Laughing is Good for You - Seriously - Test 1

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Proficiency Testbuilder, 4th Edition, Mark Harrison, Macmillan

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

It is a sad fact (0) ___ adults laugh far less than children, sometimes (9) ___ as much as a couple of hundred times a day. Just take a (10) ___ at people's faces on the way to work or in the office: you'll be lucky to see a smile, let (11) ___ hear a laugh. This is a shame – especially in (12) ___ of the fact that scientists have proved that laughing is good for you. 'When you laugh,' says psychologist David Cohen, 'it produces the feel-good hormones, endorphins. It counters the effects of stress (13) ___ enhances the immune system.' There are many (14) ___ why we might laugh less in adult life: perhaps we are too work-obsessed, or too embarrassed to (15) ___ our emotions show. Some psychologists simply believe that children have more naive responses, and as adults we naturally grow (16) ___ of spontaneous reactions.

Laughing is Good for You – Seriously

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