Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, an American researcher reports.
“Adults who have ______ sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is _____ (particular) large for people ______ cancer,” says Richard Smith of the Columbia University of Science and Technology.
He ______ (present) his study of about 54,000 Americans, ______ 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 _____ how important a ______ (humor) idea was.
The study showed next the greater role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances were in ______（survive）the seven years. Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive _____ 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 _____ important that a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70%.