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Can feelings of nostalgia（怀旧）be good for you? Or is it unhealthy to have a strong love for the past?

For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say lingering（徘徊）in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. There feelings keep the person from living his life to its fullest.

Dr. Louise Kaplan has written several books about nostalgia. She says these feelings often begin when a young person is between 13 and 19 years old.

“This is the time when you must face the loss of your childhood,” Kaplan says. “You see your new life is easily destroyed. But you think romantically about a golden past. You remember your childhood as a time when life was perfect.”

These feelings continue as a person gets older, Kaplan adds. She says many grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modern world, so they thing back to their younger years. At that time the world seemed simple and more harmless.

Kaplan says these feelings are not always actually existing. The good old days weren’t always good. However, she says nostalgia can be helpful, if used properly.

“Feelings of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams.” Kaplan says. “It might give you the strong wish to catch those dreams today, in your present life.” She adds that nostalgia can prevent you from “cutting yourself off from your aim”, “At its best,” Kaplan says, “nostalgia has the ideas for the future.”

1．According to the passage, feelings of nostalgia         .

       A．can cause you to think of your past which was full of hopes and dreams

    B．bring about a love for the past and a hope for the future

       C．can make you succeed in life

       D．fill one with hopes for the future

2．The reason for grown persons to think back to their past is that         .

       A．they can hardly keep up with changes in today’ s world

       B．times are hard, so they can not keep up with changers

       C．they lives in the past, of which they are always proud

       D．many grown persons have little time keeping up with changes in the modern world

3．Which of the following is not talked about in the passage?

       A．Too much nostalgia is harmful

       B．Only women have feelings of nostalgia.

       C．A little nostalgia can make a person’ s lift more colorful.

       D．Nostalgia shows that a person is not satisfied with his present lift.

4．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

       A．Thoughts on Nostalgia.                  B．The Reasons for Nostalgia

       C．Why Do They Think Back to the Past         D．Nostalgia, Cook or Bad

AABD

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【小题1】It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s opinion of nowadays’ human beings is ________________

A．not very high.B．high.C．scornful.D．neutral
【小题2】Why does the author mention the old Romans in this article?
A．To reveal that the old Romans first started violent sports.
B．To prove that the old Romans were not civilized.
C．To show human beings in the past knew nothing better.
D．To indicate human beings today are as bloodthirsty as the old Romans.
【小题3】How many dangerous sports does the author mention in this passage?
A．Three.B．Four.C．Five.D．Six.
【小题4】     What does the author want to illustrate in this article?
A． By banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve ourselves.
B． By banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.
C． We must take positive steps to improve social welfare system.
D． Law is the main instrument of social change.

                        
B
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A. The patients enjoyed listening to the author
B. The author found empathic listening was helpless
C. The patients didn't get on well with the author
D. The author did a good job at a cancer clinic
61.What does the underlined part "Confiding in others" in the last paragraph mean?
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C．they have already grown up
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coaster (急转突变) so common among teens?
     Dealing with constant change and pressure is part of the answer. Maybe you're starting a new
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C. Four.                              
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