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Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to "liv

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问题     Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to "live your best life," pursuing your particular desires, rather than falling in line with whatever everyone else thinks happiness requires. Studies have even shown that feelings of authenticity can go hand in hand with numerous psychological and social benefits: higher self-esteem, greater well-being, better romantic relationships and enhanced work performance.
    Although most people would define authenticity as acting in accordance with your own set of values and qualities, research has shown that people feel most authentic when they conform to a particular set of socially approved qualities, such as being extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable. This is the paradox of authenticity: In order to reap the many of the benefits of feeling authentic, you may have to betray your true nature.
    From a psychological science standpoint, a person is considered authentic if he or she meets certain criteria. Authentic people have considerable self-knowledge and are motivated to learn more about themselves. They are equally interested in understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and they are willing to honestly reflect on feedback regardless of whether it is flattering or unflattering. Above all, authentic people behave in line with their unique values and qualities even if those characteristics may conflict with social conventions or other external influences.
    But a number of studies have shown that people’s feelings of authenticity are often shaped by something other than their loyalty to their unique qualities. Paradoxically, feelings of authenticity seem to be related to a kind of social conformity. The research also finds that people report feeling most authentic when their behavior confirms to a specific pattern of qualities: namely, when they are extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable.
    So, when it comes time to actually make a judgment about our own authenticity, we may use criteria that are closer to how we judge the authenticity of an object such as food. A fruit tiramisu may be unique, but the authenticity of tiramisu is judged by its conformity to a conventional recipe. Similarly, it appears that the more we conform to social conventions about how a person should act, the more authentic we feel.
    We want to believe that authenticity will bring us benefits. It’s not surprising that businesses such as Microsoft, BlueCross BlueShield, and Gap have worked with consultants to leverage authenticity in the workplace. However, until we learn more about whether being authentic reaps the same benefits as feeling authentic, we are left with a tough decision between loyalty to our true selves and conformity to social convention.
The fruit tiramisu is mentioned in paragraph 5 in order to illustrate________.
选项 A、we can feel more authentic by obeying more social conventions
B、how to form our own authenticity by taking an example of food
C、it is a traditional standard for making a new kind of food
D、it can be judged by its conformity to a conventional recipe
答案A
解析 根据题干关键词tiramisu和paragraph 5定位至第五段第二句。题干问提及tiramisu的目的是什么，举例是为了证明某种观点。第五段第一句提到，如果我们想要判断自己的真实性，我们可以用自己判断某种食物的真实性所采用的标准(may use criteria that are closer to how we judge the authenticity of an object such as food)。第二句提到提拉米苏的真实性是根据它与传统食谱的一致性来判断的。第三句中的Similarly“相似地”提示本句和前面三句的观点一致，该句指出，我们越是遵守社会惯例，就越感觉真实。选项A与该句为同义替换，故为正确答案。C项意为“这是制作一种新食物的传统标准”，文中没有相关信息支持，故排除；选项D意为“可以通过它和传统配方的一致性来判断”，并不是证明本段的核心论点，故排除；B项意为“以食物为例如何形成自己的真实感”与第五段第一句语意不符，是“评价”而非“如何形成”，故也可排除。
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