Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to  1  a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it  2  in 1954．Within one year, 37 runners  3  the belief barrier．And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing．
What happens if you put an animal in a  4 ? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through．What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You  5 ．If an animal who has not learned swimming could  6  by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not．
These  7  show the power of beliefs．There is no other more  8  force in directing human behavior than belief．Our beliefs have the power to  9  and to destroy．
In a way it is our beliefs that determine how much we’ll be able to  10  our potential．So pay attention to some of your  11 ．Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you？Do you believe life is full of  12 ？
Belief is not  13 , however．It’s nothing but the generalization of a past incident．As a kid, if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be  14 ．To change certain behavior, identify the beliefs associated with it．Change those beliefs and a new pattern is  15  created．
1．A．run                       B．walk                   C．swim                  D．jog
2．A．right                    B．wrong                 C．fake                   D．true
3．A．broke                    B．built                  C．faced                 D．lowered
4．A．cage                       B．desert                    C．forest                D．pond
5．A．drown                   B．swim                  C．float                     D．sink
6．A．struggle                B．escape                C．drown                 D．leave
7．A．samples                B．cases                      C．situations         D．periods
8．A．terrible                    B．reasonable             C．considerable      D．powerful
9．A．damage                 B．provide              C．create                D．withdraw
10．A．discover              B．realize               C．show                   D．perform
11．A．problems             B．beliefs               C．possibilities         D．subjects
12．A．surprises                B．choices               C．problems            D．possibilities
13．A．beautiful                B．changeable         C．strong                D．mysterious
14．A．safe                    B．rude                   C．merciless         D．dangerous
15．A．occasionally       B．immediately       C．a(chǎn)ccidentally           D．a(chǎn)utomatically

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1
A, help
B. protect      
C. watch      
D. see
2
A. opening 
B. line            
C. moth    
D. butterfly
3
A. push
B. draw           
C. make  
D. force
4
A. got
B. done
C. tried
D. struggled
5
A. covering
B. remaining
C. shell
D. skin
6
A. moth
B. butterfly
C. cocoon
D. worm
7
A. lessen
B. widen
C. expand
D. shorten
8
A standing
B. flight
C. themselves
D. body
9
A flying 
B. crawling
C. walking
D. lying
0
A already
B. certainly  
C. never      
D. seldom
11
A shouldn’t do    
B. thought
C. did
D. didn’t understand
12
A crawling
B. struggle      
C. fight
D. force
13
A tiny
B. beginning
C. right
D. above
14
A in
B. on           
C. by
D. from
15
A into
B. to
C. in
D. onto
16
A after
B. once
C. before
D. until
17
A courage
B. hope
C. flight 
D. survival
18
A stand on
B. get on
C. go through
D. live
19
A great
B. determined
C. brave
D. strong
20
A regrets
B. death
C. failure
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“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 display 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 thirteenth number. Researchers disturbed them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questions. If they made any mistakes, they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry.
Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the test. The researchers describe their reactions as fear, anger and disgust.
Other researchers recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high-stress hormone（荷爾蒙）called cortisol. 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 extra weight gain.
When people feel fear, negative impacts 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（令人發(fā)狂的）situation,” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. She found people who reacted with anger were more optimistic. These people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the event. So in maddening situations, anger is not a bad thing to have. It’s a healthier response than fear.
小題1: What is the story mainly about?
A．The findings of new psychology research.
B．What you can do with anger in certain cases.
C．Different effects produced by anger and fear.
D．Healthier responses in maddening situations.
小題2:Which statement will Jennifer Lerner agree with?
A．It’s better to be angry than to be frightened.
B．Different reactions reflect different outlooks on life.
C．Don’t control your anger and it makes you powerful.
D．Pessimistic people are generally healthier than optimistic people.
小題3:What does the underlined word “both” refer to according to the passage?
A．Fear and anger.B．Blood pressure and pulse.
C．Blood pressure and cortiso1.
D．Higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone.
小題4: In what ways can anger be beneficial to people?
A．By showing their optimistic side.B．By reducing their stress.
C．By reducing high blood pressure.D．By taking the place of fear.
小題5:The researchers irritated（激怒）the students by __________.
A．recording their performance secretly
B．a(chǎn)sking them to count to 6, 200 again and again
C．disturbing them and making them start all over again
D．criticizing them when they made mistakes

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