Do you have a phobia? No, it is not an infectious (传染病) disease, but it can make you quite as bad. A phobia is an unreasonable fear of some particular thing or situation.
Did you know that some people fear heights? That is called acrophobia. Many people experience claustrophobia when they are in a closed space such as a small room or a lift. Zoophobia is a fear of animals. A fear of dirt is called mysophobia. There are names for fear of thunder, lightning, wide open spaces, people, crowds, darkness, water, and many other things.
A phobia expert tells us that in the coming of a phobic situation a person has what is called an ‘anxiety attack’. Blood rushes to his larger muscles in preparation for flight or fight.
One expert on phobias suggests we race our fears gradually. A person who is afraid of people could overcome this fear by getting accustomed to them one at a time. Someone who is afraid of water could take swimming lessons in the relative safety of a pool with a lifeguard at hand. A person afraid of heights could practise looking down from middle heights first until he could handle the greater ones.
1.A person who is afraid of cats is most likely to have _______.
A. mysophobia B. acrophobia C. zoophobia D. claustrophobia
2. A good way to overcome one’s unreasonable fear of something would be _______.
A. trying to avoid it B. preparing for flight or fight C. getting rid of the anxiety attack D. trying to get used to it
3. If you have a phobia, _______.
A. you must take swimming lessons in a safe pool B. you’d better practise looking down from middle heights first
C. you may attend some parties D. it will be as troublesome as an infectious disease
4. A man in the appearance of phobic situation _______.
A. is called an anxiety attack B. has blood rush to his legs
C. has the feeling of flight D. fears some particular thing
5. The writer of the text tells us that _______.
A. when some phobia breaks out in someone, he will feel too anxious about something
B. a person who dears people can run a race with others
C. a man afraid of heights can climb to a great building easily
D. everyone dares to take a lift where there is not a lifeguard
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【答案与解析】本文介绍了恐惧症的症状及其解决办法。
1. C。细节题。根据第2段第4句Zoophobia is a fear of animals可推知此题答案为C。
2. D。细节题。根据文章最后一段的第2句中的…overcome this fear by getting accustomed to them可推知此题答案
3. D。推断题。根据第1段第2句：它虽然不是传染病，但它使你有同样不好的感受，可推知此题答案为D。
4. C。推断题。根据第3段最后一句Blood rushes to his larger muscles in preparation for flight or fight可推知此题答案为C。
5. A。主旨题。从文章第1段最后一句A phobia is an unreasonable fear of some particular thing or situation及全文的内容可推知此题的答案为A。
