Question

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 (反战议题) ，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 (骨头).

   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 (治疗) 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 (根据上文 Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine...可知写作必然是他的工作内容之一。故选C. )

2. D (他的写作和演说都是关于世界和平及反战主题的，因此他 到世界各地的目的应是去跟他人分享自己的理念，ideas符合 句意，因此选D. )

3. B (根据后一句 He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones.可知，他生病了。get sick 生病， 固定短语。故选B. )

4. A (stand 忍受;realize意识到;face 面对;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，他忍受不了这种疼痛了，stand符合句意，因此选A. )

5. D (由前文可知，他的骨头非常痛，所以晚上自然是睡不着觉。sleep睡觉，符合句意，故选D. )

6. C (由前半句 The doctors told Mr Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗) his problem可知，医生认为他也许永 远也不能恢复健康了。get over the illness恢复健康，固定短 语。故选C. )

7. A (由下文 Instead,he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.可知，他认为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，故选A. )

8. C (由下文他一直用“大笑疗法”自我治疗可知，他不想用药物 医治自己。

take medicine吃药，固定词组，故选C. )

9. D (unusual不寻常的;false错误的;real真实的;wild狂野 的，疯狂的。该句意为:他很快发现白天10分钟的大笑能让他 晚上安睡两个小时。wild符合句意，故选D. )

10.D (根据后半句Mr Cousins left the hospital可知，他明白医生帮不了他。doctors医生，符合句意。故选D. )

11. C (由上文 He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospita可知，出院后他继续自己的实验。continue继续， 符合句意，故答案为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，故选A. )

13. B (由常理可推知，应是感到累了就睡觉。tired劳累的，符 合句意。故选B. )

14. B (由前面running—词可知，到海滩上跑步是为了锻炼身 体。exercise锻炼，符合句意，故答案为 B. )

15. A (由下一句He had laughed himself back to health.可知他恢复了健康，又能继续工作了。

be able to能，可以，符合句意，故选A.)