1、_6_, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently acplishes the _7_, studies dating back to the1930s indicate that laughter_8_ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9_the effect
2、s of psychological stress.Anyway,the act of laughing probably does produce other types of _10_ feedback, that improve an individuals emotional state._11_oneclassical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted _12_ physical reactions.Itwas argued at the end of the19th century that humans do
3、 not cry _13_they are sad but they bee sad when the tears begin to flow.Although sadness also _14_ tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow _15_ muscular responses.Inan experiment published in1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of wrzburg in Germany asked volunteers to _16
4、_ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile or with their lips, which would produce a(n) _17_ expression.Thoseforced to exercise their enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown, _19_ that expressions may influence emotions rathe
5、r than just the other way around _20_ , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.1AamongBexcept Cdespite Dlike 2AreflectBdemand Cindicate Dproduce 3AstabilizingBboosting Cimpairing Ddetermining 4AtransmitBsustain Cevaluate Dobserve 5AmeasurableBmanageable Caffordable Drenewable 6AInturn BIn f
6、act CIn addition DIn brief 7AoppositeBimpossible Caverage Dexpected 8AhardensBweakens Ctightens Drelaxes 9AaggravateBgenerate Cmoderate Denhance 10AphysicalBmental Csubconscious Dinternal 11AExceptfor BAccording to CDue to DAs for 12AwithBon Cin Dat 13AunlessBuntil Cif Dbecause 14AexhaustsBfollows C
7、precedes Dsuppresses 15AintoBfrom Ctowards Dbeyond 16AfetchBbite Cpick Dhold 17AdisappointedBexcited Cjoyful Dindifferent 18AadaptedBcatered Cturned Dreacted 19AsuggestingBrequiring Cmentioning Dsupposing 20AEventuallyBConsequently CSimilarly DConversely Section II Reading prehension Part A Directio
8、ns: Read the following four texts.Answerthe questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.Markyour answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(40points) Text1 The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the su
9、dden announcement of his appointment in2021.Forthe most part, the response has been favorable, to say the least.“Hooray!At last!” wrote Anthony Tommasini, a sober-sided classical-music critic.One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is paratively littl
10、e known.EvenTommasini, who had advocated Gilberts appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.” As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boule
11、z, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one.Tobe sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting positions, but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or any
12、where else, to hear interesting orchestral music.AllI have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my puter and download still more recorded music from iTunes.Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.Forthe time, attention, and mon
13、ey of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must pete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater panies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the20th century.Thererecordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than tod
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