翻译
He drank up the coffee and settled the cup into the saucer.
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
阅读理解 (共20小题,每题2分, 共40分)
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 claimed to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years. He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked. Finally 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.
_________ might be the best cure for hiccups.
A. Special pills B. A spoonful of salt C. Cold water
D. What you believe in
The plumber spent __________ in stopping his hiccups.
A. 4 hours B. 2 days C. 8 months D. 8 years
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. We know why the hiccups start, but we don’t know how to stop them.
B. Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups.
C. The British plumber drank a secret mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well.
D. Some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups.
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
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleon’s body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, other doctors disagreed. One doctor who was present during the examination of the body said that Napoleon died of hepatitis. Other historians and medical experts have suggested that Napoleon died of syphilis, tuberculosis, or perhaps malaria. Now, after careful research, a British chemist thinks that Napoleon might have been poisoned -- not by a person, but by his wallpaper.
Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of Waterloo. He was a prisoner on the island. Although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. St. Helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were always covered with mold. Napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. Almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. He often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. His skin turned yellow. He got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomit(吐). None of the medicine that the doctors gave Napoleon seemed to help. They were not sure what was the matter. Finally, Napoleon was too weak to leave the house. One night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma and died.
Many doctors who later reviewed the reports of Napoleon’s illness found that the symptoms(症状) did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It seemed obvious that Napoleon had died from some other cause. In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s hair and found a high level of arsenic, a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic was used in many types of medicine during Napoleon’s time, so he might have taken the arsenic as a cure for his illness. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to look into the mystery and suggested that Napoleon might have breathed in arsenic which was in the air of his house. In the 1700s and 1800s, arsenic was used to make a kind of green paint used on cloth and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a wet wall, the arsenic would go into the air. A person in the room might breathe that air. After studying the wallpaper in the room where Napoleon died, Dr. Jones found high levels of arsenic in the green paint on the walls.
Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena?
A. He owned the island. B. He was a prisoner there.
C. His family lived there. D. He liked the island.
The official report said that Napoleon died of____________.
A. cancer B. a coma C. mold D. poison
Napoleon suffered from the following symptoms except __________.
A. chills B. fever C dizziness D. bleeding
According to Dr. Jones, how did the arsenic probably get into Napoleon’s body?
A. He drank it.. B. He touched it. C. He breathed it in. D. He ate it
The passage says that .
A. a British doctor thinks he has found the cause of Napoleon’s death
B. many doctors have tried to guess the cause of Napoleon's death
C. Napoleon could have died from poison
D. all of the above
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年陕西西安高陵县第三中学高二上学期第一次月考英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by sending newspapers door to door, was so hungry that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” With these words, Howard Kelly left that house.
Years later the woman became badly ill and was finally sent to the hospital in a big city. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Dressed in his doctor’s clothes, Dr. Kelly went into her room and recognized her at once. From that day on, he gave special attention to her, and decided to do his best to save her life.
At last the woman was saved. Dr. Kelly asked the business office to pass the final bill to him. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to the woman’s room. She was afraid to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:
“Paid in full with a glass of milk, Dr. Howard Kelly.”
Tear of joy flooded her eyes.
【小题1】The boy sent newspapers door to door in order to ________.
A.continue his schooling |
B.become a famous doctor |
C.thank the woman for her kindness |
D.support his poor family |
A.He was too shy to ask her for some water. |
B.She thought he was not hungry but thirsty. |
C.She wanted him to pay for the glass of milk. |
D.She never thought he would save her life later. |
A.began to take good care of her himself |
B.told her she once gave him a glass of milk |
C.decided to try his best to save her |
D.asked for her bill and paid it off at once |
A.A Warm-hearted Woman | B.A Glass of Milk |
C.The Final Bill | D.A Famous Doctor |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届度江苏省南通市通州区第一学期期中考试高一英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by sending newspapers door to door, was so hungry that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” With these words, Howard Kelly left that house.
Years later the woman became badly ill and was finally sent to the hospital in a big city. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Dressed in his doctor’s clothes, Dr. Kelly went into her room and recognized her at once. From that day on, he gave special attention to her, and decided to do his best to save her life.
At last the woman was saved. Dr. Kelly asked the business office to pass the final bill to him. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to the woman’s room. She was afraid to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:
“Paid in full with a glass of milk, Dr. Howard Kelly.”
Tear of joy flooded her eyes.
1.The boy sent newspapers door to door in order to ________.
A.continue his schooling |
B.become a famous doctor |
C.thank the woman for her kindness |
D.support his poor family |
2.Which is true about the boy and the woman?
A.He was too shy to ask her for some water. |
B.She thought he was not hungry but thirsty. |
C.She wanted him to pay for the glass of milk. |
D.She never thought he would save her life later. |
3.After Dr. Kelly knew who the woman was, he ________.
A.began to take good care of her himself |
B.told her she once gave him a glass of milk |
C.decided to try his best to save her |
D.asked for her bill and paid it off at once |
4.The best title for this passage is ________.
A.A Warm-hearted Woman |
B.A Glass of Milk |
C.The Final Bill |
D.A Famous Doctor |
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