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　　Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his 1 and traveling.

　　Then , after returning to the United States from a 2 trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic ( USSR) , Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the 3 of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place 4 him. The material between his bones became 5 .

　　In less than one week after his return , he could not 6 . Every move that he 7 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 8 over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up 9 . Mr. Cousins thought that 10 thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. 11 , he felt that happy thoughts or 12 might cure his illness.

　　He began to 13 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 14 gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

　　 15 the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 16 hits experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping 17 he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well 18 to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 19 .

　　After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to 20 .

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．a(chǎn)round

C．inside

D．beside

5．

[　　]

A．weak

B．ill

C．false

D．painful

6．

[　　]

A．speak

B．breathe

C．stand

D．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．a(chǎn)rrangement

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．Promising

B．Deciding

C．Doubting

D．Recognizing

16．

[　　]

A．invent

B．begin

C．continue

D．prove

17．

[　　]

A．until

B．whenever

C．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

Answer 1

答案：D;B;D;C;A;D;A;B;B;D;A;C;C;A;B;C;B;D;A;C
解析：

1．D　導(dǎo)解：上句提到他travel和on business，因此選D． 　　2．B　導(dǎo)解：下文說(shuō)“病人”，his body，可見(jiàn)是疲勞而不是“厭倦”． 　　3．D　導(dǎo)解：到了體能的極限，而不是“頂點(diǎn)”． 　　4．C　導(dǎo)解：指身體內(nèi)部的病變． 　　5．A　導(dǎo)解：由于體能的消耗引發(fā)身體內(nèi)部的病變，從而身體虛弱了． 　　6．D　導(dǎo)解：從上下文可知病變?cè)谏眢w的骨關(guān)節(jié)(bones)，后文提到病情好轉(zhuǎn)時(shí)去旅游，由此選D． 　　7．A　導(dǎo)解：make a move表示“走動(dòng)，搬家”等含義． 　　8．B　導(dǎo)解：醫(yī)生對(duì)這種病束手無(wú)策，因此他可能永遠(yuǎn)不能恢復(fù)健康了．get over表示“從(病中)恢復(fù)”． 　　9．B　導(dǎo)解：盡管醫(yī)生這么說(shuō)，他還是沒(méi)有絕望．C是醫(yī)生的工作，A指付出的努力，B才是希望． 　　10．D　導(dǎo)解：下文緊接著提到happy thoughts，文中多次提到laugh，因此選unhappy． 　　11．A　導(dǎo)解：不想用藥治，而是自己想辦法． 　　12．C　導(dǎo)解：用笑聲為自己驅(qū)趕病魔． 　　13．C　導(dǎo)解：try on表示“試穿、試用”，此處指他對(duì)療法的探索． 　　14．A　導(dǎo)解：此處用day(白天)與night相呼應(yīng)． 　　15．B　導(dǎo)解：decide表示“斷定，肯定”．他認(rèn)定醫(yī)生已無(wú)能為力． 　　16．C　導(dǎo)解：繼續(xù)其實(shí)驗(yàn)． 　　17．B　導(dǎo)解：不論何時(shí)，只要覺(jué)得累了就這么做． 　　18．D　導(dǎo)解：感覺(jué)足夠好能去旅行了． 　　19．A　導(dǎo)解：身體在慢慢恢復(fù)，能在海灘上跑步了． 　　20．C　導(dǎo)解：back to health，恢復(fù)了身體健康．