Doyouwanttoliveahappierlessstressfullife?Trylaughingfornoreasonatall.That’showthousandsofpeoplestarttheirdayatLaughterClubsaroundtheworld.ThefirstLaughterClubwasstartedinMumbaiIndiain1995byDrM

　　Doyouwanttoliveahappierlessstressfullife?Trylaughingfornoreasonatall.That’showthousandsofpeoplestarttheirdayatLaughterClubsaroundtheworld.

　　ThefirstLaughterClubwasstartedinMumbaiIndiain1995byDrMadanKataria.“Childrenlaughabout300timesaday.Adultslaughbetween7and15timesaday”saysDrKataria.“Everyone’snaturallygoodatlaughing—it’stheuniversal(共同的)language.”Therearenowmorethan500LaughterClubsinIndiaandover1300worldwide.

　　Manydoctorsarealsointerestedintheeffects(影响)oflaughteronourhealth.Accordingtoa5-yearstudyattheUCLSSchoolofMedicineinCaliforniawithlaughingthereislessstressinthebody.Laughterimprovesourhealthagainstillnessbyabout40%.

　　SowhathappensataLaughterClub?IwentalongtothenearestclubinthesouthofLondontofindout.Iwasquitenervousatthebeginningoftheclass.IhadnointerestinlaughingwithagroupofstrangersandIwasworriedaboutlookingstupid(愚蠢的).Ourlaughterteachertoldustoclapourhands(拍手)andsay“hohohohahaha”whilelookingateachother.Althoughwecouldn’ttellthedifferencesbetweenfakelaughterandreallaughtertheystillproducedthesamehealthyeffects.

　　Surprisinglyitworked!Aftertenminuteseverybodytherewaslaughingforrealandsomepeoplejustcouldn’tstop!AttheendoftheclassIwasshockedbyhowrelaxedandcomfortableIfelt.Soifyou’reunderstressthenstartlaughing.

　　小题1:Thepassageisprobablytakenfrom.A．astorybookB．ahealthmagazineC．acomicbookD．atravelmagazine小题2:Thewriterwasnervousatthebeginningoftheclassbecause.A．hewasnotcleverenoughB．hewasn’tinterestedinlaughingatallC．hewasn’tgoodatgettingalongwithothersD．heknewnoonethereandwasafraiditwouldlooksillytolaughfornoreason小题3:Theunderlinedword“fake”probablymeans“”inChinese.A．假的B．真诚的C．真的D．难堪的小题4:AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A．Peoplefeellessstressedwhentheylaugh.