Sometimes people call each other "freaked-cat", but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn't realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.

Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions , our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run.

Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger —or hit somebody—and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut?It isn't always clever to express your feelings freely.

Does this mean that it's smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop. It can actually be bad for your health. It isn't good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.

Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don't just go away. It's as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them. but before long you' d smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are that you'd see little fruit flies flying all over them. They'd be rotten.

You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don't exist, but they'll still be around. And at last you'll have to deal with them. just like those bananas.

1. The best title for this article is_____.

A. Emotions Affect Our Bodies

B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat

C. What Happens to An Excited Person

D. Feelings That People Have

2.What does the word "freaked" mean in the first sentence?

A. excite B. scared C. angry D. shocked

3. According to the passage, we may conclude that we human beings_____.

A. have fewer problems than animals

B. have the same problems as animals

C. have more problems than animals

D. have cleverer problems than animals

4.The author wrote this article in order to_____.

A. give us some advice on how to express our feelings

B. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings

C. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely

D. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside

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Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time ________ in many ways.

Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a ________ _ meaning to the event. It is not a _ ________ to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, _________ he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that something is urgent and ________ immediate attention.

The same meaning is ________ telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think it is a _________ of life or death. The time chosen for the call ________ its importance.

In social life, time plays a very ________ _ part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the _________ to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not _________ in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far ________ because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be _________ .

The meaning of time _________ from place to place in the world. _________, misunderstandings often arise between people from different cultures that ________ _ time differently. For example, promptness (准时) is ________ greatly in American life. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as ________ or not fully responsible. In the US, no one would think of keeping a business partner _________ for an hour; it would be too rude. A person who is five minutes late is _________ to make a short apology.

1.A. wastes B. runs C. travels D. communicates

2.A. precious B. ridiculous C. special D. rare

3.A. deal B. custom C. problem D. duty

4.A. whenever B. though C. once D. while

5.A. requires B. escapes C. pays D. gives

6.A. compared with B. covered with C. devoted to D. attached to

7.A. matter B. story C. game D. view

8.A. reduces B. ignores C. stresses D. doubts

9.A. different B. significant C. small D. equal

10.A. plan B. wish C. gift D. invitation

11.A. useful B. true C. clear D. grateful

12.A. on time B. at length C. by chance D. in advance

13.A. forgotten B. remembered C. canceled D. opposed

14.A. rushes B. separates C. varies D. keeps

15.A. Meanwhile B. Thus C. Otherwise D. Besides

16.A. make B. kill C. treat D. save

17.A. valued B. complained C. seized D. influenced

18.A. helpless B. desperate C. impolite D. unlucky

19.A. working B. waiting C. approaching D. thinking

20.A. expected B. forced C. refused D. blessed

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he lost his job. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.

It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.

“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1.Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A. he was a driver

B. he worked in a factory

C. he had a lot of work to do

D. he had worked there for a long time

2.Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A. she couldn’t find any work

B. she thought her husband was tired

C. her husband spent all time in gambling

D. she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

3._______, so he was put into lockup.

A. Mr. Lang often gambled

B. Mr. Lang was late for work

C. Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home

D. Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police

4.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A. he didn’t love her any longer

B. he wouldn’t stop gambling

C. he had been put into lockup

D. he was hardly sent away by the factory

5.Which of the following is right?

A. The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.

B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

C. The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon.

D. The boy hoped his mother to come back.

Pop music is the name for different forms of popular,commercial music. It had its beginning in the United States of America and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s.It is widely liked by the young people.The best known early form of pop music was “rock 'n 'roll”;another was “blues”.A more recent development is “folk-rock”.

Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world;it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier,and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions.It's a big industry.Much pop music is without artistic value,but the work of some pop singers,e.g.the Beatles,Bob Dylan,the groups like Floyd and Crosby,Stills and Nash,is on a higher musical level.And there is still a great interest in it today.Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

1.All of the following forms belong to pop music except

A. Blues

B. rock 'n' roll

C. Jazz

D. folk-rock

2.According to the article,the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was it is today.

A. much greater than

B. much smaller than

C. as great as

D. as small as

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. No pop music is on a high musical level.

B. Much pop music is very artistic.

C. Pop music is highly artistic.

D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.

4.“It is a big industry” means that

A. it makes a lot of musical instruments(乐器)

B. it is a big musical and commercial business

C. the pop singers are very hardworking

D. pop music is on a very high musical level

5.Which of the following is wrong?

A. Pop music began in America

B. Pop music is loved mainly by young people

C. Pop music will be less popular

D. People are interested in pop music

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