Anger has many (21)__________. Often it is an emotion which is secondary (22)__________ some other emotion that you are feeling – like fear, guilt or relief. So the parent who shouts at her kid who gets home late is using anger as a way of (23)_________ fear. Sometimes it is the result of a sense of great (24)__________ -such as when someone is wrongly (25)_________ of a crime, finds that their partner has been (26)__________ to them, or feels as passionate sense of social injustice. (27)__________, anger may have other causes as well. We know that animals can be made more aggressive if the limbic parts of their brains are stimulated; (28)__________, overstimulation of the limbic (emotional) centre of the brain may override the neo-cortex, the (29)__________ part. Changes in hormone
levels seem to cause anger too, and inheritance plays a part, as does our (30)__________. The more we are raised in anger, the more anger we are likely to feel later in our lives.
21. A. sources B. bases C. origins D. foundations
22. A. for B. about C. to D. with
23. A. overtaking B. overcoming C. overthrowing D. overturning
24. A. inequality B. unfairness C. disproportion D. inconsistency
25. A. accused B. condemned C. charged D. punished
26. A. unbelievable B. questionable C. suspicious D. unfaithful
27. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. But
28. A. additionally B. consequently C. furthermore D. so
29. A. reasoning B. thinking C. considering D. contemplating
30. A. maturity B. upbringing C. growth D. development