题目内容
He was embarrassed. He felt _____________. A. shy B. hot C shameful D. uncomfortable
C
解析
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling.
Then, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to the Union of Soviet So??cialist Republics( USSR)，Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, 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 made was pain??ful. He was not able to sleep at night.
The doctore told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins ’ problem and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.
Mr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead，he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. .'
He began to experiment on himself while still in 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.
Deciding that the doctors could not help him, 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 has laughed himself back to health.
Why did Norman Cousins get sick?
A. He did not rest enough. B. He traveled too much.
C. His body chemistry changed. D. All of the above.
What part of his body was affected by the illness?
A .The bones in his feet.
B. His mind when he slept.
C. The material between his bones.
D. His stomach.
What did Mr. Cousins think caused his illness?
A. Bad food. B. Too much laughter.
C. Unhappy thoughts. D. The doctors.
Where did Mr. Cousins go in order to cure himself?
A. To a hotel room. B. To the beach. C. To the hospital. D. To the USSR.
How long did it take before Mr. Cousins went back, to work?
A. A few weeks. B. A few months. C. A few hours. D. A few years.
My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died．As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him．But the more I tried, the more he pulled away．When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year．At this rate he would never graduate．I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him．Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help．“Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son． I’m at the end of my rope．I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call．A man introduced himself as the headmaster．“I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger．“I love my son but I just don’t know what to do．I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked．It’s out of my hands．“For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line．The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades．Finally, he even made the honor roll .In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl．I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around．On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded．“That was me．I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you．That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
By saying “Karl became withdrawn”, the author means that the boy changed entirely and ______.
A．preferred to stay alone at home B．lost interest in any activity
C．refused to talk to others D．began to dislike his mother
There was silence on the other end of the line because ______ .
A．the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother
B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking
C．the speaker didn’t want the mother to recognize his voice
D．the speaker was unable to interrupt the mother
The underlined sentence “…he even made the honor roll” means that “ ______ ”.
A．he was even on the list to be praised at the parent-teacher meeting
B．he was even on the list of students who made progress in grades
C．he was even on the list of students who turned themselves around
D．he was even on the list of the best students at school
What is the main idea of this passage ?
A．Children in single-parent families often have mental problems.
B．Mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life.
C．Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.
D．School education doesn’t work without full support from parents.
He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer, "They've taken care of him for 90 years."
Adapted from People, November 25, 2002
What is probably the boy's last name?
A. Schleiferi. B. Eino. C. Magda. D. Panula.
Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5, __________.
A. 1912 B.1954 C. 2002 D. 2004
This text is mainly about how _________.
A. the unknown baby’s body was taken from the north Atlantic
B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Sotia
C. people found out who the unknown baby was
D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years
