Smiles Good for Heath
Read the given passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:
1. Smiles are good for your health. Studies in the USA have shown that when you smile your heart rate slows down, your blood pressure goes down and the body begins to relax. This happens whether you are feeling happy or not. In fact, if you are feeling unhappy, the simple act of smiling is the first step of feeling better.
2. A smile makes you attractive. According to American dentists Melvin and Elaine Denholtz, an attractive smile should show most of the upper teeth, at least two-thirds of the length, just the tips of the lower teeth.
3. When you smile a real smile, two things happen to your face: your lips move towards your cheeks, and your cheeks themselves go up and gather in the skin around the eyes. And a real smile will usually only last for up to four seconds. False smiles are seen on the faces of politicians who have just lost an election, people who fake they’re happy to see you, and door to door salesmen. False smiles usually appear slightly too early or too late, and they tend to go on for too long.
4. But if you really want to know if a smile is real or false, look at the eyes. They brighten up. In a false smile, they don’t change — however much the person has practised smiling.
1.Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read:
(i) Why is a smile good for health?
(ii) What is the characteristic of a real smile?
(iii) What should you do if you are feeling unhappy?
(iv) What positive physical effect does a smile have?
(v) What do American dentists Melvin and Elaine Denholtz say about ‘smile’?
(vi) Who are the people who usually put on a false smile?
(vii) How to judge a genius smile?
(viii) What does the author wish to convey in the last paragraph?
(ix) Find the word in para 2, which is the antonym of ‘repulsive’.
Answers:-
(i)A smile slows down your heart rate and blood pressure and your body begins to relax.
(ii) A real smile is shorter than a false one.
(iii) The simple act of smiling is the first step of feeling better.
(iv) A smile makes you more attractive.
(v) They say an attractive smile should show most of the upper teeth, at least two—thirds of the length, just the tips of the lower teeth.
(vi) Politicians and salesmen usually put on a false smile.
(vii) We should look at the eyes. They brighten up. Our eyes do not change in false smiles.
(viii) The author wants to show how one can spot a real smile.
(ix) Attractive
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