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Anger is good for you，as long as you control it，according to new psychology research．A new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger may help people reduce the negative impacts of stress and help you become healthier．

    “Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger，”said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon．“The more people display anger，the lower their stress responses．’’

    Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6，200．They must say out loud every thirteenth number．Researchers disturbed them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questions．If they made any mistakes，they had to restart from the very beginning．Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry．

    Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the test. The researchers describe their reactions as fear，anger and disgust．

    Other researchers recorded the students’ blood pressure，pulse and production of a high—stress hormone(荷尔蒙)called cortis01．People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone．Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes(糖尿病)，heart disease，depression and extra weight gain．

    When people feel fear，negative impacts increase, but when they get angry，those negatives go down，according to the study．

    “Having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a

 maddening(令人发狂的)situation，”Lerner said．

    Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9／11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident．She found people who reacted with anger were more optimistic．These people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the event．So in maddening situations，anger is not a bad thing to have．It’s a healthier response than fear．

6. What is the story mainly about?

  A．The findings of new psychology research．

  B．What you can do with anger in certain cases．

  C．Different effects produced by anger and fear．

  D．Healthier responses in maddening situations。

7．Which statement will Jennifer Lerner agree with?

    A．It’s better to be angry than to be frightened．

    B．Different reactions reflect different outlooks on life．

    C．Don’t control your anger and it makes you powerful．

D．Pessimistic people are generally healthier than optimistic people．

8. What does the underlined word “both” refer to according to the passage?

    A．Fear and anger．

    B．Blood pressure and pulse．

    C．Blood pressure and cortis01．

D．Higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone．

9．In what ways can anger-be beneficial to people7

A．By showing their optimistic side．

B．By reducing their stress．

C．By reducing high blood pressure．

D．By taking the place of fear．

10．The researchers irritated(激怒)the students by     .

A．recording their performance secretly

B．asking them to count to 6，200 again and again

C．disturbing them and making them start all over again

 D．criticizing them when they made mistakes

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】B

【小题3】D

【小题4】B

【小题5】C

解析:

6．【小题1】主旨大意题。通读全文可知。

7．【小题2】判断理解题。本题主要考查Jennifer Lerner的观点“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger，the more people display anger，the lower their stress responses．”

8．【小题3】猜测词义题。第五段中第二、三句话可以给出答案。

9．【小题4】信息理解题。第一段中提到“…reduce the negative impacts of stress…”。

10．【小题5】  细节理解题。第三段提到“Researchers disturbed them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questions．”