Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United Stated who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work. Surrounded by endless work, he had no choice but to deal with it day and night. Then a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治疗) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment (实验) on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health.

1.Why did Norman Cousins get a strange and serious illness?

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2.What could the doctors do to help him?

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3.Besides feeling painful, what did he have difficulty doing?

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4.What did Norman Cousins think caused his disease?

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5.What did he do to help himself cure his problem?

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I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her a1. at anything and never 47. h2. her say a bad word to anyone or about anything.

Happy and her husband Ben, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together w3. on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the s4. of their garden, making it twice as big as it was. As the price of food r5. fast, we all wished to have such a large garden. As we spent more money at the m6. to buy vegetables, Happy was picking beans in her backyard.

Last month, Happy and Ben i7. most of the neighborhood to their home. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place.

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash.

By 10:00 am, we were laughing happily. Talking about stories happening in our life, we s8. a lot of happiness. By five o’clock, everyone was little d9. from the alcoholic drinks, wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty (收成) of the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying each o10. company (陪伴). Many thanks to Happy, Ben and their lovely garden.

写作。

Having studied in this school for almost three years, you are about to graduate (毕业). There must be something that you will always remember. Please write a passage about your Junior school life. The following points should be included.

1. How your junior school life is.

2. Things/moments that you won’t forget.

3. The regrets in the three years.

4. Plans for your future.

5. A natural ending.

Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?

A. A baker usually bakes delicious cakes. B. Why are you so late this morning.

C. A cat is running after a mouse in the fields. D. The police have trouble in the case.

Which of the following word matches the sound /’lei ? /?

A. lazy B. layer C. lay D. lying

It’s really an unforgettable experience to________Great Wall with my best friends.

A. the B. a C. / D. an

I’ve given him much advice on his job. To my joy, he always listens to________attentively.

A. I B. me C. my D. mine

How to deal________global warming is a big problem for all of the countries.

A. at B. for C. to D. with

I’m sorry that I can’t give you any advice because I know________about it.

A. little B. a little C. few D. a few.

1 think Jack usually does his homework________than his sister.

A. careful B. carefully

C. more careful D. more carefully