IV.完形填空:

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his 1   and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a  2  trip to some European countries, Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the 3   of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place 4   him. The material between his bones became 5  .

In less than one week after his return, he could not 6  . Every move that he made was  7  . He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never 8   over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up 9  .

Mr. Cousins thought that  10  thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. 11  , he felt that happy thoughts or  12   might cure his illness.

He began to  13   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  14   gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

15   the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could  16  his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping 17   he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well  18  to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for  19  .

After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to 20  .

1. A. time                  B. holiday           C. sleep             D. work

2. A. boring             B. tiring            C. dangerous         D. pleasant

3. A. top                B. degree            C. problem          D. limit

4. A. from              B. around               C. inside            D. beside

5. A. weak              B. ill               C. false             D. sick

6. A. speak              B. breathe           C. stand             D. see

7. A. easy                   B. unpleasing         C. hard             D. painful

8. A. look               B. get              C. turn             D. think

9. A. effort              B. hope             C. treatment          D. arrangement

10. A. foolish            B. unusual           C. funny            D. unhappy

11. A. Instead            B. However          C. Therefore         D. Otherwise

12. A. sleep             B. travel            C. laughter          D. television

13. A. rescue             B. operate           C. test              D. experiment

14. A. day              B. week             C. month            D. year

15. A. Promising          B. Deciding          C. Doubting          D. Recognizing

16. A. invent             B. begin            C. continue          D. prove    

17. A. until              B. whenever         C. unless            D. so that

18. A. soon              B. completely        C. slowly            D. enough

19. A. exercise               B. illness            C. rest              D. pleasure

20. A. power             B. sense             C. health            D. happiness

III.缺词填空:(用所给词的适当形式填空)

              Exposition(解说)

A play places special demands on the audience. In the first few minutes, a group of characters is_______(present) in a specific setting and situation. Questions _____ (occur) immediately. Who are these people? Where are they? What is their relationship to one another? What are the problems they seem to be _________(struggle) with? How did they get these problems? What do they ________(plan) to do about them?

Generally, these questions are ________(answer) by the initial(最初的)dialogue and action of the play. This opening dialogue is _______(call) exposition. The audience must be particularly alert (留心的) at this time, or it will ______(miss) some of the answers. Reading exposition is a little bit like ________(arrive) late at a party. Some of the guests are strangers to you and the conversation is already in full swing(正起劲的). It will take several minutes of _______(look )and listening before you can orient(使…适应)yourself. But meanwhile the party doesn’t stop; you must catch up on the past while you_______(keep up) with the present. Like the party, the exposition is never static(静态的). The playwright(剧作家) _______(raise) new questions while he is answering old ones. He also reveals(剖析) characters and _______(advance )the plot.

Read the _________(begin) of each play carefully. With practice you will come _______(recognize) the exposition and ________(appreciate) the playwrights skill in handling it.

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