Question

Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly or when your best friend does not wait for you after school? If you do, you need to control (控制) your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry easily can make you lose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, wrote My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells boys and girls how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says getting angry is not a natural way to act. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily, and all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

When a baby falls over, it cries only when people are watching it. Like a baby, you can only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.

The book gives much advice to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.

①Keep a record (記錄). Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

②Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will help you calm down soon.

③Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem. Try to laugh!

1.What will happen to you if you get angry easily according to the passage?

A. You will be bad at your study.

B. You will get ill very easily.

C. You will make your parents sad.

D. You will lose friends.

2.What is Gary Egeberg?

A. A famous writer.

B. A teacher in a high school.

C. A high school student.

D. A worker in a zoo.

3.What does the underlined word “It” refer to?

A. Getting angry.

B. Controlling feelings.

C. Smoking.

D. Staying cool.

4.Which is NOT true about the book My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals?

A. It is a helpful book for boys and girls.

B. The book can help you keep cool when something bad happens to you.

C. There are only three pieces of advice in the book.

D. When you get angry, you can do something different according to the book.

5.What’s the purpose (目的) of the passage?

A. To tell us not to get angry easily.

B. To show us how to get along well with our friends.

C. To tell us how to take care of a baby.

D. To tell us how to make friends.

Answer 1