2023年考研英语真题答案与解析.docx

2023年考研英语真题答案与解析

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AncientGreckphilosopherAristotleviewedlaughterasabodilyexerciseprecioustohealth.

But1(C.despite)someclaimstothecontrary,laughingprobablyhaslittleinfluenceonphysical

fitness.Laughterdoes2(D.produce)short-termchangesinthefunctionoftheheartanditsblood

vessels,3(B.boosting)heartrateandoxygenconsumption.Butbecausehardlaughterisdifficultto

4(B,sustain),agoodlaughisunlikelytohave5(A.measurable)benefitstheway,say,walkingor

joggingdoes.

6(B.Infact),insteadofstrainingmusclestobuildthem,asexercisedoes,laughterapparently

accomplishesthe7(A.opposite).Studiesdatingbacktothe1930sindicatethatlaughter

8(D.relaxes)muscles,decreasingmuscletoneforupto45minutesafterthelaughdiesdown.

Suchbodilyreactionmightconceivablyhelp9(C.moderate)theeffectsofpsychological

stress.Anyway,theactoflaughingprobablydoesproduceothertypesof10(A.physical)feedback,

thatimproveanindividualsemotionalstate.11(B.Accordingto)oneclassicaltheoryofemotion,

ourfeelingsarepartiallyrooted12(C.in)physicalreactions.Itwasarguedattheendofthe19th

centurythathumansdonotcry13(D.because)theyaresadbuttheybecomesadwhenthetears

begintoflow.

Althoughsadnessalso14(C.precedes)tears,evidencesuggeststhatemotionscanflow

15(B.from)muscularresponses.Inanexperimentpublishedin1988,socialpsychologistFritz

StrackoftheUniversityofWūrzburginGermanyaskedvolunteersto16(D.hold)apeneitherwith

theirteeth—therebycreatinganartificialsmile—orwiththeirlips,whichwouldproducea(n)

17(A.disappointed)expression.Thoseforcedtoexercisetheirsmilingmuscles18(D,reacted)more

exuberantlytofunnycartonsthandidthosewhosemouthswerecontractedinafrown,

19(A.suggesting)thatexpressionsmayinfluenceemotionsratherthanjusttheotherwayaround.

20(C.Similarly),thephysicalactoflaughtercouldimprovemood.

古希腊哲学家亚里士多德认为笑是“种身体运动，对健康来