Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, an American researcher reports.
“Adults who have 【小题1】 sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is 【小题2】 (particular) large for people 【小题3】 cancer,” says Richard Smith of the Columbia University of Science and Technology.
He 【小题4】 (present) his study of about 54,000 Americans, 【小题5】 he had followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting last Monday.
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations 【小题6】 how important a 【小题7】 (humor) idea was.
The study showed next the greater role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances were in 【小题8】 _（survive）the seven years. Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive 【小题9】 those in the bottom quarter. In a smaller group of 2,015 people who had a cancer diagnosis(诊断) at the start, the study found 【小题10】 important that a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70%.a
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解析：
【小题1】a sense of humor是“幽默感”，句意：有幽默感的男子比没有幽默感的男子更长寿。
【小题2】修饰形容词large用副词：particularly
【小题3】有癌症的人：people with/having cancer，用介词短语或现在分词做定语。句意：生存的机会尤其比有癌症的人大。
【小题4】从后面的句子：he had followed for seven years,可知是用过去时：presented，句意：他提交了54,000美国人的一项调查。
【小题5】考查定语从句：先行词是Americans ，用who/whom引导定语从句，这些人他跟踪了7年。
【小题6】连接两个宾语从句用and，句意：开始，病人填写问卷关于在日常生活中发现幽默是怎么容易，还有幽默的想法是多么重要。
【小题7】修饰名词idea用形容词humorous
【小题8】介词in后面接动名词surviving，句意：研究表明幽默在人们生活中作用越大，他们在7年中幸存的机会就越大。
【小题9】形容词用了比较级more likely和 than连用，句意：得分在前四分之一的人比后四分之一的人幸存的机会大。
【小题10】考查it做形式宾语：句型是：sb find it+adj+that从句。句意：研究发现幽默在减少死亡的机会这方面是很重要的。