Question

Sometimes people call each other  " scared cat" , but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its blood-stream.  If the danger continues, this animal will do one of the two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.

Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run. Human beings, however, have a problem. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger - and regretted later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher or told somebody you were lonely and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn't always wise to express your feelings freely.

Does this mean that it's always smarter to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings like anger hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside. It can actually be bad for your health. Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don't just go away. It's as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you'd smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are you'd see little fruit flies hovering(盘旋) all over them. They'd be rotten. You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don't exit, but they'll still be around. And at last you'll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.

1.The best title for this article is

A. What Happens to An Excited Person

B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat

C. Emotions Affect Our Bodies

D. Feelings That People Have

2.According to the passage, human beings get into trouble because ______.

A. they are not as alert as animals

B. they always do something wrong to other people

C. they sometimes can't control their feelings

D. they don't pay attention to their physical changes

3.The underlined word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to________.

A. bad emotion           B.  a bottle

C. physical illness      D. a rotten banana

4.The author mainly intends to tell us to _______ .

A. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings

B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings

C. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside

D. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析: 文章介绍人和动物一样，情绪会导致身体的一些变化，而人类的问题还要更多，如果你隐瞒自己的情感，身体会紧张，作者是想告诉我们不要将情感隐瞒起来，因为这样并不能解决问题

1.C考查文章的主旨题：从全篇文章和第二段的句子：Something like this also happens to people．When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions （feelings）, our bodies go through many physical changes．可知这篇文章讲的是情绪会影响我们的身体，故选C项。

2.C考查细节理解题。根据第二段提到If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble如果我们释放我们的感情，让他们控制我们的感情，我们可能会陷入困境，故选C项。

3.C 考查细节理解题。根据第三段提到If you keep feelings like anger hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside. It can actually be bad for your health.如果你隐藏你的生气，你的身体就会紧张，身体上的疾病就会发展，你会内心感到焦虑，这对你的健康是有坏处的，故选C项。

4.A考查推理判断题 从文章最后三段的句子：可知作者写这篇文章是想告诉我们不要将情感隐瞒起来，故选A项。

考点：科普类阅读。