LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching 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 bee members 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 groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.
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 guidelines on how to look at various 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 he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people want to get free of the past.
【小题1】From this passage we know that .A．high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hateB．high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professorsC．without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heartD．people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies【小题2】If you are angry with somebody, you should .A．attend Hart’s course B．never meet him or her any longerC．persuade him or her to have a positive talk with youD．treat him or her positively instead of negatively【小题3】In Hart's first 20- week workshop, people there can .A．meet their enemiesB．change their attitudesC．enjoy the professor's teachingD．learn how to quarrel with others【小题4】If you are a member in Hart's workshop, you'll .A．meet in eight or ten groupsB．get rid of the illness of cancerC．attend a gathering twice a monthD．pour out everything stored in your mind【小题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 workshopC．tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's D．help us to look at various kinds of angersC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文介绍了Professor Ken Hart举办的以劝说人们忘记恨意而原谅别人的活动，并介绍了相关信息。
【小题1】C 推理题。根据第二段内容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.说明人们心里有恨，那么对导致他们环游高血压孩子心脏病，那么如果没有了恨意，那么高血压和心脏病也就没有了，故C项正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据倒数第四行how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with,说明我们要改变对待那些我们生气的人的态度，也就是从消极变成积极。故D项正确。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据文章第三段最后2行和第五段People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.和The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with说明在这个课程里人们会改变他们对待所恨的人的态度，从消极变成积极，最后会原谅他们。故B项正确。
【小题4】C 细节题。感觉到第三段第三行The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.说明每两个星期有一词2个小时的8-10人的活动，那么一个月有2词这样的活动，故C项正确。
【小题5】B 主旨大意题。本文着重介绍了Professor Ken Hart组织的这样的活动，并详细介绍了这个活动的中心思想和相关内容，故B项正确。