For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.
Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”
After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”
Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.
1.Harry's hiccups lasted ____.
A. a week B. fourteen days C. twenty-eight days D. one month
2.His hiccups started after he ____.
A. drank a glass of water B. went to hospital
C. ate an Indian meal D. finished his homework
3.His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.
A. hiccupped for four seconds B. held his breath
C. hiccupped at night D. couldn't stop hiccupping
4.His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.
A. gave him some medicine B. took an X-ray of his chest
C.gave him a shock D. let him drink cold drinks
5.What does “shock” in this passage mean？
A.震惊 B.休克 C.喷嚏 D.哈欠
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Reading comprehension(阅读理解)：
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：
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Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c 4 “Sunshine Superman”by one newspaper writing about his design．When people study the weather, it’s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately．We need to know how many h 5 of sunshine we have and how strong it is．Most sunshine recorders o 6 record direct(直接的)sunshine．Neil’s is more accurate and this is very important for research into ways of using solar power．Neil plans to keep inventing．
The ideas in the competition were so g 7 that we are surprised that the industry(工业界)doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions．
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根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子。
【小题1】There are many p_______________ on the bus. It’s very crowded.
【小题2】She feels l__________ because she has no friends to talk with.
【小题3】The problem is very difficult. It seems i___________ for him to work it out.
【小题4】Lily is very sad because she f__________ the math exam yesterday.
【小题5】I i_________ Xiao Ming to my birthday party last Sunday.
【小题6】Yesterday he _________ _________ ( 收到…来信 ) Michael. Michael said he would come to Beijing soon.
【小题7】The headmaster called on the students to _________ __________(筹钱) for the poor boy.
【小题8】I’d like to book a _____________ (标准) room with two single beds.
【小题9】The teacher was able to ________ _________(使振作起来)the class by teaching them to sing lively songs.
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根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子。
1.There are many p_______________ on the bus. It’s very crowded.
2.She feels l__________ because she has no friends to talk with.
3.The problem is very difficult. It seems i___________ for him to work it out.
4.Lily is very sad because she f__________ the math exam yesterday.
5.I i_________ Xiao Ming to my birthday party last Sunday.
6.Yesterday he _________ _________ ( 收到…来信 ) Michael. Michael said he would come to Beijing soon.
7.The headmaster called on the students to _________ __________(筹钱) for the poor boy.
8.I’d like to book a _____________ (标准) room with two single beds.
9.The teacher was able to ________ _________(使振作起来)the class by teaching them to sing lively songs.
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We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping， writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms. Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some of them are.
BTW （by the way） BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations (缩写), They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
Info (information) purer (computer)
Pie (picture) sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we communicate (交流) on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feeling”. such as:
:-)( happy) :-p(joking) :-( (sad) :-0(surprised)
These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example，
There are even whole new words, like” newbie’s”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum).
It takes time for people to get used to (适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internets grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
1. What does the underline “acronyms” mean?
A.网友 B.聊天室 C.首字母缩写词
2. Why do people type acronyms?
A. to show their feelings.
B. Because people can type them quickly.
C. In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.
3. What does” BTW, my purer is not working well.:-(“mean?
A. The person is angry at somebody.
B. The person is happy about getting a new computer.
C. The person is sad that his computer is having problems.
4. E-talk wills probably .
A. keep changing.
B. be easy by people on the telephone
C. be used by people on the telephone
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. E-talk language
B. Picture Feelings
C. How to Use Abbreviations
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We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping， writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms. Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some of them are.
BTW （by the way） BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations (缩写), They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
Info (information) puter (computer)
Pie (picture) sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we communicate (交流) on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feeling”. such as:
:-)( happy) :-p(joking) :-( (sad) :-0(surprised)
These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example，
There are even whole new words, like” newbie’s”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum).
It takes time for people to get used to (适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internets grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
1.What does the underline “acronyms” mean?
A.网友 B.聊天室 C.首字母缩写词
2.Why do people type acronyms?
A. to show their feelings.
B. Because people can type them quickly.
C. In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.
3.What does” BTW, my puter is not working well.:-(“mean?
A. The person is angry at somebody.
B. The person is happy about getting a new computer.
C. The person is sad that his computer is having problems.
4.E-talk wills probably .
A. keep changing.
B. be easy by people on the telephone
C. be used by people on the telephone
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. E-talk language
B. Picture Feelings
C. How to Use Abbreviations
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