1、 课堂 10 分钟达标There is an English saying, “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 can really improve peoples health. Tests were
2、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, the heart beating and breathing; it also wo
3、rks 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 effects of pain on the body. In one experiment, doctors produced pain in groups of students who list
4、ened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated 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 chemicals in the brain which decrease both stress and pain. As a result of
5、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
6、 similar to those caused by laughter. 【语篇概述】 “笑是最好的药物。 ”医生们进行了测试，找到了笑对健康有益的证据。. Read the passage and find the main idea quickly. _答案：Doctors have found that laughter can really improve peoples health. . Read the passage again and choose the best answers. 1. We learn from the first paragraph that lau
7、ghter_. A. is good for ones health B. is related to some illness C. has been investigated D. has no effect on the body 【解析】选 A。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话可知应选 A。2. Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter according to the passage?A. It reduces pain. B. It exercises the body. C. It reduces stre
8、ss. D. It can cure cancer. 【解析】选 D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句话可知 A 项正确，可排除；根据第二段最后两句话可知 B 正确，可排除；根据第三段最后一句话可知 C 正确，可排除；D 项文中未提及，故选 D。3. In a laughter clinic, doctors_. A. laugh at their patients B. encourage their patients to laugh C. smile when they dont feel like laughing D. never stop laughing 【解析】选 B。细节理解题。
9、根据最后一段第一句话可知应选 B。4. What is the writers attitude towards laughter?A. Critical. B. Doubtful. C. Positive. D. Negative. 【解析】选 C。推理判断题。纵观全文可知作者认为笑对身体有好处，所以对笑的态度应该是肯定的，故选 C。. Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks. 答案：1. medicine 2. health 3. effects 4. body 5. funny 6. increases 7. reduce 8. chemicals 9. decrease 10. condition
