Unit 1.1 Starting out & Understanding ideas(Ⅰ)-【创新教程】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第一册五维课堂Word课时作业（外研版2019）

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

The idea that you can use humor，laughter，and play to make you healthier probably seems too simple to be true. However，it is really true and simple. The sense of humor，laughter and play have an important part in keeping you healthy.

Treat the blues with a sense of humor, which is closely tied to laughter.Laughter is 　infectious　. Have you ever heard a big laugh of a young child and been able to keep yourself from smiling? When laughter is shared between people, it makes them closer to each other and increases their happiness. Smiling is the beginning of laughter and a smile is also just as infectious as laughter is.You can experience something by smiling at everyone around you，and you will feel happier just by sharing a smile，even with a stranger.

Play is an important part of making sure that we stay healthy. We are often encouraged to make sure our children play，and are told the benefits of being out playing. However，what we often forget is that it is just as important for old people to make play be part of their life as it's for children. Physical play is important to the old and it certainly helps prevent illness. While the studies are still in the early stages, the studies that have been done have shown that physical play certainly plays a part in preventing cognitive(认知的)falling.

Anyway，adding humor，laughter and play to our life will influence us mentally，physically and socially and bring us many advantages. So we should make full use of humor, laughter and play to make our life more active，more interesting and happier.

1．What does the underlined word “infectious” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Of great importance.

B．Able to keep people in high spirits.

C．Capable of quickly influencing other people.

D．Able to prevent illness from spreading.

2．What can laughter increase according to the author?

A．Cognitive abilities.

B．Good relationships.

C．A sense of humor.

D．Responsibility and trust.

3．What does the author think the old should do?

A．They should have a good rest.

B．They should play like children.

C．They should prevent cognitive falling.

D．They should take part in physical play.

4．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Humor，Laughter and Play for Health

B．Always Keep Our Body Healthy

C．Have an Active and Happy Life

D．Let Our Body and Mind Relax

[语篇解读]　本篇是一篇议论文。幽默、笑和玩耍有益于身心健康，作者就它们对身心的影响进行了阐述。

1．C　[词义猜测题。由画线单词后面的“Have you ever heard smiling？”可知，此处指“当你听到一个孩子大笑时你能忍住不笑吗？”，由此可推断出，infectious 的意思是“有感染力的”。故 选 C。]

2．B　[推理判断题。 根据第二段中的“When laughter is shared...happiness”可知，当笑声传递开来时，它会让彼此关系更密切，会增加快乐，即会使人与人之间的关系更加友好。故选 B。 ]

3．D　[细节理解题。由第三段中的“However，what we often forget is that it is just as important for old people to make play be part of their life as...illness”可知，我们经常忘记玩耍对老年人和对孩子是一样重要的，它可以帮助预防疾病，因此作者认为老年人应该在玩耍中活动身体。故选 D。]

4．A　[主旨大意题。 通读全文可知，文章就幽默、笑和玩耍对身心的影响进行阐述，说明了幽默、笑和玩耍有益于健康这一主题。故选A。]

B

Before I studied psychology，I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred.While I was right about that，I discovered there are lots of other psychological reasons that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke.When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh－and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.

I was attending a stand­up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their head off.The main reason why those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry with pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly.The joke was not only funny，it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians.That is，people were laughing because of both the funny joke and the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.

The better a joke makes a person feel, the more it includes other psychological factors，and the