【英语】广西桂林市2018届高三模拟考试英语试题

（本试卷考试时间120分钟，满分150分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where did the woman probably leave her hat?
A. In a restaurant.
B. In a car.
C. In a shop.
2. What is the time right now?
A. 7:15.
B. 9:15.
C. 11:15.
3. What are the speakers discussing?
A. Whether to go to France.
B. What to do in France.
C. How to go to France.
4. Why is the girl upset?
A. Her family is about to move.
B. Her mother is out of work.
C. She has no friends now.
5. What was the weather like in the Lake District on their holiday?
A. Snowy.
B. Sunny.
C. Rainy.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How long has the man played the guitar?
A. 8 years.
B. 9 years.
C. 17 years.
7. What instrument does the man think is the most difficult to play?
A. The piano.
B. The guitar.
C. The drum.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What did the woman do last winter?
A. She taught a class.
B. She changed a job.
C. She took a lecture.
9. Why is the man happy?
A. He can give lectures after retirement.
B. He has retired and begins to learn computer.
C. He can communicate with his grandchildren online.
10. What is the woman’s regular job?
A. A librarian.
B. A salesperson.
C. A lecturer.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Roommates.
C. Schoolmates.
12. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. Move her house.
B. Go to work together.
C. Confirm the appointment.
13. How does the woman like Ms. Gomez?
A. Friendly.
B. Punctual.
C. Popular.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. When is the woman supposed to finish her essay?
A. By this Saturday.
B. By next Monday.
C. By next Friday.
15. Why is the woman behind with her writing class?
A. She was ill.
B. The course is too difficult.
C. She is busy with her reading task.
16. What does the man think of his college life?
A. Busy.
B. Boring.
C. Colorful.
17. What is the woman probably going to do on the 28th?
A. Visit an exhibition.
B. Attend a party.
C. Watch a play.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What can be seen in Woodhill Shelter?
A. Wild animals.
B. Sea creatures.
C. Farm animals.
19. What do we know about the shelter?
A. It offers free plant-based diet.
B. It has won wide recognition.
C. Its workers are poorly paid.
20. What is advised to do to be a volunteer of the shelter?
A. Make a call.
B. Sign up online.
C. Post a form.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration.
∙Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin
And now you’ve accomplished something great and important here, and it’s time for you to move on to what’s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. … You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you’ve been blessed（赐予）with and go.
∙J.K. Rowling, Harvard University
Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich…But what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.
∙Steve Jobs, Stanford University
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith…Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great
work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.
Bill Gates, Harvard University
We need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world’s inequities（不公平）like hunger, poverty, and so on.
21. What Michael Dell said is to urge us to ________.
A. listen to our heart
B. learn from our mistakes
C. follow others’ example
D. pursue our dreams
22. What did J.K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?
A. Failure.
B. Hunger.
C. Poverty.
D. Appearance.
23. What does Bill Gates suggest people do?
A. Master as much advanced technology as possible.
B. Work together to rid some global problems.
C. Make contributions to the environment.
D. Take responsibility for their own behavior.
B
The next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) may be sitting right beneath you, at least if furniture maker Ikea has any say in the matter. The Swedish furniture company’s “future-living” research lab in Copenhagen is conducting a survey to understand what people want when it comes to smart furniture.
AI is now walking into more aspects of people’s daily lives. Self-driving cars are just around the corner, and AI robots can play and beat the best players of strategy games. As smart home technologies have become more ubiquitous, products ranging from smart electrical outlets（插座）to smart smoke alarms are flooding the market. Therefore, it’s not surprising that Ikea would be moving in the same direction.
Exactly why people would want their sofa or bed frame to speak to then, track their daily movements or offer help is not yet clear. Though Ikea’s the new survey
doe sn’t directly answer that question, it does provide a hint of what people would feel comfortable with. Most participants wanted a more human0like form of virtual （虚拟的）assistants, as opposed to one that is more robotic. In terms of the ideal gender（性别）of the assistants, the most popular choice was neither male nor female. Few wanted a religious form of AI.
Just as with human friends, most wanted AI friends that were like them, affirming their own worldview. They wanted an AI assistant that was reasonably intelligent-that could collect data to predict what a person wanted before he or she asked, and that could prevent someone from making mistakes.
