Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

As the old saying goes, laughter is the best medicine. 【1】 . However, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects is has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

【2】 . 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. 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. 【3】 .

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 programs. 【4】 . 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.

【5】 . They try to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. 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. Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.

B. Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.

C. Therefore, people are taught to laugh.

D. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.

E. As a result, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics.

F. Laughter is closely related to good health.

G. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】G

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】

試題分析:這篇文章講的是笑是良藥，而且能減輕病人的痛苦，能夠鍛煉身體并提高人的免疫能力。醫(yī)生現(xiàn)在開始研究笑及其對人身體的作用。

【1】B考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)上一句As the old saying goes, laughter is the best medicine.笑是良藥，下文They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)笑真的能改善人們的健康，B選項Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.直到現(xiàn)在，很少有人認真的對待這句話，符合，故選B。

【2】A考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles.可知下文講述的是醫(yī)生通過研究病人在笑時的心跳、血壓、呼吸等研究笑的作用，A選項Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.醫(yī)生做測試以研究笑容對人身體的影響，符合，故選A。

【3】G考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet.笑容也對臉上、肚子上以及腳上的肌肉有用，G選項If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial如果笑容能鍛煉身體，那一定是有益的，符合，故選G。

【4】D考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs.醫(yī)生在不同的組身上施壓同種程度的痛苦，這些組聽不同的節(jié)目，D選項The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.忍受痛苦最久的一組是聽一個搞笑節(jié)目的一組，符合，故選D。

【5】E考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)They try to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.他們試著鼓勵病人笑來提高病人的健康情況，E選項As a result, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics結(jié)果，美國的一些醫(yī)生開了笑容診所，符合，故選E。