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 LEEDS, England-A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of people forgive their enemies.

“The hatred (憎恨) we hold within us is a cancer,”Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every two weeks

The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hatred in these people.“People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said.“People confuse(把……混同)forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one”.

Hart and his team have made instructions to provide the training needed.

“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes toward the person you are angry with,”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project, Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people“want to get free of the past”.

53.From this passage we know that_________.

      A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred

       B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

       C. without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

       D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

54.If you are angry with somebody, you should_________.

      A. try your best to defeat him or her

       B. never meet him or her again

       C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you

       D. relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more

55.In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can_________

      A. meet their enemies              B. change their minds

       C. enjoy the professor’s speech        D. learn how to quarrel with others

56. If you are a member in Hart’s workshop, you’ll_________.

      A. pay much money to Hart         B. go to the workshop every night

C. attend a gathering twice a month          D. pour out everything stored in your mind

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第二节 完型填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

In terms of teaching styles, I have had three kinds of teachers since my school days began.

The first kind is the lord(君主) of the class. I call him Mr. Frightening. His ideas can never be  36  . If any student should challenge him even on a  37  matter, he would  jump up, red-faced and eyes popping(突出) out, and  38  , “Who’s the teacher here, your or me?” At that moment, if someone was  39  enough to raise one more question, he would  40  at him for three minutes. With their minds locked up, the students are made into  41  machines. They only  42  what Mr. Frightening says, and finally become his “clones”(克隆).

Then there comes Mrs. Boring. She doesn’t look as  43 as Mr. Frightening, at least in appearance. Always  44  a warm smile, she never  45  her temper. In  46 to Mr. Frightening, she is the hypnotist(施行催眠术的人) of the class. She never has the skill of  47  the students’ enthusiasm. When she is giving a lesson, the students are like being  48  in the comfortable sunshine of a spring afternoon and they would soon fall  49  . They can never hear or put down a  50  word she has said.

   Finally there is Miss Inspiring. She is full of energy and masters the  51  of stimulating(激发) the students’ appetite(欲望) for knowledge. Instead of offering answers easily, she  52  them onto the path of independent thinking, and encourages the students to find  53  for themselves. She has the magic of   54  the sleeping minds.

   Every day I am  55  for more Miss Inspiring to come to my class!

36. A. guessed               B. questioned                C. understood               D. accepted

37. A. small                  B. big                          C. good                        D. bad

38. A. say                     B. ask                          C. shout                       D. cry

39. A. clever                 B. brave                       C. excited                     D. angry

40. A. glare                  B. look                         C. watch                       D. observe

41. A. working              B. learning                   C. writing                     D. recording

42. A. follow             B. hear                         C. do                           D. copy

43. A. strict              B. strange                     C. fearsome            D. angry

44. A wearing               B. making                    C. sending                    D. expressing

45. A. keeps                  B. gets                         C. wins                        D. loses

46. A. contrast                     B. turn                         C. addition                   D. replied

47. A. improving           B. arousing(唤起)  C. advancing(促进)  D. occupying

48. A. bathed                B. put                          C. enjoyed                    D. pushed

49. A. bad                    B. easy                         C. ill                          D. asleep

50. A. new                    B. good                        C. single                       D. valuable

51. A. magic                 B. trick                        C. power                      D. language

52. A. forces                 B persuades                  C. drives                      D. pulls

53. A. answers                     B. trouble                            C. success                     D. mistakes

54. A. pushing                     B. helping                    C. awaking                   D. stopping

55. A. searching            B. praying(祈祷)      C. standing                   D. sending

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  Larry Walters’boyhood dream was to fly. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was refused from pilot-training school because of poor eyesight. However, his dream remained.

  Larry, aged 33, was a truck driver in Los Angeles. One day, while sitting outside and watching jets fly overhead, an idea came to him to use weather balloons to fly.

  A few weeks later, Larry bought 42 weather balloons. He tied them to a chair and filled them with helium(氦). Then he sat down in the chair with some beer, sandwiches and a BB gun. Larry’s plan was to float about 10 meters above his backyard, enjoy a few hours in the air, and then pop some balloons with his gun to get back down. But things did not go according to Larry’s plan.

  When his friends cut the lines, Larry lifted by the 42 balloons and shot skyward at an astonishing speed. He finally settled at an altitude of 4,000 meters. Afraid to pop any of the balloons, in case he should break the balance of his “craft”, Larry sat, cold and frightened, in the sky for 14 hours.

  Airline pilots heading toward Los Angeles’busy international airport radioed in reports of the strange sight. Larry’s presence in the sky caused numerous planes to change their routes. Eventually, Larry worked up the nerve to shoot a few balloons and landed in power lines. Uninjured, he climbed down to safety and was arrested by waiting police.

  Larry set a record for a gas-filled balloon flight. But it cost him. He was later fined $1,500 for breaking air safety regulations.

68. What’s the BB gun used for in the passage?

  A. To protect Larry from unexpected danger.    B. To fill the balloons with gas.

  C. To shoot the balloons to get him back.       D. To fight with the waiting police.

69. It turned out that Larry________.

  A. floated about 10 meters high              B. remained in the sky for 14 hours

  C. set a world record in making balloons       D. became a truck driver after the flight

70. The underlined part in Paragraph 5 most probably means ____.

  A. watched carefully             B. gathered his courage

   C. kept his balance               D. climbed down

71. It can be learned from the passage that________.

  A. Larry’s boyhood dream came true in the end

  B. Larry’s disappearance in the sky caused much trouble

  C. Larry won a prize of $1,500 for his bravery

  D. Larry was not accepted as a pilot for his poor hearing

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