Nearly a thousand people laugh heartily together for half an hour every morning in a park in Shenzhen. Guangzhou Daily took a closer look at those happy people.
They are members of a group named Laughing Club, and when they get together, all they do is laugh.
Zhang Lixin, the founder of the club and regarded as the ‘laugh leader’, told the paper that laughing does him a lot of good. He started after he read some advice in a book and tried giggling after quarrelling with his wife to relax.
After laughing for a few days, Zhang found himself more outgoing and relaxed. Soon his wife joined him, bringing the family more laughter and less bickering.
When he got to know a kind of “l(fā)aughing yoga” is good for the health, Zhang went to Bombay to learn from the locals and developed what he learned into more than 30 ways of laughing.
The “l(fā)ion bellow (吼)”is to shout with the fingers outstretched near the ears. There is the “open mouth laugh”, the “bow-pulling laugh”, the “welcoming laugh” and even the “quarrelling laugh”, with different arm movements of laugh style.
The “l(fā)augh movement” swept over Shenzhen in a few of months, attracting tens of thousands of people to join, and has been followed in nearby cities such as Guangzhou.
Every morning at the lake front and at 8 pm on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at the mountain peak square in Lianhua Mountain Park, club members gather to laugh and shout loudly

  1. 1.

    From the first paragraph we know that______.

    1. A.
      Guangzhou Daily is the source of the information
    2. B.
      those happy people come from Guangzhou Daily
    3. C.
      there is a Guangzhou Daily office near Laughing Club
    4. D.
      Guangzhou Daily supported the laugh movement
  2. 2.

    The people in Laughing Club laugh because they______.

    1. A.
      live a happy life
    2. B.
      always feel happy
    3. C.
      just can’t help it
    4. D.
      want to relax themselves
  3. 3.

    Which of the underlined words has a meaning similar to “l(fā)aughing”?

    1. A.
      Giggling
    2. B.
      Quarrelling
    3. C.
      Outgoing
    4. D.
      Bickering
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, when cannot you see club members practicing laughing in Lianhua Mountain Park?

    1. A.
      At 8 pm on Sunday
    2. B.
      At 8 pm on Monday
    3. C.
      At 8 pm on Friday
    4. D.
      At 8 pm on Wednesday
  5. 5.

    What’s the idea expressed by the last two paragraphs?

    1. A.
      The members of Laughing Club are increasing
    2. B.
      The laugh movement is becoming popular
    3. C.
      The laughing is done only in parks
    4. D.
      Laughing Club is practicing laughing hard
ADAAB
試題分析:文章介紹了在深圳有一群人每天早上在公園開心的大笑半個(gè)小時(shí),介紹這是“笑俱樂部”,目的是為了使人放松,現(xiàn)在這種活動(dòng)非常受歡迎。
1.細(xì)節(jié)題:由第一段“Guangzhou Daily took a closer look at those happy people.”可知《廣州日?qǐng)?bào)》是信息的來源, A 項(xiàng)正確。
2.細(xì)節(jié)題:由第四段最后一句He started after he read some advice in a book and tried giggling after quarrelling with his wife to relax.及第四段第一句可知“笑俱樂部”目的是使人放松。 D
3.猜詞題:從文章的句子:He started after he read some advice in a book and tried giggling after quarrelling with his wife to relax.在他看到書上的建議之后,他開始嘗試用笑來使自己放松。 可知giggle=laugh,答案是A
4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題,由最后一段Every morning at the lake front and at 8 pm on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at the mountain peak square in Lianhua Mountain Park,可知星期天的晚上8點(diǎn)看不見成員練習(xí)笑。選A
5.推理題:從倒數(shù)第二段的句子:The “l(fā)augh movement” swept over Shenzhen in a few of months, attracting tens of thousands of people to join, and has been followed in nearby cities such as Guangzhou.可知笑的活動(dòng)很受歡迎。選B
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