Do you ever get angry at people walking slowly in front of you

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1、SidewalkRageCommoninBigCities(24thFebruary,2011)Doyouevergetangryatpeoplewalkingslowlyinfrontofyou?Ifyoudo,youmightbesufferingfromIntermittentExplosiveDisorder(IED).AUniversityofHawaiiprofessor,LeonJames,hasstudiedpeople’semotionsastheywalkalongbusystreetsinNewYorkCity.Hediscovere

2、dthatmanypeoplehave“seriousproblems”whensomeonewalkingatasnail’spaceinfrontofthemimpedestheirprogress.DrJames,apsychologyprofessor,calledthecondition“sidewalkrage”.JamesisdevelopingaPedestrianAggressivenessSyndromeScale(PASS)tomeasurethedifferentlevelsofsidewalkrage.Itmeasures15di

3、fferentbehaviorsthatindicatesidewalkrage.Theseincludemutteringtoyourself,bumpingintootherpedestriansonpurpose,glaring,andwalkingtoocloselytootherpeople.DrJames’researchfoundthattouristsarethosemostlikelytocauseIED.Theyaretheslowestwalkers,atanaverageof1.16metrespersecond.IEDsuffer

4、ersshouldeasilybeabletospottouristsandchangecoursetoavoidanychancesofgettingangry.Nextslowestaresmokers,cellphoneusers,andpeoplewithbags.Thesewalkbetween1.27and1.3metrespersecond.Thefastestwalkers,at1.4metrespersecond,arethosewholistentomusic.NewYorkresidentJimRedmansaidhewasshock

5、edwhenhefoundoutabouttheresearch.“That’sme!”hesaid.“Igetsidewalkrageeveryday.Ican’tstanditwhenpeoplewalksoslowinthecity.Ihavenopatiencewiththem,”headded.MrRedmanconfessedthathealsoshowedsignsofIEDinhishomewhenhischildrenslowdownhisjourneytothebathroom.1.TRUE/FALSE:Readtheheadline.

6、Guessif a-h belowaretrue(T)orfalse(F).a.Peoplearegettingangrywalkingonthestreetsinbigcities.T/Fb.AprofessorsaidthisrarelyhappensinHawaii.T/Fc.Pedestrianswhowalkasslowasasnailmakeotherpeopleangry.T/Fd.SignsofIEDincludestaringatothers.T/Fe.Peoplewithbagsarethosewithcellphonesarethes

7、lowestwalkers.T/Ff.Peoplewholistentomusicwalkfasterthanthosewhosmokeandwalk.T/Fg.ANewYorkresidentsaidhegotsidewalkrageonadailybasis.T/Fh.Theresidentsaidhealsogetsangrywithslowwalkersinhishome.T/F2.SYNONYMMATCH:Matchthefollowingsynonymsfromthearticle.1.infrontofa.trip2discoveredb.o

8、bstructs3.pacec.see4.impedesd.pro