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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 1 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues (反戰(zhàn)議題) ,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 (骨頭) .
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 (治療) 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 the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr Cousins quickly found that ten mi-nutes of 9 laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free 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 sleep-ing 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
(2014武漢)
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Dear Cindy,
How are you? I had a great time last Monday,June 2th,2014. It was a traditional Chinese festival (1) Dragon Boat Festival that day.
This festival is in memory of ou Yuan,one of the (2) Chinese poets. He killed him self by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calendar (陰歷) ,278 BC. People there rowed the boats (3) him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw (4) into the river to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.
(5 ) then on,every year on this day,people enjoy (6 ) Zongzi which is made of rice with meat,eggs and so on. In the past,we ate it only (7) a year,but now we regard it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.
Have you ever (8) the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as (9) as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.
If you have a plan to visit China next year,would (10) like to spend this festival with us?
Best wishes!
Yours,Shen (2014黔南州)
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閱讀下面短文,根據(jù)文中意思,從方框中選出恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~并用其正確形式填空,使短文文理通順、意義完整。
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These days,more and more students in the UK are taking a “gap year” between their graduation from school and their university studies. This means that they take a year off to do something else,before they 1. their studies.
For most students,spending time in 2. countries is the favorite activity—and Australia is the favourite place to go.
Many parents,teachers and business people 3. that traveling can teach important val ues.
“After a year of traveling,I felt I'd grown up.
I 4. the importance of relationships with people,on all sorts of levels."
There are many companies around the world that welcome these 5. on their projects—helping people in poorer countries,or 6. in your home country. Although you don't get paid for your work,this kind of work can teach important 7. 一decision—making and finding answers to prot) lems,for example—that will help a student in a 8. one day.
Finally,getting some knowledge and experience in an area you hope to study or work in one day will always be very 9. .
If several university graduates are asking for the same job,gap year work experience allows you to say,“ I've already had some 10. of this kind of work.And that can get you the job!
(2015四川綿陽)
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聽第四段對話,完成第 小題。
() 9. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library. B. In a theater.
C. In a classroom.
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二、 聽句子選圖(共5小題,每小題1分,滿分5分)
第二節(jié)每小題你將聽到一個句子,從A、B、C 三幅圖中找出與你所聽內(nèi)容相符的選項。
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6. Thank you for inviting us. We enjoyed (we) very much.
7. Last term Mr Wang taught (she) Eng lish.
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IV.當(dāng)所給詞為數(shù)詞時,應(yīng)注意基數(shù)詞與序數(shù)詞的相互轉(zhuǎn)化、表示數(shù)位名稱的詞的形式等。
19. July is the (seven) month of a year.
20. Two ( three) of the chairs in the meet ing hall are new.
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