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【題目】Don’t try and be happy—it will only make you sad. Desperately 【1】 (try) to keep a smile on your face will only make your depression 【2】(bad), a new study suggests. Feeling content has become the only goal for many 【3】 recent years, but accepting your 【4】 (sad) may be more beneficial. Dr. Brock Bastian in 【5】 University of Melbourne said “Depression rates 【6】 (be) higher in countries that seek for happiness now.” Rather than being the by product of a happy life, feeling happy has become a goal in 【7】 (it). This strengthens the message that we should aim 【8】 (increase) our positive emotions and avoid our negative ones. Society needs to change its attitude on depression if the disorder is to be solved effectively.

He added that people have become so used to not showing signs of weakness 【9】 (intention) due to social media being used to celebrate achievements. For the study 【10】 (publish) in the journal Depressing and Anxiety, the researchers assessed depressed patients.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】trying

【2】worse

【3】in

【4】sadness

【5】the

【6】are

【7】itself

【8】to increase

【9】intent ionally

【10】published

【解析】這篇文章主要講了新的研究表明接受自己的悲傷對人們更有益。

【1】考查非謂語動詞。作句子主語，用v+ing形式，填trying。

【2】考查比較級。拼命地嘗試把微笑掛在臉上，只會讓自己的沮喪更糟糕。表示“更……”, 應該用比較級，填worse。

【3】考查固定短語。in recent years最近幾年中，是固定短語，所以填in。

【4】考查名詞。作accept的賓語，用名詞，所以填sadness。

【5】考查冠詞。特指University of Melbourne，所以用定冠詞the。

【6】考查主謂一致。Depression rates是復數(shù)意義，所以填are。

【7】考查固定短語。In itself就其本身而言，是固定短語，所以填itself。

【8】考查不定式。表示“為了增加我們的積極情緒”，表目的，所以用不定式，填to increase。

【9】考查副詞。修飾動詞show，用副詞，所以填intentionally。

【10】考查非謂語動詞。the study與publish之間是被動關系，所以用過去分詞作定語，填published。