Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, an American researcher reports.
“Adults who have ___1.___ sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is ___2.__ (particular) large for people ___3.___ cancer,” says Richard Smith of the Columbia University of Science and Technology.
He ___4.___ (present) his study of about 54,000 Americans, ___5.___ he had followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting last Monday.
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations __6.___ how important a ___7.___ (humor) idea was.
The study showed next the greater role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances were in ___8.___(survive)the seven years. Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive ___9.__ those in the bottom quarter. In a smaller group of 2,015 people who had a cancer diagnosis(诊断) at the start, the study found ___10.__ important that a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70%.
1.a
2.particularly
3.with/having
4.presented
5.who/whom
6.and
7.humorous
8.surviving
9.than
10. it
【解析】
试题分析:
1.a sense of humor是“幽默感”,句意:有幽默感的男子比没有幽默感的男子更长寿。
2.修饰形容词large用副词:particularly
3.有癌症的人:people with/having cancer,用介词短语或现在分词做定语。句意:生存的机会尤其比有癌症的人大。
4.从后面的句子:he had followed for seven years,可知是用过去时:presented,句意:他提交了54,000美国人的一项调查。
5.考查定语从句:先行词是Americans ,用who/whom引导定语从句,这些人他跟踪了7年。
6.连接两个宾语从句用and,句意:开始,病人填写问卷关于在日常生活中发现幽默是怎么容易,还有幽默的想法是多么重要。
7.修饰名词idea用形容词humorous
8.介词in后面接动名词surviving,句意:研究表明幽默在人们生活中作用越大,他们在7年中幸存的机会就越大。
9.形容词用了比较级more likely和 than连用,句意:得分在前四分之一的人比后四分之一的人幸存的机会大。
10.考查it做形式宾语:句型是:sb find it+adj+that从句。句意:研究发现幽默在减少死亡的机会这方面是很重要的。
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点评:先阅读短文,了解大意,再按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,注意一些固定短语,和时态变化。
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