Question

Sometimes people call each other "freaked-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 bloodstream. Although the cat doesn't realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of 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 that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger —or hit somebody—and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut?It isn't always clever to express your feelings freely.

Does this mean that it's smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop. It can actually be bad for your health. It isn't good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.

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 that you'd see little fruit flies flying 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 exist, 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. Emotions Affect Our Bodies

B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat

C. What Happens to An Excited Person

D. Feelings That People Have

2.What does the word "freaked" mean in the first sentence?

A. excite   B. scared   C. angry   D. shocked

3. According to the passage, we may conclude that we human beings_____.

A. have fewer problems than animals

B. have the same problems as animals

C. have more problems than animals

D. have cleverer problems than animals

4.The author wrote this article in order to_____.

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

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

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

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

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：作者通过"freaked-cat"告诉我们，不良的情绪会对我们的身体产生影响。我们要把不良的情绪发泄出来，不要淤积在心中，那样对我们的身体不好。

1.A 主旨大意题。作者在本文中讲述了当我们兴奋，激动，紧张的时候，我们的身体就会随之发生反应。也就是说情绪和情感能够影响我们的身体。故A正确。

2.B 猜测词义题。根据第二行When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream.中的frightened可知freaked-cat指吓坏了的猫。故B正确。

3.C 推理题。根据文章第三段第一句Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face.可知人类面临着很多动物没有面临的问题。故C正确。

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考点：考查人生感悟类短文也读