There is an English saying : “ _______”. 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.____
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Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. _______ . 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 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. _____ .
________ . 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.
| A．Laughter can prolong one’s life. |
| B．As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United State now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh |
| C．The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain |
| D．It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. |
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. laughter is the best medicine
G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health
___________ (正是她的美) that attracted many tourists. (beauty n.)
—I am really proud of our country!
—I feel the same way. That was the first time that the Chinese people (行走) in space. (walk)
广泛的阅读使我受益匪浅。
小心那只花瓶，它易碎。
When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how 31(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other 32(choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer－something to pride myself in. But the hard part 33(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from 34paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech 35my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs 36(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 37back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After 38seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building 39, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficultyon our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 40we will be able to achieve our goals.