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.
A．laughed B．taught C．wrote D．copied
A．magazines B．subjects C．photos D．ideas
A．rich B．sick C．lonely D．famous
A．stand B．realize C．face D．improve
A．dream B．eat C．shout D．sleep
A．go through B．look after C．get over D．find out
A．unhappy B．pleasant C．silly D．clever
A．food B．time C．medicine D．money
A．unusual B．false C．real D．wild
A．friends B．laughter C．experiment D．doctors
A．begin B．end C．continue D．report
A．rested B．worked C．studied D．played
A．well B．tired C．afraid D．worried
A．help B．exercise C．freedom D．fun
A．able B．safe C．lazy D．uncertain
Do you still play with your friends? Do you still want to travel with your family? Do you still miss the summer holiday? Well, the start of a new school year can be for students, but you need to learn how to enjoy school. The followings are some helpful tips:
Go to school every weekday.
It is important that you go to school every weekday. If you miss (错过) classes, you will find it’s hard to follow the teachers. Of course, _____ you have to miss school if you are ill, but try to be there as few as possible.
Get enough sleep.
There’s nothing worse than being tired at school. Every night you need eight hours’ sleep. If you get up 6 am to go to school, you should be in bed by at least 9 or 10 pm. If you don’t get enough sleep, you’ll feel tired the next day.
Participate in (参与) class.
You will feel bored in class if you just sit at your desk and listen. Want to make it and make time fly by? Participate! Sure, most students think participating in class is only putting up（举起）your hand to answer a question, but there’s so much more you can do. Although you’re not asked to do so, write down something important. Ask questions if you don’t understand.
School can become much more interesting by doing these things. Why not have a try?
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Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Yes, I .” I buy a present (礼物) for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father , too.” But what about the other days of the year?
I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice conversation. Then she wanted to her parents. So she dialed (拨号) the number, but then she put down (放下) the phone.
After about fifteen , she dialed (拨号) the number again “Hi, Mom…”
Later I asked, “ did you dial (拨号) the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old and . They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them time to answer the call.”
My friend is a good girl. She is thinking of her parents. You also want to be a child, right? Please always remember to your parents, not just on some important days.A. willB. doC. don’t
A. a present B. a kiss C. a cake
A. callB. visit C. help
A. seconds (秒) B. hours C. days
A. WhereB. WhatC. Why
A. littleB. quick C. enough
A. always B. never C. seldom
A. bad B. worse C. good
A. think of B. look after C. fight
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There are many kinds of shows in our life. All shows have one thing in common: They try to the best singers, the talented dancers, the most exciting magicians, the funniest actors and so . All kinds of people join these .But who can play the piano the best? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a role deciding the winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.A. look for B. look at C. look up
A. badB. most C. worse
A. onB. toC. from
A. moviesB. showsC. show
A. fromB. off C. in
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This boy is Peter Smith. His _ _ name is Peter. His _ name is Smith. This is school. His school _ _ number is 20048567. His teacher is Miss White. Miss White _ a good teacher. Li Min is a Chinese boy. Li Min is his good _ at school. Look! _a pencil sharpener. Is the pencil sharpener _ _? I _ _ know. Let’s _ _ Li Min at 495-6548.
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On Sunday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to do morning exercises. It is about 8:20 a.m. After I eat my ________, I often go to a shopping centre ______ my mother. The shopping centre is ________ our home, so we walk ________. It takes us about 20 minutes to get there on foot. The shopping centre has a good ________. It is called “新世纪购物中心” in Chinese. It doesn’t have an _______ name. Can you ______ it in English? It is new _______ big. _________ many things there, such as(诸如) TVs，fridges, bikes computers, clothes, books, food and drinks. There are many _______ there. They are men and women, old and ________. Parents must ________ their children. The shopping centre is so big. Young children may get lost(迷路) in it. _________ do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are usually good and ________. The workers there are always nice and friendly. If you come to my home, I can take _______ there and have a look.
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