Questions 1-10

READing PASSAgE 2 
Questions 14–26 
14  B very hard = almost impossible; to pretend to 
laugh = to imitate laughter
15  A a reference to research = all the studies show; 
people do not know how often they laugh = we 
laugh more frequently than we realise
16  D stop themselves laughing = suppress laughter; 
the reason why = this is possible because
17  A The health benefits include improving 
cardiovascular function, boosting the immune 
system and the release of beneficial hormones into 
the bloodstream.
18  C a medical condition = a rare neurological disorder 
named aphonogelia; stops some people making a 
noise when laughing = prevents some people from 
laughing out loud
19  D paragraph E: research = an international online 
survey; personal experience = the reactions his 
own jokes received; wide range of subjects and 
situations = diverse and often contradictory variety 
of topics and scenarios
20  C paragraph C: ideas about what is amusing = tastes 
in jokes; changed considerably over time = evolved 
markedly with the passing of the centuries
21  E paragraph E: to intentionally make other people 
laugh = making jokes for a living; an unusual 
combination of skills and characteristics = 
a psychologist and social commentator, be 
empathetic, self-aware, observant, stubborn  
and have great timing. 
22  B paragraph B: Jocelyn Barnes explains that while 
we may laugh because something is funny, the real 
purpose of laughter is sometimes social bonding; 
ordinary people = outside the scientific community
23  eyes paragraph B: The sentence has a clear locator 
in the name of the French neurologist. Distraction 
is provided by the names of the two muscles and 
by ‘feet’, but these words do not make sense in this 
context. 
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24  book paragraph C: A clear locator is provided with 
the reference to ancient Rome. Note that the locator 
may come towards the end of the sentence. The 
name of the book provides distraction, but it is too 
long to be the correct answer. 
25  school paragraph D: A clear locator is provided 
by the reference to Tanzania and the date. The 
question is made more difficult by the fact that the 
word ‘school’ does not appear until quite some time 
after this reference. 
26  crying paragraph E: A clear locator reference 
is provided. Again, the question is made more 
challenging by the requirement to read and 
comprehend a long section of text after the 
reference to the neurologist.