The Origins Of Laughter IELTS Reading Answers

Updated On Apr 17, 2021

The Origins Of Laughter IELTS Reading Answers

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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.

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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; Line 5
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; Last line
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; Line 3
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; Line 6
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; Line 2
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; Line 2
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; Lines 3 – 4
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; Line 4
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; Line 4
13	NOT GIVEN	–	–

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