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

More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese(肥胖).In fact,over obesity has reached such proportions that one big-city mayor has gone about banning large-sized,sugary soft drinks and the First Lady has been on a campaign to control the dietary offerings in public schools.

Even many adults who do not fit the clinic definition of obesity are still overweight,and a large percentage are looking for the best ways to lose weight.

Reducing pounds largely comes down to the two-sided factors of diet and exercise.Not carrying out the first one enough,and not getting enough of the second one,ends up giving the individual a recipe for being overweight.

Advising someone to eat less and exercise more might be the easiest advice possible,but it’s also,partially,an oversimplification.Dieting has more to do with the types of food you eat than how much you eat.Reduce the amount of red meat in your diet.If you don’t want to eliminate red meat altogether,choose cuts of meat with less fat content.Limit your intake of salt and starches.If you’ve got to have potato chips alongside your sandwich at lunch,choose the baked potato chips that contain less fat than the deep-fried chips.You might find you’re really not sacrificing that much in terms of taste.

A diet rich in fruits,vegetables,egg whites,fish and nonfat dairy products will certainly aid in the mission of losing weight.Drink more water and less sugary drinks.If you have to have a soda,a diet soda is a better option,but seltzer is an even better choice than that.

It’s important—if not always easy—to make sure you get at least some physical activity each and every day.If your feet won’t allow for a regular jogging regimen,then make sure you take lots of walks.Next time you need to mail a letter,walk to the mailbox instead of driving.Try to work in a daily walk in your neighborhood.

1.You should________when you want to lose weight

A. try not to fit the clinic definition of obesity

B. diet as well as exercise enough

C. get little exercise every day

D. focus your attention on diet only

2.The First Lady has started a movement to________.

A. raise people’s awareness of healthy diet

B. control the public school dietary supplying

C. ban the sugary soft drinks

D. realize the importance of dieting

3.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

A. We must keep far away from fat and ignore our taste.

B. The simplest and best way to lose weight is to eat and exercise more.

C. We should remove the red meat in our diet completely to reduce weight.

D. When it comes to diet,no one needs to starve themselves in order to lose weight.

4.The last paragraph is mainly about________.

A. walk B. diet

C. exercise D. jog

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

When it comes to cultural heritage protection, the Grand Canal of China is probably the world’s greatest project of its kind. The big inland waterway system in the north-eastern and central eastern plains passes through eight of the country’s present-day provinces.

The Canal runs from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang Province in the south. Constructed in sections from the 5th century BC onwards, it was designed as a means of communication in the 7th century AD. The Canal is the world’s greatest civil engineering project before the Industrial Revolution.

The Grand Canal reached a peak in the 13th century, providing an inland navigation(航行) network consisting of more than 2,000 kilometers of artificial waterways, linking five of the most important river basins in China, including the Yellow River and the Yangtze. It entered a bid as a UNESCO(联合国教科文组织) cultural heritage site in 2008.

The Grand Canal cultural square is located in Beijing’s Tongzhou district. Ever since the Yuan dynasty 800 years ago, the Tongzhou section of the Grand Canal has been the life blood of Beijing. Grain and building materials were all transported to meet the endless demands of the big cities. Even today, the Grand Canal plays a major role in the lives of its citizens.

"I grew up near the Grand Canal. In the past the waterway was a lot narrower, but now it’s nice and wide and bridges are built over it. I think if the bid for world heritage status succeeds, it will greatly make Tongzhou more famous in the world, especially with Tongzhou aiming to be a sub-center of the capital Beijing," a citizen said.

The result of the bid is set to be released next week, and no doubt it will certainly make it into the history books if the Canal is listed as a world heritage site.

1.It can be concluded from the passage that .

A. The bid’s result of the Canal will be announced soon

B. the Canal is the UNESCO’s newest world heritage site

C. the Canal is to connect Tongzhou with Zhejiang Province

D. the Canal will be a bid for a UNESCO cultural heritage site

2.The Grand Canal was in the most glorious time .

A. when it was aimed as a means of communication

B. when it crossed the Yellow River and the Yangtze

C. when it was born about six hundred years later

D. when it was designed as an artificial waterway

3.What can we infer by reading the passage?

A. Tongzhou used to be the capital of the Yuan dynasty.

B. Most citizens living in Tongzhou depend on the Canal.

C. Tongzhou will benefit if the Canal is made a heritage site.

D. Some citizens think the Canal not to be a cultural heritage item.

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