Question

词语填空（共10小题，计10分）
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

little  while  by   healthy  help  serious  long  patient  find  make

There is an old saying in English, “Laughter is the best medicine”. Until recently, few people took the saying very  【小题1】. However, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects(影响) it has on the human body. They have found the truth that laughter can really improve people’s  【小题2】
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films【小题3】doctors checked their bodies. It was【小题4】that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. If laughter exercises the body, it must be【小题5】.
Other tests have shown that laughter also makes the body feel【小题6】painful. In one experiment , doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which listened to a funny program could bear the pain for the【小题7】time.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics(诊所), in which they try to improve their【小题8】health by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really laugh,【小题9】them smile is enough to produce good effects similar to those caused【小题10】laughter.

Answer 1

【小题1】seriously
【小题2】health
【小题3】while
【小题4】found
【小题5】helpful
【小题6】less
【小题7】longest
【小题8】patients’
【小题9】making
【小题10】by

解析试题分析：这篇文章讲的是笑是良药，而且能减轻病人的痛苦，能够锻炼身体并提高人的免疫能力。医生现在开始研究笑及其对人身体的作用。
【小题1】一直到最近，几乎没有人认真地对待过这个谚语。副词修饰动词，结合句意，故填seriously
【小题2】笑声真的能够改善人们的健康。根据句意，故填health
【小题3】当医生检查人们身体时，他们看滑稽电影。根据句意及所给的词汇，故填while
【小题4】人们发现，大笑和身体锻炼有相似的功效。it is found that,人们发现，故填found
【小题5】如果笑锻炼了身体，它肯定是有帮助的，根据句意，故填helpful
【小题6】根据后文可知大笑也会使人们感到较少的疼痛。故填less
【小题7】那一组听有趣的节目的人能忍受疼痛最长的时间。根据句意，故填longest
【小题8】在诊所中，他们设法通过鼓励病人大笑以改善病人的健康。根据句意，故填名词所有格patients’【小题9】使他们微笑也产生足够的影响。动名词作主语，故填making
【小题10】使他们微笑也产生足够的和大笑造成的相似的影响。过去分词做后置定语，by laughter是动词的执行者。故填by
考点：社会现象类短文。