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 (治療) 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 (實(shí)驗(yàn)) 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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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?yàn)榘烟�多精力花費(fèi)在了工作上，從而損害了自己的身體，得病了，醫(yī)生們不...

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I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her a1. at anything and never 47. h2. her say a bad word to anyone or about anything.

Happy and her husband Ben, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together w3. on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the s4. of their garden, making it twice as big as it was. As the price of food r5. fast, we all wished to have such a large garden. As we spent more money at the m6. to buy vegetables, Happy was picking beans in her backyard.

Last month, Happy and Ben i7. most of the neighborhood to their home. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place.

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash.

By 10:00 am, we were laughing happily. Talking about stories happening in our life, we s8. a lot of happiness. By five o’clock, everyone was little d9. from the alcoholic drinks, wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty (收成) of the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying each o10. company (陪伴). Many thanks to Happy, Ben and their lovely garden.

1.angry 2.heard 3.working 4.size 5.rose 6.market 7.invited 8.shared 9.drunk 10.other's 【解析】這篇短文給我們講述了Happy和她的丈夫Ben，他們一起種植了一個(gè)菜園，生活得很開(kāi)心。他們還邀請(qǐng)鄰居們?nèi)ゼ依镆黄鹫�蔬菜，他們�(cè)谝黄鸱窒砹撕芏嗟目鞓?lè)。 1...

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Having studied in this school for almost three years, you are about to graduate (畢業(yè)). There must be something that you will always remember. Please write a passage about your Junior school life. The following points should be included.

1. How your junior school life is.

2. Things/moments that you won’t forget.

3. The regrets in the three years.

4. Plans for your future.

5. A natural ending.

I'm lucky to study in this beautiful school. The teachers are great. They always try to make their lessons lively and interesting. The classmates are lovely and friendly. The school life is rich and c...

Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?

A. A baker usually bakes delicious cakes. B. Why are you so late this morning.

C. A cat is running after a mouse in the fields. D. The police have trouble in the case.

C 【解析】句意：下面哪個(gè)畫(huà)線部分與其他部分的發(fā)音不同？本題考查單詞的讀音。cakes中的a發(fā)音為[e?]，late中的a發(fā)音為[e?]，cat中的a發(fā)音為[?]，case中的a發(fā)音為[e?]，故答案選C。

Which of the following word matches the sound /’lei ? /?

A. lazy B. layer C. lay D. lying

B 【解析】句意：下面哪個(gè)單詞的發(fā)音與音標(biāo)/’lei ? /相匹配？本題考查單詞的讀音。A. lazy音標(biāo)為[?le?zi]；B. layer音標(biāo)為[?le??]；lay音標(biāo)為[le?]；D. lying音標(biāo)為['la??]；故答案選B。

It’s really an unforgettable experience to________Great Wall with my best friends.

A. the B. a C. / D. an

A 【解析】句意：和我最好的朋友一起去長(zhǎng)城真的是一次難忘的經(jīng)歷。本題主要考查定冠詞the的用法。Great Wall長(zhǎng)城，是由普通名詞構(gòu)成的專(zhuān)有名詞，所以需要在前面加定冠詞the，因此A選項(xiàng)符合題意，故答案選A。

I’ve given him much advice on his job. To my joy, he always listens to________attentively.

A. I B. me C. my D. mine

B 【解析】句意：我給了他很多關(guān)于他工作的建議，令我高興的是，他總是認(rèn)真地聽(tīng)我講話。本題考查人稱(chēng)代詞的賓格形式，主格做主語(yǔ)，賓格做賓語(yǔ)，所以要清楚其在句子中的成分是做題的關(guān)鍵。A. I我，主格形式，在句中做主語(yǔ)；B. me我，賓格形式，在句中做賓語(yǔ)；C. my我的，形容詞性物主代詞，后接名詞；D. mine我的，名詞性物主代詞，作為名詞使用。根據(jù)本空格的位置放在動(dòng)詞之后，所以需要用賓格形式，...

How to deal________global warming is a big problem for all of the countries.

A. at B. for C. to D. with

D 【解析】句意：如何應(yīng)對(duì)全球變暖是所有國(guó)家面臨的一個(gè)大問(wèn)題。本題考查固定短語(yǔ)，由句意“如何去______全球變暖對(duì)所有國(guó)家來(lái)說(shuō)都是一個(gè)大問(wèn)題，”可知此處應(yīng)填“處理、對(duì)付”，是固定短語(yǔ)，英文表達(dá)是deal with，故答案選D。

I’m sorry that I can’t give you any advice because I know________about it.

A. little B. a little C. few D. a few.

A 【解析】句意：很抱歉，我不能給你任何建議，因?yàn)槲也涣私馑�。根�?jù)前面I’m sorry that I can’t give you any advice很抱歉，我不能給你任何建議，可知此處說(shuō)的是因?yàn)槲也涣私馑�。根�?jù)I can't give you…可知，此處表示否定意義，所以A選項(xiàng)符合題意，little表示否定意義，故答案選A。

1 think Jack usually does his homework________than his sister.

A. careful B. carefully

C. more careful D. more carefully

D 【解析】句意：我認(rèn)為杰克通常比他妹妹更仔細(xì)地做作業(yè)。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空格處修飾前面的does his homework，即修飾動(dòng)詞，所以應(yīng)用副詞形式，A、C選項(xiàng)中careful為形容詞所以排除；由句中的than可知應(yīng)用比較級(jí)形式，carefully為副詞，是多音節(jié)詞，其比較級(jí)直接在其前加more，故答案選D。