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(全国用)2018年高考英语二轮复习与增分策略专题一阅读理解第三节题组练习2科普知识 (全国用)2018年高考英语二轮复习与增分策略专题一阅读理解第三节题组练习2科普知识 (全国用)2018年高考英语二轮复习与增分策略专题一阅读理解第三节题组练习2科普知识 科普知识 A (2017 ·甘肃甘谷二中一模 ) Are you an optimist ？ Do you look at your glass and see it as half full ？ Do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining and that things generally turn out for the best ？ Do you believe that if something is meant to be ， it will be ？ If you reply “yes” to all of these questions ， then you are probably are enthusiastic ，cheerful and outgoing.You may be successful at work and in love. But you may be misguided because things don ’t turn out for the best.You may believe that when one door closes another one opens (for example ， you may fail to obtain a new job; another chance will come around soon) ． Wrong.When one door closes ， another door slams( 轰然关上 ’s bitter reality. Now a book has been published which confirms what pessimists( 消极者 ) have suspected all ’s called The Positive Powerof Defensive Pessimism.Its author argues that defensive pessimism can lead to positive pessimism is a strategy used to manage fear ， anxiety and worry.Defensive pessimists prepare for the things by setting low outcomes for carefully consider everything that may go wrong and plan for ways to handle these problems.And this gives them a Sanno，a psychology professor ，says ，“What’s in teresting about defensive pessimists is that they tend to be very successful people ， so their low opinion of the situation ’s outcomes is not realistic.They use it to motivate themselves to perform better. ” So far ， is not rocket pessimists prepare carefully and consider what might go wrong， whether at work， on date or even in a sports makes sense to have a back-up are many sayings in English urging example ，“ Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. ” And “Don’t count your chickens until they hatch.” To have a confident and optimistic approach to life’s problemsis listen to what Woody Alien ， the American comedian says ， “Confidence is