Section B Reading and Matching
Read the following passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.
Love Letters and Kindness May Improve Mental Health
You and I don't know one another. We may never sit and laugh over cups of coffee. We may never dance in the same circles or yawn together by the midnight hour. None of that really matters to me. It is so small and meaningless to the things I wish you would know on a daily basis： that you are lovely. That you are worthy. That those hands of yours were made for mighty， mighty things.
You probably think I am crazy.You are probably sitting here with this letter in your hands thinking， you cannot know that… you don't know me… you don't know a stitch of me. Yes，you're right. But I know all the things I thought I never deserved. I know how very hard it once was to love myself and value myself and even find myself worth the reflection in the mirror. And so I know I am not alone in needing a boost some days， in needing to know that I matter to someone somewhere.
You matter to me. In a way I cannot explain， you matter to me. And you， you are a marvel… you and all the parts of you.
Love，
A girl just trying to find her way.
［A］ “You matter to me. In a way I cannot explain， you matter to me. And you， you are a marvel… you and all the parts of you.”It's not the kind of thing you normally write to a complete stranger.
［B］ But after graduating from college and moving to New York City， Hannah Brencher was feeling anxious and depressed. She found herself not wanting to be around other people and “just really unraveling （解脱）”. Then she started writing love letters to strangers and leaving them all over the city.The first letter she left on a train simply addressed：“If you find this letter then it's for you.” Since then she has left letters in libraries and cafes，and even hidden them around the United Nations building. “What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered，” she told the BB C. “I found something that allowed me to take the focus off of myself.”
［C］ Hannah and her More Love Letters campaign are part of a growing number of organizations shouting about the beneficial effects of random acts of kindness for givers as well as receivers.It might sound a bit like new⁃age nonsense to some people，but new research suggests being kind might actually be good for your mental health.
［D］ A study published in the journal Emotion reports that performing acts of kindness may help people with social anxiety to feel more positive. Dr. Lynn Alden and Dr. Jennifer Trew， from the University of British Columbia， asked volunteers with high levels of social anxiety to commit multiple acts of kindness on two days a week over a four⁃week period. “Sometimes people would give a small gift to somebody， or picking somebody up from work， visiting sick people， thanking a bus driver. They were actually fairly small acts，” explained Dr. Alden. They were small acts perhaps， but ones which had a much bigger impact.
［E］ More standard treatment for social anxiety disorder is cognitive behavioral therapy（CBT） adapted specifically for people who fear they will do or say something embarrassing in a social situation. As part of this therapy patients are encouraged to face their fears about social contact， by putting themselves into a situation they would normally avoid or initiating conversation with new people.
［F］ In Dr. Alden's experiment a comparison group of anxious volunteers were asked to perform small “belief⁃challenging” tasks similar to these therapeutic （有益健康的）ones. Just like the kind acts group， this group were also increasing their levels of social contact， engaging in unfamiliar behavior， and paying attention to others' responses； all things which have been suggested to be important components in overcoming social anxiety.
［G］ At the end of the four weeks，participants in the kind acts group avoided social situations less and also reported increased relationship satisfaction. Performing kind acts appeared to have a bigger effect than CBT⁃like behavior tasks. Dr. Nick Grey， consultant clinical（临床的） psychologist and clinic director at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma in London， was initially wary （警惕的） of the idea that performing kind acts might have therapeutic value for patients with anxiety disorders.
［H］ “I hadn't seen the paper and I was skeptical from the title to be honest. But it's a good paper and comes from a well⁃respected team. I don't think that's ever going to be a therapy in and of itself，but it could well be the kind of activity that could be integrated as part of a broader treatment.” Dr. Alden suggests that acts of kindness might be an initial step in a longer therapeutic pathway.
［I］ “Engaging in kind acts may help the person to get out and encounter other people and then we can use other techniques to help the person change their beliefs about themselves.” But she urges caution about performing acts of kindness chosen by someone else or just to impress others. I think it has been done in such a way that the individual has a sense of autonomy. They are performing the act because they want to and not because it's required by the group.
［J］ A London⁃based initiative called the Kindness Offensive have been organizing give⁃away events and encouraging kind acts since 2008. They hold the world record for the largest ever random act of kindness for distributing 39 tons of goods in one day. “It's practically impossible to do an act of kindness without feeling good about yourself， ”said the aptly（恰当地） named David Good fellow， one of the founding members of the group. “If you can make someone's day a little bit better it will actually make your day a little bit better.”
____1. Hannah doesn't know anybody who has read her letter.
____2. A study published in the journal emotion reports not to neglect the positive impact of small acts of kindness on people with social anxiety.
____3. Hannah's love letters are beneficial for givers as well as receivers to keep mental health.
____4.Hannah's love letters are originally written to relieve herself from the gloom and doom after she moved to New York City.
____5. Putting into a social situation or initiating conversation with new people are regular treatment for the patients with social anxiety disorder.
____6. Cognitive behavioral therapy is often used to treat the patients with social anxiety disorder.
____7. The findings from the research conducted by Dr. Lynn Alden and Dr. Jennifer Trew，have demonstrated that performing small kind acts seemed to be more effective than CBT⁃like behavior tasks for anxiety disorder.
____8. If you can make other people feel happier， as a result， it will definitely make yourself feel happier.
____9. Dr.Alden doesn't regard acts of kindness as therapy but as a supporting part of a medical treatment.
____10. Willingness is fundamental in performing acts of kindness.