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LEEDS, England ─ A Leeds University psychology (心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
“The hatred 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 fortnight.
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 forgiveness with forgetting.Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”
Hart and his team have created 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 towards 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”.
小题1: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 pressure and heart |
D.people who suffer from high blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies |
A.meet their enemies | B.change their attitudes towards bitterness |
C.enjoy the professor’s speech | D.learn how to quarrel with others |
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 |
A.persuade us to go to Hart’s workshop |
B.tell us the news about Hart’s workshop |
C.tell us how to run a workshop like Hart’s |
D.help us to look at various kinds of angers |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
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试题【Britons Learn to Forgive LEEDS, England ─ A Leeds University psychology (心理学) pr】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual (随意的) questions may bring him out of his shell.Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person, for you to talk, or to listen.Either way the goal is to make yourself pleasant.
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently.To have anyone “ hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody.For a few extremely happy seconds we are the centre of attraction, but when it is our turn to be audience, let us remember how we felt as the actor, and let’s be genuinely (真正地) interested in what the other fellow is saying.
Other people will like us, if we like them.If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship.Be alive to the other person’s world.
小题1:This passage is mainly about_________________.
A.the ways of talking to a shy person |
B.some favorable qualities to be a psychologist |
C.how to make yourself attractive to your listeners |
D.how to make a friend and be a friend |
A.make him become active |
B.make him feel more nervous |
C.help him understand the question better |
D.help him listen intelligently |
A.attract them | B.be attracted |
C.listen attentively | D.talk widely |
A.be aware of | B.keep with |
C.deal with | D.be ignorant of |
A Handful of Happiness
Where can you find it? Take a look inside of yourself! Happiness doesn"t come from the outside, it is within you. Each moment your life gives you a lot of opportunities to be happy. If you want to see them, you will. If you don’t, it"s up to you.
A Handful of Love
Love is the harmony of your soul. A little love can make a big difference to the whole world. We are one. Everyone and everything deserve your love as well as you do.
A Handful of Dreams
Feel free to dream big dreams and make small steps towards them. You are the creator of your life. Every time you are doing something to achieve your goals you are growing.
A Handful of Creativity
Try to be creative in everything you do. Try to do your best every time you are doing something. Do not be afraid to use your imagination. It"s such a pleasure to do something new. Feel the joy of creation!
A Handful of Magic
Do you believe in magic? Well, you should. Life is full of miracles. In fact, life itself is a big miracle. There are so many things that are beyond our understanding. "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle." — Albert Einstein
Celebrate every day of your life! Let the spirit of holiday fill each corner of your heart. Why not? You live your life to its fullest and move towards your dreams!
小题1: What does the author advise people to do?
A.Spend all your money on traveling. |
B.Find happiness inside yourself. |
C.Love others more than yourself. |
D.Do not use much imagination. |
A.to keep trying step by step | B.to grow up |
C.to feel free | D.to create your life |
A.There are two ways to live a happy life. |
B.Nothing is a miracle in your life. |
C.Not everything is a miracle. |
D.It’s up to you to choose the way to live. |
A.How to know your last day? |
B.How to live a best day? |
C.How to make your life miracle? |
D.How to realize your dreams? |
“The importance of the research is not at question here. It is important to our understanding of and adapting to climate change. But we need to think about better approaches,” says Brook.
“This is an issue for all scientists, though polar researchers often travel particularly long distances using commercial air travel. We also rely extensively on small aircraft, icebreakers, and snowmobiles, all of which produce large amounts of carbon.”
Brook studies the health of caribou herds in Nunavut and Northwest Territories. He works with northern wildlife managers. This work typically takes him north five or six times per year and when he calculated his own carbon footprint, he was not happy with the result.
“My research footprints are about the same as the annual footprints of an average Toronto resident. Basically, I have two footprints — my own personal life, which is moderate, and my research footprint.”
Climate scientists can rightly argue that Arctic research is a specialized field and the community of scientists who travel north is relatively small. Even if all scientists working in the north reduced their carbon emissions, it would not make a big impact on the global scale. For Brook, it’s the option that matters.
There are ways researchers can reduce the amount of carbon they use. Some helicopters use less fuel than others. Solar and wind power are alternatives to gas-fired generators. And while carbon offsets(抵消) don’t reduce the amount of carbon emitted, they are an easy first step.
“There aren’t necessarily any easy answers, but we need to start talking about it,” says Brook. “This is particularly important for the next generation of scientists being trained and I hope to see them become leaders in this issue.”
