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There is an English saying:“36”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.37
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 thatlaughter has similar effects to physical exercise.38. If laughter exercises the body, it must bebeneficial.
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 the pain for the longest time was the group listening to a funny program.39.
40. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, makingthem smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A．Laughter can extend one’s life.

B．As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics to help their patients.

C．The reason is 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.

答案：【小题1】F
【小题2】G
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】B

试题分析：本文讲述笑对身体的影响
【小题1】F分析推理题。根据后文doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body医生开始研究笑以及对人类身体的影响，可知这句谚语跟笑有关，而A不是谚语，故选F
【小题2】G分析推理题。下面几段都是笑对身体有什么影响的实验，结果表明笑对身体有益，该句为承上启下句，故应表述笑能改善人的身体健康，故选G
【小题3】D分析推理题。前文说医生检测了看喜剧的人们的心跳、血压、呼吸、肌肉，发现笑同锻炼身体有相同的效用，故该句应表述笑对以上因素的影响，故选D
【小题4】C分析推理题。该段主要阐述笑对于减少疼痛的影响，故该句也应当与疼痛有关，故选C
【小题5】B分析推理题。最后一段应是总结句，既然医生通过实验证明了笑的影响，接下来就应当是将笑用于临床实践中了，故选B
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