第二章 詞匯

第一節(jié) 選詞填空

名師導航

選詞填空有兩種形式，一是句子選擇；二是對話選擇。

這類題主要是考查學生對詞匯意義的分辨和應用，同時也考查學生對上下文的理解。因此，我們首先要弄清楚句子的意思，然后考慮句子的成分與詞的詞性，最后填入單詞。

名題精析

(2007南寧市)根據(jù)所給句子的意思，從下面方框內(nèi)選出可以填入句子的單詞，并將其字母標號填在相應的橫線上，單詞不能重復使用。

A.toothpaste B.cool C.relaxing D.knivesE.much F.fascinating G.enough H.smartI.forks J.shampoo

1.We have so many things to do that we don'thave______／______ time to do anything well，

2. Advertisers pay a lot of money for exciting ad－vertisements on television for selling their______ ／

3. Sunglasses make you look______／______

4. I prefer using chopsticks to______／

5. Most people like places that are______／

點撥：

1.E／G。句子的意思是：我們有那么多事情要做，因此我們沒有太多或者足夠的時間把每件事情做好。

2.A／J。在動詞后面應該用名詞。

3.B／H。太陽鏡使你看上去更加“酷”和“醒目”。

4.D／I。“筷子”和“刀叉”作比較。

5.C／F。在聯(lián)系動詞后面且修飾前面的名詞肯定用形容詞。

誤區(qū)警示

做此類題最容易犯的錯誤一是沒有看清和分析每一道題的意思，胡亂寫個答案就了事，比如上面的2和4小題，如果沒有看第4小題，第二題很容易就選A和D了；第4題選D和I是因為這兩個詞和“chopsticks”是同一類，都是屬于用餐工具。二是忽略所給詞匯的用法。比如3和5小題，“l(fā)ook”和“are”都是聯(lián)系動詞，后面都可以接形容詞或者是名詞，“cool”和\"smart”是形容人的精神面貌，而“relaxing”和“fascinating”是說明地方的“悠閑”和“迷人”，了解了意思，很快就能作出選擇。

決勝2008年

我們在復習的時候應該注意分辨那些容易混淆的詞，比如excited和exciting；surprise，surprised和surprising；interest，interested和interesting等詞，這些都是學生最容易搞錯和難分辨的單詞，也是這幾年常考的考點。

破關(guān)訓練

一、2008奧運會將在北京舉行。作為中學生。我們應該為奧運會做貢獻。請根據(jù)提示。選擇方框中的謂語。填在下面的橫線上(只填寫標號字母。其中有2個多余選項)。

A.greener B.plant more trees C.guides D.better E.grow flowers F.more beautiful G.go shopping H.save water I.translators J.delicious K.keep streets clean L. reporters

1.For the 2008 Olympics．we will make our city

much______，______and______．

2.From now on，we can______，______，______and______．

3.We want to be volunteers，working as______， ______and______．So we should study hard．

二、根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從下面方框中選擇適當?shù)膯卧~或詞組填空。使對話內(nèi)容完整。

size，a pair of，money，of course，try

Shopkeeper：Hello!What can I do for you?

Simon：Hello!I”like1______shoes．

Shopkeeper：What2______are your feet?

Simon：Size 8.I like this pair．Could I3______them on，

please?

Shopkeeper: Yes，4______

Simon：Well. They fit very well. Howmuch are they?

Shopkeeper： They're 98 yuan.

Simon：OK. Here's the5______

Shopkeeper： Thank you.

第二節(jié) 詞形變換

名師導航

這幾年各地市對詞形變換考查頻繁，因為它不僅考查學生的詞匯知識、語法知識、上下文理解，更重要的是考查學生應用英語的能力。

詞形變換主要是檢測以下詞之間的轉(zhuǎn)換：1.名詞單復數(shù)。2.人稱代詞主格與賓格，物主代詞的三種形式及反身代詞。3.名詞與形容詞之間的轉(zhuǎn)化，形容詞與副詞的轉(zhuǎn)化，形容詞、副詞的比較等級等。4.系表結(jié)構(gòu)用法。5.數(shù)詞的用法。6.動詞的變換，等等。總之，做題時一定要根據(jù)情景去轉(zhuǎn)化。

名題精析

(2007無錫市)詞形變化。用括號內(nèi)所給單詞的適當形式填空。

1.The workers made the machine all by______．

(they)

