题目列表(包括答案和解析)
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business.He enjoyed his 1 and traveling.
Then,after returning to the United States from a 2 trip to Russia,Mr.Cousins got sick.?Because he had pushed his body to the 3 of its strength on the trip,a change began to take place 4 him.The material between his bones became 5 .
In less than one week after his return,he could not 6 .Every move that he 7 was painful.He was not able to sleep at night.The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr.Cousins’ problem and he might never 8 over the illness.Mr.Cousins,however,refused to give up 9 .
Mr.Cousins thought that 10 thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body.He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. 11 ,he felt that happy thoughts or 12 might cure his illness.
He began to 13 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 14 gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
15 the doctors could not help him,Mr.Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 16 his experiments with laughter.For eight days,Mr.Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows in television,reading funny books,and sleeping 17 he felt tired.Within three weeks,he felt well 18 to take a vacation to Puerto-Rico where he began running on the beach for 19 .
After a few months,Mr.Cousins returned to work.He had laughed himself back to 20 .
1.A.time B.holiday C.sleep D.work
答案:D
提示:time“时间”;holiday“假期”;sleep“睡眠”;work“工作”。根据下文意思应该选work。
2.A.boring B.tiring C.dangerous D.pleasant
答案:B
提示:boring“乏味的”与上文的“He enjoyed his work and traveling”相反,不能选;dangerous和pleasant下文都没有迹象表明;由于“Mr.Cousins got sick”,故应选tiring“令人疲倦的”。
3.A.top B.degree C.problem D.limit
答案:D
提示:top“顶部,顶峰”;degree“程度”;problem“问题”;limit“极限”。
4.A.from B.around C.inside D.beside
答案:C
提示:由于下文是“The material between his bones...”故应选择inside。
5.A.weak B.ill C.false D.painful
答案:A
提示:weak“脆弱的”;ill“生病的”,一般指一个生命体,而不是它的一部分。
6.A.speak B.breathe C.stand D.see
答案:C
提示:由于下文有“Every move”,故只有stand最符合文意。
7.A.made B.did C.took D.gave
答案:A
提示:make a move是固定搭配。
8.A.look B.get C.turn D.think
答案:B
提示:look over“检查”;get over“克服”;turn over“使……翻转,推翻”;think over“考虑”。
9.A.effort B.hope C.treatment D.arrangement
答案:B
提示:根据文章前后的意思,这里选择“放弃希望”最为合适。
10.A.foolish B.unusual C.funny D.unhappy
答案:D
提示:由于下文出现了laughter,故这里应选unhappy“不高兴的”。
11.A.Instead B.However C.Therefore D.Otherwise
答案:A
提示:instead意为“代替,更换”,即“Instead of medicine”。
12.A.sleep B.travel C.laughter D.television
答案:C
提示:还是因为下文出现了laughter一词,此处要选laughter。
13.A.rescue B.operate C.try D.experiment
答案:D
提示:rescue为及物动词,没必要跟介词on;operate on意为“给……做手术”,不合题意。
14.A.day B.week C.month D.year
答案:A
提示:从前边的“ten minutes”及后面的“two hours of pain?free sleep at night”,可以判断应该是一个与之对应的时间单位,即day (during the day “白天的时候”)。
15.A.Promising B.Deciding C.Doubting D.Recognizing
答案:B
提示:deciding在这里是现在分词作伴随状语,意为“确定”,因为上文有“The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr.cousins-problem...”。
16.A.invent B.begin tinue D.prove
答案:C
提示:continue意为“继续”。
17.A.until B.whenever C.unless D.so that
答案:B
提示:whenever相当于at the moment when。
18.A.soon pletely C.slowly D.enough
答案:D
提示:enough修饰的是well(健康的),enough to do...是固定句型。
19.A.exercise B.illness C.rest D.pleasure
答案:A
提示:由于前边说到他在宾馆里已乐了许多天,所以这里不会再是rest和pleasure,故只有exercise合适。
20.A.power B.sense C.health D.happiness
答案:C
提示:根据全文意思,这里肯定是health。
15.(2010重庆高考) Millions of pounds worth of damage _______ by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.
A.has been caused B.had been caused
C.will be caused D.will have been caused
答案:A
提示:句子意思是“昨天晚上横扫英国北部的风暴造成了数百万英镑的损失”。这里指对现在造成的影响和结果,所以用现在完成时,本来damage是cause的宾语,现在却成了它的逻辑主语,所以要用被动语态。
14.No sooner_______ arrived _______he was asked to leave again.
A.he had;than B.had he;than
C.he had;when D.had he;when
答案:B
提示:no sooner...than...表示“一……就……”。no sooner位于句首时,主句部分倒装,正确答案为B。
13. _______,the book has many mistakes.
A.Having not been written carefully B.Not writing carefully
C.Having written not carefully D.Not having been written carefully
答案:D
提示:分词的否定式应将not放在分词的前面,排除A、C两项;分词的逻辑主语就是句子的主语,the book与write之间存在被动关系,排除B项。答案为D。
12.We have asked the neighbors to _______the house for us while we are away for holidays.
Which of the following is not proper?
A.make preparations to B.stare at
C.keep an eye on D.take good care of
答案:A
提示:keep an eye on意为“留意”。make preparations to是指“准备去做某事”,stare at意为“凝视”“盯”。
11.Are you familiar _______ the school _______ the university?
A.with;attached to B.to;attached to
C.with;attached with D.to;attaching to
答案:A
提示:be familiar with“对……熟悉”和be attached to“附属于……”都是固定搭配。
10.- _______my advice ?
-_______.
A.What does she follow;It depends on B.What if she will follow;It will depend
C.When does she follow;It all depends D.What if she follows;It depends
答案:D
提示:本题考查交际用语。What if...“要是……?如果……怎么办?”It (all) depends.意为“很难说,不一定”。
9.This candidate has far more chances of winning the election than _______ recommended by the organizer.
A.that B.the one C.whom D.one
答案:B
提示:than后明显不是定语从句,排除C项;空格后有定语修饰不能用that,且表示特指,故正确答案为B。
8. _______,I think,and the problems could be settled.
A.If you double your efforts B.So long as you keep your spirits
C.A bit more efforts D.Making great efforts
答案:C
提示:此题考查“祈使句+陈述句”句式,中间的“I think”是插入语,而and连接两个并列的句子。A bit more efforts相当于Make a bit more efforts(祈使句)。
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