Many years ago, Norman Cousins was diagnosed as "terminally ill". He was given six months to live. His ________ for recovery was 1 in 500.
He could see the worry, depression and ________ in his life contributed to his ________. He wondered, "If illness can be caused by being ________, can health be created by being positive?"
He was ________ to make an experiment of himself. Laughter was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented all the ________ movies he could find-Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, the Marx Brothers. He ________ funny stories. He asked his friends to call him ________ they said, heard or did something funny.
His pain was so great that he could not fall ________. Laughing for 10 minutes, he found, ________ the pain for several hours so he could sleep.
He ________ recovered from his illness and lived ________ 20 happy, healthy and productive years. He ________ his recovery to the love of his family and friends, and laughter.
Some people think laughter is a ________ of time.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Laughter is very important to our ________ life, to our health and happiness, to our aliveness(活力). If we're not well, ________ helps us get well; if we are well, laughter helps us ________ that way.
Since Cousins' ground-breaking subjective work, scientific studies have shown that laughter has a healing ________ on the body, the mind and the emotions.
So. if you like laughter, ________ it sound medical advice as often as you can. If you don't like a laughter, then take your ________— laugh anyway.
【小题1】A.power | B.right | C.ability | D.chance |
【小题2】A.anger | B.excitement | C.happiness | D.pleasure |
【小题3】A.accident | B.incident | C.disease | D.failure |
【小题4】A.negative | B.confident | C.positive | D.careless |
【小题5】A.surprised | B.determined | C.honored | D.allowed |
【小题6】A.horror | B.tragedy | C.boring | D.funny |
【小题7】A.sold | B.talked | C.read | D.recited |
【小题8】A.however | B.whatever | C.whenever | D.whichever |
【小题9】A.silent | B.asleep | C.ill | D.behind |
【小题10】A.developed | B.produced | C.increased | D.reduced |
【小题11】A.equally | B.fully | C.exactly | D.fairly |
【小题12】A.the other | B.other | C.another | D.others |
【小题13】A.describes | B.sees | C.tries | D.owes |
【小题14】A.waste | B.matter | C.demand | D.question |
【小题15】A.busy | B.balanced | C.social | D.crazy |
【小题16】A.songs | B.thoughts | C.laughter | D.understanding |
【小题17】A.remain | B.stop | C.lead | D.end |
【小题18】A.effort | B.effect | C.result | D.reason |
【小题19】A.consider | B.convince | C.connect | D.compare |
【小题20】A.subject | B.knowledge | C.service | D.medicine |