Question

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. Cousins quickly 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 (登記住宿) 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．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．strong

6. A．speak B．breathe C．stand? D．see

7. A．made B．did C．put D．ran

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．beat B．operate C．try D．experiment

14. A．day B．week C．month? D．year

15. A．Promising B．Telling C．Imagining? D．Guessing

16. A．invent? B．begin C．continue? D．prove

17. A．until B．whenever C．unless D．so that

18. A．soon B．very C．slowly D．enough

19. A．exercise B．illness C．rest D．pleasure

20. A．power B．sense C．health D．happiness

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：Norman Cousins的工作就是旅行，但是有一次從蘇聯(lián)回來后，他就病了，不能站立，甚至移動都會讓他痛苦，醫(yī)生說這個病不能治療，Norman Cousins沒有因此失去希望，而是用笑聲治療自己，這種做法很有效。

1.考查名詞辨析：A. time時間，B. holiday假期，C. sleep睡覺，D. work工作，從文章第一句話Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business.可知他的工作就是旅行，選D

2.考查形容詞辨析：A. boring令人厭煩的，B. tiring令人疲勞的，C. dangerous 危險的，D. pleasant令人愉快的，從下文的Mr. Cousins got sick.可知去蘇聯(lián)的旅行是令人疲勞的，選B

3.考查名詞辨析：A. top頂端， B. degree 學(xué)位，C. problem問題，D. limit限制，因為他在旅行中將身體的力量推到了極限，選D

4.考查介詞辨析：A. from從，來自，B. around在…周圍，C. inside在…里面， D. beside在…旁邊，從下文的：The material between his bones became?????? .可知他的身體的內(nèi)部出現(xiàn)了問題，選C

5.考查形容詞辨析：A. weak虛弱，B. ill生病的，C. false錯誤的，D. strong強大的，從下文的In less than one week after his return, he could not?????? . Every move that he?? 42?? was painful.可知他的骨頭間的物質(zhì)變得很脆弱，選A

6.考查動詞辨析：A. speak說話，B. breathe呼吸，C. stand站立，D. see看見，回來后，不到一個星期，他就不能站立了，選C

7.考查動詞辨析：A. made制作，B. did做，C. put放置，D. ran跑，他的每個動作都是很痛苦的，make a move“每一次移動”，選A

8.考查動詞辨析：A. look看，B. get得到，C. turn轉(zhuǎn)彎，D. think思考，醫(yī)生告訴他不知道怎么治療他的病，可能永遠不能克服他的病，選B

9.考查名詞辨析：A. effort努力，B. hope希望，C. treatment治療，D. arrangement安排，可是Mr. Cousins不能放棄希望，選B

10.考查形容詞辨析：A. foolish愚蠢的，B. unusual不尋常的，C. funny滑稽的，D. unhappy不快樂的，從下文的he felt that happy thoughts or?????? might cure his illness.可知是因為不高興的想法讓他的身體里面有了壞的化學(xué)變化，選D

11.考查副詞辨析：A. Instead相反的，B. However然而，C. Therefore因此，D. Otherwise否則，他不想吃藥治療，相反的，他認為快樂的想法或是笑會治愈他的病，選A

12.考查名詞辨析：A. sleep睡覺，B. travel旅行，C. laughter笑聲，D. television電視，和happy thoughts并列的用laughter，選C

13.考查動詞辨析：A. beat擊敗， B. operate做手術(shù)，操作，經(jīng)營，C. try 努力，嘗試，D. experiment實驗，在醫(yī)院的時候，他開始對自己做實驗，通過看電視上滑稽的節(jié)目，選D

14.考查名詞辨析：A. day日子，B. week星期，C. month月，D. year年，從at night.可知是白天笑10分鐘可以讓他在晚上沒有痛苦的睡覺2小時， 選A

15.考查動詞辨析：A. Promising答應(yīng)，B. Telling告訴，C. Imagining想象，D. Guessing猜想，告訴醫(yī)生對他沒有幫助，選B

16.考查動詞辨析：A. invent? 發(fā)明，B. begin開始，C. continue繼續(xù)，D. prove證明，他在旅店的一個房間住下，這樣他可以繼續(xù)治療，選C

17.考查連詞：A. until直到，B. whenever無論何時，C. unless除非，D. so that為了，每當他感到累了，他就會睡覺，選B

18.考查副詞辨析：A. soon很快，B. very非常，C. slowly慢得， D. enough足夠的，他感到足夠好了，能夠到Puerto Rico去度假，選D

19.考查名詞辨析：A. exercise練習(xí)，鍛煉，B. illness疾病，C. rest休息，D. pleasure快樂，他開始在海灘跑步鍛煉，選A

20.考查名詞辨析：A. power 力量，B. sense感覺，C. health健康，D. happiness快樂，他用笑聲讓自己恢復(fù)健康。選C

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