Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United Stated who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work. Surrounded by endless work, he had no choice but to deal with it day and night. Then a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治疗) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment (实验) 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 day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

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

1.Why did Norman Cousins get a strange and serious illness?

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2.What could the doctors do to help him?

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3.Besides feeling painful, what did he have difficulty doing?

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4.What did Norman Cousins think caused his disease?

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5.What did he do to help himself cure his problem?

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1.Because he was too tired. 2.Nothing. 3.He had difficulty sleeping. 4.Unhappy thoughts. 5.He kept himself happy./ He made himself laugh. 【解析】Cousins先生因为把太多精力花费在了工作上，从而损害了自己的身体，得病了，医生们不...

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I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her a1. at anything and never 47. h2. her say a bad word to anyone or about anything.

Happy and her husband Ben, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together w3. on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the s4. of their garden, making it twice as big as it was. As the price of food r5. fast, we all wished to have such a large garden. As we spent more money at the m6. to buy vegetables, Happy was picking beans in her backyard.

Last month, Happy and Ben i7. most of the neighborhood to their home. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place.

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash.

By 10:00 am, we were laughing happily. Talking about stories happening in our life, we s8. a lot of happiness. By five o’clock, everyone was little d9. from the alcoholic drinks, wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty (收成) of the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying each o10. company (陪伴). Many thanks to Happy, Ben and their lovely garden.

1.angry 2.heard 3.working 4.size 5.rose 6.market 7.invited 8.shared 9.drunk 10.other's 【解析】这篇短文给我们讲述了Happy和她的丈夫Ben，他们一起种植了一个菜园，生活得很开心。他们还邀请邻居们去家里一起摘蔬菜，他们在一起分享了很多的快乐。 1...

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Having studied in this school for almost three years, you are about to graduate (毕业). There must be something that you will always remember. Please write a passage about your Junior school life. The following points should be included.

1. How your junior school life is.

2. Things/moments that you won’t forget.

3. The regrets in the three years.

4. Plans for your future.

5. A natural ending.

I'm lucky to study in this beautiful school. The teachers are great. They always try to make their lessons lively and interesting. The classmates are lovely and friendly. The school life is rich and c...

Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?

A. A baker usually bakes delicious cakes. B. Why are you so late this morning.

C. A cat is running after a mouse in the fields. D. The police have trouble in the case.

C 【解析】句意：下面哪个画线部分与其他部分的发音不同？本题考查单词的读音。cakes中的a发音为[e?]，late中的a发音为[e?]，cat中的a发音为[?]，case中的a发音为[e?]，故答案选C。

Which of the following word matches the sound /’lei ? /?

A. lazy B. layer C. lay D. lying

B 【解析】句意：下面哪个单词的发音与音标/’lei ? /相匹配？本题考查单词的读音。A. lazy音标为[?le?zi]；B. layer音标为[?le??]；lay音标为[le?]；D. lying音标为['la??]；故答案选B。

It’s really an unforgettable experience to________Great Wall with my best friends.

A. the B. a C. / D. an

A 【解析】句意：和我最好的朋友一起去长城真的是一次难忘的经历。本题主要考查定冠词the的用法。Great Wall长城，是由普通名词构成的专有名词，所以需要在前面加定冠词the，因此A选项符合题意，故答案选A。

I’ve given him much advice on his job. To my joy, he always listens to________attentively.

A. I B. me C. my D. mine

B 【解析】句意：我给了他很多关于他工作的建议，令我高兴的是，他总是认真地听我讲话。本题考查人称代词的宾格形式，主格做主语，宾格做宾语，所以要清楚其在句子中的成分是做题的关键。A. I我，主格形式，在句中做主语；B. me我，宾格形式，在句中做宾语；C. my我的，形容词性物主代词，后接名词；D. mine我的，名词性物主代词，作为名词使用。根据本空格的位置放在动词之后，所以需要用宾格形式，...

How to deal________global warming is a big problem for all of the countries.

A. at B. for C. to D. with

D 【解析】句意：如何应对全球变暖是所有国家面临的一个大问题。本题考查固定短语，由句意“如何去______全球变暖对所有国家来说都是一个大问题，”可知此处应填“处理、对付”，是固定短语，英文表达是deal with，故答案选D。

I’m sorry that I can’t give you any advice because I know________about it.

A. little B. a little C. few D. a few.

A 【解析】句意：很抱歉，我不能给你任何建议，因为我不了解它。根据前面I’m sorry that I can’t give you any advice很抱歉，我不能给你任何建议，可知此处说的是因为我不了解它。根据I can't give you…可知，此处表示否定意义，所以A选项符合题意，little表示否定意义，故答案选A。

1 think Jack usually does his homework________than his sister.

A. careful B. carefully

C. more careful D. more carefully

D 【解析】句意：我认为杰克通常比他妹妹更仔细地做作业。分析句子结构可知，空格处修饰前面的does his homework，即修饰动词，所以应用副词形式，A、C选项中careful为形容词所以排除；由句中的than可知应用比较级形式，carefully为副词，是多音节词，其比较级直接在其前加more，故答案选D。