Question

There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” One person 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 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反戰(zhàn)議題), traveling to many different countries to share his .

In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨頭).

In less than a week after he got back, he could not it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治療)his problem and he might never the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope .

Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by thoughts. He did not want to take to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

Deciding that the could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt . Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for .

After a few months, Mr. Cousins was to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

1.A. laughedB. taughtC. wroteD. copied

2.A. magazinesB. subjectsC. photosD. ideas

3.A. richB. sickC. lonelyD. famous

4.A. standB. realizeC. faceD. improve

5.A. dreamB. eatC. shoutD. sleep

6.A. go throughB. look afterC. get overD. find out

7.A. unhappyB. pleasantC. sillyD. clever

8.A. foodB. timeC. medicineD. money

9.A. unusualB. falseC. realD. wild

10.A. friendsB. laughterC. experimentD. doctors

11.A. beginB. endC. continueD. report

12.A. rested B. workedC. studiedD. played

13.A. well B. tiredC. afraidD. worried

14.A. helpB. exerciseC. freedomD. fun

15.A. ableB. safeC. lazyD. uncertain

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.B

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是Cousins 先生得了奇怪的病，醫(yī)生們也不知道該如何治療。Cousins 先生覺得他的病是因?yàn)椴婚_心的想法而引起的，因此他決定通過笑來治療他自己的病。結(jié)果他的病真的被只好了。作者通過這個(gè)故事告訴我們笑是最好的藥。

1.動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：Norman Cousins在一個(gè)雜志作編輯作了40年，他也寫關(guān)于世界和平以及反戰(zhàn)的議題。laugh 笑；taught的原形是teach，意思是教； wrote 的原形是write，意思是寫；copied的原形是copy，意思是復(fù)制，模仿。根據(jù)上句話的意思可知，Norman是一個(gè)雜志的編輯，所以他是寫關(guān)于世界和平的文章。故選C。

2.名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：Norman Cousins在一個(gè)雜志作編輯作了40年，他也寫關(guān)于世界和平以及反戰(zhàn)的議題，去很多國(guó)家旅行，分享他的想法。magazine 雜志；subject 科目；photo照片； idea主意，想法。根據(jù)上文的意思可知，Norman 也會(huì)寫關(guān)于世界和平的議題，因此是和別人分享他的想法。故選D。

3.形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：在上世紀(jì)60年代，當(dāng)他從一次去歐洲的很繁忙勞累的旅行中回來之后，Cousins先生生病了。rich 富有的；sick 病的；lonely 孤獨(dú)的；famous著名的。根據(jù)下句話中He discovered he had a strange disease可知，Cousins 先生生病了。故選B。

4.動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：在他回來之后不到一周的時(shí)間后，他就無法忍受這個(gè)疾病了。stand 忍受；站；realize 意識(shí)到；face 面對(duì)；improve 提高，改善。根據(jù)下文Every move that he made was painful可知，他的病很厲害，讓他無法忍受，故選A。

5.動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：晚上他不能睡覺。dream 夢(mèng)想，做夢(mèng)；eat 吃；shout 喊叫；sleep睡覺。根據(jù)上下文的意思可知，這種病非常厲害，讓Cousins先生非常的痛苦，所以這里應(yīng)該是說他晚上痛得睡不著覺。故選D。

6.動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：醫(yī)生告訴Cousins 先生他們不知道怎樣治愈這種疾病，他可能不會(huì)恢復(fù)了。go through 經(jīng)歷，經(jīng)受；look after 照顧；get over 恢復(fù)健康；find out發(fā)現(xiàn)，查明。根據(jù)句意可知，醫(yī)生們不知道怎樣治療這種病，因此他們覺得Cousins 先生不會(huì)恢復(fù)健康了。故選C。

7.形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：Cousins 先生認(rèn)為這種病可能是因?yàn)椴婚_心的想法而引起的。unhappy不開心的，不快樂的；pleasant 令人愉快的；silly 愚蠢的；clever 聰明的。根據(jù)下文的意思he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.可知，他覺得開心的想法和笑也許會(huì)治愈他的病，故這里應(yīng)該是說他的病是因?yàn)椴婚_心的想法引起的。故選A。

8.名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：他不想通過吃藥來治愈自己。food 食物；time 時(shí)間；medicine 藥；money 錢。這里是短語(yǔ)take medicine 意思是吃藥。故選C。

9.形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：Cousins 先生發(fā)現(xiàn)，白天笑十分鐘可以讓他在晚上沒有痛苦的睡兩個(gè)小時(shí)。unusual 不尋常的；false 錯(cuò)的；real 真正的；wild 野的。根據(jù)文意可知，Cousins先生在自己身上做實(shí)驗(yàn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)，真正的笑上十分鐘，就可以讓他減少兩個(gè)小時(shí)的痛苦。real laughter 真正的笑。故選C。

10.名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：發(fā)現(xiàn)醫(yī)生并不能救得了他，Cousins 先生離開了醫(yī)院，住進(jìn)了一個(gè)旅館。friends 朋友們；laughter 笑；experiment 實(shí)驗(yàn)；doctor醫(yī)生。根據(jù)這句話中Mr. Cousins left the hospital可知，Cousins 先生離開了醫(yī)院，因?yàn)獒t(yī)生治不了他的病。故選D。

11.動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：發(fā)現(xiàn)醫(yī)生并不能救得了他，Cousins 先生離開了醫(yī)院，住進(jìn)了一個(gè)旅館，在那里，他可以繼續(xù)用笑來做實(shí)驗(yàn)。begin 開始；end 結(jié)束；continue 繼續(xù)；report報(bào)告，報(bào)道。根據(jù)文意可知，Cousins 先生離開醫(yī)院，住進(jìn)一個(gè)旅館是為了繼續(xù)試驗(yàn)他用笑來治療自己的病。故選C。

12.動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：八天來，Cousins 先生在這個(gè)旅館的房間里休息，觀看電視上的喜劇節(jié)目。rest 休息；work 工作；study 學(xué)習(xí)；play玩。根據(jù)句意可知，Cousins 先生是在這個(gè)旅館的房間里休息。故選A。

13.形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：八天來，Cousins 先生在這個(gè)旅館的房間里休息，觀看電視上的喜劇節(jié)目、讀有趣的書，當(dāng)他累了的時(shí)候就睡覺。well 好地，身體好的；tired 累的；afraid 害怕的；worried擔(dān)心的。根據(jù)句意可知，是累了的時(shí)候睡覺，故選B。

14.名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：三周內(nèi)，他就感到身體已經(jīng)足夠的好可以去波多黎各去度假，在那里他可以在海灘上跑步鍛煉。help 幫助；exercise 鍛煉；freedom 自由；fun 有趣的，娛樂。根據(jù)句意可知，在沙灘上跑步是為了鍛煉，故選B。

15.形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：幾個(gè)月之后，Cousins 先生又能繼續(xù)他的工作了。able能； safe 安全的；lazy 懶的；uncertain不確定的。這里是短語(yǔ)be able to 能，會(huì)。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。