20．How can we all get more laughter into our lives？Here are what the experts suggest：
（36）B．Nancy Alguire，a teacher in Clifton Park，N．Y．，was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing．Then she married a circus clown （小丑）．"I became interested in the clowns．"she recalls．"One day I put on a costume and painted my face．That afternoon my whole life changed．I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before．"（37）G To this day，she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing．
（38 ）D It doesn't take you too much time and can be easy．Collect favourite cartoons and jokes．Also，keep a paper for writing down humour you find in everyday life．"Good ideas come and go fast，you have to capture them quickly or they will be gone．"says Virginia Tooper．
Laugh when you need it most．"（39）A"says comedian Bill Cosby．"And once you find laughter，no matter how painful your situation might be，you can survive it．"he insists．
Gray Alan，a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota，claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain-because it comes naturally．（40）F．Just remember：we are just here for a period，so get a few laughs．
A．You can soften the worst blows（打擊） through humour．
B．Mix with people who laugh．
C．Practise the art of laughing．
D．Keep a laughter file （文檔）．
E．He who laughs last laughs best．
F．But it's also something that has to be developed （培養(yǎng)）．
G．People's joy can affect those around them．
分析 笑聲是人們生活中不可或缺的，沒有笑聲的生活是慘淡寂寞的．那么如何在我們的生活中尋找更多的快樂，獲得更多的笑聲呢？在本文中作者對此提出了幾條建議．
解答 BGDAF
36．B 考查對上下文的理解和概括能力．在本段中作者通過講述Nancy Alguire的經(jīng)歷，說明笑聲會感染人們，由此判斷B選項內容符合語境，選B．
37．G 考查對上下文的理解和概括能力．根據(jù)上文內容和空后內容To this day，she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing．可知過得開心快樂的方法之一是要和快樂的人們在一起，讓人們的開心感染到自己，故判斷G選項可以起到承上啟下的作用，選G．
38．D 考查對上下文的理解和概括能力．本段中心內容是建議人們收集自己喜歡的卡通和笑話，幽默，而D選項Keep a laughter file．"建立笑聲檔案"，內容可以概括本段，選D．
39．A 考查對上下文的理解和概括能力．前后句內容都是建議人們面對困境用笑聲去應對，由此推斷A選項You can soften the worst blows through humor（用幽默去迎接最嚴重的打擊）內容符合語境，選A．
40．F 考查對上下文的理解和概括能力．前句內容告訴人們笑聲是每個人生來具備的能力，而F選項But it's also something that has to be developed．也指出了laughter的特點，是對上句內容的進一步補充，故答案選F．
點評 做這種題時，考生應在通讀全篇短文的基礎上，把握各部分之間的邏輯關系，前后照應，注意文中的"鏈條"，充分理解短文的內容，使補全后的短文思想通順，前后連貫，且符合英美人的語言表達方式．
