阅读理解 (2013遵义) One day Tony was crossing the road when he was hit by a car.He fell and broke his arm. He was sent to a hospital.There a doctor operated on his arm.Then he put the arm in a cast (石膏).Tony could not move it at all. “You must keep your arm in a cast for a month,”the doctor said.“That will give the bone(骨头)a chance to get well.” A month later,Tony went back to the hospital.The doctor used a large knife to cut the cast.Then he took Tony’s arm out of the cast. “Can you move your arm,Tony?”he asked. Tony tried to move his arm.At first it was difficult,but soon he could move it easily. “Yes,it’s fine,”he said.“Thank you very much.” “In a few days it will be as good as before,”the doctor said.“Just exercise it a little every day.” “Will I be able to play the guitar?”Tony asked. The doctor smiled.“Of course,you will,”he said.“You will have no problems.” “That’s good news.”Tony said,“because I couldn’t play it at all before.” How did Tony break his arm? A.He was hit by a car. B.He fell off a bike. C.A guitar fell on him. How long did he have to keep his arm in a cast? A.One week. B.Four weeks. C.A few days. How was Tony’s arm when the doctor cut the cast? A.It was OK. B.It was hurt. C.It was worse. What did the doctor tell him to do after the cast was taken off? A.Seeing another doctor. B.Playing the guitar. C.Exercising his arm. Why was Tony pleased? A.The doctor gave him a guitar. B.The doctor said he didn’t have to work again. C.He thought he could be able to play the guitar.
完形填空(2014武汉) 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 antiwar 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.