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Accordingtopsychologists（心理学家）,anemotionisarousedwhenamanoranimalviewssomethingaseitherbadorgood.Whenapersonfeelslikerunningawayfromsomethinghethinkswillhurthim,wecallthisemotionfear.ifthepersonwantstoremovethedangerbyattackingit,wecalltheemotionanger.Theemotionsofjoyandlovearearousedwhenwethinksomethingcanhelpus.Anemotiondoesnothavetobecreatedbysomethingintheoutsideworld.itcanbecreatedbyaperson'sthoughts.

Everyonehasemotions.Manypsychologistsbelievethatinfantsarebornwithoutemotions.Theybelievechildrenlearnemotionsjustastheylearntoreadandwrite.Agrowingchildnotonlylearnshisemotionsbutlearnshowtoactincertainsituationsbecauseofanemotion.

Psychologiststhinkthattherearetwotypesofemotion:positiveandnegative.Positiveemotionsincludelove,liking,joy,delight,andhope.Theyarearousedbysomethingthatappealstoaperson.Negativeemotionsmakeapersonunhappyordissatisfied.Theyincludeanger,fear,despair,sadness,anddisgust.ingrowingup,apersonlearnstocopewiththenegativeemotionsinordertobehappy.

Emotionsmaybeweakorstrong.Somestrongemotionsaresounpleasantthatapersonwilltryanymeanstoescapefromthem.inordertofeelhappy,thepersonmaychooseunusualwaystoavoidtheemotion.

Strongemotionscanmakeithardtothinkandtosolveproblems.Theymaypreventapersonfromlearningorpayingattentiontowhatheisdoing.Forexample,astudenttakinganexaminationmaybesoworriedaboutfailingthathecannotthinkproperly.Theworrydrainsvaluablementalenergyheneedsfortheexamination.

56.Welearnfromthepassagethatanemotioniscreatedbysomething.

A）onethinksbadorgood

B）onefeelsindanger

C）onefacesintheoutsideworld

D）onetriestoescapefromreallife

57.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A）Childrenlearnemotionsastheygrowup.

B）Babiesarebornwithemotions.

C）Emotionsfallintotwotypesingeneral.

D）Peoplecancopewiththenegativeemotionsinlife.

58.Theauthor'spurposeofwritingthispassageisto.

A）explainwhypeoplehaveemotions

B）showhowpeopleavoidthenegativeemotions

C）explainwhatpeopleshoulddobeforeemotions

D）defineandclassifypeople'semotions

59.Wecansafelyconcludethatastudentmayfailinanexamif.

A）hecannotthinkproperly

B）hecan'tpayattentiontoit

C）hecan'tpayattentiontoit

D）heisnotfullofenergy

60.Asusedinthelastsentence,theworddrainsmeans.

A）stops

B）ties

C）weakens

D）flowsgradually