Smiling is infectious

SECTION B

You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this question.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows

Smiling is infectious. When someone smiles at you, it is only natural that you smile back. Take babies for instance, if you smile at them, you would be returned with the most adorable smile.

Smiling comes naturally. The human faces were made to smile. There are smiles that express happiness, enjoyment, amusement, pleasure and so on.

Smiling has become so important that a smile study was done to find out how people could smile better. This can help them see the funnier side of things. In a study carried out people were asked to hold a pencil horizontally between their teeth to create some sort of a smile. Then they were asked to watch cartoons. They rated the cartoons as funnier than the people who had watched the same cartoon but did not hold a pencil in between their teeth. This shows that smiling can affect your mood.

We can actually find out whether a persons smile is genuine or made up. There are wrinkles that form around the eyes when a person smiles sincerely. But if it is a fake smile, this sign is not visible.Write a summary about the characteristics of smiling.Your summary must:

not be more than 60 words, including the 10 words given below,

be in continuous writing ( not note form )

be written in ONE paragraph.

Use your own words as far as possible without changing its original meaning.

Begin your summary as follow:

It is very important that we smile since smiling is..

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1Itisveryimportantthatwe

2smilesincesmilingisinfectious.Smiling

3comesnaturallytoexpressmanyhappy

4feelings.Smilingissoimportantthat

5studieshaveshownthatsmilingcan

6affectmoods.Ifpeoplesmilebetter

7theycouldseethefunnierside

8ofthings.Onlygenuinesmiles,not

9fakeones,willformwrinklesaround

10theeyesoftheperson who

11smiles.

(61 words)