For doctors in training, nurses and medical journalists, hypochondria is an occupational danger. The feeling usually passes after a while, leaving only a funny story to tell at a dinner party. But for the tens of thousands who suffer from true hypochondria they live in constant terror that they are dying of some awful disease, or even several awful diseases at once. Doctors can assure them that there's nothing wrong, but since the cough is real, the assurances fall on deaf ears. And because no physician or test can offer a 100% guarantee that one doesn't have' cancer, a hypochondriac always has fuel to feed his or her worst fears.
Hypochondriacs don't harm just themselves; they block the whole healthcare system. Although they account for only about 6% of the patients who visit doctors every year, they tend to burden their physicians with frequent visits that take up excessive amounts of time. And the problem may be worse, thanks to the popularity of medical information on the Internet. They go on the Web and learn about new diseases and new presentations of old diseases that they never even knew about before. Doctors have taken to calling this phenomenon cyberchondria(网络疑病症).
According to the passage, if you suffer from hypochondria, ______.
A.you must be a medical student, or a medical worker
B.you are haunted by a possibly inexistent disease
C.you will never get rid of this disease
D.you always tell funny stories at dinner parties
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.
Proverbs are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is【11】if you know what common proverbs mean. For example, "Once bitten, twice shy". If a dog【12】me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been【13】at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again.
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush", If I am a【14】, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them.【15】this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.
A、I don't believe.
B、Good luck!
C、You know yourself well.
D、Come on! You can do that.
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