There is an old English saying, Laughter is the best medicine. One person who certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins. Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Revie 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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There is an old English saying," Laughter is the best medicine. " One person who certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.

Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also (1) and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题)，traveling to many different countries to share his (2)

In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got (3) . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨头).

In less than a week after he got back,he could not (4) it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to (5) at night. The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure(治疗)his problem and he might never (6) the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by (7) thoughts. He did not want to take (8) to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of (9) laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

Deciding that the (10) could not help him,Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could (11) his experiments with laughter. For eight days，Mr. Cousins (12) in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt (13) . Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for (14) .

After a few months, Mr. Cousins was (15) to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

( ) 1. A. laughed B. taught C. wrote D. copied

( ) 2. A. magazines B. subjects C. photos D. ideas

( ) 3. A. rich B. sick C. lonely D. famous

( ) 4. A. stand B. realize C. face D. improve

( ) 5. A. dream B. eat C. shout D. sleep

( ) 6. A. go through B. look after C. get over D. find out

( ) 7. A. unhappy B. pleasant C. silly D. clever

( ) 8. A. food B. time C. medicine D. money

( ) 9. A. unusual B. false C. real D. wild

( ) 10. A. friends B. laughter C. experiment D. doctors

( ) 11. A. begin B. end C. continue D. report

( ) 12. A. rested B. worked C. studied D. played

( ) 13. A. well B. tired C. afraid D. worried

( ) 14. A. help B. exercise C. freedom D. fun

( ) 15. A. able B. safe C. lazy D. uncertain

1. C laugh意为"笑"；teach意为"教"；write意为"写"；copy意为"复制，抄写"。由上文Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine...可知，写作是他的丁作内容之一，故选C。

2. D magazine意为"杂志";subject意为"科目";photo意为"照片";idea意为"观点，想法"。由上文about world peace and anti-war issues可知，他到不同的国家去分享他的和平反战理念，故选D。

3. B rich意为"富裕的";sick意为"生病的";lonely意为"孤独的";famous意为"著名的"。由下文He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones.可知，他生病了，故选B。

4. A stand意为"忍受";realize意为"意识到";face意为"面对";improve意为"提高，改善"。由下文Every move that he made was painful.可知，他忍受不了这种疼痛了，故选A₀

5. D dream意为"做梦";eat意为"吃";shout意为"吵闹";sleep意为"睡觉"。由上文中的Every move that he made was painful.以及本句中的at night可知，他的骨头非常痛，晚上难以入睡，故选D。

6. C go through意为"通过"_;look after意为"照看，照顾";get over意为"恢复";find out意为"查明，发现”。由上文The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure his problem可知,医生认为他也许永远都不能恢复健康了，故选C。

7. A unhappy意为"不高兴的";pleasant意为"令人愉快的";silly意为"傻的";clever意为"聪明的"。由下文Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.可知，他认为肖己的病可能是由不愉快的想法引起的，空格处与"happy"形成对比，故选A。

8. C由下文他采用"大笑疗法"进行自我治疗可知，他不想用药物进行治疗。take medicine意为"吃药"，符合语境,故选(：。

9. C unusual意为"不寻常的";false意为"错误的";real意为"真实的";wild意为"狂野的，疯狂的"。他很快发现白天十分钟真实的笑声能让他晚上安睡两小时，故选C。

10. D 由下文Mr. Cousins left the hospital可知，他明白医生帮不了他。doctor意为"医生"，符合语境，故选0。

11. C begin意为"开始";end意为"结束";continue意为"继续";report意为"报道"。由上文He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital可知，出院后他继续肖己的"大笑疗法"实验，故选（：。

12. A 由下文watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever...可知，他在宾馆的房间里休息。rest意为"休息"，符合语境，故选A。

13. B由生活常识可知,感到累了就得睡觉。tired意为"疲惫的，劳累的"，符合语境，故选B。

14. B help意为"帮助";exercise意为"锻炼";freedom意为"肖由";fun意为"有趣的人（事）"。由上文he began running on the beach可知，在海滩上跑步是为了锻炼身体，故选B。

15. A able意为"可以的";safe意为"安全的";lazy意为"懒惰的";uncertain意为"不确定的"。由下文He had laughed himself back to health,rij知，他恢复了健康，又能继续工作了。be able to do sth.意为

"能够做某事"，符合语境，故选A。

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FAIREMONT HOTEL	WILSON BOOKSTORE
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