Unit 2 English around the world课时作业

Learning about language

第一节 任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

Psychological research suggests some effective ways you can beat the holiday blues-and flags some especially unhelpful ones. Here are four strategies to help you craft your own happiness recipe this holiday season.

At family gatherings with cousins you secretly can't stand and in­laws who dole out backhanded compliments, it can be tempting to put on a happy face while you see the inside. Indeed, that might even seem like the most mature response-no drama, no conflict. But a study by researchers at Michigan State University and West Point might make you think twice.

They followed dozens of bus drivers for two weeks, looking to see when they flashed fake versus genuine smiles at their passengers. The results showed that on days when the drivers tried to put on an act and fake a good mood, their actual moods got worse. This was especially true for women.

And another research suggests that people who really want to be happy actually derive less happiness from positive experiences, apparently because their expectations are too high. Again and again, trying to force happiness seems to have the opposite effect.

The results of the bus-driver study can be explained by researchers Oliver John of UC Berkeley and James Gross of Stanford University, who found that negative feelings like sadness or anger only intensify when we try to suppress them. That's because we feel bad about ourselves when our outward appearance contradicts how we truly feel inside.

We don't like to be inauthentic. What's more, when we suppress emotions like sadness, we deny them the important function they serve. Sadness can signal that something is distressing us; if we don't recognize it, we might not take the necessary steps to improve the situation.

Expressing our sadness can also elicit comfort and compassion from those who care about us, strengthening our bonds. By contrast, suppressing our emotions can actually undermine our