小题1:What did Brook find when he calculated his own carbon footprints?
A.His carbon footprints are more than the annual footprints of a Toronto resident. |
B.His personal life footprints are more than the annual footprints of a Toronto resident. |
C.His research footprints are about the same as his personal life footprints. |
D.His personal life footprints are more than his research footprints. |
A.arctic research is very important |
B.the Arctic is a special environment |
C.the footprints of Arctic scientists are small |
D.Brook’s situation is a common phenomenon |
A.we should take actions immediately instead of just talking |
B.it’s easy to start talking about the problem of carbon emissions |
C.it’s necessary now to pay attention to the problem of research footprints |
D.the next generation of scientists are more interested in research footprints |
A.The importance of arctic research is not at question. |
B.Climate change becomes worse because of arctic research. |
C.Brook suggests ways of reducing the use of carbon. |
D.Scientists must look at their own carbon footprints. |
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two fragments will probably hit the southern part of the Earth. The news has caused panic.
On 17 July, a fragment four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a huge explosion. About half of the fragment is destroyed. But the major part survives and hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and an enormous wave is created and spreads. The wall of water rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned. The wave moves into the Indian Ocean and heads towards Asia.
Millions of people are already dead in the southern part of the Earth, but the north won’t escape for long. Tons of broken pieces are thrown into the atmosphere by the explosions. As the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later civilization has collapsed. No more than 10 million people have survived.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs(恐龙)were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a space fragment. The dinosaurs couldn’t survive in the cold climate that followed and they became extinct. Will we meet the same end?
小题1: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the author’s description of the disaster in 2094?
The whole mankind becomes extinct.
All the coastal cities in African are destroyed.
The whole world becomes extremely cold.
The visit of the comet results in wars.
小题2:Why does the author mention dinosaurs at the end of the passage?
A.Because they could only live in the warm climate. |
B.Because they once dominated the Earth. |
C.Because dinosaurs and humans never live in the same age. |
D.Because their extinction indicates future disasters |
A.give an accurate description of the possible disaster in the future |
B.warn of a possible disaster in the future |
C.tell the historical development of the Earth |
D.prove that humans will sooner or later be destroyed |
A.horror story | B.news report |
C.article of popular science | D.research paper |
Fish have ears. Really. They’re quite small and have no opening to the outside world carrying sound through the body. For the past seven years, Simon Thorrold, a university professor, has been examining fish ears, small round ear bones called otoliths (耳石).
As fish grow, so do their otoliths. Each day, their otoliths gain a ring of calcium carbonate (碳酸钙). By looking through a microscope and counting these rings, Thorrold can determine the exact age of a young fish. As a fish gets older, its otoliths no longer get daily rings. Instead, they get yearly rings, which can also be counted, giving information about the fish’s age, just like the growth rings of a tree.
Ring counting is nothing new to fish scientists. But Thorrold has turned to a new direction. They’re examining the chemical elements (元素) of each otolith ring.
The daily ring gives us the time, but chemistry tells us about the environment in which the fish swam on any given day. These elements tell us about the chemistry of the water that the fish was in. It also says something about water temperature, which determines how much of these elements will gather within each otolith ring.
Thorrold can tell, for example, if a fish spent time in the open ocean before entering the less salty water of coastal areas. He can basically tell where fish are spending their time at any given stage of history.
In the case of the Atlantic croaker, a popular saltwater food fish, Thorrold and his assistant have successfully followed the travelling of young fish from mid-ocean to the coast, a journey of many hundreds of miles.
This is important to managers in the fish industry, who know nearly nothing about the whereabouts of the young fish for most food fish in the ocean. Eager to learn about his technology, fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears.
小题1:What can we learn about fish ears from the text?
A.They are small soft rings. |
B.They are not seen from the outside. |
C.They are openings only on food fish. |
D.They are not used to receive sound. |
A.Trees gain a growth ring each day. |
B.Trees also have otoliths. |
C.Their growth rings are very small. |
D.They both have growth rings. |
A.The elements of the otoliths can tell the history of the sea. |
B.Chemical contents of otoliths can tell how fast fish can swim. |
C.We can know more about fish and their living environment. |
D.Scientists can know exactly how old a fish is. |
A.They are very interested in Thorrold’s research findings. |
B.They want to know where they can find fish. |
C.They lend their fish for chemical studies. |
D.They wonder if Thorrold can find growth rings from their ears. |
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