4 . People of all ages and times are constantly looking for the elixir (灵丹妙药) to good health. Yet, lots of scientific research has suggested that the secret of better health might simply be staying happy.

Most studies suggest that happiness improves physical health. Laura Kubzansky, a researcher, conducted a study on over 6000 men and women aged 25 to 74 for 20 years, and found that happiness appears to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (冠心病) by half, and helps one avoid or manage diseases such as heart attack and stroke (中风). Kubzansky also found that children who displayed a sunny outlook at age seven reported better general health and fewer illnesses 30 years later. There are also suggestions that negative emotions could result in people making certain lifestyle choices such as an unhealthy diet and excessive (过度的) drinking that in turn result in poorer health.

Sometimes, happiness can provide the emotional adrenaline (肾上腺素) to face life’s toughest challenges. America’s Jane Marczewski was battling with cancer when she received a golden buzzer (金峰鸣奖) at her audition at America’s Got Talent in 2021. Her ability to stay positive, despite being given a two percent chance to survive and her husband wanting a divorce, shocked millions across the globe. While being happy did not cure her cancer or save her marriage, her optimistic outlook pushed her to pursue her dream as a singer and songwriter, and even encouraged many people to stay hopeful and not give up.

However, too much happiness can come at the price of health. When people are excessively happy, they tend to completely ignore the risks that surround them. They then tend to engage in riskier behaviour such as excessive alcohol consumption or binge eating (大吃大喝). This can cause physical and psychological harm.

With the strong connection between happiness and good health, there are good reasons to keep ourselves happy. No matter what our circumstances are, we can do something to boost our emotional vitality, and do our best to keep healthy. We only have to remember to experience happiness in moderation (适度) and not take it to the extremes.

1. What does Kubzansky’s study show?

A．People will become happier with time going by.

B．Happiness helps reduce the risk of stroke by half.

C．Negative emotions hardly affects people’s lifestyle.

D．Being happy contributes to preventing certain illnesses.

2. How does the author present his view in paragraph 3?

A．By giving an example.	B．By listing some figures.
C．By making a comparison.	D．By analyzing causes and effects.

3. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

A．Happy people tend to overrate risks.

B．Riskier behaviour is related to low spirits.

C．Too much happiness can cause health problems.

D．Excessive happiness won’t cause mental problems.

4. Which of the following may the author agree with?

A．Being happy helps us only in hard situations.

B．Experiencing excessive happiness is beneficial to us.

C．Putting happiness first in any circumstances is reasonable.

D．Having moderate happiness is helpful for us to keep healthy.

7 . Santos is a psychologist who also teaches a class on the science of happiness at Yale University.    1    

She had people write down either a few things every day that they were grateful for or a few things every day that she called “burdens”.     2     She found that the act of listing what you’re grateful for over time can actually significantly improve well-being, even in just a couple of weeks,whereas the act of grabbing the things that you don’t like in life doesn’t help your well-being.

If you express gratitude to the people you care about, you can end up boosting those relationships. Often, researchers have subjects do what’s called a gratitude visit. They ask subjects to scribble (潦草地写) down a few things they’re really grateful for about a person they haven’t thanked.     3     People who receive these letters report that it’s one of the most pleasant moments in their life. But more amazingly, these gratitude visits also help the person who expresses the gratefulness.

    4     It works if you can contrast what you want with the gritty (活生生的) reality of the situation. Carey Morewedge and colleagues have subjects imagine eating a bunch of chocolate, and he finds that you don’t really want to eat the chocolate anymore after you imagine eating them.    5     When we fantasize about positive things in our lives, we can think we’ve already achieved our goals or completed our tasks.

A．Another tip is positive thinking.

B．These things showed different impacts.

C．So they can meet to show each other’s burdens.

D．You did it enough in your brain that you’re almost full.

E．Then, they have them meet in person and read the letter.

F．It is considered the most popular course in the university’s history.

G．Meeting up in person sometimes isn’t really an option for a lot of people.

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