題目的文章來自于 2009年4月號Scientific American, 作者 Steve Ayan, 原文題目為 How Humor Makes You Friendlier, Sexier：幽默如何使你更加有人緣且性感
Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health。” But 1 despite some claims to the contrary, chuckling probably has little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does 2 produce short-term changes in cardiovascular function and respiration, 3 boosting heart rate, respiratory rate and depth, as well as oxygen consumption. But because hard laughter is difficult to 4 sustain, a good guffaw is unlikely to have 5 measurable cardiovascular benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does。
6 In fact, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the 7 opposite. Studies dating back to the 1930s indicate that laughter 8 relaxes muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the guffaw subsides。
Such physical relaxation might conceivably help 9 moderate the effects of psychological stress. After all, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of 10 physical feedback that improve an individual’s emotional state. 11 According to one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted 12 in physical reactions. American psychologist William James and Danish physiologist Carl Lange argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry 13 because they are sad but that they become sad when the tears begin to flow。
Although sadness also 14 precedes tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow 15 from muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of Würzburg in Germany and his colleagues asked volunteers to 16 hold a pen either with their teeth—thereby creating an artificial smile—or with their lips, which would produce a 17 disappointed expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles 18 reacted more exuberantly to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, 19 suggesting that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around. 20 Similarly, the physical act of laughter could improve mood。
1.[A]among [B]except [C]despite [D]like C
2.[A]reflect [B]demand [C]indicate [D]produce D
3.[A]stabilizing [B]boosting [C]impairing [D]determining B
4.[A]transmit [B]sustain [C]evaluate [D]observe B
5.[A]measurable [B]manageable [C]affordable [D]renewable A
6.[A]In turn [B]In fact [C]In addition [D]In brief B
7.[A]opposite [B]impossible [C]average [D]expected A
8.[A]hardens [B]weakens [C]tightens [D]relaxes D
9.[A]aggravate [B]generate [C]moderate [D]enhance C
10.[A]physical [B]mental [C]subconscious [D]internal A
11.[A]Except for [B]According to [C]Due to [D]As for B
12.[A]with [B]on [C]in [D]at C
13.[A]unless [B]until [C]if [D]because D
14.[A]exhausts [B]follows [C]precedes [D]suppresses C
15.[A]into [B]from [C]towards [D]beyond B
16.[A]fetch [B]bite [C]pick [D]hold D
17.[A]disappointed [B]excited [C]joyful [D]indifferent A
18.[A]adapted [B]catered [C]turned [D]reacted D
19.[A]suggesting [B]requiring [C]mentioning [D]supposing A
20.[A]Eventually [B]Consequently [C]Similarly [D]Conversely C
2011年的完型是簡單的，一上來就做出了證明：第一題考了極其明顯的邏輯關(guān)系而不是前幾年一樣先來一個‘紙老虎’的下馬威。而這樣的簡單詞匯居然考了5道題之多(1/6/11/13/20)。
文章出處，還是來自于距離出題時間一年左右的西方雜志(符合我們講的出題時間前十幾到三十幾個月的規(guī)律，顯得更‘新’而已)。
今年的20道題80個選項，很多選項單詞的設(shè)置都曾經(jīng)在歷年真題當中都出現(xiàn)過。如果說考生在一年的學習當中，如果不停的實踐以真題為備考的復習原則的話，難度不是特別大。這個規(guī)律，在‘走向未來’和‘畫龍點睛’中我多次提及。www.med126.com而所謂‘新出現(xiàn)’的選項詞匯作為正確答案的，也只有兩成左右。
出現(xiàn)了一些比較簡單的題目，個別答案的詞或詞組難度相當于中考或者是高考。這個規(guī)律，我們當時也講了兩條：最簡單的答案首選；偏詞怪詞首次出現(xiàn)的詞匯不宜選。(1/5/10/12/13/14/16/18都是這樣的。)
還有一個更重要的規(guī)律，我們在課上也講過多次，這次考題所占比例非常的大，甚至達到了總題量的整整一半！那就是同義和反義選項的問題，也直接降低了本次考試完型的難度。我將再寫一篇評論單獨論述這個話題。
新題型，簡單的排序題。這樣的排序題雖然我們準備時候的素材特別少，加上這一篇才有三篇樣題，但是阻擋不了這種題目本身的簡單和極強的規(guī)律性。www.med126.com這篇更像大綱樣題，大家應(yīng)該比較開心，幾個規(guī)律，都適用：注意六個信息(時間、地點、列舉順序重復信息、邏輯標志詞、代詞、冠詞)；注意答案正確率的疊加性和放大性。
繼續(xù)論述：
像我們提及的十大解題技巧里面很明確的同時也是很簡單的‘關(guān)聯(lián)對應(yīng)結(jié)構(gòu)’技巧，在本文中基本上每段都有出現(xiàn)(3/10/17)，使得這幾道題目近乎送分。
另外一個我要著重論述的規(guī)律，也是最近幾年出現(xiàn)的比較頻繁的規(guī)律，就是同義和反義選項的問題，占總題量的一半：
題1：B except和C despite，是相對同義選項，應(yīng)該是二者選一。
題3：A 穩(wěn)定和B 增加，雖然C和D也可以和心率形成‘搭配’，但是前者是廣義的反義選項，二者選一的可能性更大。
題7：A opposite和D expected，這是更直接的反義選項，構(gòu)成了數(shù)學上的‘全集’，理論上如果和題意相關(guān)，必然是二者選一。但請注意，不是絕對的二者選一，這點和‘相對同義選項’不同。歷史上有例外，本次考試也有，那就是和題意無關(guān)，www.med126.com就都排除了。
題8，這是升級版的‘反義選項’題目，居然是兩組反義詞，稍微增加了難度。
題9，A aggravate D enhance都和C moderate是反義選項。而題目又同時可以和題目中的賓語effect搭配，是‘絕對同義選項’。那么就形成了理論上最簡單的題目：A和D絕對同義；A和C反義，就可以直接選擇答案了，而看原文都顯得沒有什么必要了，呵呵，看來，神馬都是浮云啊。。。
題10，肉體和精神當然是反義詞，我發(fā)現(xiàn)在這種偏理科的文章當中，這種極端的出題方式太讓人淚奔了，幸好是簡單的趨勢，如果相反，我們就慘了啊。而C subconscious這個詞的長度和難度都可以讓人直接排除掉。。。
題13，就是我剛剛提及的例外。A unless，也就是if not；C if，雖然是反義的，但是不符題意的邏輯關(guān)系，當然都不選。也很好理解。www.med126.com雖然是少數(shù)的矛盾和例外，但是仍舊不能影響這道題本身考察邏輯關(guān)系的簡單。
題14，稍微難以判斷的反義選擇，因為很多同學對C precede的意思還不熟，但是根據(jù)前綴pre你也應(yīng)該判斷出些許端倪吧。還是二者選一。
題15，最簡單的反義介詞二選一。
題17，形容詞二選一，也不難吧。
像其他的一些課上老師重點講的出題伎倆和解題技巧，甚至一些搞笑的無知選項以及首句給予大量信息這樣的亙古不變的完型規(guī)律，其實，都有出現(xiàn)。大家可以看看(1/6/10-13/16/18/20)。
