Sometimes people call each other “scaredy-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.
Although the cat doesn’t realize this,its body is getting ready for action.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 that animals never face.If we give way to our feelings,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 wise to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it’s smarter always to hide our feeling?No!If you keep feelings of anger,sadness,and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside,your body stays tense.Physical illnesses can develop,and you can feel churned up inside.It can actually be bad for your health.
Feeling 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 open the cupboard,chances are you’d see little fruit flies hovering 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.
60.It is mentioned in the passage that human beings get into trouble because they______.
A.are not as alert as animals B.sometimes can’t control their feeling
C.always do something wrong to other people D.don’t pay attention to their physical changes
61.The underlined words“churned up” in the 5th paragraph mean “_________”.
A.very shocked B.beaten heavily C.very frightened D.disturbed badly
62.The author wants to tell us in the last two paragraphs that_________.
A.you’ll not completely get away from your feelings
B.you should treat emotions as bananas in a cupboard
C.feeling will gradually disappear when you hold them in
D.it is good for your health to keep pleasant feelings inside
63.The author writes this article in order to_________.
A.tell us that it isn’t good to keep feelings inside
B.give us some advice on how to express our feelings
C.make us deal with feelings in a wise way
D.make us know that it isn’t always wise to express our feelings freely