Don't force cheer
At family gatherings with cousins you secretly can't stand, you tend to put on a happy face.Indeed, that might even seem like the most mature response—no drama, no conflict.But a 2011 study followed dozens of bus drivers, looking to see when they gave forced or honest smiles at their passengers.The results showed when the drivers pretended to have a good mood, their actual moods got worse. 2 ．
Let off sadness
The results of the bus-driver study can be explained by researchers, who find that negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we try to control them. 3 ．We don't like contradictory behaviour.
Respond cautiously
Recently, scientists have been paying special attention to the benefits of caution.When you respond cautiously to an emotional trigger (e.g.overcooking the holiday turkey), you pause rather than react at once. 4 ．Besides, it is associated with less anxiety, and may even carry physiological benefits.
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Of course, the holidays will bring a mix of highs and lows, but the most important lesson to keep in mind is that this variety of emotions might be the best thing possible for your overall well-being. In other words, sadness, anger, and other difficult emotions are nothing to fear.Just make sure you're balancing them with lighter experiences.And don't forget to give yourself break.
A．Relax your mind B．Enjoy a mix of emotions
C．We tend to deny the important function emotions serve D．Instead, they can help contribute to a healthy and happy life E．So trying to force happiness seems to have the opposite effects F．A cautious response to a negative event reduces sadness we experience G．We feel bad when our appearance contradicts how we truly feel inside 【语篇解读】 休假的日子里往往既有喜乐，也有哀怨，作者就如何应对这种复杂的情绪变化给出了若干有效的建议。
1．解析：根据设空处前一句“The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid.”可知，我们不应该逃避糟糕情绪。D项(相反，它们有助于健康快乐的生活)承上启下，故选D项。
答案：D
2．解析：根据本段小标题Don't force cheer可知，本段主旨是不要假装快乐，再结合本段列举的2011年关于公交车司机的调查可推知，设空处应该是对本段内容的总结：试图强迫自己快乐往往适得其反。故E项符合语境。
答案：E
3．解析：根据本段小标题下的第一句中的“negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we try to control them”可知，当我们想控制糟糕情绪的时候，往往会起到相反的作用，也就是说，如果我们的内心和表面表现得自相矛盾的话，那么我们会感觉很糟糕。G项中的contradicts与设空处后的contradictory前后照应，为同义词复现。故选G项。
答案：G
4．解析：根据本段小标题Respond cautiously并联系段落语境可知，本段主要介绍谨慎的好处。根据本段关键词cautiously和caution，可将答案锁定在F项(对负面事件的谨慎的回应能够减轻我们所经历的痛苦)，F项与设空处后一句共同阐述了谨慎回应负面事件的好处，符合语境，故选F项。
答案：F
5．解析：本空是段落小标题。根据段落内容可知，假期充满了喜怒哀乐等复杂的情绪，作者建议要学会接受，学会平衡各种情感。故B项符合语境。
答案：B Ⅲ.语法填空
As I tried describing Thanksgiving Day to my in-laws(姻亲)in China, I could already see their eyes cloud over with 1. (confuse) and sense the questions forming in their minds.So I attempted 2. (translate) the holiday through things they were familiar with.I described the roast turkey as something similar 3. Peking duck.I compared the annual Thanksgiving show to the 4. (year) Spring Festival Gala(春节联欢晚会) on Chinese New Year's Eve.And I characterized 5. entire celebration as an American version of Winter Solstice (冬至) in China.Yet as much as my in-laws 6. ___ (nod) and smiled, I recognized that even these explanations were poor substitutes.No words could fully describe the Thanksgiving celebrations I had known in the USA.
This 7. (be) the kind of disappointment you face in cross-cultural communication.Despite all the differences, we can still sit down together and have heart-to-heart 8. (discussion)about each other's traditions.So in the spirit of my American holiday, I silently gave a moment of thanks for 9. (have) such great in-laws in China, 10. cared enough to listen to their foreign daughter-in-law
talk about Thanksgiving Day.
【语篇解读】 一个美国媳妇用她独特的方式让她的中国姻亲们了解感恩节的一些情况。虽然有文化差异，但他们仍然能坐在一起真诚地讨论。
1．解析：考查词性转换。句意为：当我试图向我的中国姻亲们描述感恩节时，我已经可以看到他们眼中的困惑，并感觉到他们脑海中浮现的问题。设空处前是介词，其后应接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。故填confusion。
答案：confusion
2．解析：考查非谓语动词。句意为：因此我试图用他们熟悉的事物来解释这个节日。attempt意为“努力；试图”，为及物动词，后常跟不定式作宾语。故填to translate。
答案：to translate
3．解析：考查介词。句意为：我将火鸡描述成类似北京烤鸭这样的食物。(be)similar to sth为固定搭配，意为“与某物相似”。故填介词to。
答案：to
4．解析：考查词性转换。句意为：我将一年一度的感恩节表演比作中国每年除夕夜的春节联欢晚会。设空处修饰名词短语Spring Festival Gala，应用形容词。故填yearly。
答案：yearly
5．解析：考查冠词。句意为：我把整个庆祝活动描述为美国版的中国冬至日。根据语境及句意可知，此处的庆祝活动特指上文提到的感恩节庆祝活动，应用定冠词限定。故填the。
答案：the
6．解析：考查动词的时态。句意为：尽管我的姻亲们点头微笑，但是我承认这些解释还是无法很好地让他们理解感恩节。分析句意并结合语境可知，作者描述的是过去的事情，且设空处与空后并列的smiled在形式上应保持一致，应用过去式。故填nodded。
答案：nodded
7．解析：考查动词的时态及主谓一致。句意为：在进行跨文化交际时，你就会面临这种失望。根据语境及句意可知，这是在跨文化交际中常遇到的问题，是一个客观事实，应用一般现在时，且主语This为单数概念，故填is。
答案：is
8．解析：考查名词单复数。句意为：尽管有这些(文化上的)差异，我们仍然可以坐在一起真诚地讨论彼此的(文化)传统。discussion意为“讨论；谈论”，为可数名词。根据语境可知，此处指作者多次与中国姻亲们谈话，应用复数形式。故填discussions。
答案：discussions
9．解析：考查非谓语动词。句意为：因此，本着美国节日的精神，我对拥有这样好的中国姻亲而默默感恩，他们十分关心地倾听他们的外国儿媳谈论感恩节。根据设空处前的介词for可知，此处应用have的动名词形式having，由此引出作者感激的原因。故填having。
答案：having
10．解析：考查定语从句。句意见上一题解析。分析句子结构可知，逗号后内容为非限制性定语从句，先行词为such great in-laws，指人，应用who引导该从句。故填who。
答案：who
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