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C完形填空。(30分) 

   There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine. ” One person who certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.

   Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also 1 and spoke about world peace and antiwar issues (反戰(zhàn)議題) ，traveling to many different countries to share his 2.

   In the 1960s,after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe,Mr Cousins got 3 He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones (骨頭).

   In less than a week after he got back,he could not 4 it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5 at night. The doctors told Mr Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治療) his problem and he might never 6 the illness. Mr Cousins,however,refused to give up hope.

   Mr Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by 7 thoughts. He did not want to take 8 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 comedy shows on television. Mr Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of 9laughter during the day gave him two hours of painfree sleep at night.

   Deciding that the 10 could not help him,Mr Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 11 his experiments with laughter. For eight days,Mr Cousins 12 in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television,reading amusing books,and sleeping whenever he felt 13. Within three weeks,he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 14.

   After a few months,Mr Cousins was 15 to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

() 1. A. laughed   B. taught   C. wrote   D. copied

() 2. A. magazines   B. subjects   C. photos   D. ideas

() 3. A. rich   B. sick   C. lonely   D. famous

() 4. A. stand   B. realize   C. face   D. improve

() 5. A. dream   B. eat   C. shout   D. sleep

() 6. A. go through   B. look after   C. get over   D. find out

() 7. A. unhappy   B. pleasant   C. silly   D. clever

() 8. A. food   B. time   C. medicine   D. money

() 9. A. unusual   B. false   C. real   D. wild

() 10. A. friends   B. laughter   C. experiment   D. doctors

() 11. A. begin   B. end   C. continue   D. report

() 12. A. rested   B. worked   C. studied   D. played

() 13. A. well   B. tired   C. afraid   D. worried

() 14. A. help   B. exercise   C. freedom   D. fun

() 15. A. able   B. safe   C. lazy   D. uncertain

Answer 1

1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10.D 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A

1. C (根據(jù)上文 Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine...可知寫作必然是他的工作內(nèi)容之一。故選C. )

2. D (他的寫作和演說(shuō)都是關(guān)于世界和平及反戰(zhàn)主題的，因此他 到世界各地的目的應(yīng)是去跟他人分享自己的理念，ideas符合 句意，因此選D. )

3. B (根據(jù)后一句 He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones.可知，他生病了。get sick 生病， 固定短語(yǔ)。故選B. )

4. A (stand 忍受;realize意識(shí)到;face 面對(duì);improve 提高，改善。由下文 Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5___ at night.可知，他忍受不了這種疼痛了，stand符合句意，因此選A. )

5. D (由前文可知，他的骨頭非常痛，所以晚上自然是睡不著覺。sleep睡覺，符合句意，故選D. )

6. C (由前半句 The doctors told Mr Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治療) his problem可知，醫(yī)生認(rèn)為他也許永 遠(yuǎn)也不能恢復(fù)健康了。get over the illness恢復(fù)健康，固定短 語(yǔ)。故選C. )

7. A (由下文 Instead,he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.可知，他認(rèn)為自己的病可能是由不愉快的想法引起的。unhappy不愉快的，符合句意，故選A. )

8. C (由下文他一直用“大笑療法”自我治療可知，他不想用藥物 醫(yī)治自己。

take medicine吃藥，固定詞組，故選C. )

9. D (unusual不尋常的;false錯(cuò)誤的;real真實(shí)的;wild狂野 的，瘋狂的。該句意為:他很快發(fā)現(xiàn)白天10分鐘的大笑能讓他 晚上安睡兩個(gè)小時(shí)。wild符合句意，故選D. )

10.D (根據(jù)后半句Mr Cousins left the hospital可知，他明白醫(yī)生幫不了他。doctors醫(yī)生，符合句意。故選D. )

11. C (由上文 He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospita可知，出院后他繼續(xù)自己的實(shí)驗(yàn)。continue繼續(xù)， 符合句意，故答案為C. )

12. A (watching comedy shows on television,reading amusing books,and sleeping都是休息的方式。rest休息，符合句意，故選A. )

13. B (由常理可推知，應(yīng)是感到累了就睡覺。tired勞累的，符 合句意。故選B. )

14. B (由前面running—詞可知，到海灘上跑步是為了鍛煉身 體。exercise鍛煉，符合句意，故答案為 B. )

15. A (由下一句He had laughed himself back to health.可知他恢復(fù)了健康，又能繼續(xù)工作了。

be able to能，可以，符合句意，故選A.)