On Anger

Doctors say anger can be an extremely harmful emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that angry feelings can lead to heart disease, stomach problem, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.

Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, losing control of themselves. But other people repress their anger. They cannot or will not express it.

For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (激素) that are produced during tense situations. They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood and narrow the blood vessels to the interstices (空隙). In general, the person feels excited and ready to act.

Doctors said that repressing these feelings only makes the feelings continue. And this can lead to many medical problems. Doctors thought a person could prevent these problems by letting the anger out by expressing it freely. But recently some doctors held a different view. They said that people who express anger repeatedly and violently did become, in fact, more and not less angry. They said this, too, can cause medical problems.

Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger strongly may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.

Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious, enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

1 Repressing anger was considered to be dangerous because of all the following EXCEPT that ________   .

A. the heart rate increases    B. the blood pressure rises

C. the blood contains sugar   D. some blood vessels become thinner

2 Which of the following is the more recent view about the expression of anger?

A. It is dangerous to express anger repeatedly or repress one’s anger.

B. One can avoid his medical problems by expressing his anger freely.

C. One’s heart rate will increase if his anger is repressed.

D. One is likely to suffer from high blood pressure in a fit of great anger.

3 When you get angry, which of the following should you do for the sake of health?

A. Repressing the anger.          B. Expressing the anger.

C. Treating the anger properly.   D. Learning how to make a deal.

4What is the central topic of this passage about?

A. The different ways of dealing with anger.

B. The dangers of anger and the solution

C. New medical discoveries.   

D. The argument between the new and old views about anger.

语言知识及应用 (共两节,满分35分)

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these   21          are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   22            and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows           23           and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   24          to the parents. It was then   25              that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   26            the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended   27               . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   28                . In those cases there was often a way to get the   29              baby back. You could   30            the Changeling on the fire — then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

21. A. babies              B. believers       C. fairies                    D. supermen

22. A. powerful            B. cruel               C. frightened              D. extraordinary

23. A. sick                 B. slim                C. short                     D. small

24. A. uncomfortable    B. unbelievable      C. unacceptable       D. unrecognizable

25. A. feared              B. predicted          C. heard                     D. reported

26. A. covered          B. changed         C. replaced              D. terrified

27. A. cases               B. tools               C. steps                   D. methods

28. A. missed             B. stolen           C. found                    D. lost

29. A.1ittle                B. pale                C. sad                     D. real

30. A. seize                B. burn               C. place                     D. hold

 0  22670  22678  22684  22688  22694  22696  22700  22706  22708  22714  22720  22724  22726  22730  22736  22738  22744  22748  22750  22754  22756  22760  22762  22764  22765  22766  22768  22769  22770  22772  22774  22778  22780  22784  22786  22790  22796  22798  22804  22808  22810  22814  22820  22826  22828  22834  22838  22840  22846  22850  22856  22864  151629 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网