Recently, researchers in the US have carried out a study on laughing, one of the most natural characteristics of human behavior.
Jo-Anne Bachorowsky, a psychology professor at Vandebilt University, 36  a team of researchers who   37   a total of 11 short videos to 97 young adult volunteers in the US. They found that the participants produced a   38  of sounds when they laughed, 39  grunts(呼嚕聲) and snorts(哼聲).
The researchers found that some of the   40   were dependent   41  gender(性別). Men laughed with grunts and snorts more often than women,   42  women’s   43   was more song-like.
They also found that people’s laughter could change,   44  who they were with at the time. Whether they were with a man or a woman and   45  person was a friend or a   46   both played a part in laughter.
The researchers found that women’s laughter was very high with a   47   pitch(音高) when they were with male strangers. And women taking   48   in the study laughed more often when they were with a male friend than when they were with a(n) 49   friend or a male stranger. But men laughed more freely with friends of either sex than with strangers of either sex.
Scientists believe that the   50   consumed in laughing 100 times is   51  to 15 minutes on an exercise bike. Another 52   of laughter is 53   it improves our mental health. Laughter reduces our levels of stress. It also helps us   54   serious illness.
  55  ,we think laughter can make us feel good.
小題1:
A．gotB．ledC．undertookD．worked
小題2:
A．returnedB．providedC．showedD．read
小題3:
A．partB．caseC．bitD．range
小題4:
A．includingB．containingC．havingD．possessing
小題5:
A．waysB．differencesC．studiesD．columns
小題6:
A．onB．ofC．withD．from
小題7:
A．thatB．whenC．whileD．how
小題8:
A．cryB．soundC．voiceD．laughter
小題9:
A．depending onB．to depend onC．depend onD．depended on
小題10:
A．otherB．the otherC．a(chǎn)notherD．others
小題11:
A．passers-byB．relativeC．strangerD．teacher
小題12:
A．sameB．similarC．variousD．changeable
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)ctionB．partC．exerciseD．duty
小題14:
A．maleB．youngC．oldD．female
小題15:
A．foodB．energyC．pressureD．memory
小題16:
A．shortB．easyC．equalD．good
小題17:
A．wayB．contentC．intentionD．benefit
小題18:
A．whyB．thatC．howD．because
小題19:
A．fightB．removeC．breakD．deal
小題20:
A．All alongB．All the sameC．In summaryD．After all

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:A
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:D
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:B
小題16:C
小題17:D
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:C

試題分析：
小題1:考查動詞，lead 表示“帶領(lǐng)”和后面的team搭配。選B
小題2:考查動詞搭配：provide sth to sb“把…提供給某人”，選C
小題3:考查名詞搭配：a range of“各種各樣的”選D
小題4:考查介詞，including是包括，表示各種各樣的聲音，包括呼嚕聲和哼聲，選A
小題5:考查名詞：下面的描寫是男女的差異。選B
小題6:考查介詞搭配：be dependent on“依賴于”選A
小題7:考查連詞，while可以表示對比。“然而”，選C
小題8:考查上下文銜接，前面說Men laughed with grunts and snorts more often than women,后面應(yīng)該是女性的笑聲更像唱歌。選D
小題9:考查現(xiàn)在分詞做狀語，表示：人的笑聲會變，取決于他們和誰在一起。選A
小題10:考查other的用法，這里是特指和他們在一起的另外一個人。選B
小題11:考查名詞：和朋友相對的是陌生人。選C
小題12:考查形容詞辨析：A. same要和the連用，B. similar相似的C. various 各種各樣的， D. changeable易變的，這里表示當(dāng)女性遇到男性陌生人時笑聲很大音高也會變化。選D
小題13:考查固定詞組：take part in“參加”選B
小題14:考查上下文：和前面的a male friend 相對應(yīng)的是a female friend，選D
小題15:考查名詞：energy精力，句意是：笑100次和騎自行車鍛煉15分鐘消耗的能量是相同的。選B
小題16:考查形容詞，be equal to“和…相等”選C
小題17:考查名詞：后面說笑可以提高精神健康，說明是笑的好處。選D
小題18:考查表語從句：that引導(dǎo)表語從句，只起連接的作用，不做成分。選B
小題19:考查動詞：fight serious illness “對抗嚴(yán)重的疾病”選A
小題20:考查詞組：最后一句話是對全文的總結(jié)，選C
點評：這篇完型填空是關(guān)于笑聲的健康話題，內(nèi)容簡單易懂，設(shè)空主要是些動詞，名詞，形容詞的辨析也有考查上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，包括一些語法相關(guān)的題目，做題時都要考慮在內(nèi)。
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