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A smile is the key to a thousand doors, but deploying it in every situation without mastery of its use is dangerous, says a new social science study.

Scientists say it takes a great many muscles to smile; scientists at Queen’s University Belfast in a recent study found that subtle differences in the way in which a person smiled had not-so-subtle impacts on the opinions which the test participants had about the smiler. “Smiling at another person does not always lead to trust and cooperation,” said Dr. Stephanie Carpenter from the University of Michigan, a co-author of the study. Subtle differences in a smile can definitely have a real impact on whether people trust each other and choose to cooperate. In fact, the way you smile in a good or bad situation can impact whether people trust you.

“Think about movie villains, for example in James Bond films,” said Dr. Magdalena Rychlowska from Queen’s University, who led the research published in Cognition and Emotion journal. “They often make happy smiles when something bad has happened or is about to happen. This context makes these otherwise happy and normal smiles feel threatening and unpleasant.” She adds, “The findings of this study show the power of subtle facial expressions and the positive consequences that an affiliation smile can have in difficult situations. It also highlights the importance of social context—a happy smile that could be read as a signal of trustworthiness in one setting can, but in another setting, it can be seen as the evidence of bad intentions.”

Mastery of the smile then, can be an excellent way of getting out of difficult social situations, while the lack thereof can be an excellent way of getting into one.

【小题1】Which of the following about smiling is TRUE according to the second paragraph?

A．Deploying smiling is very dangerous in every situation.

B．The way you smile will impact whether you can be trusted.

C．Subtle difference in smiling has little impact.

D．Smiling will always lead to trust and cooperation.

【小题2】How did the author explain subtle differences in a smile?

A．By giving examples and citing scientific proof.

B．By using numbers and giving examples.

C．By listing data and making a comparison.

D．By raising questions and citing scientific proof.

【小题3】What can be learnt from the study of smiling?

A．A happy smile can always be read as a signal of trustworthiness.