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(反战议题), 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(骨头).

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 (治疗)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】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Cousins 先生得了奇怪的病，医生们也不知道该如何治疗。Cousins 先生觉得他的病是因为不开心的想法而引起的，因此他决定通过笑来治疗他自己的病。结果他的病真的被只好了。作者通过这个故事告诉我们笑是最好的药。

1.动词及语境的理解。句意：Norman Cousins在一个杂志作编辑作了40年，他也写关于世界和平以及反战的议题。laugh 笑；taught的原形是teach，意思是教； wrote 的原形是write，意思是写；copied的原形是copy，意思是复制，模仿。根据上句话的意思可知，Norman是一个杂志的编辑，所以他是写关于世界和平的文章。故选C。

2.名词及语境的理解。句意：Norman Cousins在一个杂志作编辑作了40年，他也写关于世界和平以及反战的议题，去很多国家旅行，分享他的想法。magazine 杂志；subject 科目；photo照片； idea主意，想法。根据上文的意思可知，Norman 也会写关于世界和平的议题，因此是和别人分享他的想法。故选D。

3.形容词及语境的理解。句意：在上世纪60年代，当他从一次去欧洲的很繁忙劳累的旅行中回来之后，Cousins先生生病了。rich 富有的；sick 病的；lonely 孤独的；famous著名的。根据下句话中He discovered he had a strange disease可知，Cousins 先生生病了。故选B。

4.动词及语境的理解。句意：在他回来之后不到一周的时间后，他就无法忍受这个疾病了。stand 忍受；站；realize 意识到；face 面对；improve 提高，改善。根据下文Every move that he made was painful可知，他的病很厉害，让他无法忍受，故选A。

5.动词及语境的理解。句意：晚上他不能睡觉。dream 梦想，做梦；eat 吃；shout 喊叫；sleep睡觉。根据上下文的意思可知，这种病非常厉害，让Cousins先生非常的痛苦，所以这里应该是说他晚上痛得睡不着觉。故选D。

6.动词短语及语境的理解。句意：医生告诉Cousins 先生他们不知道怎样治愈这种疾病，他可能不会恢复了。go through 经历，经受；look after 照顾；get over 恢复健康；find out发现，查明。根据句意可知，医生们不知道怎样治疗这种病，因此他们觉得Cousins 先生不会恢复健康了。故选C。

7.形容词及语境的理解。句意：Cousins 先生认为这种病可能是因为不开心的想法而引起的。unhappy不开心的，不快乐的；pleasant 令人愉快的；silly 愚蠢的；clever 聪明的。根据下文的意思he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.可知，他觉得开心的想法和笑也许会治愈他的病，故这里应该是说他的病是因为不开心的想法引起的。故选A。

8.名词及语境的理解。句意：他不想通过吃药来治愈自己。food 食物；time 时间；medicine 药；money 钱。这里是短语take medicine 意思是吃药。故选C。

9.形容词及语境的理解。句意：Cousins 先生发现，白天笑十分钟可以让他在晚上没有痛苦的睡两个小时。unusual 不寻常的；false 错的；real 真正的；wild 野的。根据文意可知，Cousins先生在自己身上做实验，发现，真正的笑上十分钟，就可以让他减少两个小时的痛苦。real laughter 真正的笑。故选C。

10.名词及语境的理解。句意：发现医生并不能救得了他，Cousins 先生离开了医院，住进了一个旅馆。friends 朋友们；laughter 笑；experiment 实验；doctor医生。根据这句话中Mr. Cousins left the hospital可知，Cousins 先生离开了医院，因为医生治不了他的病。故选D。

11.动词及语境的理解。句意：发现医生并不能救得了他，Cousins 先生离开了医院，住进了一个旅馆，在那里，他可以继续用笑来做实验。begin 开始；end 结束；continue 继续；report报告，报道。根据文意可知，Cousins 先生离开医院，住进一个旅馆是为了继续试验他用笑来治疗自己的病。故选C。

12.动词及语境的理解。句意：八天来，Cousins 先生在这个旅馆的房间里休息，观看电视上的喜剧节目。rest 休息；work 工作；study 学习；play玩。根据句意可知，Cousins 先生是在这个旅馆的房间里休息。故选A。

13.形容词及语境的理解。句意：八天来，Cousins 先生在这个旅馆的房间里休息，观看电视上的喜剧节目、读有趣的书，当他累了的时候就睡觉。well 好地，身体好的；tired 累的；afraid 害怕的；worried担心的。根据句意可知，是累了的时候睡觉，故选B。

14.名词及语境的理解。句意：三周内，他就感到身体已经足够的好可以去波多黎各去度假，在那里他可以在海滩上跑步锻炼。help 帮助；exercise 锻炼；freedom 自由；fun 有趣的，娱乐。根据句意可知，在沙滩上跑步是为了锻炼，故选B。

15.形容词及语境的理解。句意：几个月之后，Cousins 先生又能继续他的工作了。able能； safe 安全的；lazy 懒的；uncertain不确定的。这里是短语be able to 能，会。故选A。

考点：故事类短文。