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You all know this type of person: always ready to play a joke on other people, usually amusing if you like his or her sense of humour. For some such behaviour may be irritating, but the (1) ..... (joke) is excused as this sense of humour has been inherited genetically. However, in the light of the research made by scientists at St Thomas's Hospital in London this type of (2) ..... (explain) cannot be accepted any longer. After examining something that is almost (3) ..... (possible) to measure - a sense of humour - among 127 sets of twins they found that humour might not be (4) ..... (inherit) in fact. Scientists showed the twins cartoons that were supposed to be funny and measured their (5) ..... (react). What was amusing for one twin sometimes wasn't for another.

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You all know this type of person: always ready to play a joke on other people, usually amusing if you like his or her sense of humour. For some such behaviour may be irritating, but the (1) joker is excused as this sense of humour has been inherited genetically. However, in the light of the research made by scientists at St Thomas's Hospital in London this type of (2) explanation cannot be accepted any longer. After examining something that is almost (3) impossible to measure - a sense of humour - among 127 sets of twins they found that humour might not be (4) inherited in fact. Scientists showed the twins cartoons that were supposed to be funny and measured their (5) reaction . What was amusing for one twin sometimes wasn't for another.