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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 1 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues (反战议题) ，traveling to many different countries to share his 2 .
In the 1960s,after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe,Mr Cousins got 3 . 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 4 it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5 at night. The doctors told Mr Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗) his problem and he might never 6 the illness. Mr Cousins,however,refused to give up hope.
Mr Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by 7 thoughts. He did not want to take 8 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 mi-nutes of 9 laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
Deciding that the 10 could not help him,Mr Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 11 his experiments with laughter. For eight days,Mr Cousins 12 in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television,reading amusing books,and sleep-ing whenever he felt 13 Within three weeks,he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 14 .
After a few months,Mr Cousins was 15 to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.
() 1. A. laughed B. taught
C. wrote D. copied
() 2. A. magazines B. subjects
C. photos D. ideas
() 3. A. rich B. sick
C. lonely D. famous
() 4. A. stand B. realize
C. face D. improve
() 5. A. dream B. eat
C. shout D. sleep
() 6. A. go through B. look after
C. get over D. find out
() 7. A. unhappy B. pleasant
C. silly D. clever
() 8. A. food B. time
C. medicine D. money
() 9. A. unusual B. false
C. real D. wild
() 10. A. friends B. laughter
C. experiment D. doctors
() 11 A. begin B. end
C. continue D. report
() 12. A. rested B. worked
C. studied D. played
() 13. A. well B. tired
C. afraid D. worried
() 14. A. help B. exercise
C. freedom D. fun
() 15. A. able B. safe
C. lazy D. uncertain
(2014武汉)
科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：
第三题语篇理解这一大题你将听到一篇短文。请你根据短文内容和所提出的5个问题，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
() 11. Where are Jim and Kate now?
A. In America.
B. In England.
C. In Australia.
() 12. What does Jim and Kate's father do?
A. He works as a travel agent.
B. He works for a big company.
C. He works in an international school.
() 13. How many languages can Jim and Kate speak?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
() 14. Why are Jim and Kate very happy?
A. Because they won’t have to move any more.
B. Because they will go to another new country.
C. Because they can see their friends all over the world.
() 15. What can we know from the passage?：
A. The father will work in England.
B. The Green family come from France.
C. The children have been in Sydney for three years.
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[例2]
Welcome to Youth Radio,your radio. Here we’re proud to introduce three Amazing Kids.
Gina,who is thirteen years old,got first prize in the “Young Cook of the Year” competition and she wants to write a recipe book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use,” she says. Gina learned by watching her father,who's also good at cooking,in the kitchen. She wants to encourage other children to cook,because "everyone needs to eat,so it's a skill that will always be useful!”
Seventeen-year-old Brian used to love running until he was hurt in a serious accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently taken part in a long race. “After my accident I wanted to give up ,” he says. “But now l,m happy to be alive and able to continue running."
Helen has always been good at science,but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town. “That gave me an idea ,” says the clever sixteen-year-old. It took her over a year to invent a small special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it'so it may be in the shops soon!
Do you know a child like them? Please e-mail us at amaxingkids@ mail,com and tell us why he or she should be on our radio. Thank you.
(2012山西)
1. What was Gina the winner of?
分析：根据“got first prize in the ‘Young Cook of the Year’ competition”可以得出答案。
2. Does Gina want to write a children's recipe book? Why?
分析:一般疑问句要先做肯定或否定回答。回答时候要注意谓语动词“she wants”。
3. Why is it surprising that Brian is an ath-lete?
分析:这道题需要根据上下文判断，得出虽然他失去了一条腿仍然继续跑步。
4. What is Helen's new invention used for?
分析:注意for后面用分词形式。
5. What do you think the three Amazing Kids are like?
分析:这道题虽然原文中没有明确答案，但是如果综合三个孩子的事迹便可以得出答案，只要答到了 creative,brave,bardworking 这样的形容词就正确。
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先阅读(A) 、(B) 两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。
(A)
us worker crowd advise value |
There are plenty of things we can do to help the people around us. For example,if we find our friends in trouble,we can give them some 1;If our neighbor is busy 2 in the garden,let's give him a hand;If we see an old man on a 3 bus,we should ask him to take our seat. Actually,when we help others,we’re helping 4 .
Helping others makes us feel happy because we know we are doing something right. Sometimes we can even make friends and get 5 experiences by helping others.
