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Amy Cuddy，a Harvard psychologist，has devoted her studies to the influence body language that has on your confidence，influence，and finally，success.Her biggest findings center on the powerful effects of positive body language.Positive body language includes things like proper eye contact，active listening，and gestures that show the message you’re trying to express.Studies show that people who use positive body language are more likable (讨人喜欢的)，persuasive，and emotionally intelligent.Here’s how it works：
Positive body language changes your attitude.Cuddy found that consciously (有意识地) changing your body language to make it more positive improves your attitude because it has a powerful influence on your body.
It makes you more likable.In a Tufts University study，people watched soundless videos of doctors interacting with their patients.Just by observing the doctors’body language，people were able to guess which doctors ended up getting complained by their patients.Body language plays a big role in how you’re viewed and can be more important than your voice or even what you say.Learning to use positive body language will make people like you and trust you more.
It improves your emotional intelligence.Your ability to effectively communicate your emotions and ideas is central to your emotional intelligence.People whose body language is negative have a destructive effect on those around them.Working to improve your body language has a great effect on your emotional intelligence.
We often think of body language as the result of our attitude or how we feel.This is true，but psychologists have also shown that the opposite is true：changing your body language changes your attitude.
Have you felt the influence from changing your body language？Please click the link below to turn to the comments page and share your thoughts there，so I can learn just as much from you as you do from me.
语篇解读 肢体语言通常被认为是我们观点和感受的表达，但反过来，肢体语言的正确表达也可以改变我们的观点和感受，使我们更受人喜欢。
1. What is Cuddy’s biggest finding?
A．Soundless videos are good for observing body language.
B．Positive body language makes people become smarter.
C．Positive body language brings people many benefits.
D．People’s emotions greatly affect their body language.
解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知， Cuddy的研究发现肢体语言，尤其是积极的肢体语言带给人很多益处。
答案： C
2．Why does developing positive body language improve one’s attitude?
A．It affects one’s body greatly.
B．It decides how one is viewed.
C．It makes one more reliable.
D．It makes one more emotionally intelligent.
解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段“because it has a powerful influence on your body.”得知原因。
答案： A
3．The underlined word “interacting” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”．
A．playing B．communicating
C．fighting D．arguing
解析： 词义猜测题。根据上下文可以看出，医生跟病人之间有很多肢体语言的互动，所以他们应该是在交流。
答案： B
4．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Emotional improvement totally depends on body language.
B．The author thinks it useless to change one’s body language.
C．People with positive body language are probably more successful.
D．Changing body language is widely known to change one’s attitude.
解析： 推理判断题。根据第一段得知Cuddy研究的重点就是积极的肢体语言对诸如自信与成功的影响，后文又提到积极的肢体语言会让人更受人喜欢和值得信赖，让人情商更高。故推断，积极的肢体语言有助于成功。
答案： C
