Question

There is an English saying, “___1.____” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. _____2._____

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. ___3.___ If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny programme. ____4.____

___5._____ They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. Laughter can surely last one's life.

B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh.

C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain.

D. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet.

E. They have proved that laughter can really cure any disease if people keep a good state of mind.

F. Laughter is the best medicine.

G. They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.

Answer 1

1.F

2.G

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：英語(yǔ)中有一句俗語(yǔ)“笑是一劑良藥”，但是，人們似乎并不是太在意這句話�，F(xiàn)在，醫(yī)生開始對(duì)笑展開研究。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，笑能夠改善人的健康狀況。做題時(shí)注意前后句的邏輯關(guān)系，還需要聯(lián)系段落大意。

1.There is an English saying”可知，這里說的是英語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)；根據(jù)“l(fā)ook into laughter and the effects it has on the human body”可知，醫(yī)生開始研究笑對(duì)人體的作用，F(xiàn)“笑是一劑良藥”符合語(yǔ)境，故選F。

2.doctors have begun to...”可知，這里指代doctors，應(yīng)該用代詞主格they，E項(xiàng)太絕對(duì)，G“他們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑確實(shí)能夠改善人們的健康狀況”，故選G。

3.doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles”可知，醫(yī)生研究了人們的心率、血壓、呼吸和肌肉狀況，D項(xiàng)是研究的結(jié)果，故選D。

4.laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body”可知，其它的實(shí)驗(yàn)研究的是笑能減輕疼痛，C項(xiàng)說的是笑能減輕疼痛的原因，故選C。

5.their patients”可知，這里指的是醫(yī)生，與B項(xiàng)中的“some doctors in the United States”一致，故選B。

考點(diǎn)：科學(xué)類短文閱讀