(B) In English,the spelling of words does not always represent (代表) the sound. And some words seem to have too many letters. An American called Noah Webster wanted to do something for the development of English,so he began his work on it. His first book,The Elementary (基础的) Spelling Book,suggested making the spelling of English words easy. The book was very popular.
In fact,Webster is famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language. This dictionary came out in 1828 after it was completed. It introduced lots of new American words,with information about their pronunciation,use and the new spelling. Today,Webster's dictionary is still widely used in English-speaking countries.
任务1:阅读短文(A) ，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。(每空一词，每词限用一次)
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.
任务2:阅读短文(B) ，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
6. c to finish making or doing some thing
7. p liked or enjoyed by a lot of people
任务3:阅读短文(B ) ，进行同义句转换，每空 一词。
In fact,Webster is famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language.
8. a 9. of fact,Webster is fa mous for his American Dictionary of the English Language.
任务4:根据短文(B) 内容简答问题。
10. Where is Webster's dictionary still widely used today?
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A woman was waiting for her flight (航班) at an airport.
She bought a bag of cookies,found a place to 1 and took out her 2 She started to read and 3 noticed that a man,sitting beside her,took a cookie from her 4 . She just 5 not to see this. So she ate the cookies quickly and at the same time watched how the shameless 6 was stealing her cookies. She thought to herself ,“ If I wasn’t such a( n) 7 person,I would hit him in the eye. ”
When only one cookie was 8 ,she looked with interest and 9 what he would do.
He smiled,took the 10 cookie and broke it in half. She thought, “This guy is so impolite,he didn't even show any 11 ! ”
After her flight was called,the woman 12 her baggage (行李) and headed to the gate. She took her seat in the 13 ,and started to look for her book,which was almost complete. As she reached her baggage,she gasped (喘气) with 14,as there was an unopened bag of cookies. A terrible thought crossed her mind, “If my cookie bag is here,the other one was his and he just tried to 15 . ” She realized that she was the impolite one,but it was too late to say sorry to him.
() 1. A. stand B. sit
C. lie D. walk
() 2. A. book B. phone
C. ticket D. wallet
() 3. A. proudly B. hardly
C. really D. suddenly
() 4. A. box B. hand
C. bag D. seat
() 5. A. tried B. preferred
C. hoped D. meant
() 6. A. pilot B. worker
C. thief D. waiter
() 7. A. right B. nice
C. special D. old
() 8. A. left B. eaten
C. bought D. stolen
() 9. A. planned B. asked
C. found D. wondered
() 10. A. big B. first
C. small D. last
() 11. A. interest B. thanks
C. courage D. pleasure
() 12. A. posted B. opened
C. collected D. forgot
() 13. A. hall B. airport
C. plane D. car
() 14. A. surprise B. happiness
C. sadness D. pain
() 15. A. save B. take
C. sell D. share
(2015四川资阳)
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Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them and said, uFather Time asks me to 1 you New Year presents. ” She handed each child a package and disappeared immediately.
Carl and Philip opened the 2 and found two books with clean pages in them.
Twelve months passed and the 3 came again and said, “I have brought you another two books and will take the first one back to Father Time."
“May I keep 4 book a little longer?"asked Philip, “I'd like to paint something on the last page. ”
“No ,” said the Fairy.
“I wish that I could finish reading mine at a time ,” said Carl ,“I can only open the book once each day 5 see only one page every time,because when the page turns over,it sticks fast. ”
The Fairy said,“Well,you can 6 Philip's book." Then she lit (点亮) two little lamps for them. By the light of the 7 they saw the pa-ges as she turned them.
“Who did this?” they asked in surprise, “Every page was 8 when we first opened it. But now some pages are drawn with beautiful things like birds and 9 and some pages with ugly,black spots and scratches (划痕) on them!”
The Fairy,smiling at the two little 10said, uSee,Philip,the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends,or when you try to be kind to others. ”
“But what made the ugly,11 spots and scratches?” asked Philip.
The Fairy said ,“That came when you told a lie one day,or when you did not listen to your mum. All these ugly spots and scratches in your books were made when you were naughty (淘气的) . Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were 12 . ”
“Oh,we wish to read the books 13 ! ”
“They can't be read once more,” said the Fairy ,“See!They are only for this year,and they must now go back into 14 bookcase,but I have brought you each a new one,and perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the first ones. ”
With these words,the Fairy 15 The boys were left alone,but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.
And on the back of each book was written in letters of gold ,“For the New Year”.