This is not the first time that Ikea has set foot in the field or futuristic technologies. In addition to wireless charging tables and chainless bikes that never rust（生锈）, the furniture giant has also pictured smart kitchens that can cook the best meal. To decide on how intelligent you want your next sofa or bookshelf to be, you can take Ikea’s survey online.
24. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Beautiful.
B. Common.
C. Normal.
D. Environment.
25. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The differences between robot-like and human-like assistants.
B. What form of AI assistants people want.
C. What kind of friends people want.
D. The popular robots on the market.
26. Most people who received the survey wanted an AI assistant that could ________.
A. help them became smarter
B. communicate with them without troubles
C. have its own worldview
D. deal with their problems in advance
27. Which of the following products are from Ikea?
A. Smart sofas that can speak to you.
B. Smart beds than can track your daily movements.
C. Wireless charging cars.
D. Rustless bikes without chains.
C
It is that time of year when people need to lock their cars. It’s not because there are a lot of criminals running around stealing cars. Rather, it’s because of the good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest. Especially with this year’s large crop, leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it full of zucchini（西葫芦）.
My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they began to feel their skin turn slightly red. That’s when she decided it was time to share her blessings. She started calling everyone she knew. When that failed, she began to ask everyone in the neighborhood like a politician, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “Feel free to take whatever you want,” Sharon told her. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn’t go to waste.
A few days later, Sharon answered the door. There was the neighbor, holding some bread. The neighbor smiled pleasantly, “I want to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hope you wouldn’t mind.”
Sharon couldn’t think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said no. “Oh, but you did,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the prettiest zucchini I’ve ever seen.”
Sharon was confused. Zucchini in her garden? They hadn’t even plated any zucchini. But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables, Sharon smiled, “Well, actually, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”
The neighbor looked at Sharon, shock written all over her face. Then she smiled, and held out the bread that she had shared all over the neighborhood, “I brought you a loaf of cucumber bread. I hope you like it.”
28. Why does the author suggest that people in the neighborhood should lock their
cars?
A. They might be stolen by thieves.
B. They night be moved away by the police.
C. Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest.
D. Their neighbors might throw rubbish in them.
29. What does the underlined word “blessings” in the second paragraph mean?
A. tomatoes.
B. belongings.
C. helpful things.
D. best wishes.
30. What did the neighbor do in Sharon’s garden?
A. She harvest tomatoes only.
B. She harvested zucchini by accident.
C. She took some cucumbers mistakenly.
D. She stole something without Sharon’s permission.
31. We can infer from the article that the neighbors bread would taste ________.
A. bitter but tasty
B. strange and bitter
C. hard and sour
D. soft and sweet.
D
Persuasion is to convince someone to agree with you, just like art which also calls for special techniques to accomplish. According to the ancient Greeks, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos.
Ethos is a speaker’s way of convincing the audience that he is trustworthy, honest and reliable. One common way a speaker can develop ethos is by explaining how much experience or education he has in the field. After all, you’re more likely to listen to advice about how to take care of your teeth from a dentist than a fireman.
Pathos is a speaker’s way of connecting with an audience’s emotions. For example, a politician who is trying to convince an audience to vote for him might say that he alone can save the country from a terrible war. These words are intended to fill the audience with fear, thus making them want to vote for him. Similarly, an animal charity might show an audience pictures of injured dogs and cats to make thee viewers feel pity, so they will be more likely to donate money.
Logos is the use of facts, statistics or other evidence to support your argument. An audience will believe you if you have convincing data to back up your claims. Presenting this evidence is much more persuasive than simply saying “believe me”.
Although ethos, pathos and logos all have their strengths, they are often most effective when used together. So, the next time you listen to a speech, watch a commercial or listen to a friend try to convince you to lend him some money, be on the lookout for these ancient Greek tools of persuasion.
