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S1 夏期講習 第3講 宿題読解(全クラス共通)
次の英文を読んで、 設問に答えなさい。
There is an old saying in English: "Laughter is the best
medicine." Until recently, few people took the saying very
seriously. Now, however, (1)doctors have begun to investigate
laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have
found evidence (2a)that laughter really can improve people's
health.
Tests were done to study the effects of laughter on the body.
People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart
rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found
). It increases
that laughter has similar effects to (
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blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also
works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and
even the feet.
beneficial.
If laughter exercises the body, it must be
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable
of ( 4 ) the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment
doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to
different radio programs. The group which tolerated the pain
for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny
The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to
program.
be that it helps to produce natural chemicals in the brain
(2b)that diminish both stress and pain.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps
the body's immune system, that is, the system which fights
infection.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and
*psychiatrists in the United States now hold laughter clinics,
in which they try to improve their patients' condition by
ing them to laugh. They have found that even if
feel like laughing, (5)making them
ilar to those
文法テキスト宿題 p69 4
問1 下線部(1)をitの内容を明らかにして日本語に訳しなさい。
問2 下線部(2a) (2b)と同じ用法の that を含む文を、次のア~オから
それぞれ1つずつ選びなさい。
7. He is the man that lives next door to us.
1. It was such a wonderful movie that I saw it five times.
5. The average price of whisky is higher than that of beer.
I. No one told me that he had been ill.
*. The fact that she lied made him angry.
問3空所(3)に入れるのに最も適当なものを、次のア~エから1
つ選びなさい。
7. mental powers
physical exercise
1. vocal exercise
I. a good sleep
問4 空所(4)に入れるのに最も適当なものを、次のア~エから1
つ選びなさい。
7. increasing
. reducing
1. producing
I. encouraging
問5 下線部(5)を them および those の内容を明らかにして日本語に
訳しなさい。
