12．研究表明.笑对身体有利．请根据以下要点.用英语写一篇以Laughing is good for health为题的短文．笑的好处:1．忘却烦恼.减轻痛苦,2．保持良好心情和积极态度,3．易交友,——青夏教育精英家教网—

12．研究表明，笑对身体有利．请根据以下要点，用英语写一篇以Laughing is good for health为题的短文．
笑的好处：1．忘却烦恼，减轻痛苦；
2．保持良好心情和积极态度；
3．易交友；
4．活得更久、更有活力．
注意：可根据要点适当发挥，或增加其他观点，使文章自然流畅．
词数：100左右（短文标题与开头已给出，不计入总词数）
Laughing is Good for Health
Many studies show that laughing is good for our health．

5．To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians（基督教徒）ever cooked up．For them，the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil（邪恶的）．So when Columbus brought the tomato back from South America，a land mistakenly considered to be Eden，everyone jumped to be the obvious conclusion．Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden，the tomato was shut out of the door of Europeans．
What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake（曼德拉草），a plant that was thought to have come from Hell （地狱）．What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits．Though the tomato and the mandrake were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit，the general population considered them one and the same，too terrible to touch．
Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato，and until the early 1700s most of the Western people continued to drag their feet．In the 1880s，the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father's house had been the"introduction this wonderful new fruit-or is it a vegetable？"As late as the twentieth century some writers classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an"evil fruit"．
But in the end tomatoes carried the day．The hero of the tomato was an American named Robert Johnson，and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820，people journeyed for hundreds of miles to watch him drop dead．"What are you afraid of？"he shouted．"I'll show you fools that these things are good to eat!"Then he bit into the tomato．Some people fainted．But he survived and，according to a local story，set up a tomato-canning factory．

12．The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly becauseD．
A．it made Christians evil           B．it was the apple of Eden
C．it came from a forbidden land     D．it was religiously unacceptable
13．What can we infer from the underlined part in Paragraph 3？C
A．The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down
B．There was little progress in the study of the tomato
C．The tomato was still refused in most western countries
D．Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato
14．What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly？B
A．To make himself a hero
B．To remove people's fear of the tomato
C．To speed up the popularity of the tomato
D．To persuade people to buy products from his factory
15．What is the main purpose of the passage？C
A．To challenge people's fixed concepts of the tomato
B．To give an explanation to people's dislike of the tomato
C．To present the change of people's attitudes to the tomato
D．To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence．

4．Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room？In 2040 it will not matter．They will turn themselves off and on again when you return．You will choose the temperature for each room，the lighting and the humidity（湿度）．A sensor（感应器）will find the presence of a human（and，with luck，ignore the dog!） and turn the systems on，and when the humans leave，it will turn them off again．
The sensors will work through the central home computer，and they will do much more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you．They will find faulty electrical appliances（用品），plugs or switches，separate them so that they cannot harm anyone，and then warn you that they need repair．They will detect fire and if you are out of the house，the computer will call the firefighters．It will not be too difficult because the locks on the outside doors will be electronic．You will open them using your personal card-the one you use for shopping-maybe using a number known only to you．
It will be impossible to lose the key，and a housebreaker will have to tamper（胡乱摆弄）with the lock or with a window．It is not very difficult to make such tampering send a signal to the computer．
The computer will be more than a fireman-policeman-servant．It will be an entertainer，and most of your entertainment will come right into your home．It does now，of course，but by 2040"entertainment（娱乐）"will mean much more．For one thing，you will be able to take part actively，rather than just watching．

8．The author intends to tell us that in 2040D．
A．we will live without lights and heaters
B．we will use much more lights and heaters
C．there will be no switches of lights and heaters
D．lights and heaters will be on and off automatically
9．Which of the following statements is NOT true？C
A．The sensor is multi-functional．
B．Without a computer，the sensor cannot do much．
C．The sensor will detect fire and make an emergency call when you are at home．
D．It is less likely to lose the key．
10．According to the author，in 2040，new technologyA．
A．will free us from the keys we use today
B．will turn everything into sensors
C．will make the locks out of date
D．will get rid of all crimes
11．Thanks to computers，in 2040peopleC．
A．will have no entertainment outside
B．will replace TV with computers
C．will be controlled by computers
D．will have more fun at home．

3．Vancouver's Chinatown-Canada's largest Chinatown
Vancouver's Chinatown is North America's second biggest Chinatown，after San Francisco's．Mandarin（普通话）and Cantonese are the mother tongues in 30% of Vancouver homes，which makes Chinese the largest"minority"ethnic group（少数民族）．
Vancouver's Chinatown is the place to visit for a taste of Chinese culture．
In Chinatown，there are a lot of traditional products and buildings，such as the stone lions which represent for the prestige（名声；声望），many red lanterns which stands for the happiness．What's more interesting，in Chinatown，a typical Suzhou garden can be found．Chinatown not only expresses the culture of China to the other cultures，but also one part shows that Vancouver is the multicultural society．Chinatown which carries many Chinese cultures is built by Chinese in Vancouver．In the beginning，Chinatown was the community only for Chinese people，but nowadays，more and more other people from different countries are willing to know the Chinatown，It is the part of the Vancouver's society，and Chinatown is also changing gradually in order to adjust to Vancouver．
There are lots of interesting markets with many varieties of fresh and dried seafood and mushrooms in the China town．You'll also find cheap and fine house ware and traditional Chinese medicine．During the summer，on weekend evenings，Keefer and Pender Streets become a busy open-air night market．If you have enough time for a meal，try at one of the many small restaurants．It is not an expensive，multi-course culinary（烹调的）adventure．Relax in the peaceful Dr．Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden，or just steps away on Pender Street．Visit the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum，or participate in one of its many activities．

1．In Vancouver's Chinatown you can see all the things EXCEPTC．
A．a typical Suzhou garden
B．the stone lions
C．the Chinese History Museum
D．red lanterns
2．From the third paragraph，we can infer thatD．
A．Canadians helped to build Vancouver's Chinatown
B．only the Chinese people live in Vancouver's Chinatown
C．in Vancouver's Chinatown you can appreciate the culture of Vancouver
D．an increasing number of people come to Vancouver's Chinatown
3．If you are tired you should have a rest inA．
A．Dr．Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
B．the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
C．an interesting market on the Pender Street
D．one of the many small restaurants．

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