A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. He usually dealt with this state of

A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. Heusually dealt with this state of mind by avoiding people until the mood passed.But on that day Fred had an important meeting with his boss, so he decided toput on a false front. During the meeting Fred smiled, joked and played thepart of a happy, good-natured person. To his surprise, he soon discovered hewas no longer depressed. 

Without realizing it, Fred chanced to find animportant new principle of psychological research: acting a part can help usfeel the way we want to feel — more self-assured in a trying situation, morecheerful when things go wrong.

How can you put this principle to work in your ownlife? There’s more involved than simply mimicking a few expressions. Youhave to be systematic about it. Here’s how:

Smile to cheer yourself up.

Relax to reduce anxiety or fear.

Look your best to increase your self-confidence.

Keep cool in a crisis.

Using our bodies and actions to change the way we feelcan be a useful tool in helping us through life’s difficult times. As novelistGeorge Eliot wrote more than a century ago, “Our deeds determine us, as much aswe determine our deeds.” People who remember that — and act upon it — can onlybe richer and happier for the experience.

1.In paragraph 1 the underlined phrase “to put on afalse front” means ______.

A．to wear awrong coat

B．to act a partunsuccessfully

C．to show apretended happy appearance

D．to put onairs

2.According to Paragraph 1, Fred ______before themeeting.

A．had very fewspirits

B．had manyspirits

C．was in badmood

D．was in goodmood

3.The underlined phrase “mimicking” inParagraph 3 most probably means ______.

A．learningquickly

B．making faces

C．behaving well

D．imitatingothers

4.In the last paragraph, the quotation “Our deedsdetermine us, as much as we determine our deeds” may show that ______.

A．actions speaklouder than words

B．the more wedo, the happier we are

C．our feelingcannot change our behavior

D．actions arevery important for us to beat bad moods for good

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【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.D

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