–Oh, you sound just like an American.

--_____. I still have trouble expressing myself.

A. Yes, you’re rightB. Well, not quite like that

C. I don’t mindD. You’re welcome

—We’d better invite Jim and Jack to the party tonight.

--Yes, _________? I’ll give them a call right now.

A. whyB. why not

C. what forD. how

–This is quite a new phrase.

--Right. It has already ____the language.

A. spokenB. usedC. enteredD. covered

—We’ve no money and the last bus has gone. Any______idea?

A. funnyB. brightC. oppositeD. correct

—Will you fix up the machine according to the ______, David ? –No problem.

A. instructionsB. inventions

C. invitationsD. interviews

—How’s now?

--I hear the company ______ him a very good job, but he turned it down.

A. donated B. served

C. offeredD. introduced

I used to _______ with my wife and watch TV movies at home.

A. show up B. wake up

C. come upD. stay up

–Is that Kate’s car?

--It ______be hers. She has just gone for a meeting.

A. can’tB. should

C. mustn’t D. may

I didn’t know ______.

A. when would the train arriveB. where could I get the book

C. what has been doneD. who left the message

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.

1.A. laughedB. taughtC. wroteD. copied

2.A. magazinesB. subjectsC. photosD. ideas

3.A. richB. sickC. lonelyD. famous

4.A. standB. realizeC. faceD. improve

5.A. dreamB. eatC. shoutD. sleep

6.A. go throughB. look afterC. get overD. find out

7.A. unhappyB. pleasantC. sillyD. clever

8.A. foodB. timeC. medicineD. money

9.A. unusualB. falseC. realD. wild

10.A. friendsB. laughterC. experimentD. doctors

11.A. beginB. endC. continueD. report

12.A. rested B. workedC. studiedD. played

13.A. well B. tiredC. afraidD. worried

14.A. helpB. exerciseC. freedomD. fun

15.A. ableB. safeC. lazyD. uncertain