B2 Use of English Test 21 – Writing the missing word in gaps

For questions 1-9, read the text below and think of the word which best fits the gap. Use only one word in each gap.

The importance of laughter

Psychologists tell us that humour and laughter (1)…………… good for our social relationships. Having a good sense of humour is often regarded (2)…………… being one of the most important characteristics that people look (3)…………… in a friend. In classrooms, a humorous teacher can make learning far (4)…………… enjoyable and improve a student’s motivation.

In one study, students on a psychology course (5)…………… split into two different groups: one group was taught with a certain amount of humour, and the other with (6)…………… humour at all. Later, when researchers tested the students to see how much they had retained of (7)…………… they had heard in the lectures, they found that those (8)…………… had attended lectures containing humour scored significantly higher than the other students.

Humour and laughter make us feel happy, and our laughter makes others laugh as (9)……………, so if we laugh a lot we may be helping to make other people feel happy.