Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___1___ anger may help you ____2___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____3___ responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___4____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____5___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____6____ the researchers were ____7____ them.
Lerner used a ____8____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____9____ during the test. The researchers ____10____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.
People whose faces showed more ____11____ 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 weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____12____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____13____. “ Having that sense of anger ____14____ people to actually feel some power in what ____15____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____16____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____17____ with those who were frightened during the event.
So in maddening ____18____, anger is not a ____19____ thing to have. It’s a ____20____ response than fear.
1. A. shows B. suggests C. expresses D. insists
2.A. drop B. reduce C. lose D. throw
3. A. mistake B. sadness C. stress D. anger
4.A. read B. write C. speak D. count
5.A. mistakes B. decisions C. changes D. losses
6.A. unless B. because C. if D. until
7.A. watching B. stopping C. interrupting D. recording
8.A. rented B. stolen C. borrowed D. hidden
9.A. spots B. points C. expressions D. smiles
10.A. chose B. regarded C. treated D. described
11. A fear B. anger C. regret D. happiness
12.A. decrease B. increase C. climb D. spread
13.A. plan B. method C. study D. project
14.A. hopes B. leads C. lets D. drives
15.A. actually B. really C. otherwise D. luckily
16.A. pain B. joy C. sorrow D. anger
17.A. compared B. comparing C. satisfied D. connected
18.A. situations B. conditions C. positions D. persons
19.A bad B. good C. proper D. wonderful
20.A. shorter B. bigger C. faster D. healthier
______ the danger from enemy action, people had to deal with a severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.
A. As soon as B. As long as C. As far as D. As well as
The professor gave orders to the students that the rest ______ before 5:30.
A. be finished B. will be finished C. will finish D. finish
I can hardly ______ very loud noise while I am studying.
A. put up with B. get rid of C. have efforts on D. keep away from
---- Jenny, you left your MP3 on the table when you went out.
---- Oh, my god! __________.
A. So did I B. So I did C. I did so D. I did it
---- You mean I can read any book in your study?
---- Yes, ______ interests you.
A. whatever B. whoever C. whichever D. wherever
