In a school some trouble was caused by the students, who were naughty(调皮的)and didn’t follow the school rules. They often with each other and they didn’t forgive each other. One day a teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea. He told each of his students to bring a clear bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive in their lives, they a potato, wrote the person’s on it, and put it in the plastic bag.

Some of their bags were very . They were told to carry this bag with them for one week. They would put it beside their at night, on the seat when they sit in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were in their minds. And they pay so much attention to it all the time that they didn’t forget it or leave it in embarrassing (使人尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and made people feel .

Too often we think of tolerance (容忍)as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ! If we choose to keep our and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students each other and didn’t fight any more. Learn to , and you will be happier at the same time.

1.A. agreed B. talked C. chatted D. fought

2.A. strict B. new C. strong D. young

3.A. plastic B. paper C. school D. big

4.A. bought B. sold C. chose D. dropped

5.A. name B. address C. father D. number

6.A. light B. big C. heavy D. nice

7.A. somewhere B. nowhere C. some places D. everywhere

8.A. bed B. room C. garden D. bike

9.A. carrying B. buying C. losing D. thinking

10.A. wanted to B. liked to C. had to D. hoped to

11.A. sick B. happy C. excited D. interested

12.A. myself B. ourselves C. themselves D. himself

13.A. sadness B. happiness C. health D. minds

14.A. got on well with B. thanked C. argued with D. communicated with

15.A. laugh B. fight C. work D. Forgive

For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.

People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are natural chemicals (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains (大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial (人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!

The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.

1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one’s emotions?

A. Weather. B. Actions of others.

C. Personality. D. Age.

2.Which of the following is true about vitamin D according to the passage?

A. It is a kind of artificial chemical.

B. It makes us worried by affecting our brains.

C. It is needed by us all to keep fit.

D. It is in the sunlight.

3.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A. We feel good when we are in the bright cool weather.

B. We will be happy when we are caught in the rain.

C. All people in Norway and Sweden feel sad in winter.

D. The more vitamin D you have, the happier you’ll be.

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