2.It's good for us to brush our______after

meals. (tooth)

3.Do you think your school life is______? (color)

4.It takes______time to go there by train than by

bus. (little)

5.At the end of the______century， the world' s

population reached about six billion. (twenty)

6.I'm afraid he's made the wrong______on that

matter. (decide)

7.As soon as they arrived at the railway station， it

began to rain______. (heavy)

8.At the sports meeting， the Class 4______won

the first place in the relay race. (run)

點撥：

1.themselves，“by oneself”是一個固定搭配。

2.teeth，我們的牙齒肯定不止一顆。

3.colorful，學校生活應該是“多姿多彩”的。

4.less，出現(xiàn)了“than”，肯定用比較級。

5.twentieth，the twentieth century是“二十世紀”的

意思。

6.decision，make the decision是“做決定”的意思。

7.heavily，修飾動詞應該用副詞。

8.runners，在動詞的前面應用名詞作主語，在接力賽

中，每組運動員不止一個，所以用復數(shù)。

誤區(qū)警示

做這類題最容易忽略細節(jié)。比如上面的第1小題，學生很容易寫成themself，第8小題易寫成run－ner或runer。

決勝2008年

我們在復習的時候，重點要把注意力放在易錯的地方，比如，動詞變名詞，是直接加“er”或“or”，還是先雙寫該動詞最后的一個字母，然后再加；某些動詞的過去式、過去分詞和原形一樣，該怎樣判別其在句子中的時態(tài)。

破關(guān)訓練

一、請根據(jù)所給句子的內(nèi)容，從方框內(nèi)選出適當?shù)脑~并用其正確形式填在相應的橫線上。

rain，funny，it，loud，time，hike，comfortable，wait，invite，wear

1.Look! The girl is______ a beautiful dress，

2.What a fine day today! Shall we go______?

3.It is said ihat there will be______in our city to－

night.

4.The comedy cartoon is one of the______movies

in the world.

5.－Did you get her______to the party?

－Yes，I did.

6.Helen had a bad cough. The doctor told her to take

the medicine three______a day after meals and

two teaspoonfuls each time.

7.The chair is too small for the man， so he feels

______on it.

8.Please speak______so that we can hear you

clearly.

9.The______work in this restaurant.

10.I like Hollywood movies. I like______a lot.

二、閱讀下面短文．寫出括號中所給動詞的正確形式。使短文意思完整。

My mother is very kind and easygoing. She helpsme a lot. I1______(take) good care of in my daily lifeby her. When I'm in {rouble， she always 2______(en－courage) me to face my difficulties. I still rememberthat once I3______(argue) with my best friend. Mymother talked with me the whole night and finallyhelped me solve the problem. With her help， I 4______(become) a top student in my class already. I believeshe 5______(be) proud of me in the near future.

三、用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當形式填空

1. Mrs Brown asked him if he______(get) any

emails from his parents since last Friday.

2.They______(have) a discussion about the

problem in the meeting room this time yesterday.

3.Every one of us should make a contribution to

______ (keep) our environment clean and tidy.

4.No matter how nice the juice______(look)， I

prefer not to drink it.

5.If you work harder at your lessons， you______

(catch) up with the others sooner or later.

6.My classmates said that they_______(offer)

their help to me if I had difficulties.

7.In the old days， London______ (regard) as a

city of fog.

8.I am glad to hear that you ______(learn) a lot

in the factory in the past few years.

9.It is easier to lose friends than______(make)

friends.

10.You must get a driver's license before you

______(allow) to drive alone.

四、選用方框內(nèi)所給詞的適當形式填空。

cloud， seven， cold， ticket，call

1.July is the______month of the year.

2.Look，it's______now. I think it's going to rain

Soon，

3.I______you yesterday， but nobody answered.

4. In winter， it's______ in Changchun than in

Guangzhou.

5.I have two______to the concert. Will you go

with me?

五、根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容選擇正確的單詞，并將其適當形式填在橫線上。

birthday，how， can't， all， hamburger，

Bai Feifei: Would you like to go to the Seven－star

______Park tomorrow?

Wu Dong: Yes， I'd love to. But I'm afraid I 1______

I'll go to see my grandparents. What about

the day after tomorrow.

Bai Feifei: Sorry， I can't. I'm going to my aunt's

2______party.

Wu Dong: What about Sunday?

Bai Feifei： OK. Let's bring some fruit， 3______， cakes

and water with us. We can have a picnic

there.

