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Do You Have a Sense of Humor?
Humor and laughter are good for us. These is increasing evidence that they can heal us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In fact every system of the body responds to laughter in some positive, healing way. So how can we get more laughter into our lives ? 46 Psychologist and author, Steve Wilson, has some answers.
Many people believe that we are born with a sense of humor. They think, "either you've got it, or you don't" Dr. Wilson points out that this is false 47 The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth 48 (After all, when a baby laughs, we don't rush over and say. "That! kid has a great sense of humor!") A sense of humor is something that you can develop over a lifetime.
Sometimes people think that they don't have a good sense of humor because they are not good juke tellers. Dr. Wilson reminds us that telling jokes is only one of many ways to express humor. 49 Then we will make others laugh, too.
A person who has a true sense of humor is willing and able to see the funny side of everyday life. One of the best definitions of a sense of humor is " the ability to see the non-serious element in a situation" .
Consider this sign from a story window. Any faulty merchandise will be cheerfully replaced with merchandise of equal quality. The store manager probably placed the sign in the window to impress customers with the store's excellent service 50 As Dr. Wilson says, "a good sense of humor means that you don't have to be funny, you just have to see what's funny"
A. What is true, however, is that we are born with the capacity to laugh and smile.
B. However, that does not mean that infants have a sense of humor.
C. He advises us to lose our inhibitions ( 抑制) and try to laugh at ourselves.
D. Is it possible to develop a sense of humor?
E. Everyone experiences this emotion.
F. He had a serious purpose, but if you have s sense of humor, you will probably find the sign funny!
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C Sleep Lets Brain File Memories
1 To sleep. Perchance to file? Findings published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences further support the theory that the brain organizes and stows memories formed during the day while the rest of the body is catching zzz's.
2 Gyorgy Buzsaki of Rutgers University5 and his colleagues analyzed the brain waves of sleeping rats and mice. Specifically, they examined the electrical activity emanating from the somatosensory neocortex (an area that processes sensory information) and the hippocampus, which is a center for learning and memory. The scientists found that oscillations in brain waves from the two regions appear to be intertwined. So-called sleep spindles (bursts of activity from the neocortex) were followed tens of milliseconds later by beats in the hippocampus known as ripples. The team posits that this interplay between the two brain regions is a key step in memory consolidation.
3 A second study, also published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, links age-associated memory decline to high glucose levels.
Previous research had shown that individuals with diabetes suffer from increased memory problems. In the new work, Antonio Convit of New York University School of Medicine and his collaborators studied 30 people whose average age was 69 to investigate whether sugar levels, which tend to increase with age, affect memory in healthy people as well. The scientists administered11 recall tests, brain scans and glucose tolerance tests, which measure how quickly sugar is absorbed from the blood by the body's tissues.
4 Subjects with the poorest memory recollection, the team discovered, also displayed the poorest glucose tolerance. In addition, their brain scans showed more hippocampus shrinkage than those of subjects better able to absorb blood sugar.
5 "Our study suggests that this impairment12 may contribute to the memory deficits13 that occur as people age." Convit says. "And it raises the intriguing possibility that improving glucose tolerance could reverse some age-associated problems in cognition.14" Exercise and weight control can help keep glucose levels in check15, so there may be one more reason to go to the gym.
Which of the following statements is nearest in meaning to the sentence "To sleep. Perchance to file?"?
A.Does brain arrange memories in useful order during sleep?
B.Does brain have memories when one is sleeping?
C.Does brain remember files after one falls asleep?
D.Does brain work on files in sleep?
6、We've been through some rough times together.
A.short
B.difficult
C.long
D.happy
7、It was a fascinating painting, with clever use of color and light.
A.new
B.familiar
C.large
D.wonderful
8、 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy.
A.making
B.taking
C.discussing
D.expecting
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