32. What is the purpose of persuasion?
A. To advise somebody to support you.
B. To help someone have special skills.
C. To convince somebody to realize his aim.
D. To talk someone into being honest.
33. What is a speaker’s way of convincing the audience to trust him?
A. Pathos.
B. Ethos.
C. Logos.
D. Education.
34. What do a politician and an animal charity have in common?
A. Both prevent themselves from being hurt.
B. Both save people from terrible wars.
C. Both make the audience support them.
D. Both persuade people to donate money.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Convince the Audience.
B. Three Basic Tools of Persuasion
C. Believe Me.
D. Strength of Persuasion
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Test anxiety can be a real problem if you’re so stressed out over a test that you can’t get past the nervousness to focus on the test questions and do your best work. Feeling ready to meet the challenge can keep test anxiety at a manageable level.
Be prepared. Some students think that going to class is all it takes to do well on tests. 36 You will find your test anxiety eases when toy start to study more
regularly. The reason is that the more you know the material, the more confident you’;; feel. Having confidence going into a test means you expect to do well.
Watch what you’re thinking. If expecting to do well on a test can help you relax, what about if you expect you won’t do well? 37 They can contribute to your anxiety. If you find yourself having these thoughts, replace them with positive ones. Not unrealistic positive messages, of course, but ones that are practical and true.
Accept mistakes. Another thing you can do is to learn to keep mistakes in view-especially if you are a perfectionist or you tend to be hard on yourself. Everyone makes mistakes, and you may have heard teachers refer to mistakes as learning opportunities. 38
39 If sitting for a test gets you so stressed out that your mind goes blank and causes you to miss answers that you know, then your level of test anxiety probably needs some attention. Your teacher or your school guidance counselor（顾问）can be good people to talk to.
Take care of yourself. For some people, this might mean learning a simple breathing exercise. Practise breathing exercise regularly when you feel stressed. 40 Then you can calm yourself down and get centered.
A. Ask for help.
B. Learn to praise yourself.
C. This helps your body receive a signal to relax.
D. But good study habits and skills are more important.
E. So it’s time to regard small failures as valuable experiences.
F. Then you will become more interested in asking questions.
G. You may send yourself some negative messages about the test.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最
佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My 8-hour sleepy voyage finally came to an end after I stepped out of the airport.
41 on the bus, I was waiting anxiously for it to start.
A woman beside me and her daughter both seemed 42 . She told me that her daughter had an upset stomach and would 43 continuously; 44 , the mother had lost her purse. Apart from a significant 45 of money, the purse also had her phone and a phone number of an important 46 . She would meet him for discussing a(n) 47 matter which had to be 48 by tomorrow morning.
I handed her my cellphone without 49 and told her that she could make any
50 she wanted. I also produced a bottle of water I had in my bag to relieve her daughter of her 51 . After making several calls, they finally 52 to the official! They turned to look at me 53 and thanked me many times. The woman tried to 54 for my assistance, but I refused 55 I knew she had lost her money.
The next morning, I received a call from the mother, saying that they couldn’t 56 how much my generous act touched them. They were so 57 that they had taken down my number to thank me. I was astonished to be thanked in this way. I never thought my simple offer 58 so much in her heart. And I thought of how many opportunities
for kindness we had lost by plugging into cellphones and being disconnected 59 the reality around us-something with easy 60 may make a big difference to others.
41. A. Getting B. Got C. Seated D. Seating
42. A. relaxed B. excited C. unconscious D. uncomfortable
43. A. throw up B. put up C. take up D. pick up
44. A. however B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise
45. A. number B. variety C. mass D. amount
46. A. accountant B. official C. lawyer D. doctor
47. A. simple B. political C. urgent D.
financial
48. A. settled B. ignored C. raised D. dropped
49. A. doubt B. permission C. question D. hesitation
50. A. call B. decision C. choice D. promise
51. A. fever B. stress C. sickness D. appetite
52. A. came over B. went through C. got through D. turned around
53. A. doubtfully B. closely C. curiously D. gratefully
54. A. thank B. pay C. award D. praise
55. A. since B. if C. while D. although
56. A. express B. talk C. describe D. compose
57. A. reasonable B. considerate C. flexible D. considerable
58. A. increased B. balanced C. weighed D. ranked
59. A. in B. beyond C. of D. from
60. A. reach B. access C. range D. goal
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。

写在试卷上无效。

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。

When we mention the most famous Chinese painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, the image coming into people’s mind 61 (be) Qingming Shangle Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
This painting is important 62 several reasons. First, up till that time, almost all Chinese paintings were landscapes, 63 (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll（卷轴）painting 64 (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing (now Kaifeng in Henan Province). Third, the painting is 65 (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic 66 (activity) in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them 67 great deal in understanding 68 the Chinese lived.
