Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．We really don’t know why they start and why they stop．

Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．

An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈祷） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．

A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all，but the hiccups continued．Finally，he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone．

Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．

1.        might be the best cure for hiccups.

A．Special pills

B．A spoonful of salt

C．Cold water

D．What you believe in

2.The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups．

A．4 hours

B．2 days

C．8 months

D．8 years

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Different ways to stop hiccups

B．What makes hiccups happen

C．How to get hiccups

D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).

“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1.The story happened_________.

2.Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinner room first?

3.The traveler went to the dinner room to eat something because__________

4.How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

5.After the traveler finished eating,___________.

一、看图听句子，选择与图画内容意思相符的选项。(每个句子读一遍)

二、听句子，选择恰当的答语。(每个句子读一遍)

5．

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6．

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A．No, you cannot.

B．Sure. Here you are.

C．No. Thank you.

7．

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A．It's cloudy.

B．I don't like this kind of weather.

C．I like rain.

8．

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A．Good idea.

B．No, I don't like to go.

C．Yes, please.

9．

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A．Help yourself too.

B．Thank you.

C．Sorry, I don't know.

10．

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A．Just stay at home.

B．I'm doing my homework.

C．I work as a driver.

三、听对话和对话后的问题，然后选择正确答案。(每段对话和问题读两遍)

11．

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12．

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13．

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A．He joined the Party.

B．He drank a lot.

C．He went to a party.

14．

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15．

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A．She would like some fish.

B．She wants the man to buy some fish for her.

C．She asks the man to cook for her.

四、听对话和短文及其后面的问题，然后选择正确答案。(每段对话和短文及问题读两遍)

16．

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A．He wants to go to London.

B．He wants to go to New York.

C．He wants to go to Tokyo.

17．

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A．It would be at 5:15.

B．It would be at 3:30.

C．It would be at 5:50.

18．

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A．It will be held in 2006.

B．It will be held in 2004.

C．It will be held in 2008.

19．

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A．There were over 500 players in each team.

B．There were more than 150 players in each team.

C．There were more than 50 players in each team.

20．

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At first, he drank one cup of tea, and then he drank ___________.

A. other two cups B. more two cups C. another two cups

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).
“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.
【小题1】The story happened_________.