Question

【題目】 Whoever wrote the song 'It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year' must have never experienced the holiday blues. Fortunately, psychological research suggests some effective ways you can use to beat the holiday blues. The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid. 【1】. Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this holiday season.

Don't force cheer

At family gatherings with cousins you secretly can’t stand, you tend to put on a happy face. Indeed, that might even seem like the most mature response—no drama, no conflict. But a 2011 study followed dozens of bus drivers, looking to see when they gave forced or honest smiles at their passengers. The results showed when the drivers pretended to have a good mood, their actual moods got worse. 【2】.

Let out sadness

The results of the busdriver study can be explained by researchers, who find that negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we try to control them. 【3】. We don't like contradictory behavior.

Respond cautiously

Recently, scientists have been paying special attention to the benefits of caution. When you respond cautiously to an emotional trigger, you pause rather than react at once. 【4】. Besides, it is associated with less anxiety, and may even carry physiological benefits.

【5】

Of course, the holidays will bring a mix of highs and lows, but the most important lesson to keep in mind is that this variety of emotions might be the best thing possible for your overall wellbeing. In other words, sadness, anger, and other difficult emotions are nothing to fear. Just make sure you're balancing them with lighter experiences. And don’t forget to give yourself a break.

A.Relax your mind

B.Enjoy a mix of emotions

C.We tend to deny the important function emotions serve

D.Instead, they can help contribute to a healthy and happy life

E.So trying to force happiness seems to have the opposite effects

F.A cautious response to a negative event reduces sadness we experience

G.We feel bad when our appearance contradicts how we truly feel inside

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】G

【4】F

【5】B

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了緩解假期憂郁的四種策略。

【1】

上文The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid.(問題的關(guān)鍵是悲傷和其他負面情緒不是我們應(yīng)該試圖避免的)與D. Instead, they can help contribute to a healthy and happy life(相反，它們有助于一個健康和快樂的生活)承接自然，選項中的they就是上文所提到的sadness and other tough emotions，故選D項。

【2】

E. So trying to force happiness seems to have the opposite effects(因此，強顏歡笑會適得其反)符合本段小標題Don't force cheer(不要強顏歡笑)的話題，force是關(guān)鍵詞，故選E項。

【3】

下文We don't like contradictory behavior.(我們不喜歡不一致的行為)與G. We feel bad when our appearance contradicts how we truly feel inside(當我們的外表和我們內(nèi)心真正的感受不一致時，我們感覺很糟糕)承接自然，contradictory是關(guān)鍵詞，故選G項。

【4】

上文When you respond cautiously to an emotional trigger, you pause rather than react at once.(當你對情感的觸發(fā)做出謹慎的反應(yīng)時，你會暫停而不是立刻做出反應(yīng))與F. A cautious response to a negative event reduces sadness we experience(對消極情況的謹慎反應(yīng)會減少我們經(jīng)歷的痛苦)承接自然，cautious response是關(guān)鍵詞，且選項符合本段小標題Respond cautiously(謹慎回應(yīng))的話題，故選F項。

【5】

根據(jù)下文的Of course, the holidays will bring a mix of highs and lows, but the most important lesson to keep in mind is that this variety of emotions might be the best thing possible for your overall wellbeing.(當然，假期有高潮也有低谷，但重要的是要記住，這些各種各樣的情緒可能對你整體的健康是一件最好的事情)可知，本段主要講述我們要享受各種各樣的情緒，不管是好的還是壞的。B. Enjoy a mix of emotions(享受混合的情緒)可以作為本段小標題，故選B項。