There's an old saying that laughter is the best medicine. No matter whether it's caused by a good joke, a cute child or pet, or a pie in the face of a comedian, the simple act of laughing offers medical benefits. Laughter has been shown to reduce stress and help people lose weight. It's a special tonic (滋補(bǔ)品)for older people, who are prone to loneliness and sad thoughts.

In fact, in more than 1,000 American communities, and a couple thousand more around the world, entire clubs have been formed so that people can get together and laugh! U.S. clubs have names like "Laugh-a-holics," "the Ha-Ha Spa," "Granite State Giggles(傻笑)," and "Judy's Joyful Laughter Club."

The idea started in India, where laughing is an oral yoga（瑜珈）exercise using discipline, mind power and a good belly laugh. Laughter is certainly contagious(傳染性的). Only a determined grouch（脾氣壞的人）could avoid at least smiling when others around him are laughing till it hurts. That's why members of laughing clubs don't just get together to howl with laughter themselves. They meet on street corners, in train stations, and other public places, laugh their fool heads off, and invite everyone around them to join in.

Laughing clubs have become so popular that one can even get training as a "certified laughing leader." And the key qualification? You have to be really good at these, chortling, chuckling, howling, snickering, cackling, tittering, giggling and sniggling.

1．The following are the benefits offered by laughing EXCEPT _____.

　 A．benefiting the older people

　 B．reducing pressure

　 C．helping people keep fit　　

　 D．helping people have a good appetite

2．Why do members of laughing clubs meet in public places instead of in private rooms?

　 A．Because they want to cause others to laugh.

　 B．Because they want to show off their special skills.

　 C．Because they would like people to share their happiness.

　 D．Because they need a large space to laugh.

3．The words in the last sentence “chortling, chuckling, howling, snickering, cackling, tittering, giggling and sniggling” are _____.

　 A．conditions of a laughing leader　　　　　　 B．manners you must follow when laughing

　 C．a(chǎn)ll forms of laughing　　　 D．tips of laughter

4．Which of the following is the best title?

　 A．Laughter Is More and More Popular in the USA

　 B．Laughter Linked to Health, Happiness

　 C．How We Laugh

　 D．Laughing, an Oral Yoga Exercise

 

本文為說(shuō)明文，主要講歡笑對(duì)人的心身所產(chǎn)生的良好影響。作者首先通過(guò)一則格言“笑是良藥”來(lái)引出短文的主題，接著講到了歡笑所帶來(lái)的好處。然后作者提到了歡笑俱樂(lè)部在美國(guó)的發(fā)展情況及笑療的起源。作者提到歡笑是可傳染的，為了便更多的人歡笑，俱樂(lè)部的成員通常在公眾場(chǎng)所開展活動(dòng)。最后作者提到了資深歡笑領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人所應(yīng)具備的條件。

1．D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)reduce stress and help people lose weight. It's a special tonic for older people可知A，B，C項(xiàng)是笑所帶來(lái)的好處，D項(xiàng)沒(méi)有提到。

2．A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Laughter is certainly contagious.可知這些人在公共場(chǎng)所歡笑其目的是要把這種歡笑傳染給別人。

3．C。推斷題。You have to be really good at these中的these很明顯指的是laughing，后面的名詞都是它的同位語(yǔ)，故這些詞語(yǔ)指的是各種各樣的“笑”。

4．B。主旨大意題。根據(jù)主題句There's an old saying that laughter is the best medicine.可知，本文主要講歡笑對(duì)人的心身所產(chǎn)生的良好影響。故B最佳。

 

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