Question

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his _____ and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a _____ trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the _____ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place _____ him. The material between his bones became _____.

In less than one week after his return, he could not _____. Every move that he _____ was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never _____ his illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up _____.

Mr. Cousins thought that _____ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. _____, he felt that happy thoughts or _____ might cure his illness.

He began to _____ on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the _____ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

___ the doctors 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 rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping _____ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well _____ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for _____.

After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to _____.

1.A. time    B. holiday    C. work    D. sleep

2.A. boring    B. tiring    C. dangerous    D. pleasant

3.A. limit    B. fact    C. problem    D. degree

4.A. from    B. around    C. inside    D. beside

5.A. painful    B. ill    C. false    D. weak

6.A. speak    B. breathe    C. stand    D. see

7.A. took    B. made    C. did    D. gave

8.A. get over    B. look over    C. turn over    D. switch over

9.A. belief    B. hope    C. diet    D. lung

10.A. foolish    B. unusual    C. funny    D. unhappy

11.A. Instead    B. Moreover    C. So    D. Otherwise

12.A. sleep    B. travel    C. laughter    D. television

13.A. recover    B. experiment    C. operate    D. try

14.A. day    B. week    C. month    D. year

15.A. Promising    B. Supporting    C. Hoping    D. Realizing

16.A. include    B. begin    C. continue    D. prove

17.A. until    B. so that    C. because    D. whenever

18.A. soon    B. completely    C. slowly    D. enough

19.A. exercise    B. illness    C. rest    D. pleasure

20.A. power    B. health    C. sense    D. happiness

Answer

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. C

5. D

6. C

7. B

8. A

9. B

10. D

11. A

12. C

13. B

14. A

15. D

16. C

17. D

18. D

19. A

20. B

【解析】

本文为记叙文。一位美国商人Norman Cousins需要经常去国外做商务旅行。但是有一次从苏联回来后，他就病了，不能站立，甚至移动都会让他痛苦，医生说这个病不能治疗。但Norman Cousins没有因此失去希望，而是用笑声治疗自己，这种做法很有效。他在几个月之后就重返工作岗位。

1.考查名词辨析。A. time时间；B. holiday假期；C. work工作；D. sleep睡觉。从文章第一句话Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business.可知，他是一个经常需要去国外做商务旅行的商人，他热爱他的工作和旅行，因此选C。

2.考查形容词辨析。A. boring令人厌烦的；B. tiring令人疲劳的；C. dangerous危险的；D. pleasant令人愉快的。从下文的Mr. Cousins got sick.可推知，去苏联的旅行是令人疲劳的，所以他生病了，故选B。

3.考查名词辨析。A. limit限制；B. fact事实；C. problem问题；D. degree学位。此句的意思是“他把最后的一点力气都用在旅途上”。前面说他旅行回来就生病了，可知他在旅行中将身体的力量推到了极限，选limit表示“限度”，故选A。

4.考查介词辨析。A. from从，来自；B. around在…周围；C. inside在…里面；D. beside在…旁边。从下文的“The material between his bones became”可知，他的身体的内部出现了问题。inside him的意思是“在他的体内”，因此选C。

5.考查形容词辨析。A. painful痛苦的；B. ill生病的；C. false错误的；D. weak虚弱。从下文的In less than one week after his return, he could not ___6___. Every move that he ___7___ was painful.可知，他的骨头间的物质变得很脆弱，选此句的意思是“他骨头里的物质变得虚弱”，故选D。

6.考查动词辨析。A. speak说话；B. breathe呼吸；C. stand站立；D. see看见。根据空前The material between his bones became 5 .以及空后“Every move that he ___7___ was painful.可推知，回来后，不到一个星期，他就不能站立了，每移动一下他都很痛苦。A、B和D不符合题意，只有不能“站立”最符合题意，故选C。

7.考查动词辨析。A. took取得，拿；B. made制作；C. did做；D. gave给。他的每个动作都是很痛苦的，make a move意为“每一次移动”。故选B。

8.考查动词辨析。A. get over克服；B. look over仔细检查；C. turn over移交，翻转；D. switch over交换位置，变换，转换。医生告诉他不知道怎么治疗他的病，可能永远不能克服他的病，故选A。

9.考查名词辨析。A. belief信仰；B. hope希望；C. diet日常饮食；D. lung肺。可是Mr. Cousins拒绝放弃希望。give up hope表示“放弃希望”。故选B项。

10.考查形容词辨析。A. foolish愚蠢的；B. unusual不寻常的；C. funny滑稽的；D. unhappy不快乐的。从下文的he felt that happy thoughts or ___12___ might cure his illness得知，他感到快乐的思想可以治疗他的疾病，因此可以判断unhappy thoughts导致他体内的坏的化学变化，因此选D。

11.考查副词辨析。A. Instead相反的；B. Moreover此外；C. So因此；D. Otherwise否则。他不想吃药治疗，相反的，他认为快乐的想法或是笑会治愈他的病。instead表示“代替”，即他想用快乐的生活来替代服药。因此选A。

12.考查名词辨析。A. sleep睡觉；B. travel旅行；C. laughter笑声；D. television电视。or为并列连词，和happy thoughts并列的是laughter，故选C。

13.考查动词辨析。A. recover恢复；B. experiment实验；C. operate做手术，操作；D. try努力，尝试。在医院的时候，他开始对自己做实验，通过看电视上滑稽的节目，选experiment为不及物动词，意思是“进行实验，做试验”，常与介词on连用。因此选B。

14.考查名词辨析。A. day日子；B. week星期；C. month月；D. year年。“during the day(在白天)与下文的at night(在晚上)相对。从at night.可知，是白天笑10分钟可以让他在晚上没有痛苦的睡觉2小时。因此A项符合题意。

15.考查动词辨析。A. Promising答应；B. Supporting支持；C. Hoping希望；D. Realizing意识到，知道。意识到医生对他没有帮助，Cousins先生出院了。这里是现在分词短语作原因状语。因此选D项。

16.考查动词辨析。A. include包括；B. begin开始；C. continue继续；D. prove证明。他在旅店的一个房间住下，这样他可以试验用笑继续治疗（continue his experiments with laughter），因此C符合题意。

17.考查连词。A. until直到；B. so that以便于；C. because因为；D. whenever无论何时。每当他感到累了，他就会睡觉休息。分析选项可知D项。

18.考查副词辨析。A. soon很快；B. completely完全地，彻底地；C. slowly慢慢地；D. enough足够地。他觉得身体恢复得足够地好了，能够到Puerto Rico去度假，因此选D。

19.考查名词辨析。A. exercise练习，锻炼；B. illness疾病；C. rest休息；D. pleasure快乐。他开始在海滩跑步锻炼，因此选A。

20.考查名词辨析。A. power能量，权力；B. health健康；C. sense感觉；D. happiness快乐。几个月后，Cousins先生重返工作岗位。故他是恢复了健康。因此选B项。