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【题目】Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United Stated who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work. Surrounded by endless work, he had no choice but to deal with it day and night. Then a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治疗) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment (实验) 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 day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

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

【1】Why did Norman Cousins get a strange and serious illness?

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【2】What could the doctors do to help him?

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【3】Besides feeling painful, what did he have difficulty doing?

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【4】What did Norman Cousins think caused his disease?

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【5】What did he do to help himself cure his problem?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because he was too tired.

【2】Nothing.

【3】He had difficulty sleeping.

【4】Unhappy thoughts.

【5】He kept himself happy./ He made himself laugh.

【解析】Cousins先生因为把太多精力花费在了工作上，从而损害了自己的身体，得病了，医生们不知道怎样治疗他的疾病。Cousins先生认为是一些不愉快的想法导致了他的病，于是他开始使自己大笑，让自己开心，他的病真的就好了。

【1】根据短文第一段中But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work.可知，Cousins先生用尽了身体的极限去工作，从而导致身体发生了化学变化，生病了。因此答案为Because he was too tired因为他太累了。

【2】根据短文第二段中The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治疗) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness.可知，医生不知道怎样治疗Cousins先生的病，因此他们什么也做不了。故填Nothing。

【3】根据短文第一段中In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.可知，Cousins先生感到疼痛，而且晚上无法入睡。故这里应回答He had difficulty sleeping，have difficulty doing sth.是一个句型，做某事有困难。

【4】根据短文第二段中He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body.可知，Cousins先生认为是一些不愉快的想法导致了他身体里的化学变化，让他生病。因此这个题目的答案是Unhappy thoughts。

【5】根据短文第二段He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness以及第三段的内容可知，Cousins先生认为开心的想法或者大笑可以治疗他的病，所以他就看了很多有趣的节目，并且让自己笑。因此这个题目的答案是He made himself laugh或者He kept himself happy。