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.
A．laughed B．taught C．wrote D．copied
A．magazines B．subjects C．photos D．ideas
A．rich B．sick C．lonely D．famous
A．stand B．realize C．face D．improve
A．dream B．eat C．shout D．sleep
A．go through B．look after C．get over D．find out
A．unhappy B．pleasant C．silly D．clever
A．food B．time C．medicine D．money
A．unusual B．false C．real D．wild
A．friends B．laughter C．experiment D．doctors
A．begin B．end C．continue D．report
A．rested B．worked C．studied D．played
A．well B．tired C．afraid D．worried
A．help B．exercise C．freedom D．fun
A．able B．safe C．lazy D．uncertain
More and more people like traveling for their holidays. Some people like 1, so they like to visit some old places. Some people like to breathe (呼吸)fresh air, so they like to go 2 . Some people like sea or swimming, so they like to go to the 3. In many countries, the travel agency (旅行社) can help you 4your holidays. You can5 the travel agent (代理人)what kind of holidays you like, 6 you want to go best, and how much money you are going to 7 . Then the travel agent will give you some 8 about where to go, how to get there, where to live and what kind of activities you can do there. So there are many different kinds of 9 . For example, one of the holidays is called “Package Holiday”. That is, you just pay the money, and the travel agent will plan 10 for you: the ticket for the train, bus or plane, the hotel, the activities and so on.A. math B. music C. history
A. shopping B. climbing C. skating
A. seaside B. rivers C. lakes
A. order B. book C. plan
A. say B. ask C.tell
A. where B. when C. how
A. take B. spend C. have
A. message B. suggestion C. information
A. jobs B. places C. holidays
A. nothing B. everything C. vehicles
It’s Sunday today. Mr. Green goes out for a picnic. On the way 1Mount Fang, he can’t 2the way. So he 3ask an old man near him for help.
“Could you please tell me the way 4 ?”asks Mr. Green.
“Go 5 this road, cross the Lang Park and turn right at the gate of the park. Go up the street to the end and you’ll see it 6 your left. ” says the old man.
“How long will it take me to 7there?” asks Mr. Green.
The old man says nothing(没什么). Mr. Green feels a little angry(生气的). He goes away. After a while(一会儿), the old man calls him, “Young man, you will get there in about half an hour. ”
“ 8 didn’t you tell me just now（刚才）?” asks Mr. Green.
“I don’t know how fastyou can walk. 9 I have to let you go, then I can tell you the 10 . ”says the old man.
A．of B．for C．to D．at
A．see B．look for C．find D．look at
A．can B．have to C．should D．has to
A．Mount Fang B．to Mount Fang C．for Mount Fang D．in Mount Fang
A．in B．along C．long D．across
A．at B．on C．in D．for
A．get B．get to C．come D．come to
A．How B．What C．Why D．When
A．And B．But C．Also D．So
A．clock B．time C．watch D．times
What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to 1 at home, but others like to go 2 a walk or play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the 3 . At the weekend, he always 4 the same thing. On Saturday he 5 his car and on 6 he goes to a village with his family by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a 7 one, but there’s always 8 to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their 9 . Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all 10 and Jack’s aunt gives them a big meal.
A．play B．stay C．live D．enjoy
A．to B．in C．at D．for
A．day B．time C．autumn D．weekdays
A．does B．make C．borrows D．has
A．watches B．washes C．driving D．sells
A．Monday B．Saturday C．Sunday D．Tuesday
A．big B．small C．hard D．short
A．little B．much C．fast D．far
A．clothes B．places C．food D．balls
A．clean B．late C．hungry D．friendly
Some people have very good memories(记忆力) and can easily learn quite long poem（诗歌） by heart. Some people have 1 memories and can only remember things that they have said again and again.
The 2 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down 3 street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on 4 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns 5 own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign（外国的） countries and they seem 6 two languages as easily as one. At school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages 7 students have little time for it and they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man's mind is quite like a camera but it 8 photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much work 9 before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. 10 the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever（永远）in our mind.
A．wonderful B．better C．poor D．badly
A．nice B．beautiful C．famous D．kind
A．much B．some C．many D．the
A．every B．each C．both D．all
A．her B．his C．one’s D．its
A．to keep B．to get C．to learn D．to take
A．because B．why C．what D．when
A．leaves B．takes C．gets D．receives
A．to do B．to have C．to start D．to stay
A．In B．On C．With D．As
Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way（退让）to 1.
One day the father 2 to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 3 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t 4 enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of 5 would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn’t 6 yet. I can’t wait any more.” He wanted to know what was the 7 with his son. So he left his friends at home ,and went to town 8 his son.
“You may first take the 9 home for my friends .Let me 10 here against him instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.
A．one B．another C．other D．others
A．decided B．decides C．decide D．decision
A．hoped B．told C． let D．tells
A．their B．they C．them D．theirs
A．gone B．bought C．returned D．been
A．wrong B．accident C．thing D．matter
A．to look for B．looked for C．to find D．found
A．meat B．dinner C．bread D．money
A．stood B．stands C．stand D．standing
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