Câu hỏi số 51263

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

Babies start laughing very soon after they are born. Deaf and blind people can laugh although they have never heard or seen anyone laughing. Laughing seems to be a part of (26) _______ nature, but what is it for?

Many people think that we laugh because we see or hear something funny; (27)_________, most of the time this is not true. No one really knows the (28)_________ why we laugh, but one idea is that it makes (29) __________ people feel good. Laughter can stop negative feelings and help people to feel closer to each other.

It also seems that laughter is good for your health. The writer Norman Cousins, (30) _________ had a serious back pain, wrote dial watching comedy programs on TV helped him to feel better. He said that ten minutes of laughter gave him two hours of sleep without pain.

(Adapted from English Unlimited by Tilbury, Clementson, Hendra and Rea)