Question

Can feeling of nostalgia(怀旧) be good for you? Or is it unhealthy to have a strong love for the past?

For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say living in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. These feelings keep the person from living his life to its fullest.

However, experts say it is normal to love the past sometimes. In fact, a little nostalgia can enrich a person’s life.

Dr. Louise Kaplan has written several books about nostalgia. She says these feelings often begin when a young person is between 13 and 19 years old.

“This is the time when you must face the loss of your childhood, “Kaplan says. “You see your new life is easily destroyed. But you think romantically about a golden past. You remember your childhood as a time when life is perfect.”

These feelings continue as the person gets older, Kaplan adds. She says many grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modem world, so they think back to their younger years. At that time the world seemed simple and more harmless.

Kaplan says these feelings do not always actually exist. The good old days did not always exist. The good old days weren’t always good. However, she says nostalgia can be helpful, if used properly.

“Feelings of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams, “Kaplan says. “It might give you the strong wish to catch those dreams today in your past life.”She adds that nostalgia can prevent you from “cutting yourself off from your aim”.

1.Feeling of nostalgia ______.

A．might cause you to try to realize the golden dream in the present life

B．fill one with hopes for the future

C．bring about a love for the past and a hope for the future

D．can cause you to think of your past which was full of hopes and dreams

2.The reason for grown persons to think back to their past is that ______.

A．time is hard, so they cannot keep up with changes

B．many grown persons have little time keeping up with changes in the modern world

C．they can hardly keep up with changes in today’s world

D．they lived in the past, of which they are always proud

3.Which of the following is not talked about in the passage?

A．Only women have feelings of nostalgia

B．Too much nostalgia is harmful

C．Nostalgia shows that a person is not satisfied with his present life

D．A little nostalgia can make a person’s life more colorful

4.We may also use this sentence as the topic of the article: _______.

A．Nostalgia, Good or Bad

B．Thoughts on Nostalgia

C．The Reasons for Nostalgia

D．Why Do They Think Back to the Past

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了怀旧是有利的还是不利的？怀旧说明了什么？怀旧的原因是什么？

1. of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams,可知怀旧的感觉可能让你想实现现在生活中的金色的梦想，答案为D。

2. grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modem world, so they think back to their younger years.可知成年人怀旧是因为很难跟上现代世界的改变。所以选C。

3. much nostalgia is harmful.可知B被谈到；根据They say linger (徘徊) in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life.可知C被谈到。根据文章倒数第二段，可知适当的怀旧会使人有希望去实现那些梦想，说明会使人的生活更有色彩。故D被谈到。所以选A。

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考点: 考查人生百味类短文