When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer (使…快活) me up, my laugh turned into crying.
So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so does crying.
Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and crying seems to work well. One study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.
Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and more friendly and they are more ready to offer support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.
Just as crying can be healthy, not crying — holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering — can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural — and healthy — emotional response.
【小題1】Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?

A．Because her father did not want her to feel too sad.
B．Because she did not love her grandmother.
C．Because she was too shy to cry at that time.
D．The author doesn’t give the explanation.
【小題2】 It can be inferred (推斷) from the text that ______.
A．there are two ways to keep healthy
B．laughing does more good to health than crying
C．crying and laughing play the same roles
D．emotional health has a close relationship to physical health
【小題3】 According to the author, which of the following statements is true?
A．Crying is the best way to get help from others.
B．Holding back tears may cause some health problems.
C．We will know our deep feelings if we cry.
D．We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.
【小題4】What might be the best title for the text?
A．Power of TearsB．How to Keep Healthy
C．Why We CryD．A New Scientific Discovery
【小題5】 What might the underlined word “fight” in the last paragraph mean?
A．come backB．pay backC．hold backD．give back


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：整篇文章主要介紹了哭的力量和作用，對(duì)我們健康有益的好幾個(gè)方面，因此最后 作者建議大家不要壓抑而要該哭則哭，
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears.可以得知作者也不知道沒(méi)有哭的原因，故答案為D。
【小題2】推理判斷題。C項(xiàng)說(shuō)crying和laughing起著同樣的作用不完全正確, 從文章最后一段的句子：Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses.可知情感健康與身體健康密切相關(guān). 本題為推理判斷題. 所以選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第四段第一句話可知Besides, tears attract help from other people.,可知哭可以得到別人的幫助，B是明顯正確的。
【小題4】主旨題：整篇文章主要介紹了哭的力量和作用.所以選 Powers of  Tears.題目要有概括性，選A。
【小題5】猜詞題。從最后一段的句子：It's a natural — and healthy — emotional response.可知我們?nèi)绻肟薏灰獕阂侄摽迍t哭，這里的fight是hold back。選C。
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