Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work? Or when your best friend
does not wait for you after school?
     If you do, you need to take control (控制) of your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry
with people can cause you to lose friends.
     Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written "My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals" to
help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them.
     The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better. Getting
angry is not a natural (天然的) way to act, the book says. It is just a bad habit (习惯), like smoking (抽烟).
The book says you can control your anger (生气) easily ---- all you have to do is tell yourself not to be angry.
     When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it. Like a baby, you should only get angry if
you are sure it is the right thing to do. The book gives many tips (建议) to help you if you get angry easily.
Here are our top three:
     1. Keep a record. Every time you get angry write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will
see you get angry too easily.
     2. Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
    3. Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else.
Try to laugh!

1. You may be get angry _______ in this passage.

A. when your best friends don't wait for you after school
B. when you hear your bad mark after taking the exam
C. if you don't control your feelings all the time
D. if you can't work out the problems in class

2. If you often become angry with people, _______.

A. you won't have trouble
B. you will die much earlier
C. you will lose some friends
D. you won't make friends later on

3. _______ tells teens to keep cool when bad things happen to them.

A. An English writer
B. An American teacher
C. A book
D. A magazine

4. Which is the best title (标题) of the passage?

A. How to make more friends.
B. How to keep cool when angry.
C. What to write about anger.
D. When to stop getting angry.

5. Which of the following sentences is right?

A. Getting angry every time is as good a habit as getting up early every morning.
B. Please keep an angry record every time so that you will turn angry easily.
C. You'd better ask your friends to talk with you when you are in anger.
D. You are always telling yourself to stay cool to control your anger if you are getting angry.

        You can always find the advice column ( 建议栏) in the school newspaper. No one knows who writes
it. The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false (假的) name. The students
enjoy thinking up problems for the advice column. Here are some of them and their answers.
                                ASK THE CLEVER MONKEY
        Question: I'm always late for school. I try not to be, but I can't. Please advise me what to do.
                                                                                                                                         Tommy
        Answer: You are late for school probably because you go to bed too late. My advice to you is to go to
bed earlier, buy a clock to wake you up on time. 
        Q: I was brought up by my grandparents and began to live with my parents three years ago for a better
study environment. They love me; I can see this in their eyes. But I don't know how to show my love for
them. What can I do to let them know I love them back? 
                                                                                                                                              Sara 
        A: If you feel the need to show your love for your parents, that's great. Make sure you remember their
birthdays and buy them cards and presents. Try to spend time with your parents. Tell them how you feel.
Try to enjoy your life. Your parents want you to be happy-if you are happy, they will be happy, too.
       Q: I'm one of the best students in my class. But I always make some mistakes which I should not make.
And now, I'm afraid to see my teachers. I just don't know how to face them. Can you tell me how I can solve
this problem? 
                                                                                                                                              Molly
       A: The first thing you need to do is relax. Worrying about your studies is not going to help. If you have
any difficulty, tell your teachers. No teacher is going to get angry with a student who wants to improve
himself.                          
                                                                                                                                  Clever Monkey

1. We can know from the passage that Molly _______.

A. is often late for school
B. does well in her studies
C. is very weak in all her lessons
D. is very happy

2. What's the main idea of this passage?

A. The students use false names in the school.
B. The students don't like the advice column.
C. The clever monkey in the advice column.
D. The advice column in the school newspaper.

     You can always find the advice column (建议栏) in the school newspaper. No one knows who writes it.
The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false (假的) name. The students enjoy
thinking up problems for the advice column. Here are some of them and their answers.

                                                        ASK THE CLEVER MONKEY

Question: I'm always late for school. I try not to be, but I can't. Please advise me what to do. 
                                                                                                                       Tommy
Answer: You are late for school probably because you go to bed too late. My advice to you is to go to bed
             earlier, buy a clock to wake you up on time.
Q: I was brought up by my grandparents and began to live with my parents three years ago for a better
    study environment. They love me; I can see this in their eyes. But I don't know how to show my
    love for them. What can I do to let them know I love them back? 
                                                                                                                                         Sara
A: If you feel the need to show your love for your parents, that's great. Make sure you remember their
    birthdays and buy them cards and presents. Try to spend time with your parents. Tell them how you
    feel. Try to enjoy your life. Your parents want you to be happy-if you are happy, they will be happy,
    too.
Q: I'm one of the best students in my class. But I always make some mistakes which I should not make.
    And now, I'm afraid to see my teachers. I just don't know how to face them. Can you tell me how I
    can solve this problem? 
                                                                                                                                         Molly
A: The first thing you need to do is relax. Worrying about your studies is not going to help. If you have
    any difficulty, tell your teachers. No teacher is going to get angry with a student who wants to improve
    himself.
                                                                                                                                 Clever Monkey

1. We can know from the passage that Molly _____.

A. is often late for school
B. does well in her studies
C. is very weak in all her lessons
D. is very happy

2. What's the main idea of this passage? 

A. The students use false names in the school.
B. The students don't like the advice column.
C. The clever monkey in the advice column.
D. The advice column in the school newspaper.