasabouthowthemindcandealwithpain.

Thebigthinginwithstandingpainisourattitudetowardit.Ifthedentistsays,Thiswillhurtalittle,ithelpsustoacceptthepain.Bystayingrelaxed,andbytreatingthepainasaninterestingsensation（感觉）,wecanhandlethepainwithoutfallingapart.Afterall,althoughpainisanunpleasantsensation,itisstillasensation,andsensationsarethestuffoflife.

31.Thepassageismainlyabout.

A）howtosufferpain

B）howtoavoidpain

C）howtohandlepain

D）howtostoppain

32.ThesentenceButwepayforoursensitivity.inthesecondparagraphimpliesthat.

A）weshouldpayadebtforourfeeling

B）wehavetobehurtwhenwefeelsomething

C）ourpainisworthfeeling

D）whenwefeelpain,wearesufferingit

33.WhentheauthormentionstheIndianfakir,hesuggeststhat.

A）Indiansarenotatallafraidofpain

B）peoplemaybesenselessofpain

C）somepeopleareabletohandlepain

D）fakirshavemagictoputneedlesrightthroughtheirarms

34.themostimportantthingtohandlepainis.

A）howwelookatpain

B）tofeelpainasmuchaspossible

C）toshowaninterestinpain

D）toacceptthepainreluctantly

35.Theauthor'sattitudetowardspainis.

A）pessimistic

B）optimistic

C）radical（极端的）

D）practical