UNIT4HUMOUR
(满分：120分建议用时：120分钟)
第一部分阅读(50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2．5分，满分37．5分)
A
Itiswidelybelievedthathumourisgoodforyourhealth.However,moststudiesonhumourandhealthshowthatbywatchingsomethinghumorous—comedyfilms,forexample—youcanjustescapefromthepainforashorttime,orthathumourjusthelpsreducesignsofadisease.Sofar,nostudyhasshownthathumourcanhelpapersonrecoverfromaseriousillness.
Onewaytostudytherelationshipbetweenhumourandhealthislookingatthehealthofpeoplewhousehumouraspartoftheirjobs:comediansandimprov(即兴表演)artists,forexample.Notonlydotheyusehumouraspartoftheirwork,butalsotheyshowthehighestlevelsofhumourability.Soifhumourisreallygoodforourhealth,wecananticipatethatcomediansbenefitthemostfromit.
Althoughitisoftensaidthathumourcanmakepeoplelivelonger,researchhasactuallyfoundtheoppositetobetrue.Onestudyfoundthatcomediansandhumourwritersactuallydiedyoungercomparedwithotherfamouspeoplewhowerenotperformers.However,thesestudiesweresomewhatlimited,becausemostofthecomediansweremenandalreadydead.Andmanyfamouspeopleoftenliveveryunhealthylives,andthecomediansmighthavediedfromreasonssuchasheavydrinkingorsmoking.
MycolleaguesandIdecidedtotakeadifferentway.Wecollecteddata(数据)from491improvartiststudents—224womenand267men—allalive.Wecomparedthisimprovgroupwith795noncomedians,whowerematchedinage,sex,andeducation.
Weaskedparticipantsfrombothgroupstotellushowmanydiseasestheyhadhadinthepastthreeyearsandhowlongtheyhadlasted.Theimprovartistsreportedthattheyhadhadmanymorediseases,andthatthesediseaseshadlastedlongercomparedwiththecontrolgroup.Soourstudyaddsfurtherevidencetotheconclusionmadebythestudiesbefore.
()1．Whatdomoststudiesonhumourandhealthshowabouthumour?
A．It