Question

词语填空（共10小题，计10分）

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

little while by healthy help serious long patient find make

There is an old saying in English, “Laughter is the best medicine”. Until recently, few people took the saying very 1.. However, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects(影响) it has on the human body. They have found the truth that laughter can really improve people’s 2.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films3.doctors checked their bodies. It was4.that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. If laughter exercises the body, it must be5..

Other tests have shown that laughter also makes the body feel6.painful. In one experiment , doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which listened to a funny program could bear the pain for the7.time.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics(诊所), in which they try to improve their8.health by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really laugh,9.them smile is enough to produce good effects similar to those caused10.laughter.

Answer 1

1.seriously

2.health

3.while

4.found

5.helpful

6.less

7.longest

8.patients’

9.making

10.by

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲的是笑是良药，而且能减轻病人的痛苦，能够锻炼身体并提高人的免疫能力。医生现在开始研究笑及其对人身体的作用。

1.seriously

2.health

3.while

4. is found that,人们发现，故填found

5.helpful

6.less

7.longest

8.patients’9.making

10. laughter是动词的执行者。故填by

考点：社会现象类短文。