LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is researching 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 volunteers 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 each group of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with a director every two weeks.
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 guidances on how to look at all 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, “I believe forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people want to get free of the past.”
小題1:From this passage we know that ________.
A．without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood pressure and heart disease
B．people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies
C．high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors
D．high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hate
小題2:If you are angry with somebody, you should ________.
A．a(chǎn)ttend Hart’s course
B．persuade him or her to have a positive talk with you
C．never meet him or her any longer
D．treat him or her positively instead of negatively
小題3:In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can ________.
A．meet their enemies
B．change their attitudes
C．enjoy the professor’s teaching
D．learn how to quarrel with others
小題4:If you are a volunteer in Hart’s workshop, you’ll ________.
A．meet in eight or ten groups
B．get rid of the illness of cancer
C．a(chǎn)ttend a gathering twice a month
D．pour out everything stored in your mind
小題5:The author wrote this passage in order to________.
A．persuade Britons to go to Hart’s workshop
B．tell us the news about Hart’s research
C．tell us how to run a workshop like Hart’s
D．help us to look at all kinds of angers

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：心里有仇恨很增加高血壓和心臟病的問題，一個(gè)心理學(xué)教授研究了一個(gè)課程幫助人們消除仇恨，用積極的心態(tài)對待仇恨的人。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：“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.可知：如果沒有仇恨，人們就不會(huì)有高血壓和心臟病的問題，答案是：A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第六段的句子：“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.”可知：如果你對一個(gè)人很生氣，應(yīng)該積極的對待他，而不是消極的，答案是：D
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：“The main idea is to give you guidances on how to look at all kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with,”可知：可知參加這個(gè)課程的人能夠改變態(tài)度，答案是：B
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：The students meet in each group of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with a director every two weeks.可知：如果你是Hart工作室的志愿者，那一個(gè)月要聚會(huì)兩次，答案是：C
小題5:寫作意圖題：從第一段的句子：LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is researching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.可知這篇文章是想告訴讀者關(guān)于Hart研究的消息，答案是：B
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