第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his ___36___ and traveling.
Then, after returning to the United States from a ___37___ trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the ___38___ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place ___39___ him. The material between his bones became __40__.
In less than one week after his return, he could not ___41___. Every move that he ___42___ 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 __43___ over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up ___44___ Mr. Cousins thought that ___45___ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. ___46___, he felt that happy thoughts or ___47___ might cure his illness.
He began to ___48___ 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 ___49___ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. ___50___ the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could ___51___ his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping ___52___ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well ___53___ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for ___54___. After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to ___55___.
36. A. time     B. holiday      C. sleep   D. work
37 A. boring   B. tiring  C. dangerous   D. pleasant
38. A. top       B. degree C. problem     D. limit
39. A. from    B. around       C. inside  D. beside
40. A. weak    B. ill       C. false   D. painful
41. A. speak    B. breathe       C. stand   D. see
42. A. made    B. did     C. took    D. gave
43. A. look     B. get      C. turn    D. think
44. A. effort   B. hope   C. treatment    D. arrangement
45. A. foolish  B. unusual      C. funny  D. unhappy
46. A. Instead B. However    C. Therefore   D. Otherwise
47. A. sleep    B. travel  C. laughter     D. television
48. A. rescue   B. operate       C. try      D. experiment
49. A. day      B. week   C. month D. year
50. A. Promising    B. Deciding    C. Doubting    D. Recognizing
51. A. invent   B. begin  C. continue     D. prove
52. A. until     B. whenever   C. unless D. so that
53. A. soon     B. completely C. slowly D. enough
54. A. exercise       B. illness C. rest     D. pleasure
55. A. power   B. sense   C. health D. happiness