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阅读理解 There's a good reason people say laughter is the best medicine. In a recent study from Rehabilitation Nursing Journal, researchers looked at changes in loneliness for older adults in nursing homes after receiving laughter therapy (疗法). Each of the 31 participants received laughter therapy twice a week for six weeks, while the same number of controls only received usual care. At the end of the six weeks, those who participated in laughter therapy reported less loneliness than the control group. Laughter therapy is a low-key option that you can practice in many ways. Jenna Pascual, a laughter yoga teacher, hosts group and one-on-one classes with seniors. She starts by guiding people through warmups to get comfortable with stimulating laughter. These may involve deep breathing exercises, clapping and light stretches paired with laughter, and call-and-response laughter. She then transitions(转变) to laughter around a theme, such as a Hawaiian beach party or Star Wars, pairing laughter with small movements. Many forms of laughter therapy are available to all. "Laughter therapy is great for people with disabilities," says Katie Ziskind, a marriage and family therapist. Pascual also works with people in wheelchairs or hospital beds. Rehabilitation Nursing's study is one in a long line of research confirming laughter's ability to improve well-being in older adults. In a 2015 study from the International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, people aged 60 or older at a retirement center attended two 90-minute laughter therapy classes a week for six weeks. At the end of the experiment, participants had improved general health. In a 2016 study from Nursing Open, older adults at an elderly daycare center had laughter therapy once a week for four weeks. The participants experienced reduced depression, along with increased sociability. While you can try laughter therapy alone, there are advantages to doing it with others. "I want to stress the power of simply hearing laughter and watching others enjoying themselves laughing," says Pascual. "I've worked with seniors who were not in the mood to laugh, but after hearing and watching others laugh in my classes, they ended up laughing with us." （1） How did the researchers do the recent study? A . By offering participants different types of laughter therapy B . By controlling the time of laughter therapy for the same participants. C . By studying the effects of laughter therapy on disabled people. D . By comparing participants having laughter therapy with those not having. （2） What is paragraph 2 mainly about? A . Why laughter is the best medicine. B . How seniors react to laughter therapy. C . What Pascual does to help disabled people. D . How Pascual teaches her laughter yoga classes. （3） Why does the author mention the two studies in paragraph 4? A . To compare them with the recent study. B . To show the benefits of laughter therapy. C . To state the popularity of laughter therapy. D . To talk about old people's health problems. （4） What do Pascual's words in the last paragraph show? A . Making a person laugh is hard. B . Laughter helps reduce loneliness. C . People may laugh at different things. D . Laughter can spread among people. 答案： D D B D

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