Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups （打嗝）．Hiccups are so mysterious．We really don't know why they start and why they stop．
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a teaspoon of sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．
An American man named Jack O'Leary said he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked．At last he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.
It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups．People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all, but the hiccups continued．Finally, he drank a "secret" mixture someone had sent him．By that evening his hiccups were gone．
Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows．But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea—hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．
【小題1】How did Jack O'Leary stop his hiccups?

A．He took a deep breath．B．He prayed to Saint Jude．
C．He ate a teaspoon of sugar．D．He drank a "secret" mixture．
【小題2】The British plumber spent _ ___in stopping his hiccups．
A．4 hoursB．2 days C．8 months D．8 years
【小題3】      might be the best cure for hiccups according to the passage．
A．Cold waterB．A spoonful of salt
C．Special pillsD．What you believe in
【小題4】From this passage, we can learn ____．
A．Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups
B．the reason why the hiccups start and why the hiccups stop
C．some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups
D．the British plumber drank a "secret" mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well
【小題5】What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Different ways to stop hiccups．B．What makes hiccups happen．
C．How to get hiccups．D．Jack O'Leary's hiccups．


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

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