The Origins Of Laughter IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘The Origins Of Laughter ’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 13. Beyond the questions, you will find the answers along with the location of the answers in the passage and the keywords that help you find out the answers.
The Origins Of Laughter
Answers
| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Using sound spectrographs to reveal the pitch and intensity of vocalizations, she discovered that chimp and human baby laughter follow broadly the same pattern. | Paragraph D;
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| 2 | C | So far, though, the most compelling evidence for laughter beyond primates comes from research done by Jaak Panksepp from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, | Paragraph E;
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| 3 | D | But the idea that has gained the most popularity in recent years is that laughter in response to tickling is a way for two individuals to signal and test their trust in one another. | Paragraph F; Line 4 |
| 4 | A | Provine found that most laughter comes as a polite reaction to everyday remarks such as “see you later”, rather than anything particularly funny. | Paragraph B;
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| 5 | B | Zimmerman believes the closeness of baby laughter to chimp laughter supports the idea that laughter was around long before humans arrived on the scene. | Paragraph D;
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| 6 | A | “Laughter evolved as a signal to others — it almost disappears when we are alone,” says Robert Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland. | Paragraph B;
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| 7 | E | To find the origins of laughter, Provine believes we need to look at play. | Paragraph C; Line 1 |
| 8 | D | Humans and chimps share a common ancestor that lived perhaps 8 million years ago, but animals might have been laughing long before that. | Paragraph E;
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| 9 | G | More distantly related primates, including gorillas, laugh, and anecdotal evidence suggests that other social mammals can do too. Scientists are currently testing such stories with a comparative analysis of just how common laughter is among animals. | Paragraph E;
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| 10 | H | But the idea that has gained the most popularity in recent years is that laughter in response to tickling is a way for two individuals to signal and test their trust in one another. | Paragraph F;
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| 11 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
| 12 | TRUE | While other animals pant, we alone can control our breath well enough to produce the sound of laughter. | Paragraph G;
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| 13 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
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