Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water!This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝).Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的).We really don’t know why they start and why they stop.
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well.Others eat a little sugar.Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.
An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years.He tried 60,000 cures,but none of them worked.Finally he prayed(向…祈祷) to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.
A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well.He tried them all,but the hiccups continued.Finally,he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.
Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.
【小题1】        might be the best cure for hiccups.

A.Special pills
B.A spoonful of salt
C.Cold water
D.What you believe in
【小题2】The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups.
A.4 hours
B.2 days
C.8 months
D.8 years
【小题3】What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Different ways to stop hiccups
B.What makes hiccups happen
C.How to get hiccups
D.Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups

How can I get good grades at school? How can I finish so much homework every evening? What should I do if I’m not interested in my classes ? Who will teach us this term ? Maybe you have such questions in your mind before school starts.

Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.

First, keep calm.Don’t worry about all the question you have. Put your heart into learning,and you can find something you are interested in.Do it actively.

Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly.Don’t spend a lot of time on it.Do more reading or writing in English.Think about the problems you have and solve them at once.Don’t stay up late,or you can’t study well the next day.

Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating.If you can remember the words in your way,you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again.Be sure you can pass the test.I think your teachers will agree with you.And they can give you something interesting to do.

School is really a good place for you to learn.Believe in your teachers and yourself.You are the best one and you can do everything well.

1.The writer writes the passage to       

A.give students some good ways of learning.

B.ask students not to listen to their teachers.

C.ask students not to do their homework

D.tell students what a good teacher is.

2.What does the writer tell students to do about their homework?

A.They should spend a lot of time on it.

B.They should stay up late doing it.

C.They should do more reading or writing in English.

D.They should have boring work to do.

3.What’s the third piece of advice about?

A.How to get on with friends?

B.How to get high grades.

C.What kind of schoolwork is better for students.

D.How to finish the homework in a short time.

4.According to the passage, students should believe in    

A.themselves and their teachers

B.themselves and their parents

C.their parents and teachers

D.themselves and their classmates

 

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