Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to a new psychology research. The new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger may help people reduce the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier. “Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon, “The more people show anger, the lower their stress responses.”

Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with(扰乱,妨碍)them by asking them to count faster or asking them other questions. If they made any mistake, they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them. Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the test. The researchers described their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other researchers recorded the students’ blood pressure and production of high-stress hormone. (荷尔蒙)

People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes(糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people feel fear, negative effects increase, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the study. Having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a maddening situation, Lerner said.

So in maddening situations, anger is not a bad thing to have. It’s a healthier response than fear.

 

72. The passage mainly wants to tell us        .

A. people should be angry all the time          B. anger does no harm to people

C. what the effects of anger are                  D. anger can be good for you

73. In the test given by Lerner, if the students made mistakes, they were asked to       .

A. take the next test                                B. say out loud the number 13

C. count back from 6,200 again               D. answer some other questions

74. From this passage we can infer that         .

A. if people often get angry they will probably have higher blood pressure

B. higher blood pressure may have something to do with weight gain

C. when people feel fear, they will probably have lower levels of the hormone

D. those who have heart disease will surely suffer from depression

75. The underlined word “maddening” in the third paragraph probably means        .

A. very annoying                               B. rather difficult

C. extremely dangerous                      D. quite different

My friend Jennie gave her bone marrow( 骨髓 )to a 50-year-old woman, a woman she has never met.

At the end of March, the Red Cross called back. Six different blood elements were tested ; Jennie matched five completely and was about a 3/4 match of the six. So she was the best match.

In April, Jennie went for a complete physical exam by one of the doctors who would perform the surgery. The doctor had to make sure that it would be no tread to her. The doctor told her that the surgery would need to have two quarts of bone marrow from her hip bones. Jennie would probably be released the same day the surgery took place and should expect to be painful for a couple of months.

 “I didn't think it was that big a deal until I realized I was a match,” Jennie said. “There was not a question in my head. It didn't seem like something that was going above and beyond. ”

Jennie was left with two very small scars on her lower back from the surgery and was giving medication to help reduce the pain. She still felt a great deal of pressure on her lower back. “Being only 21, I felt like I am not old enough to significantly impact  someone's life,” Jennie said. “ It seems strange to me that I could possibly save this woman's life which was being cut short by cancer. ”

Three weeks after the surgery, Jennie received a car from the Red Cross representative who told her the transplant was successful. “I feel good, and I think it will actually work for her. ” She said, “So many people say that they'd only donate if it was for a family member or close friend. This woman was someone's family and someone's friend. Obviously no one she knows is a match, and the fact that you'd be able to help a perfect stranger is greater. ”

 

68. Jennie gave her bone marrow to ______.

A. a close friend    B. a stranger    C. a classmate    D. a relative

69. Before Jennie knew she was the best match, her feeling could be described as"______".

A. frightened       B. nervous     C. calm         D. excite

70. According to the last paragraph, Jennie would probably agree that ______.

A. more people should donate their bone marrow

B. there is no need to help a relative or close friend

C. everyone should donate their bone marrow to a stranger

D. a family member is more important than a close friend

71. The best title of this passage should be ______.

A.  A Great Woman                  B. To Save a Stranger

C.  My Good Friend                  D. Jennie's Life Blood

Good health is the most precious thing in the world. When you have got it, you never think about it. When you haven’t got it, you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are not terrible, diseases and so on. We are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too much, drink too much and smoke too much. And though our reason tells us we should control ourselves, we find it difficult. The fact is that most human beings need stimulation. Who doesn’t enjoy a drink after a busy day? Only a smoker knows the pleasure of a cigarette with a cup of coffee.

So far so good. The danger is when these innocent pleasure run our lives and so destroy our health. When you find yourself eating between meals or eating too much rich food, when you can only keep yourself going by taking frequent drinks or by smoking one cigarette after another, then it’s time to stop and think what you might be doing to yourself. The funny thing is that when we don’t control ourselves, simple pleasures are no longer simple pleasures.

All right, I know what you’re thinking. You’re probably saying: “It’s all very well for him to talk, but I can’t help myself. I need that extra bit of food, that extra drink, that extra cigarette. Life has so many pressures that I can’t manage without them. ” But I’m saying you can help yourself. Not only that you must help yourself. Because if you don’t help yourself, no one else can. So be your own best friend.

 

60. In the writer’s view, the most precious thing in the world is ________.

A. time         B. work         C. friendship        D. good health

61. This passage is mainly about _________.

A. terrible diseases             B. pleasures after a busy day

C. the danger of too much drinking, smoking and eating

D. the difficulty of controlling ourselves

62. “I can’t help myself” means _________.

