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【题目】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】这篇文章主要讲了新的研究表明接受自己的悲伤对人们更有益。

【1】考查非谓语动词。作句子主语，用v+ing形式，填trying。

【2】考查比较级。拼命地尝试把微笑挂在脸上，只会让自己的沮丧更糟糕。表示“更……”, 应该用比较级，填worse。

【3】考查固定短语。in recent years最近几年中，是固定短语，所以填in。

【4】考查名词。作accept的宾语，用名词，所以填sadness。

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

【6】考查主谓一致。Depression rates是复数意义，所以填are。

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

【8】考查不定式。表示“为了增加我们的积极情绪”，表目的，所以用不定式，填to increase。

【9】考查副词。修饰动词show，用副词，所以填intentionally。

【10】考查非谓语动词。the study与publish之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词作定语，填published。