Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups （打嗝）．Hiccups are so mysterious．We really don't know why they start and why they stop．
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a teaspoon of sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．
An American man named Jack O'Leary said he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked．At last he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.
It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups．People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all, but the hiccups continued．Finally, he drank a "secret" mixture someone had sent him．By that evening his hiccups were gone．
Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows．But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea—hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．
1.How did Jack O'Leary stop his hiccups?
A．He took a deep breath． B．He prayed to Saint Jude．
C．He ate a teaspoon of sugar． D．He drank a "secret" mixture．
2.The British plumber spent _ ___in stopping his hiccups．
A．4 hours B．2 days C．8 months D．8 years
3.might be the best cure for hiccups according to the passage．
A．Cold water B．A spoonful of salt
C．Special pills D．What you believe in
4.From this passage, we can learn ____．
A．Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups
B．the reason why the hiccups start and why the hiccups stop
C．some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups
D．the British plumber drank a "secret" mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well
5.What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Different ways to stop hiccups． B．What makes hiccups happen．
C．How to get hiccups． D．Jack O'Leary's hiccups．
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of an engineer．One day 1walking along the bank of a lake, the girl happened to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl_2_the mother would not return to the eggs and she 3to take them home．There she carefully 4the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days 5, the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6Geese are known to take the first living thing 7they see as their mother．Thus, to these 8geese, the girl was their mother．
As they grew, the girl was able to 9her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach, them to _10_．The little girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11and in her dreams．Suddenly, she thought_12_a clever idea: she would fly a plane to guide them in 13．She asked her father for a plane and he made a small one for her．Caring about 14safety, the father Hew the plane himself．However, the birds didn't 15him．They all slept in the grass 16.
The girl was so worried about it that one day the girl_17_into the plane and started it．Soon the plane left the_18_．Seeing their mother in the air, the birds 19expanded their wings and 20She flew the plane freely in the sky, with her young birds following．
1.A．since B．after C．while D．because
2.A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
3.A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．agreed
4.A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
5.A．ago B．out C．later D．long
6.A．family B．house C．home D．world
7.A．what B．which C．that D．who
8.A．great B．big C．shy D．young
9.A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
10.A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
11.A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
12.A．of B．through C．over D．back
13.A．sky B．heaven C．flight D．plane
14.A．his B．her C．their D．its
15.A．respect B．remember C．follow D．receive
16.A．sadly B．instead C．hardly D．too
17.A．climbed B．looked C．drove D．fell
18.A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
19.A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．immediately
20.A．looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back
It's said that going to bed early and getting up early ____a widely accepted good habit．
A．are B．is C．were D．was
____is known to us is that China has won five gold medals in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
A．It B．As C．What D．That
Medicine should be placed ____children's reach to make sure of safety．
A．with B．within C．out D．beyond
—I finished all my work today．
—If____, you can help others with their work．
A．so B．not C．possible D．ever
