题文
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 toexercise. 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( 减少 ) 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.
小题1:A．harmB．strengthC．effectD．good小题2:A．helpB．improveC．increaseD．damage小题3:A．ifB．butC．whileD．since小题4:A．mentalB．physicalC．practicalD．medical小题5:A．guaranteesB．appliesC．maintainsD．exercises小题6:A．overlookedB．producedC．preservedD．ensured小题7:A．remainingB．restC．longestD．adequate小题8:A．factB．matterC．resultD．sign小题9:A．encouragingB．allowingC．assistingD．reminding小题10:A．respectfulB．subtleC．adaptableD．similar 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D
解析
文章介绍大笑的好处，可以改善人们的健康，大笑相当于锻炼的效果，很多医生鼓励病人笑来治疗他们的疾病。
小题1:考查名词：A. harm伤害，B. strength力量，C. effect 影响，D. good好，医生开始调查笑和笑对人的影响，选C
小题2:考查动词：A. help帮助，B. improve提高，C. increase增加，D. damage破坏，他们发现笑可以提高人们的健康，选C
小题3:考查连词：A. if 如果，B. but 但是，C. while当…时候，虽然，然而，D. since自从，当医生检查他们的心脏呼吸，血压和肌肉的时候，人们看滑稽的电影，选C
小题4:考查形容词：A. mental精神，B. physical身体的，C. practical 实际的，D. medical医学的，结果证明笑和实际的锻炼有相似的作用，选C
小题5:考查动词：A. guarantees保证，B. applies应用，C. maintains保持，D. exercises锻炼，从前面的句子：It decreases blood pressure, the heart beat and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles可知如果笑可以锻炼身体，那它对健康是有益的，选D
小题6:考查动词：A. overlooked忽视，B. produced产生，制造，C. preserved保留，D. ensured确保，医生对听不同广播的学生制造出疼痛，选B
小题7:考查形容词：A. remaining剩余的，B. rest其余的，C. longest最长的，D. adequate足够的，容忍最长时间的疼痛的的组是听滑稽的节目的组，选C
小题8:考查名词：A. fact事实，B. matter问题，C. result结果，D. sign标志，as a result of由于，选C
小题9:考查动词：A. encouraging 鼓励，B. allowing 允许，C. assisting 帮助，D. reminding提醒，医生通过鼓励病人笑改善他们的健康，选A
小题10:考查形容词：A. respectful可敬的，B. subtle狡猾的， 敏感的C. adaptable适应的，D. similar 相似的，使他们笑和大笑产生的有益的效果很相似。选D
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“There is an English .....”主要考查你对 [健康环保类阅读 ]考点的理解。健康环保类阅读
健康环保累阅读概念：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。体裁有记叙文、 说明文、议论文和各种应用文。
健康环保类文章阅读技巧：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等。同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等。科普环保类文章一般为说明文，从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：
第一部分一般是文章的首段，主要用来提出文章的主题，即文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容；
第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明；
第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题进行归纳总结。这类文章多用一般现在时，而且一般多使用客观性词语表述。有时为了强调客观性，也常使用被动语态。
从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
【阅读策略】
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