As an English saying goes, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few

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As an English saying goes, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises 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 produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging 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 similar to those caused by laughter.
小题1:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?  

A．Laughter can make people breathe deeper

B．Laughter can make you become old quickly.

C．Laughter helps to reduce pain.

D．Laughter, just like physical exercise, is good for our body.

小题2:The underlined word “diminishes” in the third paragraph means “_________”.  

A．delays

B．prevents

C．increases

D．reduces

小题3:Why do doctors hold laughter clinics? 

A．Because they want to earn more money.

B．Because they think they will help the patients recover from illnesses.

C．Because they want to improve their patients’ health.

D．Because they want their patients to laugh more.

小题4:According to the author, we should __________ in our life. 

A．laugh as much as possible	B．watch more funny films
C．smile all the time	D．spend time in the laughter clinics

小题5:What would be the best title for this passage?  

A．Both laughter and physical exercise are good for health.

B．Laughter clinics can help patients improve their condition.

C．Laughter can reduce the effect of pain.

D．Laughter is the best medicine.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D

解析

试题分析：本文主要讲述的就是笑的巨大作用，笑是最好的药，对我们的身体有很好的作用，建议我们要多笑。
小题1:B 细节题。根据文章2,3段Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.
It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper;
可知ACD三项都是笑的好处，只有B项文章没有提及。故B正确。
小题2:D 推理题。根据文章第三段Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.
The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain.可知笑能够减轻我们的疼痛感，故该词为减少的意思，故D项正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章最后一段1,2行As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.可知C项正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据文章内容可知笑对我们有很多的好处，那么我们为什么不多笑笑呢？所以在生活中我们要尽可能地多笑。故A正确。
小题5:D 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的就是笑的巨大作用，笑是最好的药，对我们的身体有很好的作用，故D正确、
点评：本文主要讲述的就是笑的巨大作用。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。