Blanks Filling Read the following passage and select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Negative Emotions Actually Have Positive Effects on Your Life Negative emotions have become a sign of weakness and inadequacy, forcing us to internalize how we’re really feeling and creating even bigger problems. But a (1) _________ of researches show that perhaps it’s time to start accepting the negative feelings as a force for good instead of evil. Sadness makes you pay attention to details. Periods of sadness make us pay more attention to external details. Negative mood signals that the situation is new, challenging and the greater attention to new information is required to produce an effective response. With these detail-oriented (2)________ of sadness, you’ll have an improved memory, you’ll be able to make more accurate judgments of others and you’ll be more (3)__________ to making changes in your life. Even more so, these benefits help you communicate your feelings better, construct more (4) ___________ arguments and utilize your excited and nervous awareness of your emotions for creative efforts. Pessimism prepares you for anything. Most people might think optimists would (5) ____________ pessimists because of their confidence and the high expectations they set for themselves, while pessimists actually performed similarly. Pessimists’ negative thinking transformed anxiety into action. Pessimism can (6) __________ pessimists to try even harder and focus more energy on getting ready for any and all kinds of tasks. Guilt improves your moral compass. Guilty feeling is our brain’s way of punishing us when we do something wrong. It is our moral compass, controlling our levels of social sensitivity and (7) _________ need to be a good person. Adults prone to feeling guilty are less likely to take drunk-drive, steal, use illegal drugs, or (8)_________ another person. Anxiety turns you into a problem-solver. Humans’ natural “fight or flight” response, which tells us to either fight against the object of danger or run from it, is related to anxiety. This response is (9)___________; it allows your body to act quickly in dangerous or uncomfortable situations. In these kinds of situations, anxiety will rule over positive thinking. It helps you quickly discover solutions to dangerous problems. Anger motivates you to solve conflicts. There are strong correlations between anger and aggression-driven conflicts and violences. However, in fact, anger seems to be followed by aggression only about 10 percent of the time, and lots of aggression occurs without any anger. Anger encourages you to come up with active, approach-oriented steps towards the goal of addressing the wrongdoings that instigated ( 引发 ) anger, so it’s (10) ___________ in helping solve problems. A) attentive B) assault C) variety D) motivate E) coherent F) benefits G) overpass H) persuasive I) beneficial J) inherent K) effects L) insult M) outperform N) instinctive O) instructive