Wu Dong: Good idea! 4______long are we going to

stay there?

Bai Feifei:I think we'll stay there 5______day.

Wu Dong: Great!

第三節(jié) 詞語釋義

名師導航

這幾年仍然在部分省市的中考英語試題里出現(xiàn)“詞語釋義”題型，一般是占2分到5分，以選擇題的形式出現(xiàn)在單項選擇和閱讀理解中，有中文和英文解釋兩種形式。主要是考查學生運用英語思維的能力。復習時，可從以下幾個方面記憶：

1.同義詞，近義詞。如：ill－sick；holiday－vacation；fast－quick／quickly。

2.反義否定詞。young－not old；easy－not hard。

3.句子解釋，意思相同或相近。Saturday－thelast day of the week；actor－man who acts on the stage，TV or in films。

名題精析

(2006云南省)詞語釋義。選出與句子畫線部分意義最接近的解釋。

1. I haven't seen youfor ages. How's it going?

A.several times 13. no time

C.a short time D.a long time

2.She dosed her speech with a funny joke.

A.had 13.gave

C.ended D.began

3.Millions of people are crazy about the World Cup

these days.

A.satisfied with 13.widely excited about

C.annoyed with D.worried about

4.There is little time left. Could you run your eyes

over my report quickly?

A.look through B.look at

C.look for D.look out

5.I was just a small potato in the company， so few

people noticed me.

A.not young B.not tall

C.not old enough D.not important

點撥：

1.ages本義是年齡，在這里表示很長一段時間。time有兩個意思，一是時間，不可數(shù)名詞，一般不加－s二是次數(shù)，可數(shù)名詞，后面加－s表示復數(shù)。a longtime表示很長一段時間。答案為：D。

2.closed表示結(jié)束，ended也有此意思。答案為：C。

3.crazy about意思“是對……狂熱”，widely ex－cited about也有這個意思。答案為：B。

4.此題難度較大，但是我們只要理解句子的意思以及分辨四個選項的含義，就不難作出選擇。句子意思是“你能快速瀏覽一下我的報告嗎?”而只有“l(fā)ook through”有“瀏覽”的意思。答案為：A。

5.這道題和第4小題一樣，要根據(jù)上下文去理解。just a small potato在英語里是一個俗語，表示小人物的意思。not important是表示不重要，那就是小人物了。答案為：D。

誤區(qū)警示

從上面的例子分析，我們可以知道，詞語釋義的較難點在于掌握易混詞和諺語、俗語這兩方面，因此我們在復習當中要注意收集、比較這些詞的用法，還要多練，這樣才能“屢戰(zhàn)屢勝”。

決勝2008年

為了做好這種類型的題目，我們在復習中要收集同義詞和近義詞，如：fall－autumn，decide－makeup one's mind；常用的多義詞，如：go，作為行為動詞，它是“去”的意思，作為聯(lián)系動詞，它后面常接形容詞構(gòu)成系表結(jié)構(gòu)，表示不好的轉(zhuǎn)變，比如：go mad(發(fā)瘋)，還有它的固定句型：go+doing，如：go shop－ping，go hiking；還有常見的易混詞，如：look at，lookafter，look out，look out of，look up等。我們除了要手動，口動，還要心動，這樣才能有成效。

破關(guān)訓練

一、從各題所給的4個選項中選出與畫線部分意義相同或相近的選項。

( )1.There are over two thousand students in thisschool.

A.about B. more than

C. less than D. almost

( ) 2. Mr Wu will give Alan some work to do duringthe vacation.

A. in the vacation B. before vacation

C. on Sunday D. on weekdays

( )3. Bill visited his uncle on the farm last week.

A. went to look for B. invited

C. went to see D. asked for

( )4. At last the children came to a beautiful placewith green grass.

A. By the end B. Then

C. At the same time

D. In the end

( )5. The Weekend Talk will begin at 10 o'clock.

A. start B. end

C. open D. work

( )6. The blue T-Shirt in the clothing shop looksvery nice. I'll take it.

A. bring B. carry

C. buy D. receive

( )7. The problem is very hard for us. Let's askMiss Wang.

A. easy B. unusual

C. interesting D. difficult

( )8. Maybe he will be back before you finish yourhomework.

A. Perhaps B. May be

C. Possible D. Usually

( )9. －How long can I keep the books?

