2 . Smiling gives you a happy appearance.    1     People who often smile sincerely connect easily with others and are appreciated more.By smiling, you make a positive impression that will assist in making contacts and reaching your goals.Moreover, smiling makes you feel good.

What does your smile mean as a company manager? Management is serious business! However, most managers are aware of the positive effect that a well-meant smile can have on others.    2     However, there are moments when you'd better not smile： Imagine that you are receiving some bad-news, or you're in the middle of a difficult negotiation.

    3     When someone smiles, we think of pleasure and happiness first, but that interpretation（解释）is not always correct.Imagine, for example, that you stumble on the street and almost person, and that the other person will immediately answer with a smile.    4    

Finding the right balance between showing a happy facial expression and a serious facial expression is an art in itself.We want to come across as being relaxed and friendly.    5     However, if we contemplate（考虑）this for too long, a frown will soon appear on our faces.Actually, with a smile, you will achieve the most and you will feel most happy with it.

A．Smiling a lot is a valued personality.

B．In addition，not all smiles are created equal.

C．Most people respond angrily to this gesture

D．The smile here is more by way of an apology.

E．But we also want to be taken seriously at the same time.

F．In most situations your smile will contribute to your success.

G．You will quickly feel uncomfortable in situations where smiling is required.

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Police are likely used to people approaching them with questions.One day in Michigan, a police officer named Sgt.Heather walked to a mom and asked her a question regarding her family’s living situation.

The woman named Erin Harrison and her twin daughters were homeless, and she simply asked the police officer if it was illegal to sleep in their car.From their conversation, Sgt.Heather knew that Erin was going to be sleeping in the car so that she could get the kids to the school in the next morning.Erin told Sgt.Heather that she and her two daughters Hayden and Abbigale were driven out of their rented house because she couldn’t afford to pay the skyrocketing（飞涨的）rent price.

However, they needed a place to sleep.They’ve been surviving in their car on the parking lot of the children’s elementary school for a while now.They had nowhere else to go.Erin worked day in and day out at a local McDonalds to take care of her two beautiful daughters, but they weren’t able to move into a home yet.

When the police officer was faced with this heartbroken question, she immediately decided to help.As a mom, she knew she had to get the family a place to stay in.Sgt.Heather was also a mother and she couldn’t let this family go without a place to stay in.She quickly reached out to some friends and colleagues to gather enough money for a hotel room, so they could at least have one warm and comfortable night.

The police officer also gave a fun birthday party for the twins Hayden and Abbigale.They would celebrate their ninth birthday just a couple of days later.The girls were amazingly surprised and happy because their mother had told them she would not be able to do anything for their birthday due to their present situation.

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Luckily, the police department and local community were able to give the twins a party they never expected.

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The news about this family in need quickly spread across the town.

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8 . Several studies suggest there are some very good reasons to think about ways to be kind and friendly plan out that type of behavior.     1     Researchers also say kindness played an important part in how humans developed. In other words, they say scientific evidence suggests that we are designed to be kind.

Oliver Curry is the research director at Kindlab, a non-profit organization.     2     Curry claims that “kindness is much older than religion.” “The basic reason why people are kind is that we are social animals.” he explained.

    3     University of London psychologist Anat Bardi studies value systems in people. In one study, researchers gave people a list of values - such as kindness, creativity, ambition, tradition, security, and seeking social justice. When asked to pick the most important, kindness won.

But research shows that our bodies can also reward us for being kind. University of California Riverside psychology professor Sonja has tested this idea in many experiments over the past 20 years. In one experiment, she asked people to perform three acts of kindness for other individuals each week. She asked a different group to do three acts of self-kindness.     4     The people who were kind toothers reported feeling happier and more connected to the world.

    5     Sonja studied a group of people with the disease multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化). She found that they felt better physically when helping others. Her research also showed that people who performed more acts of kindness had less inflammation (发炎) in their bodies.

A．Other research has shown that many people prize kindness over other values.

B．Research shows that kindness can be good for many species

C．These acts could be small, like opening a door for someone.

D．Its goal is to educate and urge people to choose kindness.

E．Research shows that acts of kindness can improve our health.

F．But it is not just emotional but also physical.

G．That is why we help strangers in need.

9 . At some point, everyone has the desire（渴望）to fit into a group. If you're interested in sports, you might hang out with those who like sports.     1     You feel comfortable when you are part of that group.

But what if people in your group start doing things that are wrong, hurtful, or even against the law? And what if these people are your friends?

    2     It is the pressure（压力）to follow the behaviors, attitudes, and personal habits of the group. In marry cases, there are serious risks involved（涉及）.

You need to think about the risks ahead of time.     3     Could this harm me physically? Could this harm someone else? ls this against the law?

Now, let's lighten up. You can also use peer（同辈）pressure to your advantage.     4    

For example, if you're active in sports, your teammates probably pressure you to be the best you can be. If you're working hard for good grades, you compare your scores to those at the top of the list. If you're in the band, and there are musicians better than you, you are pressured into trying to be the best musician you can be.

    5     When faced with group invitations, think about the risks ahead of time. If you are uncomfortable doing something, don't be afraid to turn down the invitation with a "no, thanks." The choice is yours.

A．Think of it as competitive peer pressure.

B．This is what we refer to as peer pressure.

C．Most people have followed others in their teenage lives.

D．Consider these questions before you make up your mind.

E．Now is your chance to believe in yourself and to stand alone.

F．You often hear your friend say, "Come on! Everyone's doing it."

G．If you're interested in music, you spend time with others who enjoy music.

10 . Like the rest of us, scientists have long suspected the healing capacity (修复能力) of a good hug. Unlike the rest of us, they’ve gone about trying to prove it.

“Laboratory studies suggest that things like hugs help us feel safer. They can also make us less sensitive to physical pain and less reactive when we’re faced with threatening experiences,” says Michael Murphy. He is a research professor in the department of psychological sciences at Texas Tech University. “This lab work has shown that hugs and other touch behavior are related to stress. The more stress we have, the more our heart rates and blood pressure go up. At this time, hugs and other forms of personal touch may give off all sorts of feel-good chemicals, so that stress can be reduced.”

“There’s a lot that we still need to learn, and there’s a lot we don’t know,” Murphy says. “However, what seems to be rising up is that hugs, as well as other forms of loving and gentle touch, are really powerful. They remind people that they’ re cared about and that they have someone in their corner.”

We expect touch. When we were born, we were placed in our mothers’ arms almost immediately. In that first year of our life, we spend a lot of time being held by other people. And as we grow up, we seek out hugs and touch as a way of connection. I think what we have lost in the past few years are these really easy opportunities to be reminded of connection.”

While he was at Carnegie Mellon, Murphy was the lead author of a hug-centered 2018 article in the scientific journal PLOS One. In a series of interviews with 404 adults over a two-week period, the researchers found that receiving a hug is associated with the attenuation of negative emotions that occur on days with interpersonal conflicts. That is to say, generally, hugs help to reduce the negative impacts that personal conflicts may cause in our daily lives.

1. What can we infer about hugs from the laboratory studies?

A．They show people’s good social relationships.

B．They can cure us of our mental disease.

C．They can put much pressure on people.

D．They make us feel calm and at ease.

2. Why do people seek out hugs and touch as they grow up?

A．To recall childhood memories.

B．To keep connected with others.

C．To solve relationship problems.

D．To express their social politeness.

3. What does the underlined word “attenuation” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Expression.	B．Influence.
C．Suffering.	D．Reduction.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Power of Hugs

B．How to Reduce Stress

C．How to Care for Others

D．The Importance of Interpersonal Relations