本次研究生入學(xué)英語考試的完形填空部分原文摘自《科學(xué)美國人》網(wǎng)站，原文標(biāo)題是"How Humor Makes You Friendlier, Sexier" （幽默感為什么能讓你看來更友善性感，點擊此處查看原文>>），是一篇標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的科學(xué)說明類型文章。下面就請大家對照原題和我們一起來看看這篇文章：

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__, a good 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 accomplishes 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 become 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___ a pen 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 smiling muscles ___18___ more exuberantly to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, ____19___ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around. ___20__ , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.

1．[A]among?????? [B]except??????? [C]despite?????? [D]like

2．[A]reflect?????? [B]demand?? ????[C]indicate?????? [D]produce

3．[A]stabilizing??? [B]boosting?????? [C]impairing???? [D]determining

4．[A]transmit????? [B]sustain??????? [C]evaluate????? [D]observe

5．[A]measurable?? [B]manageable??? [C]affordable???? [D]renewable

6．[A]In turn?????? [B]In fact??????? [C]In addition???? [D]In brief

7．[A]opposite???? [B]impossible???? [C]average?????? [D]expected

8．[A]hardens????? [B]weakens?????? [C]tightens????? [D]relaxes

9．[A]aggravate???? [B]generate?????? [C]moderate???? [D]enhance

10．[A]physical??? ?[B]mental??????? [C]subconscious? [D]internal

11．[A]Except for?? [B]According to?? [C]Due to??????? [D]As for

12．[A]with??????? [B]on?????????? [C]in?????????? [D]at

13．[A]unless????? [B]until????????? [C]if?????????? [D]because

14．[A]exhausts??? [B]follows??????? [C]precedes???? [D]suppresses

15．[A]into??????? [B]from????????? [C]towards????? [D]beyond

16．[A]fetch??????? [B]bite????????? [C]pick??????? [D]hold

17．[A]disappointed ?[B]excited?????? [C]joyful?????? [D]indifferent

18．[A]adapted????? [B]catered?????? [C]turned?????? [D]reacted

19．[A]suggesting??? [B]requiring???? [C]mentioning?? [D]supposing

20．[A]Eventually??? [B]Consequently? [C]Similarly??? [D]Conversely

【標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案】

1．[C]despite?? 從后面一個句子中的little我們可以判斷出這里的轉(zhuǎn)折意為，因而本題選擇despite；

2．[D]produce?? 此處前一個詞does表示強調(diào)，根據(jù)上下文課意思可判斷選項；

3．[B]boosting? boost意思是促進(jìn)增進(jìn)、stabilize意思是穩(wěn)定、impair是減少削弱、determine意思是決定。因而可以判斷選boost；

4．[B]sustain?? 本題全憑詞義選擇：transmit 意思是傳輸；sustain，維持；evaluate，評估；observe，觀察。

5．[A]measurable? 本題一樣是詞義考察：measurable，可評估的；manageable，可掌握的；affordable，可承受的；renewable，可更新的。

6．[B]In fact?? 從后一句中的Instead of doing...可以看出此處有意群的轉(zhuǎn)換，因而選擇了"In fact"，實際上……起到承前啟后的作用。

7．[A]opposite?? 從前一句的 instead of 得知此處句意發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)折，因而選擇opposite

8．[D]relaxes?? 從后一句"decreasing muscle tone"，減少肌肉張力，可判斷此處應(yīng)選擇relaxes，放松。

9．[C]moderate? 也是從上一句的句意“放松肌肉、減少肌肉張力”可看出此處的意思應(yīng)該相同，因而選擇"moderate"，穩(wěn)定、減輕。

10．[A]physical? 還是詞義考察，同學(xué)們可以從這道題看出出題老師對形近字、意近字有多愛了吧…… physical，身體上的；mental，精神上的（這是一對，一定要記?。。?/span>subconscious，潛意識的；internal，內(nèi)在的。

小編分享一個做題的“非官方方法”給大家：當(dāng)選項中出現(xiàn)明顯的成對、或反義詞時，那么答案多半在其中。也就是我們可以從做一個四選一的題，變成做二選一的題。那就算是猜、正確率也有50%了吧?。?/span>

11．[B]According to??? 后一句提到"one classical theory of emotion"，一個經(jīng)典情感理論，說明是距離。所以此處連接詞選擇"According to"。

12．[C]in?? 這題的考點是介詞和動詞的搭配，如果你明白前一個root是“根、扎根”的意思，那么基本可以排除選項中的with，那到底是on, at 或是 in，就看日常積累了。

13．[D]because? 這整句的意思是：“在19世紀(jì)末期有這樣的爭論：人們不是因為悲傷而哭泣，而是因為當(dāng)流淚時會變得悲傷?！?因而此處選擇表示因果關(guān)系的because。其他的until，直到；unless，除非；if，如果，都不符合。

14．[C]precedes?? 詞義又來：exhaust，精疲力盡；follow，跟隨；precede，在……之前；suppress，抑制。

15．[B]from? 從動詞flow，流動，來判斷。

16．[D]hold? 因為后一句提到“thereby creating an artificial smile”，從而創(chuàng)造一個虛假的笑臉。可以看出，無論是fetch或是pick（都是取來、撿來的意思）都是不對的，bite（咬）更不對。要維持一個笑臉，所以用"hold"。

17．[A]disappointed? 這道題的技巧在于，無論是excited, joyful 或是indifferent，它們所能傳達(dá)的面部表情都是類似的，因而得知選disappointed，失望的——得出不一樣的表情。

18．[D]reacted? 詞義題：adapt，適應(yīng)；cater，迎合；turn，轉(zhuǎn)變；react，反應(yīng)、

19．[A]suggesting?? 詞義題：suggest，傳達(dá)了、證明了；require，要求；mention，提到；suppose，假設(shè)。

這里整句話的意思是：面對搞笑卡通，那些被要求做笑臉的人比起那些被要求皺眉的人表現(xiàn)得更有生氣。從而證明了不單單是情緒影響表情、表情也可以影響情緒。

20．[C]Similarly?? 從上一句的翻譯大家可以看出，"the physical act of laughter could improve mood."（笑這個生理動作可以改善情緒），這個意思是和上一句一樣的。所以應(yīng)該選擇similar，相同的。而不是其他三個選項。

（本文真題部分由萬學(xué)海文提供、答案及解析由滬江英語提供）