Harry Mendis, a 15-year-old British schoolboy, had a long hiccup(～TP～)at the end of last month．
His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks．After the first week, Harry’s parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure(治愈)him．
Harry．, who is now back at school, is talking about his hiccups．
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water, but that didn’t work．That evening I had hiccups every four seconds．1 tried many ways to stop them．I held my breath and drank cold drinks．My father even tried to give me a shock, but that didn’t work, either．After a week of sleepless nights, I went to hospital．The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong．They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed, down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped．”
Harry was very lucky．The world record holders is the American farmer Charles Smith, who hiccuped for 69 years and 5 months．He stopped hiccups in 1990 at last, but nobody knew why．
(1)
Harry hiccuped for ________．
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A．
a week
B．
fourteen days
C．
twenty-eight days
D．
one month
(2)
Harry’s hiccups started after he ________．
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A．
drank a glass of milk
B．
went to hospital
C．
finished his homework
D．
ate lunch
(3)
Harry’s parents decided to take him to hospital when he ________．
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A．
hiccuped for four seconds
B．
held his breath
C．
hiccuped at night
D．
couldn’t stop hiccupping
(4)
What does “shock” in this passage mean in Chinese?
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A．
咳嗽
B．
惊吓
C．
喷嚏
D．
哈欠
(5)
Harry’s hiccups stopped one week after the doctor ________．
After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station．“The railway owes me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office．“You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night．So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel．It cost me 12 pounds．”
Harry was worried．He remembered selling the woman a return ticket．“Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely．“I'll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd．” The woman and her little girl followed him inside．She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered．There was no sailing on May 22nd．How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day．Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child．“You look sun burnt,” he said to her．“Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly．“The beach was lovely．And I can swim too!”
“That's fine,” said Harry．“My little girl can't swim a bit yet．Of course, she's only three…”
“I'm four,” the child said proudly．“I'll be four and a half．”
Harry turned to the mother．“I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said．“But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Er, well…” the woman looked at the child．“I mean…she hasn't started school yet, she's only four．”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam．A child's return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…13.50 pounds．The law is the law, but since the mistake is mine…．”
The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office．
(1)
The woman was angry because ________．
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A．
she couldn't use the ticket for her round trip
B．
she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
C．
she spent more money than she had expected
D．
Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
(2)
Harry was worried ________．
[ ]
A．
the woman was angry with him
B．
he had not done his work carefully
C．
the Jersey timetable was wrong
D．
the little girl didn't have a return ticket
(3)
Harry started talking to the little girl ________．
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A．
because he was in trouble and did not know what to do
B．
because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
C．
because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D．
when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
(4)
When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the mistake was mine…” he meant that ________．
[ ]
A．
they must follow it without other choice, even though the mistake was his
B．
he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn't want to
C．
the woman had to pay him 1.50 pounds and the railway would pay her for the hotel
D．
she should pay 1.50 pounds, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
(5)
The woman left the office without saying anything because ________．
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A．
she wanted to go home and get money for the child's ticket
B．
she was so angry that she didn't want to have anything more to do with the young man
C．
she was moved(感动)by Harry's kindness
D．
she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted(坚持)
An angry woman sat in the station office．“The railway should pay me ＄12,”she said to Harry, the man who sold the ticket．“My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was 1 train from Jersey that night．My daughter and I had to 2 in a hotel．It 3 me ＄12．”
Harry was 4 ．He remembered selling the woman a return ticket． 5 he checked the Jersey timetable for May 22nd, he knew she was right．However, had he made such a careless mistake?Wondering 6 to do, he smiled at the woman's child．“Did you have a nice 7 in Jersey?”he said to her．“Yes,”she answered shyly．“The seashore was lovely．And I can swim, too!”
“That's fine,”said Harry．“My little girl can't swim at all．Of course, she's only three…”
“I'm four,”the child said 8 ．“I'll soon be four and a half．”
Harry turned to the mother．“I remember your ticket, madam,”he said．“ 9 you didn't buy one ticket 10 your daughter, did you?”
“Well,”the woman looked at her child,“I 11 she hasn't started school yet．She is only four．”
“A 4-year-old child 12 pay for a ticket, madam．A child's return ticket 13 Jersey costs ＄13.50．So 14 we pay your hotel bill, you will owe (欠)＄1.50．The law is the law, since the mistake was mine…”
Saying 15 , the woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the station office．
