Question

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, an American researcher reports.
“Adults who have ___小题1:___ sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is ___小题2:__ (particular) large for people ___小题3:___ cancer,” says Richard Smith of the Columbia University of Science and Technology.
He ___小题4:___ (present) his study of about 54,000 Americans, ___小题5:___ he had followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting last Monday.
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations __小题6:___ how important a ___小题7:___ (humor) idea was.
The study showed next the greater role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances were in ___小题8:___（survive）the seven years. Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive ___小题9:__ those in the bottom quarter. In a smaller group of 2,015 people who had a cancer diagnosis(诊断) at the start, the study found ___小题10:__ important that a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70%.

Answer 1

小题1:a
小题2:particularly
小题3:with/having
小题4:presented
小题5:who/whom
小题6:and
小题7:humorous
小题8:surviving
小题9:than
小题10: it

试题分析：
小题1:a sense of humor是“幽默感”，句意：有幽默感的男子比没有幽默感的男子更长寿。
小题2:修饰形容词large用副词：particularly
小题3:有癌症的人：people with/having cancer，用介词短语或现在分词做定语。句意：生存的机会尤其比有癌症的人大。
小题4:从后面的句子：he had followed for seven years,可知是用过去时：presented，句意：他提交了54,000美国人的一项调查。
小题5:考查定语从句：先行词是Americans ，用who/whom引导定语从句，这些人他跟踪了7年。
小题6:连接两个宾语从句用and，句意：开始，病人填写问卷关于在日常生活中发现幽默是怎么容易，还有幽默的想法是多么重要。
小题7:修饰名词idea用形容词humorous
小题8:介词in后面接动名词surviving，句意：研究表明幽默在人们生活中作用越大，他们在7年中幸存的机会就越大。
小题9:形容词用了比较级more likely和 than连用，句意：得分在前四分之一的人比后四分之一的人幸存的机会大。
小题10:考查it做形式宾语：句型是：sb find it+adj+that从句。句意：研究发现幽默在减少死亡的机会这方面是很重要的。
点评：先阅读短文，了解大意，再按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，注意一些固定短语，和时态变化。