How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest: 【小题1】. Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y., was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown (小丑). “I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls “One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.”【小题2】To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing. 【小题3】It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life. “Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper. Laugh when you need it most. “【小题4】” says comedian Bill Cosby. “And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it,” he insists. Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain--because it comes naturally.【小题5】. Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.
A．You can soften the worst blows through humor.
B．Mix with people who laugh.
C．Practise the art of laughing.
D．Keep a laughter file.
E. He who laughs last laughs best. F. But it’s also something that has to be developed. G. People’s joy can affect those around them.
答案：【小题1】B 【小题2】G 【小题3】D 【小题4】A 【小题5】F
试题分析：怎样才能让生活充满欢笑呢？以下是专家给出的建议。文章介绍了帮助人们变得开朗的四条建议。做题时注意联系上下文和段落大意。 【小题1】根据第一段最后“she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing.”可知，Nancy在与热爱生活并笑对生活的人相处的过程中，她自己也改变了很多，说明应该多与开朗的人相处，故选B。 【小题2】根据“Nancy Alguire...was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. ...One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed.”可知，Nancy是一个很害羞的人，但自从对小丑产生兴趣之后，她整个人变得开朗了很多，说明欢乐的情绪可以感染周围的人，故选G。 【小题3】根据“Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor”可知，专家建议人们建立一个微笑档案，比如收集喜欢的卡通和笑话，随时把发现的日常生活中的幽默记下来，故选D。 【小题4】根据“And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it,”可知，一旦你发现了幽默之处，无论处境多么痛苦你都能挺过去，说明幽默能缓和糟糕的情况，故选A。 【小题5】根据“claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain”可知，欢笑是每个人都可以获得的一项技能，欢笑虽然是天生的，但也需要后天的培养，故选F。 考点：生活类短文阅读