A. I can’t do it myself               B. I must ask someone for help

C. I can’t control myself            D. Do help me , please

63. Which of the following expresses the writer’s advice?

A. Have a drink after a busy day.         B. Have a cigarette with a cup of coffee.

C. Eat as much rich food as you can.   D. Be your own best friend and control yourself

When a friend calls out “Wait a second, I have a trick to show you,” don't you always stop and wait? Tricks are hard to resist. No one is ever too old to enjoy them or too young either. In fact, many of the most successful tricks are really quite simple. They don't require special equipments or hours of practice. For example, you tell a friend “Pick a card”, then you surprise him by telling him which card he picked. Here's how it is done. Take a pack of cards and secretly look at the bottom card. Put the cards facedown on a table, and ask your friend to pick a card. Then place the card at the bottom.

Has your friend picked the cards by taking part of the cards from the top and putting it at the bottom? Start turning the cards up one at a time. You can pretend to think hard about each card. Look for the bottom card at the beginning which you have remembered. The cards that come after it will be the one your friend picked. Also, a mind-reading trick is fun to do at a party. You leave the room, and while you are gone, a tea cup is placed upside down over a penny, nickel($0. 05), dime($0. 1)or quarter($0. 25). When you come back into the room, you can tell which coin the tea cup is hiding. To do this trick, you only need a helper, or partner. Before hand, you two work out some signals. If he looks up. it's a penny; if he looks right, a nickel. You see, they are all very easy. Why not have a try?

 

56. “ Trick” in the passage means_________.

A. a clever act or plan to fool somebody

B. clever actions done to people by using skill to confuse them

C. a strange habit

D. the cards played or won in a game of cards

57. The most important thing for a successful trick of cards is to_________.

A. put the cards facedown on a table

B. keep your eyes on the card your friend has picked

C. remember the bottom card

D. pretend to think hard while turning the cards up

58. You can know which coin the tea cup is hiding because_________.

A. a helper tells you by doing some actions

B. it's very easy to guess

C. you can take a look at it when no one is looking at

D. your helper can guess the right answer and tells you secretly

59. The author's main purpose to write this passage is_________.

A. to tell the readers tricks are done to fool people

B. to give the readers knowledge about all kinds of tricks

C. to tell the readers how to do some easy tricks to enjoy themselves

D. to say tricks are very popular

Nowadays it is found that school students seldom pay much attention to sports. Is it because they have no _36_ in sports? It may not be the fact. They often say they have _37_ more important things to do.

_38_ are these important things? Examinations! They have to _39_ themselves for the most important School Certificates of Education Examination, and also to _40_ with the tests and the exams in school. So many of them tend to _41_ bookworms.

In the summer holidays of the former years they could do _42_ they like, but in the summer holidays of the _43_ years, they have to  _44_ all their time to the preparation. So studies have __45_ them from going in sports.

Because of the pressure  _46_ their parents and teachers, they have to work hard and spend most of their time on books. Many parents _47_ their children to pass this examination in order to get a stepping stone for high studies or better jobs. As for the _48_ themselves, they want to get good results so that they can _49__ their studies in the universities. So it is necessary that they _50_ up their school activities, especially sports.

Indeed, a complete education cannot go _51_ physical training, for a quick mind seldom _52_ along with a weak body. It is well said, “All work no play _53_ Jack a dull( 迟钝的 )boy. ” In one word, without a strong body, you can never _54_ anything. Let a great success in_55_ .

 

36. A. lesson

B. time

C. interest

D. place

37. A. very 

B. other

C. few

D. many

38. A. Where 

B. How

C. Which 

D. What

39. A. prepare

B. get

C. make

D. ask

40. A. agree

B. fight

C. work

D. deal

41. A. have

B. become 

C. change 

D. grow

42. A. something 

B. nothing

C. anything 

D. which

43. A. this

B. that

C. last

D. next

44. A. spend 

B. take

C. cost

D. give

45. A. separated  

B. divided

C. taken

D. prevented

46. A. from

B. of

C. in

D. to

47. A. force

B. want

C. hope

D. let

48. A. students

B. teachers 

C. parents

D. examinations

49. A. develop

B. improve 

C. further

D. stop

50. A. keep

B. put 

C. take

D. give

51. A. for 

B. after

C. with

D. without

52. A. goes

B. gets

C. lives

D. lies

53. A. turns

B. makes

C. gets

D. brings

54. A. receive

B. achieve 

C. do 

D. accept

55. A. sports

B. exams

C. training

D. life

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