IV. Reading Comprehension        People often ask: What can I do to boost my happiness?Psychologists have suggested that happiness consists of threedistinct principles: First, research into exercise has found that ithas a positive impact on mood. Physical activity stimulates therelease of endorphins in the brain to produce the feel-good factor.The mind and the body are highly interconnected. We can allmake fairly easy changes in our lifestyle to include moreexercise, healthier eating, getting enough sleep, being exposed tosunlight and so on. Additionally, having good relationships is abig part of being happy. In one study, most happy people werefound to have strong ties to friends and family and they madesure they spent time with them regularly. You also need at leastone person who you discuss personal feelings with – called‘self-disclosure’. It’s not enough to have lots of friends just to dothings with or chat to about music or football. That deeperconnection is all-important. Finally, discover what your uniquestrengths and virtues are and then use them for a purpose whichbenefits other people or your community. People who play totheir strengths (e.g. curiosity or persistence) or virtues (e.g.justice or humanity) and use them in different ways and indifferent situations are happier than those who focus more ontheir weaknesses. In other words, focus on the positive, not thenegative, and be true to yourself. Therefore, people who havehealthy life, stronger relationship, and focus on personalstrengths have higher levels of well-being.
【題組】31. According to the passage, what does “deeper connection”mean?
(A) to have a lot of friends
(B) to improve social bonding
(C) to enjoy lonely moment
(D) to purchase a lot of things