文档介绍：20120111 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语(一)试
题
Section UseI of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered
blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily
exercise precious to health.” But    __1___some claims to the
contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness
Laughter does __2___short-term changes in the function of the heart and
its blood vessels, ___3_ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because
hard laughter is difficult to __4__, agood laugh is unlikely to have
__5___ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.
__6__, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does,
laughter apparently plishes the __7__, studies dating back to the
1930’s indicate that laughter__8___ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for
up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.
Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of
psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce
other types of ___10___ feedback, that improve an individual’s emotional
state. __11____one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are
partially rooted ____12___ physical reactions. It was argued at the end
of the 19 th century that humans do not cry ___13___they are sad but they
e sad when the tears begin to flow.
Although sadness also ____14___ tears, evidence suggests that
emotions can flow __15___ muscular responses. In an experiment published
in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg
in Germany asked volunteers to __16___ apen either with their
teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which
would produce a(n) __17___ expression. Those forced to exercise their
enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were
contracted in a frown, ____19___ that expressions may influence emotions
rather than just the other way around __20