The detective, _______to read a newspaper, glanced at the man _____ next to a woman.
A. pretended; seated B. pretending; seat
C. pretended; seat D. pretending; seated
The house is so large that we can _______it _______flats.
A. divide; into B. divide; up
C. divide; to D. divide; from
The children were not ______for the accident.
A. to being blamed B. to blame
C. being blamed D. to be blamed
—I'm afraid I can't finish the book within this week.
—________.
A.Take your time B. That's all right
C. Not at all D. Please go ahead
假设你是李华，最近你的美国笔友杰里（Jerry）来信说他的一个室友经常听音乐到深夜，导致他无法入睡。他很苦恼不知该如何解决这个问题。请你给他写一封回信，提出你的建议。
注意：词数120左右；
One possible version：
There is an English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which reduces both stress and pain.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
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As a proverb goes, “Laughter is the best 1. .” | Doctors have found that laughter really can improve people’s 2. . |
Some different tests conducted by doctors. | ●Some doctors carried out some tests to study the 3. of laughter on one’s 4. While doctors checked their heart, blood pressure and so forth, people were asked to watch 5. films. As a result, it 6. heart beating and blood pressure. |
Other tested showed laughter is able to reduce the effects of 7. | ●Laughter helps to produce a kind of 8.in the brain which can 9. both stress and pain. ●Doctors hold laughter clinics in order to improve patients’ 10.. |
