Question

Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and fake (假的) happiness simply leads to people feeling unhappier. So, putting a brave face on your sadness could be harmful. The research also found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy.

       Dr. Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when dealing with the public can result in bad outcomes. He said, “Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional tiredness, and that’s bad for the organization.” He also said the research showed customer-service workers who had “fake smiles” throughout the day fell into a bad mood and didn’t want to work, so their productivity dropped.

       The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional expressions over a period of time and compare the different effects on men and women. Dr. Scott’s team examined the effects of “surface acting”, or fake smiling, compared to “deep acting”, or making people smile by thinking of pleasant memories.

       Dr. Scott said, “Women were harmed more by surface acting, meaning their moods worsened even more than men’s. However, they were helped more by deep acting, which means their moods improved more by thinking of pleasant memories. ”

According to Dr. Scott, women tend to suffer more when pretending to be happy because they are expected to be more emotionally expressive than men. Therefore, forcing a smile while feeling down is more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feelings.

       Although deep acting can improve moods a little in the short term, Dr. Scott says, it’s not a long-term solution to feeling unhappy. “There have been some suggestions that if you do this over a long period you start to feel unreal. You’re trying to develop positive emotions, but at the end of the day you may not feel like yourself any more.”

1.According to the passage, Dr. Scott’s study ______.

A. is supported by some big employers in the USA

B. is meaningful as there haven’t been many similar ones

C. examined more women than men for a long time

D. aimed to make the employees more productive

2.Women suffer more from fake happiness mainly because ______.

A. they usually become shy in public places

B. they are supposed to be more emotionally expressive

C. they are often treated in a terrible way

D. they like thinking of pleasant memories

3.It is implied in the passage that deep acting _____.

A. doesn’t have any effect on men

B. cannot improve our moods in any case

C. harms our feelings in the long run

D. pleases people by feeling like another person

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：一项新研究显示，假装快乐反而会让你觉得更加抑郁，对女性来说，尤其如此。

1.根据第三段“ The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional expressions over a period of time and compare the different effects on men and women.”在同类研究中，该研究首度观察了人们在一段时间内的情绪表达，并且比较了这种表达对男性和女性的不同影响。由这句话中的“one of the first of its kind”可知这类研究才在起始阶段，因此，Dr. Scott’s的研究很有意义。

文中未提到由谁赞助，因此，A项错误。该研究对男性女性都进行了观察，但并未说观察女性多于男性，因此，C项错误。文中虽然提到employee，但只是说老板让员工在应对客户时强颜欢笑结果会适得其反。这只是文中为论点提供的论据之一，并非该研究的目的。

2.由题干中的Women suffer more from fake happiness，将寻找此题的信息源定位在倒数第二段。由该段中 “women tend to suffer more when pretending to be happy because they are expected to be more emotionally expressive than men.” 女性在假装快乐的时候更痛苦，因为一般来说女性相比男性更愿意表达自己的情感。再将四个选项进行比较，只有B项符合此处的意思。

3.根据题干中的“deep acting”到文中去寻找信息源。第三段对“deep acting”进行了解释，深层伪装是指通过回想快乐的记忆来培养正面的情绪。最后一段再次提到“deep acting” Although deep acting can improve moods a little in the short term, Dr. Scott says, it’s not a long-term solution to feeling unhappy. 尽管深层伪装能在短期内改善你的心情，但是它并不是应对心情低落的长期办法。if you do this over a long period you start to feel unreal. 如果你长期尽力去培养一种积极情绪，你可能会有一种不真实的感觉。”