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Whoever wrote the song “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” must have never experienced the holiday blues. Fortunately, psychological research suggests some effective ways you can beat the holiday blues. The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid. __1__ Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this holiday season.
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 busdriver 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 behavior.
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 reacting 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 wellbeing. 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 a 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] 本文是说明文。介绍了减少或者避免假期不愉快的情绪的方法和策略。
1．D 【解析】根据前一句“The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid.”可知，关键在于我们不应该回避悲伤和其他的消极情绪，这里应该是说应该怎么去做，D选项的instead与前文形成转折，强调消极情绪的积极作用，与下文统一，故选D。
2．E 【解析】根据前一句“The results showed when the drivers pretended to have a good mood, their actual moods got worse.”可知，结果显示，当司机假装有一个好心情时，实则心情会更糟糕，这里用司机的例子进行归纳与总结，故E选项与前文形成因果关系，切题，故选E。
3．G 【解析】根据后一句“We don't like contradictory behavior.”可知，我们不喜欢自相矛盾的行为。G选项中的contradicts 与后一句的contradictory behavior形成同义词转换，故选G。
4．F 【解析】本段小标题为“Respond cautiously”因而F选项讲述“谨慎回复”对我们的好处，故选F，切题。
