Question

【題目】 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 programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. 【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

【答案】

【1】F

【2】G

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。本文介紹了歡笑確實(shí)對(duì)身體健康有益處。人們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑與身體運(yùn)動(dòng)有相似的作用，歡笑能改善人們的健康，笑能增加血壓、心臟跳動(dòng)，還能鍛煉面部、胃部甚至足部的肌肉群。而笑能減輕疼痛的原因似乎是笑會(huì)產(chǎn)生一種減輕壓力和疼痛的化學(xué)物質(zhì)。

【1】

根據(jù)下文的Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.(但是，現(xiàn)在醫(yī)生已經(jīng)開(kāi)始研究笑，以及它對(duì)人體的影響)可知，本文主要講述笑和健康的關(guān)系，故此次用F. Laughter is the best medicine.(笑是最好的藥)符合文意，且這也是一句英語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)，故選F項(xiàng)。

【2】

上文Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.(但是，現(xiàn)在醫(yī)生已經(jīng)開(kāi)始研究笑，以及它對(duì)人體的影響)與G. They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.(他們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑真的可以改善人們的健康)承接自然，上文提到研究，選項(xiàng)給出研究結(jié)果，且選項(xiàng)的they就是上文的doctors，故選G項(xiàng)。

【3】

上文It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise．(人們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑與身體運(yùn)動(dòng)有相似的作用)與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.(它能增加血壓、心臟跳動(dòng)和呼吸，還能鍛煉面部、胃部甚至足部的肌肉群。)承接自然，選項(xiàng)所陳述的內(nèi)容就是笑和體育運(yùn)動(dòng)相似的效果，且選項(xiàng)中的it就是上文的laughter，故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】

上文Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. (其它一些測(cè)試表明笑似乎能夠降低疼痛對(duì)身體的影響)與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.( 笑能減輕疼痛的原因似乎是笑會(huì)產(chǎn)生一種減輕壓力和疼痛的化學(xué)物質(zhì))承接自然，上下文話題一致，reduce是關(guān)鍵詞，故選C項(xiàng)。

【5】

下文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．(他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，即使他們的病人真的不想笑，讓他們微笑也能產(chǎn)生類(lèi)似于笑所產(chǎn)生的有益效果。)與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.( 由于這些發(fā)現(xiàn)，一些在美國(guó)的醫(yī)生建立了笑診所，在那里他們通過(guò)鼓勵(lì)他們的病人笑來(lái)改善他們的病情)承接自然，上下文話題一致，且下文的they就是選項(xiàng)提到的doctors，patient是關(guān)鍵詞，故選B項(xiàng)。