A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. He usually 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 to put on a false front. During the meeting Fred smiled, joked and played the part of a happy, good-natured person. To his surprise, he soon discovered he was no longer depressed.
Without realizing it, Fred chanced to find an important new principle of psychological research: acting a part can help us feel the way we want to feel — more self-assured in a trying situation, more cheerful when things go wrong.
How can you put this principle to work in your own life? There’s more involved than simply mimicking a few expressions. You have 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 feel can be a useful tool in helping us through life’s difficult times. As novelist George Eliot wrote more than a century ago, “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” People who remember that — and act upon it — can only be richer and happier for the experience.
【小题1】In paragraph 1 the underlined phrase “to put on a false front” means .A．to wear a wrong coatB．to act a part unsuccessfullyC．to show a pretended happy appearanceD．to put on airs【小题2】According to Paragraph 1, Fred before the meeting.A．had very few spiritsB．had many spiritsC．was in bad moodD．was in good mood【小题3】The underlined phrase “mimicking” in Paragraph 3 most probably means .A．learning quicklyB．making facesC．behaving wellD．imitating others【小题4】In the last paragraph, the quotation “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds” may show that .A．actions speak louder than wordsB．the more we do, the happier we areC．our feeling cannot change our behaviorD．actions are very important for us to beat bad moods for goodC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述了在我们情绪不高的时候，不要回避，而是要努力的采取行动让自己的情绪重新高涨起来。
【小题1】C 推理题。根据第一段2,3,4行But on that day Fred had an important meeting with his boss, so he decided to put on a false front. During the meeting Fred smiled, joked and played the part of a happy, good-natured person.可知那一天他本来情绪很不好，但是他假装微笑，和别人开玩笑,说明该词是指假装出一个开心的样子，故C正确。
【小题2】C 推理题。根据第一段A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. He usually 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,可知他那天砸开会之前他的情绪很不好，但是不得不去开会。故C正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据本句How can you put this principle to work in your own life? There’s more involved than simply mimicking a few expressions.可知要让自己更加精神起来不仅仅是模仿别人，装出几个微笑出来。而是要有更多有效的方法，故D正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。根据本句“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” People who remember that — and act upon it — can only be richer and happier for the experience.
可知在我们情绪不好的时候，我们要用行动来提高我们的情绪，要具体的去做某些事情，故D项内容正确。