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1.If you've been married to the world's loudest snorer(打鼾者) for nearly four decades,you're either a saint(圣人) or you're deaf.
Julie Switzer is a little of both.On July 4,the 61-year-old British homemaker will celebrate her 40th anniversary with her husband Mel,a taxi driver whose snoring has been measured at 92.5decibels-louder than a police siren.
Until he found a treatment,flight attendants would ask him not to sleep on planes.Eight of his neighbors sold their homes in one 10-year period.Only his wife stood by his side.
"My wife and I love each other,"he says."And she is deaf in one ear."
Julie's condition had no connection to her husband's loud snoring.But even with decreasing hearing,she found it hard to sleep-and though to get up each day to get their two boys off to school."I just thought most men sound like an electric saw(电锯) in the bedroom,"she says.
After two decades of sleeplessness,Julie entered Mel in a local contest,sponsored by a British newspaper in 1984,to find the loudest snoring husband in the United Kingdom.Until then,Mel had not realized the scope of his snore.
The contest turned out to be the best thing she ever did.In one brave stroke,Julie turned her husband into an international celebrity(名人).Suddenly,she and Mel were flying to Japan,so that doctors could measure his snoring on national TV.
"I guess there are better reasons to be famous,"Mel says."But if people are sending you to Tokyo,why fight it?"
The folks at Guinness were quick to contact him,and all the attention brought hundreds of would-be remedies-including one that finally worked.
About four years ago,New York businessman Robert Rose gave Mel a Chinese herbal concoction(草药) that he now markets throughout North America as Y-snore.
Y-snore changed the Switzers'life.Just a few drops in the nose and Mel is silent as a lamb.Finally,a peaceful night for his wife.

68.Julie Switzer is considered somewhat a saint becauseB.
A.she has been an excellent homemaker all the time
B.she tolerated the loudest snoring in the world for nearly 40years
C.she has been married to Mel for 40years
D.she turned a deaf ear to her husband's snoring
69.What did Julie think of her husband's snoring before she entered him in a local contest?D
A.She thought it was as loud as a police siren.
B.She felt bored and extremely angry at him.
C.She was anxious to find a cure for her husband's snoring.
D.She thought it was just a normal phenomenon.
70.Entering her husband in the snoring contest was the best thing Julie ever did becauseA.
A.Mel became a famous person as a result of the contest
B.Mel became rich after winning the first prize
C.she began to know how loud her husband's snoring was
D.she managed to prove to the world that her husband was a brave man
71.According to what is said in the passage,Y-snore isC.
A.an interesting question Robert Ross asked Mel
B.a Japanese medical instrument that Mel bought in Japan
C.a kind of medical that stops snoring effectively
D.the name of a Chinese drugstore that can be found in North America.

分析 本文主要讲述了丈夫打鼾的一系列故事.

解答 68.B推理判断题.根据文章第二段第二句"On July 4,the 61-year-old British homemaker will celebrate her 40th anniversary with her husband Mel"可知他们将要庆祝他们40周年纪念日,通过前文得知她忍受了他丈夫40年的打鼾声.故选B.
69.D细节理解题.根据文章第七段最后一句"Until then,Mel had not realized the scope of his snore."可知她认为这是一个正常的现象.故选D.
70.A细节理解题.根据文意"ulie turned her husband into an international celebrity"可知她丈夫成为名人的比赛.故选A.
71.C细节理解题.根据文意"Just a few drops in the nose and Mel is silent as a lamb"可知Y-snore 是一种停止打鼾的有效医疗手段.故选C.

点评 在阅读时要抓住文章的主题和细节,分析文章结构,根据上下文内在联系,挖掘文章的深层含义,对于暗含在文章中的人物的行为动机,事件中的因果关系及作者未言明的倾向、意图、态度、观点等要进行合乎逻辑的判断、推理、分析,进一步增强理解能力,抓住材料实质性的东西.

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