首页
登录
职称英语
Man is the only animal that laughs. Why is this true? What makes us respond
Man is the only animal that laughs. Why is this true? What makes us respond
游客
2023-11-15
57
管理
问题
Man is the only animal that laughs. Why is this true? What makes us respond as we【C1】______ to pleasurable experiences? What is the history of this "happy convulsion" as someone once【C2】______ it. and just what is its function?
We are not short【C3】______ theories to explain the mystery, for centuries, biologists, psychologists, and medical men have【C4】______ a definitive explanation of laughter. One writer theoried that its function is to intimidate others or to gain stature【C5】______ them by humiliating them. Another took the opposite view that we laugh in order not to cry. A psychologist offered the explanation that laughter functions as a remedy【C6】______ painful experiences, and that it serves to defend a person【C7】______ what the psychologist termed "the many minor pains【C8】______ which man is exposed", that the seventeenth century, a writer set【C9】______ the theory that we laugh when we compare ourselves with others and’ find ourselves superior; in effect, we laugh at the infirmities of others.
【C10】______ every theory has been concerned with either the structure or the function of laughter,【C11】______ relatively few have been devoted【C12】______ the question. of its origin. I propose to offer a theory which, so far as I am 【C13】______ , has not previously been set forth: that only those animals capable of speech are capable of laughter, and that therefore man, being the only animal that【C14】______ , is the only animal that laughs.
Those of us who have observed Chimpanzees closely feel quite confident that the chimpanzee occasionally【C15】______ behavior that looks very much like a primitive precursor of human laughter. This behavior, however, has been observed only in a human【C16】______ ; whether or not it occurs under natural【C17】______ is dubious; but the【C18】______ fact that under any condition an ape is capable of such behavior is【C19】______ more than passing【C20】______ for does it not indicate that early man had the rudiments of laughter? [br] 【C11】
选项
A、therefore
B、whereas
C、so
D、to
答案
B
解析
此题考查连词用法。whereas意思是“然而,另一方面”,是转折连词,引导对比或对立的从句。相当于作连词用的while。如:He was poor,whereas/while his brother was very rich.他穷,而他兄弟却很富。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3190154.html
相关试题推荐
Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?[originaltext]Somedesertanimalsc
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Theevolutionofsexratiohasproduced,inmostplantsandanimalswithse
Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?[br][originaltext]Animalsperformmany
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
随机试题
[originaltext]Robertwassogoodathisprofessionthathewasabletomake
[originaltext]W:Okay,Nathan.(12)Sowearetalkingaboutdrivingandarethere
RecyclingTheconceptofgreenconsumerismhasgai
被称为梆子戏,代表剧目有《穆桂英挂帅》《花木兰》《朝阳沟》等的是()。A.豫剧
在建筑空间围透关系的处理上,下列陈述中哪一个是不确切的?[2008-009]A.
下列关于存货清查的会计处理中,正确的有( )。A.盘盈或盘亏的存货如在期末结账
患者女,40岁。近日出现食欲减退乏力,全身不适,尿液颜色逐渐变深。查体,右上腹有
关于银行的福费廷业务的特点,下列说法正确的有( )。A.福费廷是出口商卖断票据
甲公司为机床生产企业。2×21年1月,甲公司以其所属的从事机床配件生产的一个车间
建筑安装工程费用项目组成中,暂列金额主要用于( )。A.施工合同签订时尚未确定
最新回复
(
0
)