There is an English saying :“laughter is best medicine .”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 .They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health .

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 had similar effects to physical exercise .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 .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 on the body .In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes .The group that tolerated(忍耐)the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny programme .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 .

As a result of these discoveries ,some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics ,in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh .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 .

1.Doctors have proved the following EXCEPT that   .

   A.smiling does good to health   B.laughter can be tolerated

   C.there is a way to reduce pain   D.laughter can work the muscles in the feet

2.The main idea of the passage is    .

   A.laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body

   B.smile can produce the same effects as laughter

   C.pain can be reduced by laughter

   D.laughter is the best medicine

3.The students who________tolerated the pain for the longest time .

    A. listened to different radio programmes

   B. could produce a kind of chemical

   C. don’t have stress of pain

   D. listened to a funny programme

4.The underlined word “diminish” is similar to    .

   A. test     B. stop        C. reduce       D. increase

5.Doctors hold laughter clinics _________.

   A. to give better condition to their patients

   B.in order to improve patients’ health

   C.to make patients smile

   D.to prove smile and laughter have the same effect

 

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