单选题
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Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But -...
Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But ---_____some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical filness Laughter does _____short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, ____ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to ____, a good laugh is unlikely to have _____ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.
____, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the ____, studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter.muscles,
Such bodily reaction might conceivably help____the effects of psychological stress.Anyway,the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ______feedback,that improve an individual’s emotional state.______one classical theory of emotion,our feelings are partially rooted _______ physical reactions.It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ______they are sad but they become sad when te tears begin to flow.
Although sadness also _______ tears,evidence suggests that emotions can flow _____ muscular responses.In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to ____ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n) _____ expression.Those forced to exercise their enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown, _______ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around ____ , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.
____, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the ____, studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter.muscles,
Such bodily reaction might conceivably help____the effects of psychological stress.Anyway,the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ______feedback,that improve an individual’s emotional state.______one classical theory of emotion,our feelings are partially rooted _______ physical reactions.It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ______they are sad but they become sad when te tears begin to flow.
Although sadness also _______ tears,evidence suggests that emotions can flow _____ muscular responses.In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to ____ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n) _____ expression.Those forced to exercise their enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown, _______ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around ____ , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.
参考答案: C
参考解析: 第一段第一句意思是:古希腊哲学家亚里士多德把笑看作是“有益于健康的身体运动”,由连词but可知,第二句与第一句形成语义转折,即一些人提出相反的观点:笑不利于身体健康。第二句逗号之后又提出:笑可能对身体健康几乎没有影响,这是对前两种观点的否定,由此判断第二句的句内逻辑是转折关系,[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项中只有[C]despite “尽管”表示转折,所以是正确答案。