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Researchers produced evidence to support what most of us already knew-- that a cup of tea is the answer to any crisis.

Dr. Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, tested the anxiety situation and revealed that even a single cup of tea has a calming effect. His team gave 42 volunteers a mental

arithmetic exam and offered half of them a cup of tea and the other half a glass of water, the water group’s anxiety levels soared 25 percent compared to the tea group actually reported a four percent reduction in anxiety -- despite the difficult test, they were more relaxed than when they started. According to a survey carried out for the research, 68 percent of Britons tea in a dilemma, making it the nation’s most common responsible to trouble of kind. About 60 percent said the promise of comfort and warmth was the main reason for putting the kettle on. “ The of making and drinking tea--particularly This study shows that the social psychological of tea enhance the effects of its chemical make-up on our bodies and brains. 41. A.light-hearted B.serious 42. A.significant B.rigorous 43. A.previously B.afterwards 44. A.on B.in 45. A.while B.however 46. A.give up B.owe to 47. A.whichever B.whatever 48. A.ceremony B.function 49. A.beginning B.moment 50. A.aspects B.faces

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When people search online, they leave a trail that remains stored on the central

computers of firms such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Analyzing what we're looking for on the Web can offer a remarkable (41) into our anxieties and enthusiasms.

UK writer and Internet expert John Battelle wrote on his blog, "This can tell us (42) things about who we are and what we want as a (43) ." Google's experimental service Google Trends, for example, compares the numbers of people searching for different words and phrases from 2004 to the present. According to these graphs, sometimes people's interests are obviously (44) the news agenda: when the Spice Girls announce a reunion, there's an immediate (45) to find out more about them. Other results are strikingly seasonal: people go shopping online for coats in winter and short pants in summer.

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