C
Do you want to live a happier, less stressful(有压力的) life? Try laughing for no reason at all. That’s how millions of people start their day at Laughter(笑声) Clubs around the world and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay healthy.
    The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995 by Dr. Madan Kataria.“Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr. Kataria. “Everyone is naturally good at laughing — it’s the common language. We want people to feel happy with their lives.” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 in the world.
    Many doctors are also interested in the effects(效果) of laughter on our health. According to a 5-year study at the UCLA School of Medicine in California, with laughing there is less stress in the body. Laughter improves our health against illness by about 40%.
    So what happens at a Laughter Club? I went along to my nearest club in South London to find out. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class, to be honest, I wasn’t interested in laughing with a group of strangers, and I was worried about looking silly. Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say “ho ho ho, ha ha ha” while looking at each other. However, our bodies can’t tell the difference between real laughter and fake laughter, so they still produce the same healthy effects.
    Surprisingly, it works! After ten minutes everybody in the room was laughing for real and some people just couldn’t stop! At the end of the class I was surprised by how relaxed and comfortable I felt. So if you’re under stress, then start laughing. You might be very pleased with the results.
37. the passage is probably taken from__________.
A. a storybook                              B. a health magazine
C. a comic book                             D. a travel magazine
38. the writer was nervous at the beginning of the class because____________.
A. he was not clever enough.       
B. he wasn’t interested in laughing at all.     
 C. he wasn’t good at get along with others.
D. he knew nobody there and was worried about looking silly.
39. the underlined word “fake” means ___________in Chinese.
A.假的.                    B. 苦的           C.真的             D. 难堪的
40. which is the best title for the passage
A. A 5-year Study                       B.  More Laughter,Mmore Happier
C. The First Laughing Club               D.  A Difficult Language
四、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
  A．根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白各处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
When we talk about inventions, many people think of some important things such as planes,
trains and computers. In fact, many things we are using are ____41___(有用的) inventions, even though we don’t know by whom they were invented
  There are a lot of things in our schoolbags, _______42_____(包括) pencils, rulers and books.
____43____(没有一个) of them grows in the field. They are all made in _____44_____(工厂).
They look common today, but ______45______(成千) of years ago no one knew about them.
Who were they invented by? And when were they invented? ___________(然而)， we should thank the inventors. Their inventions are so ________46_______(重要的) to us. We couldn’t enjoy such a wonderful life without their inventions.
   Some of the inventions have changed not only our life but also the ______47_____(整个的)
World, such as the telephone, the TV， the computer and so on. We use them every day, but most of us don’t know the _______48_____（名字）of the inventors. Shouldn’t they be remembered by us. We can remember so many ______49_____(电影) stars and pop stars. Why don’t we ___50__
_____ (花费) more attention to the scientists and the inventors? They should be stars in our eyes.