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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 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR), 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 ___7___ was painful. 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. painful
6. A. speak B. breathe C. stand D. see
7. A. made B. did C. took D. gave
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. try 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
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1.stop A. lose B. woman C. shock D. rose
2.played A. wanted B. finished C. watched D. destroyed
3.knock A. know B. think C. Bike D. monkey
4.mean A. ready B. weather C. leave D. bread
5.foolish A. soon B. good C. book D. foot
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阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。
As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is 1who has large bright eyes and fine skin.
When I was in Grade Four, I 2such a girl. I sat right in front of her and 3her to see if she was a real beauty. She 4a beauty in my eyes until the day she 5with me. She demanded that I 6her pencil box which I 7knocked on to the floor. I 8. Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about 9each other.
During the years that followed, I came across 10explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty, 11that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful, 12said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I 13give these a second thought.
I searched for a beauty 14had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite 15with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty 16experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my 17. She was not very pretty but she was 18. She was born in a 19family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the 20old man had described to me.
1.A. your classmate B. a girl C. an experienced girl D. an ugly girl
2.A. liked B. was tired of C. was against D. found
3.A. stared at B. scolded C. beat D. laughed at
4.A. wasn’t B. pretended to be C. treated himself D. was
5.A. quarreled B. talked C. played D. studied
6.A. steal B. rob her of C. like D. pick up
7.A. by chance B. by no means C. by herself D. by the way
8.A. agreed B. refused C. was happy D. did so
9.A. talking with B. helping C. hitting D. leaving
10.A. the same B. different C. the opposite D. some correct
11.A. but B. or C. as D. so
12.A. Everyone B. The others C. Nobody D. Others
13.A. did B. must C. didn’t D. should
14.A. an old man B. some people C. nobody D. my mother
15.A. lucky B. sad C. willing D. happy
16.A. after B. without C. liking D. against
17.A. friend B. teacher C. classmate D. girlfriend
18.A. ugly B. beautiful C. lovely D. kind
19.A. rich B. farmer’s C. happy D. poor
20.A. foolish B. kind-hearted C. wise D. honest
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Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most, and a rainstorm with thunder and lightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written 1 that frees me from 2 when it's raining.
For two days it was raining without stopping. By the third night, it wasn't raining at all. I 3
the sign to the announcer, and the band began 4 my music.
The animals went through their tricks, but they were far from being 5 about the wetness.
And so we came to the head-in-mouth 6 . When I pulled Leo's mouth open raising his face and nose to the 7 . I noticed that the muscles (肌肉) of his jaws (上、下颚) were tense. Then, as I put my head in, a rain began pouring down. I felt Leo become 8 all over.
My head was in now. I counted to ten and then gave him the tap-on-jaw 9 to let me go. But then nothing happened.
I 10 again on his jaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap. I heard gunfire men were trying to get Leo's 11 . But already, with my face 12 in the back of his mouth, I was finding it hard to breathe, I knew what had happened: with the 13 beating on his face, Leo had forgotten me. I heard the gunfire again.
I awoke with an oxygen mask 14 my face, and a doctor was working over me." You're 15 ," said the doctor, "as soon as you went faint (头晕的), the lion 16 you. For nearly three minutes you had no heartbeat!"
By then it had 17 raining. I called Leo back and opened his jaw. "Don't be a fool!" the doctor said, 18 I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I have Leo the tap on the jaw --and he obeyed immediately.
Yet, when I tried to trick again the next time, Leo 19 . I believed he was unwilling to 20 me a second time. I never did the trick again.
1. A. suggestion B. notice C. agreement D. decision
2. A. performing B. trying C. acting D. training
3. A. set B. gave C. put D. made
4. A. making B. playing C. enjoying D. practising
5. A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. anxious
6. A. joke B. trick C. play D. attempt
7. A. sky B. earth C. cage D. ceiling
8. A. angry B. excited C. tense D. frightened
9. A. mark B. sign C. order D. information
10. A. hit B. beat C. pulled D. tapped
11. A. silence B. control C. attention D. death
12. A. buried B. hidden C. put D. sunk
13. A. stick B. gun C. rain D. hand
14. A. in B. above C. below D. over
15. A. foolish B. crazy C. safe D. lucky
16. A. kept B. dropped C. fell D. bit
17. A. begun B. stopped C. continued D. been
18. A. and B. so C. but D. or
19. A. obeyed B. refused C. agreed D. regretted
20. A. hurt B. kill C. damage D. fool
查看习题详情和答案>>As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is 1 who has large bright eyes and fine skin.
When I was in Grade Four, I 2 such a girl. I sat right in front of her and 3 her to see if she was a real beauty. She 4 a beauty in my eyes until the day she 5 with me. She demanded that I 6 her pencil box which I 7 knocked on to the floor. I 8 . Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about 9 each other.
During the years that followed, I came across 10 explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty, 11 that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful, 12 said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I 13 give these a second thought.
I searched for a beauty 14 had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite 15 with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty 16 experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my 17 . She was not very pretty but she was 18 . She was born in a 19 family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the 20 old man had described to me.
1.A. your classmate B. a girl C. an experienced girl D. an ugly girl
2.A. liked B. was tired of C. was against D. found
3.A. stared at B. scolded C. beat D. laughed at
4.A. wasn’t B. pretended to be C. treated himself D. was
5.A. quarreled B. talked C. played D. studied
6.A. steal B. rob her of C. like D. pick up
7.A. by chance B. by no means C. by herself D. by the way
8.A. agreed B. refused C. was happy D. did so
9.A. talking with B. helping C. hitting D. leaving
10.A. the same B. different C. the opposite D. some correct
11.A. but B. or C. as D. so
12.A. Everyone B. The others C. Nobody D. Others
13.A. did B. must C. didn’t D. should
14.A. an old man B. some people C. nobody D. my mother
15.A. lucky B. sad C. willing D. happy
16.A. after B. without C. liking D. against
17.A. friend B. teacher C. classmate D. girlfriend
18.A. ugly B. beautiful C. lovely D. bright
19.A. rich B. farmer’s C. happy D. poor
20.A. foolish B. kind-hearted C. wise D. honest
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