LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
"The hate 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 hate 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"

  1. 1.

    From this passage we know that________

    1. A.
      high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hate
    2. B.
      high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors
    3. C.
      without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart
    4. D.
      people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies
  2. 2.

    If you are angry with somebody, you should________

    1. A.
      attend Hart’s course
    2. B.
      never meet him or her any longer
    3. C.
      persuade him or her to have a positive talk with you
    4. D.
      treat him or her positively instead of negatively
  3. 3.

    In Hart's first 20- week workshop, people there can ________

    1. A.
      meet their enemies
    2. B.
      change their attitudes
    3. C.
      enjoy the professor's teaching
    4. D.
      learn how to quarrel with others
  4. 4.

    If you are a member in Hart's workshop, you'll________

    1. A.
      meet in eight or ten groups
    2. B.
      get rid of the illness of cancer
    3. C.
      attend a gathering twice a month
    4. D.
      pour out everything stored in your mind
  5. 5.

    The author wrote this passage in order to________

    1. A.
      persuade Britons to go to Hart's workshop
    2. B.
      tell us the news about Hart's workshop
    3. C.
      tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's
    4. D.
      help us to look at various kinds of angers
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試題分析：本文介紹了Professor Ken Hart舉辦的以勸說人們忘記恨意而原諒別人的活動，并介紹了相關(guān)信息。
1.C 推理題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容"The hate 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.說明人們心里有恨，那么對導致他們環(huán)游高血壓孩子心臟病，那么如果沒有了恨意，那么高血壓和心臟病也就沒有了，故C項正確。
2.D 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四行how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with,說明我們要改變對待那些我們生氣的人的態(tài)度，也就是從消極變成積極。故D項正確。
3.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后2行和第五段People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one."和"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說明在這個課程里人們會改變他們對待所恨的人的態(tài)度，從消極變成積極，最后會原諒他們。故B項正確。
4.C 細節(jié)題。感覺到第三段第三行The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.說明每兩個星期有一詞2個小時的8-10人的活動，那么一個月有2詞這樣的活動，故C項正確。
5.B 主旨大意題。本文著重介紹了Professor Ken Hart組織的這樣的活動，并詳細介紹了這個活動的中心思想和相關(guān)內(nèi)容，故B項正確。
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點評：本文介紹了Professor Ken Hart舉辦的以勸說人們忘記恨意而原諒別人的活動，并介紹了相關(guān)信息。考查推理題較多，在解答這類問題時要求學生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對性方法進行閱讀，因為這類題的答案在文章中可以無法直接找到，要根據(jù)文本內(nèi)容作適當?shù)难由�，最后做出準確的判讀推理。
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