－I think you'd better return it in a week.

A. borrow it B. receive it

C. give it up D. give it back

( ) 10. Mary was good at dancing when she was alittle girl.

A. did well in B. do well in

C. does well in D. doing well in

二、從各題的A、B、C三個選項中。找出和畫線部分意思相同或相近并能替代畫線部分的選項。

( )1、1 was very tired after ten hours'work．I wentto bed as soon as I went home．

A.exhausted B.excited C．bored

( )2、Don't worry．I'm returning in a minute．

A．one minute later B．a(chǎn)fter a minute

C．right away

( )3、John's back and head were hurt in an acci-dent．

A．hit B.injured C.cut

( )4、Sorry，I forget her name，for I have met heronly once．

A.a moment B.in the past

C.one time

( )5、hope you willhave fun during your visit toParis．

A.get bored B.be funny

C.have a good time

第三章 完形填空

[名師導航]

現(xiàn)在考試越來越側(cè)重對學生能力的檢測，考查學生對語篇的整體理解。完形填空不僅檢查學生的詞匯知識、語法知識、固定搭配，而且還檢查學生對整篇文章邏輯思維、情景交際的實際應用以及綜合判斷、分析歸納的能力。因此，這個板塊的分量越來越重，從原來的10分增加到這幾年的15分。

完形填空有以下幾種題型：語言知識型，包括語法、句型、句式、詞匯在特定環(huán)境中的用法；判斷推理型，主要是考查對文章的整體理解，句子、段落間的連接，邏輯思維和判斷推理的能力；綜合型，也就是對知識和能力的綜合運用。

[名題精析]

(2007無錫市)通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從下面四個答案中選擇可以填入相應空白處的最佳答案。

Many objects that people use each day startedwith a simple(簡單的)idea. These objects have often1______ the way we live．Some help us to do a jobmore2______.Others help us to fill a need or 3______a problem.

In 1858 Lipman had such an idea．One day hetook4______a pencil，a piece of paper，and an eras-er．Then he began to write．Sometimes he5______tochange a word．Each time he had to6_____under hisbooks and papers to find the eraser.“I wish my eraserwould stay in one7______!”he thought to himself．

Then Lipman had his simple idea．He cut a8_______in one end of the pencil．He glued(粘)the eraser intothis groove(溝槽).Later he thought that othersmight9______to have such a pencil．So he sold hisinvention.

Soon pencils10_______erasers carrie into use.

1、A.shown B.found

C.changed D.pointed

2、A.easily B.clearly

C.luckily D.carefully

3、A.discuss B.study

C.offer D.solve

4、A.back B.out

C.away D.off

5、A.began B.failed

C.refused D.needed

6、A.search B.see

C.hide D.move

7、A.side B.box

C.place D.space

8、A.hole B.groove

C.mark D.crossing

9、A.agree B.forget

C.like D.mean

10、A.with B.without

C.in D.at

點撥：

1、從下文我們應該知道，應該是物品發(fā)明“改變”生活。答案為：C。

2、有了發(fā)明，我們的工作應該是更加“容易”。答案為：A。

3、解決問題的固定搭配是“solve a problem”。答案為：D。

4、辨別與“take”搭配詞組的用法，“take back”是“拿回”；“take Out”是“拿出”；“take away”是“拿走”；“take off“是“(飛機)起飛”。在這里應該是“把……拿出來”。答案為：B。

5.“需要改變一個單詞”。答案為：D。

6.“在書和紙張下尋找橡皮擦”。答案為：A。

7.“固定在一個地方”。答案為：C。

8.根據(jù)上下文，直接找到答案。答案為：B。

9.“其他人也想要有這樣的橡皮擦”。答案為：C。

10.介詞“with”的固定用法，表示伴隨。答案為：A。

誤區(qū)警示

從上面的例子，我們可以看出，學生最容易犯的錯誤是沒有通讀全文就做出選擇，一些相近的詞組分辨不出它們的異同。

決勝2008年

完形填空的文章，從體裁來說多是說明文和議論文，從題材來說比較廣泛，但主要以社會生活、科普、經(jīng)濟和常識方面的內(nèi)容為主。

完形填空主要考查考生對一些語言要素(語法、詞匯、上下文邏輯關(guān)系、歷史背景)的掌握程度。要求考生有扎實的語法知識和豐富的詞匯量，同時有較強的閱讀能力。所以考生在平時復習中要有意識的積累和區(qū)分一些近義詞、基本的語法知識和特殊的語法現(xiàn)象，考生在做題目時要上下求索，前瞻后顧，前后一致。另外，想提高完形填空的正確率需要注意以下幾個方面。一是要明白文章的大意，要著眼于作者的觀點，要根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容選擇正確的詞匯；二是要根據(jù)上下旬的邏輯關(guān)系，根據(jù)語法規(guī)則選擇正確的答案；三是最好能夠抽出一點時間，將答案放在文章中讀一遍，檢查一下答案的正確性。

