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Canadian experts have found that so – called self – help books may actually do more harm than good to people who really need help．Researchers say that individuals （個(gè)人） with low respect felt much worse after repeating positive statements about themselves．
In their study, psychologists Joanne Wood and John Lee sought to determine how positive thinking affected people with different levels of self – confidence．They questioned dozens of people both made and female, analyzed their self – worth and optimism by means of the standard psychological methods and then asked them to write down their thoughts and feelings．The scoring system ranged from 0 to 35．
During the experiment, the researchers asked a total of 68 participants to repeat the self-help book phrase, “I am a lovable person．” After that they measured the participants’ moods and their feelings about themselves．The results revealed that the participants in the low self – respect group who repeated the mantra （頌歌）, were feeling much worse afterwards, when compared to other participants in low self – respect group who did not repeat the phrase．Those with low self – respect who repeated the phrase scored an average of 10 points．Their counterparts （對(duì)比者） with equally low self – respect who were not asked to repeat the statement, were able to score a little higher average of 17 points．
However, individuals with high self – respect reported feeling better after repeating the positive self – statement – but only slightly．They scored an average of 31 points, compared with an average of 25 for those with equally high self – respect who did not repeat the phrase．
Professor Wood urged those who promote self – help books, magazines and television shows to stop telling people that simply repeating a positive mantra could change one’s life．First, people start following this idea and feel like they are not alone．They are told that all they have to do is just to read that book and then to repeat these positive statements in a hope that things will be better, and when it does not work for them and they realize that nothing gets better, then it is really frustration to people．
Researchers concluded: “Repeating positive self – statements may benefit certain people such as individuals with high self – respect but discourage the very people who need confidence the most．”
小題1:The experts tried to find out, when repeating positive self – statements,         ．

A．the different influences on people with different levels of self - confidence

B．whether males or females will get more benefit from self – help books

C．which group of people self – help books will do the greatest harm to

D．who will get the least benefit from self – help book

小題2:How many points did the low self – respect participants get after repeating the self – help book phrase?

A．An average of 10 points．	B．An average of 17 points．
C．An average of 31 points．	D．An average of 25 points．

小題3:So – called self – help books do some good to          ．

A．people lacking confidence

B．people with high self - respect

C．people with problems to settle urgently

D．people repeating positive self – statements

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B

小題1:文章第二段開(kāi)頭“In their study, psychologists Joanne Wood and John Lee sought to determine how positive thinking affected people with different levels of self – confidence．”表明兩名心理學(xué)家打算通過(guò)對(duì)自信程度不同的人（男女都有）進(jìn)行研究，來(lái)看看積極樂(lè)觀的思考對(duì)他們有什么不同的影響。
小題2:文章第三段“Those with low self – respect who repeated the phrase scored an average of 10 points．”表明自信度不高的人在重復(fù)了這些話之后只得到了平均分10分的成績(jī)。
小題3:文章三四段的研究結(jié)果表明，重復(fù)這些積極樂(lè)觀的話語(yǔ)后，不自信的人反而情況惡化，而自信的人的自信度反而有好的效果。文章最后一段“Repeating positive self – statements may benefit certain people such as individuals with high self – respect but discourage the very people who need confidence the most．” 也表明了這一觀點(diǎn)。
文章解析和評(píng)價(jià)：本文所持有的觀點(diǎn)就是：很多人認(rèn)為so – called self – help books 對(duì)人有益，尤其是缺乏自信的人。可是本文作者用研究結(jié)果來(lái)表明這一觀點(diǎn)的錯(cuò)誤性，對(duì)有自信的人是好處，讓缺乏自信的人情況惡化。習(xí)題從文章中都可以找到相應(yīng)的語(yǔ)句作為判斷的參考，便于英語(yǔ)基礎(chǔ)薄弱的同學(xué)提高自己的英語(yǔ)理解水平和帥選信息的水平。