Question

【題目】

Do you think laughter can help you deal with pain? Scientists from Britain did two experiments（實(shí)驗(yàn)）. The first was done in a lab. People wore special wristbands（腕帶）. Some of them were asked to watch comedies while others watched serious programs. Then the scientists tightened（勒緊）the wristbands to see how much pain the people could feel.

The other test was done at an art festival. Some people watched a comedy show and others watched a drama（戲�。�. At the same time, they had to put their backs against the wall and keep their legs bent（彎曲的）just like sitting on a chair. They did this before and after the show.

Scientists found that just 15 minutes of laughter improves people's ability to stand pain by 10%. However, the serious programs and the drama didn't make a difference to pain at all.

The study found that the magic power of laughter comes from endorphins（內(nèi)啡肽）. These are chemicals（化學(xué)物質(zhì)）. They are produced by the human body. They make you feel less pain and can make people feel happier. Exercise can produce endorphins. Your muscles（肌肉）move in and out when you are laughing. Scientists believe that this makes your muscles tiring, so we start to produce endorphins.

Scientists also found that the only real and relaxing laughter works not just polite laughter.

Next time you have a headache, get together with a group of Mends, watch a funny movie and laugh. You will soon feel a lot better because laughter is the best medicine.

【1】Scientists knew how much pain the people felt by___________ in the first experiment.

A. eating delicious dishesB. putting backs against walls

C. tightening special wristbandsD. sitting on comfortable seats.

【2】The other test was finished _________________.

A. on a chairB. in a lab

C. on Sports DayD. at an art festival

【3】Endorphins can help human body________________.

A. keep better buildB. feel less pain

C. get more musclesD. produce worse results

【4】According to the passage, we can infer that ___________________.

A. running can produce endorphins

B. watching TV programs can stand pain

C. different kinds of laughter can treat illness

D. muscles can improve people’s ability to laugh.

【5】We can probably find this passage in a _________________.

A. guide bookB. movie poster

C. travel diaryD. medical magazine

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述笑可以緩解疼痛并以兩個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)論證這一說法，并說明原因。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Then the scientists tightened（勒緊）the wristbands to see how much pain the people could feel“然后科學(xué)家勒緊腕帶來看人們能感覺到多少疼痛”可知，在第一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)中通過勒緊腕帶知道人們會(huì)感覺多少疼痛，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The other test was done at an art festival可知，另一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)是在一個(gè)藝術(shù)節(jié)上完成的，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)These are chemicals（化學(xué)物質(zhì)）. They are produced by the human body. They make you feel less pain and can make people feel happier“這些是化學(xué)物質(zhì)，他們能夠由人的身體產(chǎn)出，他們能讓你感到較少的疼痛并且能讓人們感到開心”可知，內(nèi)啡肽能幫助人們感覺到很少的疼痛，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Exercise can produce endorphins可知，鍛煉能產(chǎn)出內(nèi)啡肽，所以可以推斷出跑步可以產(chǎn)出內(nèi)啡肽，故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文可知，主要講述笑能夠產(chǎn)能內(nèi)啡肽，內(nèi)啡肽可以幫助緩解疼痛，所以本篇文章可以在醫(yī)學(xué)雜志中看到，故選D。