總之，要提高完形填空的解題能力，除了掌握基本步驟和方法外，還必須增加實踐量，不斷總結(jié)經(jīng)驗，掌握技巧，提高解題的準確性，達到事半功倍的效果。

破關(guān)訓練

一、選擇最佳答案。

(A)

Xiao Qiang，a 12－year－old Chinese boy，has tOO many activities．His father1_______him away from school four afternoons a week and drives him acrosstown to practise．“I do most 0f my2_______in the carwhen we are3_______to practise'and I have to do therest when I get home．I am tOO tired，I just want t0sleep。”he said．

“More and more kids become unhappy4_______they have too many activities to do，”said Mr Wang，an expert(專家)of child development．“41％0f thechildren aged 9－13 said they felt5_______most of thetime，and more than 75％of them said that theywished they had more6_______to play．”

“Over－scheduling(過量的課程安排)is a growingproblem for Chinese families。”said Mr Wang．It isnot good for both kids and their parents．More fami－lies eat dinner7_______or often eat fast food8_______theirway t0 football practice or music lessons．We all knowit is important for kids to learn how t0 relax．If theydon't learn that now。it will be more difficult t0 learnwhen they get9_______．Kids need time to relax．Parentsshould10_______about what is right for kids．

( )1.A.take B.takes

C.took D.has taken

( )2.A.sports B.business

C．homework D．housework

( )3.A.riding B.flying

C.walking D.driving

( )4.A.but B.or

C.because D.so

( )5.A.excited B.interested

C.worried D.dangerous

( )6.A.great time B.full time

C.right time D.free time

( )7.A.slowly B.quickly

C.quietly D.happily

( )8.A.on B.by

C.in D.across

( )9.A.taller B.stronger

C.older D.better

( )10.A.hear B.think

C.look D.tell

(B)

Jessie was driving home happily when a truckwent past her car．The driver was moving mileh tOOfast．When Jessie neared her exit(出口)，she1_____something and stopped her car to the right of thehighway(高速公路)．An aceident had happeried on．the left side．The truek had2_____a car，but the driverwas gone．Jessie thought that the people inside mustbe badly3_____arld she should help them as rrluch asshe could．

Not thinking of the4_____，Jessie hHrried to theother side of the road，though few people dared(敢)cross such a busy road．Looking into the car，she sawfive people-two women and thtee children．Jessiewas5_____to see alI of them moving．

Jessie pulled one 0f the car doors。It WOHldn'topen．She went to the next door．6_____。she COHldn'tmove it．She almost thought that all was7_____beforeshe got one of the doors to open a little．“Please getthe children out，\"one of the women called．Jessie8_____a little boy ftom the car and moved him to a9_____place．Then she went to bring the other chil－dren to safety．

After the Iast child was out 0f the cr，Jessiethought of the box in10_____car．She had somethingin it that could help get that door open．So she got thebox quickly．As Jessie was11_____on the dOor，thedriver said，“Not many people would do what you'redoirig．”“You just take it easy，and I'll have you12_____soon，”said Jessie．She WaS as good as herWOrd．As SOOn as she helped the'womell out of thecat'，it CaLlght fire．

( )1.A.did B.saw C.made D.forgot

( )2.A.hit B.met

C.passed D.fonowed

( )3.A.beaten B.treated

C.needed D.hurt

( )4.A.matter B.trollble

C.datager D.accident

( )5.A.proud B.happy

C.nervous D.worried

( )6.A.Again B.Clearly

C.Perhaps D.Exactly

( )7.A.expected B．missed

C.lost D.found

( )8.A.picked B.dropped

C.collected D.pulled

( )9.A.quiet B.cool

C.safe D.clearl

( )10.A.their B.her

C.another D.this

( )11.A.Working B.turning

C.kIIOCking D.setting

( )12.A.back B.past

C.over D.out

(C)