() 1. A. bring B. make
C. sell D. buy
() 2. A. door B. window
C. packages D. cards
() 3. A. Fairy B. Queen
C. Witch D. Princess
() 4. A. her B. their
C. his D. my
() 5. A. but B. and
C. or D. so
() 6. A. look after B. look for
C. look at D. look out
() 7. A. candles B. stoves
C. campfires D. lamps
() 8. A. dirty B. untidy
C. clean D. old
() 9. A. trees B. flowers
C. grass D. houses
() 10. A. boys B. girls
C. women D. men
() 11. A. red B. black
C. white D. blue
() 12. A. good B. rude
C. selfish D. stubborn
() 13. A. too B. again
C. though D. before
() 14. A. Fairy's B. Carl's
C. Philip's D. Father Time's
() 15. A. arrived B. came
C. disappeared D. appeared
(2014江苏宿迁)
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The first part of a new science-fiction series (系列剧) was shown on NBC last night. Star Trek is about a spacecraft (宇宙飞船) which travels faster than the speed of light. The show is developed from three ideas about the 22nd century. First,well find other life forms with great tools which will make amazing things possible.
Let's think about these predictions. If we find life forms on other planets,will they be intelligent? I hope so. But we human beings might not be friendly—I don't think we’ll believe in the idea of peace one hundred years from now. But this is science fiction,so we can be optimistic!And Star Tre's idea of life in the future is " communicators ".And we will be able to have conversations with people who are on because youll have an electronic notebook. And if you get ill,the doctor won’t have to examine you,a machine will “read” your body. The strangest machine includes a “teleport” which will take people to a different place in a second!
The ideas are interesting,and in my opinion,there's only one problem with star trek: the acting.The TV company (公司) will have to get better actors. If they do that,the show might be a success. If the acting doesn’t improve,Star Trek won't last for more than one series.Of course,my prediction may be wrong. I can't see into the future!
() 1 . What is Star Trek?
A. A TV play.
B. A popular song.
C. A spacecraft.
D. An alien.
() 2. What does the underlined word " optimistic” mean?
A. Lucky and happy.
B. Hopeful and confident.
C. Helpful and creative.
D. Thankful and popular.
() 3. What's the writer's opinion about Star Trek?
A. The life forms on other planets are stupid.
B. Interesting ideas make a new series popular.
C. The new series might not be suc-cessful without better actors.
() 4. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Aliens on Other Planets.
B. The Idea of Human Life.C. A Science Fiction.
D. A New Series about Future.
(2015江西)
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4
The Phone Call
It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed (叹气) .Dad said he could come home by 5:30,but it was almost 7：00. E-ven if Dad came back,it wouldn’t be much fun playing 1 in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework,but couldn’t.
The phone rang at a-bout 8： 00. It was Dad： "Paul,I'm 2,but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?…
Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so 3 . He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first!page. The next day at school,Paul didn't hand in his homework and 4 a test. Mrs Green,his teacher,asked him to stay after school. "Paul,you didn't do your homework. You didn't pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What's wrong?” Paul just sat there 5 . "Paul,if you don't want to talk,I will. I know that something's wrong with you,but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone. ”
As Paul walked home,he thought of what Mrs Green said. Maybe he didn't do his homework because he wanted to get his dad's 6 He knew Mrs Green was right. He decided to take her advice.
When Paul got home,he 7 his dad. But!there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (语音信箱) . Paul began talkingDad,I can't play with you next weekend. IVe got lots of problems with my homework. Also,I really don't want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you 8 our plans,Dad,it hurts me. Ifs not too late to rebuild our relationship,but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my 9 sometime. Dad,I love you ”
As Paul ended the call,he felt much relaxed. He didn't know whether his dad would be different,but it didn't matter. He himself 10 . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.
() 1. A. baseball B. cards
C. chess D. toys
() 2. A. lucky B. sorry
C. surprised D. pleased
() 3. A. famous B. helpful
C. lazy D. busy
() 4. A. made B. missed
C. failed D. chose
() 5. A. cheerfully B. comfortably
C. hopefully D. quietly
() 6. A. attention B. message
C. praise D. trust
() 7. A. saw B. thanked
C. called D. greeted
() 8. A. prepare B. break
C. follow D. question
() 9. A. choice B. homework
C. speech D. decision
() 10. A. regretted B. complained
C. insisted D. changed
(2015北京)
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