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
25
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] 【C13】
选项
A、aware
B、concerned
C、know
D、said
答案
B
解析
此题考查固定搭配。so/as far as...is concerned是固定结构,意思是“就…而言”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3190156.html
相关试题推荐
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomany
Theevolutionofsexratiohasproduced,inmostplantsandanimalswithse
Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?[br][originaltext]Animalsperformmany
Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?[originaltext]Animalsperformmanyuseful
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
Naturehassuppliedeveryanimal【C1】______manwithsome【C2】______forhisbod
随机试题
VictoriaBarzilaiopenedhermouthwidesothedoctorcouldlookathersore
"Whatadifferenceawordmakes?"Theissueofsemantics(语义学)hasbeenan
持续整理形态包括(). Ⅰ.楔形 Ⅱ.旗形 Ⅲ.矩形 Ⅳ.三角形A:Ⅰ
用于溶血反应和补体结合试验的稀释缓冲液,除了含有适量的氯化钠和具有一定的pH外,
Thechangeinthatvillagewasmiraculou
患者女,21岁。主诉1个月以来感到阳光特别刺眼,即使阴天都觉得睁不开眼睛。此患者
原作者把CBCL因子分的正常范围定在69至98百分位之间,即T分在()之间,超
二级信息进行评价的标准包括A.收载杂志数量 B.受试体数量 C.临床诊断标准
以下药物中,可能导致听神经损害(药源性神经系统疾病)的药物是A.奎宁 B.氯喹
根据劳动关系氛围理论员工的工作绩效最低的是()。A.合作一消极 B.合作一
最新回复
(
0
)