Tommy is a student．He is always absent－minded(心不在焉)in class．His father and mother al－ways1_____him to listen to the teacher2_____in class．

One day Tommy was having an English claSS．He was looking3_____the window and sm訂ing．

His English teacher asked the class，“P1ease say4_____pronouns(代詞)．”Tommy 100ked at his teach－er in surprise and stood up，“Who?Me?”The teaeher said with a smile，“Cood!5_____，please．”

( )1.A.tell B.speak

C.say D.talk

( )2.A.gradually B.carefully

C.easily D.usuallv

( )3.A.through B.into

C.down D.out of

( )4.A.two B.three

C.four D.five

( )5.A.Go out B.Get up

C.Sit down D.Hand in

(D)

Mr Ted is fifty years old．He1_____math in a middle school for twenty－eight years．He works hard and always comes to his office oil time．He hopes his students will be honest and he is2_____with them．Some of his students have：become atmous Der－sons，3_____thev stm remember him and often write tO him．of course he is DrOlld of thelTt．

This term he began to teach Grade 0ne．Some 0f the new studel'Its were told about him，but the others didn't know about hiITt，4_____the first dav of school he told the students how to be an hortest person，He gave them some5_____and said，“I don't like teIlingIies(謊話)．”Before class was6_____，he told hisstudents to finish Exercise 8 in Lesson 1 after class．

The next morning Mr Ted c．rne into the class－room and asked，“7_____has finished Exercise 87”Afew students8_____their hands．He shook his headand said，“Open your workbooks and see9_____there's Exercise 8 in Lesson 1．”

The students had a 100k at their workbookS andthek10_____turned red at once．

( )1.A.has taught B.has learned

C.taught D.learned

( )2.A.pleased B.angry

C.strict D.busy

( )3.A.so B.or

C.because D.but

( )4.A.In B.At

C.On D.Until

( )5.A.ways B.stories

C.lessons D.examples

( )6.A.away B.out

C.up D.over

( )7.A.Where B.Who

C.When D.Which

( )8.A.put down B.put on

C.put up D.put off

( )9.A.whose B.that

C.whether D.what

( )10.A.faces B.noses

C.necks D.hands

二、從方框中選擇正確的單詞填空。使短文意思完整。(每詞限用一次)

enough， once， read， kinds， world

Reading newspaper has become an importantpart of our life. Many people1_____ them to begintheir day. They learn what is going on in the 2_____Sometimes they don't have 3_____time to read thenews， so they just take a quick look at the front page(頭版). There are newspapers for every reader. In bigcities， there are many 4_____of newspapers. In smalltowns there are fewer. In some places， people can readnewspapers only 5_____a week.

三、根據(jù)上下文及首字母提示填入適當?shù)脑~。使短文意思完整、正確。

I have a problem. Last week I argued with mybest friend， Xiao Li. She asked m_____if she couldcopy my homework. But I didn't agree. And she gotreally mad a_____me. I didn' t think it was a goodi_____for her to copy others' homework. I thought a－bout it for a long time. And I know I was right at thattime. I don' t w _____to lose my good friend. But Idon't know w_____I should do. Should I say sorry toher? Can you give me some advice?

四、從方框中選出最恰當?shù)?0個單詞。并用其適當形式填空。每個詞限用一次。

old， exercise， relax， medicine， use， hand， well，happy，alone， pretend， do， way

Why do people laugh?

Do you laugh every day? Most people 1_____. Scien－tists say that people laugh about 17 times a day. Thatis a lot of laughter.

In India， there are hundreds of laughterclubs. The people in these clubs get together everymorning. First they put up their 2_____above theirheads. Then they 3_____to laugh. Soon everyone islaughing 4_____. People say they feel good after laugh－ing together.

Scientists believe that laughter is good foryou. Why? For one thing， laughter is good5_____. Whenyou laugh， you exercise many muscles (肌肉) in yourbody. Scientists say that one hundred laughs equal(相當于) ten minutes of running. Laughing helps you 6_____That's good for you，too.

Why do we laugh? That is a hard question to an－swer. We know that people laugh more often in agroup. They don' t laugh very often when they are7_____. Many scientists believe that we 8_____laughterto get on well with other people. Laughter helps usfeel part of a group.

In England， people say that laughter is the best9_____. Some think that laughter helps sick peopleget 10_____. Do you think so， too?