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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourPeriod1WarmingUp&Reading课堂10分钟达标ThereisanEnglishsaying,“Laughteristhebestmedicine.”Untilrecently,fewpeopletookthesayingseriously.Now,however,doctorshavebeguntolookintolaughterandtheeffectsithasonthehumanbody.Theyhavefoundthatlaughtercan
2、reallyimprovepeople’shealth.Testswerecarriedouttostudytheeffectsoflaughteronthebody.Peoplewatchedfunnyfilmswhiledoctorscheckedtheirheart,bloodpressure,breathingandmuscles.Itwasfoundthatlaughterhassimilareffectstophysicalexercise.Itincreasesbloodpressure,theheart
3、beatingandbreathing;italsoworksseveralgroupsofmusclesintheface,thestomach,andeventhefeet.Iflaughterexercisesthebody,itmustbebeneficial.Othertestshaveshownthatlaughterappearstobeabletoreducetheeffectsofpainonthebody.Inoneexperiment,doctorsproducedpainingroupsofst
4、udentswholistenedtodifferentradioprograms.Thegroupthattoleratedthepainforthelongesttimewasthegroupwhichlistenedtoafunnyprogram.Thereasonwhylaughtercanreducepainseemstobethatithelpstoproduceakindofchemicalsinthebrainwhichdecreasebothstressandpain.Asaresultofthese
5、discoveries,somedoctorsintheUnitedStatesnowholdlaughterclinics,inwhichtheyhelptoimprovetheirpatients’conditionbyencouragingthemtolaugh.Theyhavefoundthateveniftheirpatientsdonotreallyfeellikelaughing,makingthemsmileisenoughtoproducebeneficialeffectssimilartothose
6、causedbylaughter.【语篇概述】“笑是最好的药物。”医生们进行了测试，找到了笑对健康有益的证据。Ⅰ.Readthepassageandfindthemainideaquickly.________________________________________________答案：Doctorshavefoundthatlaughtercanreallyimprovepeople’shealth.Ⅱ.Readthepassageagainandchoosethebestanswers.1.Welearnf
7、romthefirstparagraphthatlaughter______.A.isgoodforone’shealthB.isrelatedtosomeillnessC.hasbeeninvestigated-3-D.hasnoeffectonthebody【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话可知应选A。2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueoflaughteraccordingtothepassage?A.Itreducespain.B.Itexercisest
8、hebody.C.Itreducesstress.D.Itcancurecancer.【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句话可知A项正确，可排除；根据第二段最后两句话可知B正确，可排除；根据第三段最后一句话可知C正确，可排除；D项文中未提及，故选D。3.Inalaughterclinic,doctors______.A.la
