A sense of humor helps us from several aspects. As awareness of the benefits of humor increases, most ofus want to get all the laughs we can. It seems that almost every day there is another new discovery about thepower of humor to help us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.46________.

47________. Many people mistakenly believe that we are born with a sense of humor. They think that whenit comes to a sense of humor, "either you've got it or you don't." This is false. What is true, however, is thatthe ability to laugh and smile is actually something we are born with. For example, we laugh when we aretickled under the arm, even without thinking about how to react.

A sense of humor can be developed in our life. The parts of the brain and central nervous sys-tem thatcontrol laughing and smiling are mature at birth in human infants, but that is not the same thing as having asense of humor. ( After all, when a baby laughs in his small bed we don't rush over and say, "That kid has agreat sense of humor." ) 48________. Don't be nervous before others and try to laugh at yourself--then you willmake them laugh too.

A sense of humor means more than telling jokes. Humor includes a lot more than laughing and joke tell-ing.49________. More than jokes, a sense of humor requires being willing and able to see the funny side of life'ssituations as they happen. In fact, one of the best definitions of a sense of humor is "the ability to see thenon-serious element in a situation".

A sense of humor helps people to better enjoy life. There may be a thousand different ways to expressyour sense of humor, but joke telling is only one of those ways. As more is discovered about how humor ben-efits our life, more people will be able to see and enjoy the humor when they are in a difficult situation.50________.

A. A sense of humor is not an inborn ability

B. A sense of humor can be expressed in two ways

C. Your sense of humor is something you can develop over a lifetime

D. Every system of the body responds to laughter in some important or positive way

E. Life depends on air, food and water, but it is made easier to live with a good sense of humor

F. Many people are worried about no good sense of humor because they aren't good joke tellers

G. Some people doubt their intelligence and emotion because they aren't good at telling stories