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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-20各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出一个最佳答案。
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his _________ and traveling.
Then ,after returning to the United States from a_________ trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR),Mr. Cousins got sick. . Because he had pushed his body to the_________ of its strength on the trip ,a change began to take place _________ him .The material between his bones became _________ .
In less than one week after his return ,he could not _________ .Every move that he _________ 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_________ over the illness . Mr. Cousins , however, refused to give up _________ .
Mr. Cousins thought that _________ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body .He did not want to take medicine to cure himself . _________,he felt that happy thoughts or _________might cure his illness.
He began to _________ on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television . Mr. Cousinsquickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the_________ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night .
_________ the doctors could not help him , Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could _________ his experiments with laughter .For eight days , Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television , reading funny books ,and sleeping _________he felt tired .Within three weeks ,he felt well_________ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for _________ .
After a few months , Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to _________ .
1.A.time B.holiday C.sleep D.work
2.A.boringB.tiring C.dangerous D.pleasant
3.A.top B.degree C.problem D.limit
4.A.from B.around C.insideD.beside
5.A.weak B.ill C.false D.painful
6.A.speakB.breathe C.standD.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.PromisingB.Deciding C.Doubting D.Recognizing
16.A.invent B.begin C.continue D.prove
17.A.until B.wheneverC.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