Question

七選五
There is an English saying:“___小題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. __小題2:_____.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.小題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(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. _____小題4:.____.
___小題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 prolong 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 chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.

D．It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.

E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health

Answer 1

小題1:F
小題2:G
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：本文介紹了歡笑確實對身體健康有益處。
小題1:根據(jù)There is an English saying可知這里想說歡笑是最好的藥，故選Ｆ。
小題2:根據(jù)Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.可知這里想說歡笑確實能改善人們的健康，故與G吻合。
小題3:根據(jù)People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.可知這里想說它增加血壓，心臟跳動和呼吸，它也對面部的肌肉，胃甚至是腳，都有作用，故選D
小題4:根據(jù)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(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.，與答案C對應。
小題5:根據(jù)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 prolong one’s life.，故選B