The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the 69 (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies-the Qing version 70 (hold) in the National Palace Museum inn Taipei.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Times waits for no man. This is something I learned very clear last term. I spent so much time fool around that my grades began to fall. I finally realize that something necessary had to done. It was time of a change.
Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half a hour. This will give him a head start on the day. I have also been decided to keep a record of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on which I’ve done will give me some idea on how to rearrange my time.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，下个月8号是你的加拿大笔友Smith的生日，你给他寄了200克中国绿茶作为礼物。

请你给他写一封信，要点如下：
1. 向他表达生日祝福；
2. 介绍中国的茶文化（4000多年历史、种类繁多、好处等）；
3. 希望他将来有机会来中国时体验中国茶文化；请他介绍加拿大咖啡文化。

注意： 1. 词数100左右，（开头结尾已给出，不计入词数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Smith,
How time flies! ____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
广西桂林市2018届高三模拟考试
英语试题
听力：1~5 BCCAC 6~10 BAACB 11~15 ABBCA 16~20 CBCBB
阅读：21~23 DAB 24~27 BBDD 28~31 CACB 32~35 ABCB
36~40 DGEAC
完形填空：41~45 CDABD 46~50 BCADA 51~55 CCDBA 56~60 ABCDB
语法填空：61. is/will be 62. for 63. containing 64. to describe/describing 65. highly
66. activities 67. a 68. how 69. original 70. is held
短文改错：
Times waits for no man. This is something I learned very clear last term. I spent so much time fool around that
clearly
fooling
my grades began to fall. I finally realize that something necessary had to ∧ done. It was time of a change.
realized be for Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half a hour. This will give
an
him a head start on the day. I have also been decided to keep a record of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on
me 删除been
which I’ve done will give me some idea on how to rearrange my time.
what ideas
书面表达：
Dear Smith,
How time flies! The eighth of next month is your birthday. Happy birthday to you! I’ve went you 200 grams of green tea as a gift, which I hope you will like. Now I
would like to introduce Chinese tea culture to you.
Chinese tea has a history of more than 4,000 years. Generally speaking, there’re two main kinds of tea in China, green tea and black tea. Drinking tea has many benefits. For example, it can make people relaxed. Besides, it has been power that tea is beneficial to people’s health. No wonder tea is becoming increasingly popular with people around the world.
I hope some day you will be able to come to China and experience our tea culture.
By the way, would you please introduce Canadian coffee culture to me?
Yours,
Li Hua
2018高考仿真卷·英语(一)
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
(略)
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题; 每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

A
Big messaging apps abroad
While WeChat is China’s biggest mobile messaging app,there are many equivalent apps in other countries that offer similar features.
WhatsApp (US)
Users:more than 600 million
Platforms:Android,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry
Features:text chat,push-to-talk,file sharing,location sharing
With more than 600 million active users,WhatsApp is one of WeChat’s biggest competitors.Developed by two ex-Yahoo employees in 2009,WhatsApp originally focused on text chat,but on Aug.6 it also started push-to-talk service.It’s noted for its accessibility,ease of use and the absence of adverts.The service is free for the first year,after which $0.99 is charged for a one-year subscription.
KakaoTalk (South Korea)
Users:more than 100 million
Platforms:Android,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry and bada (an operating system developed by Samsung)
Features:text chat,group chat,push-to-talk,group calls,file sharing
With more than 100 million users in more than 230 countries,KakaoTalk is a multi-platform
texting application that allows users to send and receive messages for free.With KakaoTalk,users can message each other one-on-one or in group chats with unlimited numbers of friends.You can also choose from many animated emoticons and share them with friends.
Line (Japan)
Users:more than 600 million
Platforms:Android,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry and PC
Features:text chat,group chat,push-to-talk,file sharing,location sharing,gaming,stickers
Line tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countries.Apart from text and voice messaging,Line provides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emoticons to buy from its own shop.In the first quarter of 2013 alone,it made $17 million just from stickers.The popular app also allows friends to battle each other in the LINE GAME.
pared with the other two apps,which of the following features makes Line stand out?
