Reading Comprehension 
从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。
     Laura House remembers the day with embarrassment. "Mother and I were on our way home after dinner when we stopped at a traffic light," she says. "When the light changed, the guy ahead of us was looking at a map of something and didn't move right away. I leaned on my horn and automatically yelled. I didn't even think about what I was doing. Mom's jaw just dropped. She said, ''Well, I guess you've been living in the city too long.'' That's when I realized that my anger was out of control."
     According to Carol Tavris, author of Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion, the keys to dealing with anger are common sense and patience. She points out that almost no situation is improved by being angry. Shouting and leaning on the car horn won't make traffic begin to flow, the screen unlock or keys appear. Patience, on the other hand, is a highly practical virtue. People who take the time to cool down before responding to an anger-producing situation are far less likely to say or do something they will regret later. So, next time when you are stuck in traffic, turn on some light music, breathe deeply, and count to ten—or thirty or forty, if need be.
     Anger-management expert Doris Wild Helmering agrees. "Like any feeling, anger lasts only about three seconds," she says. "What keeps it going is your own negative thinking." As long as you focus on the person who blocks your way on the expressway, you'll stay angry. But if you let the incident go, your anger will go with it. "Once you come to understand that you're driving your own anger with your thoughts," adds Helmering, "you can stop it."
     Other experts who have studied anger also encourage people to cultivate activities that effectively let out their anger. For some people, it's reading the newspaper or watching TV, while others need more energetic activities, such as taking a walk, hitting golf balls or a sandbag. People who succeed in calming their anger can also have the satisfaction of dealing positively with their frustrations.