全新版大学英语第二版第五册听说教程Unit4PartA.doc

1. Humour is the tendency of particular cognitive (认知的) experiences to provoke laughter and provide . Answer: amusement 2. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. The of people are able to experience humour, i.e., to be amused, to laugh or smile at something , and thus they are considered to have a sense of humour. 1) Answer: majority 2) Answer: funny 3. Though there are many ways to laugh, from giggles to guffaws (大笑，狂笑) and from chuckles to cackles, it turns out that we humans laugh at the . Answer: strangest things 4. Laughter is rightly called the best medicine as it not only the one who , but all those around him too. 1) Answer: relieves 2) Answer: laughs 5. A healthy sense of humour helps you to laugh at the worst and above all at , a very positive sign of a happy life. 1) Answer: situations 2) Answer: yourself 6. The world is certainly not worth crying over and little jokes show us the side of the things. 1) Answer: funny 2) Answer: gravest 7. A sense of humour makes you more in society. It makes you welcome everywhere, especially at parties, picnics and social . 1) Answer: acceptable 2) Answer: gatherings 8. If you can use humour to bridge the gap between people from different backgrounds, you can learn how to use to enhance business objectives. Answer: diversity 9. Laugh and make others laugh and get rid of nervousness and . A man who always sees the funny side of a situation can never be a . 1) Answer: depression 2) Answer: pessimist 10. If you can learn to relax with a sense of humour you can keep away boredom and , job pressures and domestic . 1) Answer: fatigue 2) Answer: worries 11. It is proved that laughter enhances the level of hormones which stimulate the heart and act as natural . Answer: pain-killers 12. As a Chinese saying goes, A smile can make you ten years younger. Doctors say laughter removes stress, burns calories and improves ones . Answer: digestion 13. Laughing at yourself is of immense benefit for your puffed-up . If you learn to laugh at yourself it will ease all your tensions and . 1) Answer: pride 2) Answer: worries 14. Laughter has been known to have cured serious illnesses and helped people get over bad in their lives. Answer: phases 15. Science has proven that when were happy, the body recovers more quickly from the biological arousal of upsetting . Answer: emotions 16. Adults laugh approximately 15 times per day, while children laugh about times a day! When we grow up, somehow we lose a few hundred laughs a day. Answer: 400 17. People believe that if they try to be funny and no one laughs, something terrible and will happen. Answer: embarrassing 18. The problem is that I tell a joke to co-workers and no one laughs. Now every time I see a I have a panic attack. Answer: straight face 19. We now know that there are two types of stress: stress and stress. Laughter is a form of good stress, or stress in reverse. 1) Answer: good 2) Answer: bad 20. Research on stress has shown that bad stress your immune system while good stress, or laughter, the immune system. 1) Answer: suppresses 2) Answer: improves 21. Being unhappy or very sad can seriously your health. So dont worry, be happy and laugh! Answer: damage 22. As the highest emotion, laughter is . It is an inner human tool that can be used to respond to any situation with power and grace. a habit of smiling at the neutral, the tragic, and the horrible. Fin