There is an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the _  _ it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can  _ _ people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films __ __ doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to    exercise.  It decreases blood pressure, the heart beat and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter   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     pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the     time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish( 減少 ) both stress and pain.
As a      of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by   __ 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      to those caused by laughter.
小題1:
A．harmB．strengthC．effectD．good
小題2:
A．helpB．improveC．increaseD．damage
小題3:
A．ifB．butC．whileD．since
小題4:
A．mentalB．physicalC．practicalD．medical
小題5:
A．guaranteesB．a(chǎn)ppliesC．maintainsD．exercises
小題6:
A．overlookedB．producedC．preservedD．ensured
小題7:
A．remainingB．restC．longestD．a(chǎn)dequate
小題8:
A．factB．matterC．resultD．sign
小題9:
A．encouragingB．a(chǎn)llowingC．a(chǎn)ssistingD．reminding
小題10:
A．respectfulB．subtleC．a(chǎn)daptableD．similar

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:D

試題分析：文章介紹大笑的好處，可以改善人們的健康，大笑相當(dāng)于鍛煉的效果，很多醫(yī)生鼓勵病人笑來治療他們的疾病。
小題1:考查名詞：A. harm傷害，B. strength力量，C. effect 影響，D. good好，醫(yī)生開始調(diào)查笑和笑對人的影響，選C
小題2:考查動詞：A. help幫助，B. improve提高，C. increase增加，D. damage破壞，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑可以提高人們的健康，選C
小題3:考查連詞：A. if 如果，B. but 但是，C. while當(dāng)…時候，雖然，然而，D. since自從，當(dāng)醫(yī)生檢查他們的心臟呼吸，血壓和肌肉的時候，人們看滑稽的電影，選C
小題4:考查形容詞：A. mental精神，B. physical身體的，C. practical 實(shí)際的，D. medical醫(yī)學(xué)的，結(jié)果證明笑和實(shí)際的鍛煉有相似的作用，選C
小題5:考查動詞：A. guarantees保證，B. applies應(yīng)用，C. maintains保持，D. exercises鍛煉，從前面的句子：It decreases blood pressure, the heart beat and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles可知如果笑可以鍛煉身體，那它對健康是有益的，選D
小題6:考查動詞：A. overlooked忽視，B. produced產(chǎn)生，制造，C. preserved保留，D. ensured確保，醫(yī)生對聽不同廣播的學(xué)生制造出疼痛，選B
小題7:考查形容詞：A. remaining剩余的，B. rest其余的，C. longest最長的，D. adequate足夠的，容忍最長時間的疼痛的的組是聽滑稽的節(jié)目的組，選C
小題8:考查名詞：A. fact事實(shí)，B. matter問題，C. result結(jié)果，D. sign標(biāo)志，as a result of由于，選C
小題9:考查動詞：A. encouraging 鼓勵，B. allowing 允許，C. assisting 幫助，D. reminding提醒，醫(yī)生通過鼓勵病人笑改善他們的健康，選A
小題10:考查形容詞：A. respectful可敬的，B. subtle狡猾的， 敏感的C. adaptable適應(yīng)的，D. similar 相似的，使他們笑和大笑產(chǎn)生的有益的效果很相似。選D
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