Question

Is crying good therapy (疗法)? Experts say yes. Having a good weep at the weekend is becoming more and more popular among office workers in China.

“I need to cry to let my feelings out”， said 23－year－old Gao Meng, a smart－looking young woman. “I remember one day when I got home I felt so down but had no one to talk to so I just curled up (蜷缩) with my teddy bear and cried myself to sleep，” Gao said. The next day, she said, she felt much better and life seemed not so bad after all.

Because crying is taken as a sign of weakness, people make a great show of being strong and not displaying emotion. Psychologists and medical practitioners agree that crying is beneficial for mental health but people still regard it as a sign of failure and bottle up their feelings. A famous Chinese author once said to cry is normal, and even brave. Those who display their emotions can deal with their troubles bravely after the tears dry while those who soldier on let problems fester.

In the Chaoyang district of Beijing, there is a special place for people to cry their sadness out. It is called “Cry Bar”. On the door of each of its “cry rooms” there is a saying encouraging people to let the tears flow freely.

“Crying is a kind of therapy, but it needs some direction，” said Milulu, a psychologist. “People should realize the point of crying is to relieve pressure, but some of the young people who come to the Cry Bar simply sit and weep. The purpose of crying is to make it easier to improve your life after the tears dry, not to get lost in bad memories.”

“Crying is only one way of relieving pressure, and we need to face problems squarely (正面地) and solve them once the tears have dried，”said Milulu.

1. Crying ________ made Gao Meng feel better.

A. with some friends  B. all the night with a toy

C. during her sleep  D. in bed before sleep

2. According to the 3rd paragraph, people usually make great efforts to________.

A. get rid of their sadness 

B. bottle up their feelings

C. act on psychologists' advice 

D. face their troubles bravely

3. What does the underlined word “fester” in the third paragraph mean?

A. Get worse.            B. Appear easier.

C. Be covered up.         D. Come to an end.

4. What should the customers do at the Cry Bar?

A. Think of every sad experience they've had and cry.

B. Keep crying as loudly and long as possible.

C. Satisfy any desire to cry or weep until it is gone.

D. Hold back their tears until they can but cry.

5. From the text, we can learn that crying ________.

A. is the only way to relieve pressure

B. must help to solve problems

C. means facing problems squarely

D. can weaken sad feelings

Answer 1

 1. 解析：选D。细节理解题。cry myself to sleep意为“哭到我睡着了”。

2. 解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，make a great show of doing sth.意为“极力装出某种样子”。

3. 解析：选A。词义猜测题。由表示对照的while可知，let problems fester与deal with their troubles bravely的意思是相反的。故选A。

4. 解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第四、五段可知，为了relieve pressure，既要let the tears flow freely，又不能get lost in bad memories，想哭就毫不掩饰地哭出来，没有了想哭的感觉就不要再哭了。

5. 解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文意可知，哭只是调节心情的一种方法——既不是唯一的方法，也不意味着能够正视问题，更不等于解决问题。