Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．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 little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．
An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈祷） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．
A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. 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(混合物) 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．
【小题1】 might be the best cure for hiccups.
| A．Special pills |
| B．A spoonful of salt |
| C．Cold water |
| D．What you believe in |
| A．4 hours |
| B．2 days |
| C．8 months |
| D．8 years |
| A．Different ways to stop hiccups |
| B．What makes hiccups happen |
| C．How to get hiccups |
| D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups |
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
解析试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了治疗打嗝问题的各种办法。
【小题1】根据短文最后一段Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．描述，可知选D。
【小题2】根据A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later.描述，可知他八个月后才停止打嗝，故选C。
【小题3】这篇短文主要介绍了治疗打嗝问题的各种办法，故选A，终止打嗝的各种办法。
考点：关于治疗打嗝的说明文阅读
点评：本文浅显易懂，各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查小题和原文的异同。
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| C．what “friends” means to children | D．what “love” means to children |
| A．Clear. | B．Elaine. | C．Rebecca. | D．Lauren. |
| A．Rebecca’s grandmother ever couldn’t bend over. |
| B．Bethany is willing to be picked on by any other person. |
| C．If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others. |
| D．Lauren prefers to wear her sister’s old clothes. |
| A．Too much love is no love. | B．You should say love more often. |
| C．You mean what you think. | D．Say love more often if you have it. |
| A．Love is the care between husband and wife. |
| B．Love is a rest when you are tired. |
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【小题1】According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a______ man.
| A．clever | B．rich | C．strong | D．lucky |
| A．was interested in horses | B．was needed by the policemen |
| C．drew a picture of the horseshoe | D．had a make a living |
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| D．draw a picture of the shoe |
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| B．New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback. |
| C．Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States. |
| D．Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars. |
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A. was interested in horses
B. was needed by the policemen
C. drew a picture of the horseshoe
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P.S.( 附)Doctor’s suggestion:
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A The problem of backpacks is worth studying.
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D How to make students’backpacks light.
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