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完形填空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 (41) and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题), traveling to many different countries to share his (42).In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got (43). 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 (44) it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to (45) at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗) his problem and he might never (46) the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by (47) thoughts. He did not want to take (48) 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 edy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of (49) laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.Deciding that the (50) could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could (51) his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins (52) in the hotel room watching edy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt (53). Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for (54).After a few months, Mr. Cousins was (55) to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.1. A. laughedB. taughtC. wroteD. copied2. A. magazinesB. subjectsC. photosD. ideas3. A. richB. sickC. lonelyD. famous4. A. standB. realizeC. faceD. improve5. A. dreamB. eatC. shoutD. sleep6. A. go throughB. look afterC. get overD. find out7. A. unhappyB. pleasantC. sillyD. clever8. A. foodB. timeC. medicineD. money9. A. unusualB. falseC. realD. wild10. A. friendsB. laughterC. experimentD. doctors11. A. beginB. endC. continueD. report12. A. rested B. workedC. studiedD. played13. A. well B. tiredC. afraidD. worried14. A. helpB. exerciseC. freedomD. fun15. A. ableB. safeC. lazyD. uncertain答案：1-5 CDBAD 6-10 CACCD 11-15 CABBA2019-2020年九年级英语：完形填空达标题完型填空：1.根据他的职业和后文“spoke”可知此空答案，故选C。2.根据前文中Mr.Cousins的职业是editor可知他去不同的国家分享自己的想法可知选D。3.根据后文中“strange disease”可知选B。4.根据后文对病情的描述可知他受不了疾病的痛苦，故选A。5.后文中得知是夜晚无法入眠，故选D。6.从前文“they did not know how to cure his problem”得知医生认为此病无法康复，get over康复，故选C。7.根据常识，导致疾病的肯定是不快乐的想法和思绪，故选A。8.能治疗疾病的肯定只有药物，而非食物、时间或金钱，故选C。9.从前文中看完漫画和动画片得知发自内心的笑可以治疗疾病，故选C。10.后文说Mr.Cousins离开医院故此处肯定是他觉得医生帮不了他，故选D。11.从前文可知他待在酒店就是为了继续试验笑容治疗疾病的方法，故选C。12.从文艺可知他待在酒店是为了休息，故选A。13.“累了”才会想睡，而不是“身体好了”、“害怕了”或者“担心了”才去睡觉，故选B。14.Mr.Cousins经过治疗，已经可以在海滩跑步锻炼了，故选B。15.be able to能够，选A。
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