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.
小題1:In paragraph 1 the underlined phrase “to put on a false front” means ______.
A．to wear a wrong coat
B．to act a part unsuccessfully
C．to show a pretended happy appearance
D．to put on airs
小題2:According to Paragraph 1, Fred ______before the meeting.
A．had very few spirits
B．had many spirits
C．was in bad mood
D．was in good mood
小題3:The underlined phrase “mimicking” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______.
A．learning quickly
B．making faces
C．behaving well
D．imitating others
小題4:In the last paragraph, the quotation “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds” may show that ______.
A．a(chǎn)ctions speak louder than words
B．the more we do, the happier we are
C．our feeling cannot change our behavior
D．a(chǎn)ctions are very important for us to beat bad moods for good

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：本文講述了在我們情緒不高的時候，不要回避，而是要努力的采取行動讓自己的情緒重新高漲起來。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)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.可知那一天他本來情緒很不好，但是他假裝微笑，和別人開玩笑,說明該詞是指假裝出一個開心的樣子，故C正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)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,可知他那天砸開會之前他的情緒很不好，但是不得不去開會。故C正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句How can you put this principle to work in your own life? There’s more involved than simply mimicking a few expressions.可知要讓自己更加精神起來不僅僅是模仿別人，裝出幾個微笑出來。而是要有更多有效的方法，故D正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)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.
可知在我們情緒不好的時候，我們要用行動來提高我們的情緒，要具體的去做某些事情，故D項內容正確。
點評：本文講述了在我們情緒不高的時候，不要回避，而是要努力的采取行動讓自己的情緒重新高漲起來。
本文要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎上，把握文章的真正內涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎;要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。
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