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【題目】Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United Stated who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work. Surrounded by endless work, he had no choice but to deal with it day and night. Then a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治療) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment (實驗) on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health.

【1】Why did Norman Cousins get a strange and serious illness?

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【2】What could the doctors do to help him?

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【3】Besides feeling painful, what did he have difficulty doing?

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【4】What did Norman Cousins think caused his disease?

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【5】What did he do to help himself cure his problem?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because he was too tired.

【2】Nothing.

【3】He had difficulty sleeping.

【4】Unhappy thoughts.

【5】He kept himself happy./ He made himself laugh.

【解析】Cousins先生因為把太多精力花費在了工作上，從而損害了自己的身體，得病了，醫(yī)生們不知道怎樣治療他的疾病。Cousins先生認為是一些不愉快的想法導致了他的病，于是他開始使自己大笑，讓自己開心，他的病真的就好了。

【1】根據(jù)短文第一段中But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work.可知，Cousins先生用盡了身體的極限去工作，從而導致身體發(fā)生了化學變化，生病了。因此答案為Because he was too tired因為他太累了。

【2】根據(jù)短文第二段中The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治療) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness.可知，醫(yī)生不知道怎樣治療Cousins先生的病，因此他們什么也做不了。故填Nothing。

【3】根據(jù)短文第一段中In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.可知，Cousins先生感到疼痛，而且晚上無法入睡。故這里應回答He had difficulty sleeping，have difficulty doing sth.是一個句型，做某事有困難。

【4】根據(jù)短文第二段中He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body.可知，Cousins先生認為是一些不愉快的想法導致了他身體里的化學變化，讓他生病。因此這個題目的答案是Unhappy thoughts。

【5】根據(jù)短文第二段He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness以及第三段的內(nèi)容可知，Cousins先生認為開心的想法或者大笑可以治療他的病，所以他就看了很多有趣的節(jié)目，并且讓自己笑。因此這個題目的答案是He made himself laugh或者He kept himself happy。