A.Group mobile games.
B.Free emoticons.
C.Free downloads of the app.
D.Text and group chat.
22.Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?
ers can always send and receive messages for free with WhatsApp.
ers can share files with any of the three apps.
C.KakaoTalk frees users from unwanted advertisements.
D.Line is the most popular one of the three apps.
23.In which part of the newspaper may this article be found?
A.Advertisement.
B.Economy and Finance.
C.Entertainment.
D.Science and Technology.
B
I love to read before I go to sleep.It usually makes me feel calm.But a big part of this depends on what I read.I love to read Oor Wullie and The Broons.Very often I’m smiling before I go to sleep.
I decide to write about this in a blog because I find that so many of us go to sleep with stress.Before we go to sleep,we may run over the day in our minds,and worry about tomorrow.We also may watch the news on TV,read the news on our smart phones or tablets,or even answer work emails.But the news is rarely proclaiming (宣告) all the things that are happening in the world and work emails make us feel that we’re still at work.All these things may leave us a stressful sleep.
Oor Wullie and The Broons are not the only things I ever read at night.I sometimes read novels but,with the odd exception,I mostly avoid anything that is too mentally taxing or stimulating late at night unless it’s something that inspires me or is clearly helpful in my life.
And even if I do read something mentally stimulating,when I feel myself getting tired I lay that book down and pick up trusty old Oor Wullie or The Broons for the last 10 or 15 minutes.Doing this makes my mind quiet and helps ensure that I get a peaceful sleep.Reading about Wullie or Maw and Paw Broon is like a comfort blanket for me.
I’d suggest you find light-hearted reading as a comfort blanket at bedtime,especially if you find yourself stressed or depressed a lot of the time,or if you find difficulty winding at the end of a day.It is the thing that can gently turn your attention towards lightness and ease.
If your material makes you laugh,then you may feel even better.Several studies show that
laughter boosts happy chemicals in the brain.It strengthens the immune system,it’s good for the heart,and it is most definitely good for mental health.It even helps us improve our relationships.
And if you do happen to pick up a copy of Oor Wullie or The Broons,I hope you find it just as entertaining as I do.
24.What can we learn about Oor Wullie and The Broons?
A.They make people run over the past days.
B.They are the best books to be read before people sleep.
C.They are extremely popular with young people.
D.They make people feel relaxed and happy.
25.What can we know from the text?
A.Oor Wullie and The Broons are the author’s favorite books.
B.A comfortable blanket makes people go to sleep easily.
C.The author sometimes reads something about inspiration.
D.Reading something stimulating at night helps get a peaceful sleep.
26.What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?
A.What material brings us laughter.
B.How laughter affects our health.
C.What benefits laughter brings to us.
D.Why laughter is good for us.
27.What’s the main purpose of the text?
A.To show the importance of reading before sleeping.
B.To prove the importance of a good mood before sleeping.
C.To tell us how to make ourselves stay relaxed before sleeping.
D.To explain how to choose a book worthy to be read before sleeping.
C
Sometimes people call each other “scared-cat”.But have you ever thought about this expression?When a cat is frightened,its heart starts beating faster,its muscles get tense and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream.Although the cat doesn’t realize this,its body is getting ready for action.If the danger continues,the animal will do one of two things.It will protect itself,or it will run away as fast as it can.
Something like this also happens to people.When we are excited,angry or scared by other feelings,our bodies go through many physical changes.Our hearts beat faster,and our muscles get tense.All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react.We,too,get ready to defend ourselves or run.
Human beings,however,have a problem that animals never face.If we give way to our feelings and let them take over,we can get into trouble.Have you ever said something in anger or hit somebody and regretted it later?Have you ever shouted at a teacher,told somebody you were lonely,or said you were in love,and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut?It isn’t always clever to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it’s smarter to always hide our feelings?No!If you keep feelings of anger or sadness hidden away or bottled up inside,your body stays tense.Physical illness can develop,and you can feel disturbed badly inside.It can actually be bad for your health.It isn’t good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.。