Bestsellers(最畅销)of the Year

　　　　　　　　　 The Longest Night

This is William Smith’s last book in his life. William become a writer after teaching English for a few years.

Susan is a nurse in southern England, where she works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Susan has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and when they reach the hospital…

　　　　　　　　 No Pains No Gains(收获)

This exciting story is Emma Brown’s twentieth.

No Pains No Gains is about Harry, who works with his father, a carpenter, in America.They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop and…

(　 )56. ___________ wrote the book The Longest Night.

　　　　 A. Susan　 B. William Smith　 C. Emma Brown　 D. Bestseller

(　 )57. From The Longest Night we know ________.

A. William Smith was once a teacher of English

B. William Smith is the baby’s father

C. William Smith is Susan’s husband

D. William Smith helped Susan and the baby

(　 )58. The Longest Night is about __________.

　　　　 A. William Smith’s life　　 B. William Smith’s last book

　　　　 C. William Smith’s job　　 D. the nurse Susan and a sick baby

(　 )59. From the story we know the meaning of the underlined word “carpenter” is ______.

　　　　 A. a bestseller　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a hard-working man

C. a person who makes wooden(木制的) things　 D. a business man

(　 )60. From the title No Pains No Gains, we may know that Harry ___________ at last.

　　　　 A. is still very poor　　　 B. has become friends with Emma Brown

　　　　 C. is very successful　　　 D. has forgotten the man dressed in black

Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.

But sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. A sick person does not get well. The pain will not go away. This happened to one man. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. This “doctor” was his own sense of humor(幽默感). He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling was his best “medicine”. His doctor thought so, too.

Another man was ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting. So the man began to “picture” his pain. In his head he “drew” a picture of a dog. He imagined it as a real dog. And he made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!

These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “doctor” inside you and you can stay happy and well.

根据短文内容，按要求完成各题

1.Does medicine always work?

2.Who is the first sick man’s new “doctor”?

3.Who made the second patient well again, the doctor or the “dog” in his head?

4.Why does the writer ask us to visit the “doctor” inside our head?

5.What can you learn from this story?