Question

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

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

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

It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups. 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 someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.

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

1.. How did Jack O’Leary stop his hiccups?

A. He took a deep breath.B. He prayed to Saint Jude

C. He ate a teaspoon of sugar.D. He drank a “secret” mixture.

2.. The British plumber spent in stopping his hiccups.

A. 4 hoursB. 2 days

C. 8 monthsD. 8 years

3.. might be the best cure for hiccups according to the passage.

A. Cold water B. A spoonful of saltC. Special pillsD. What you believe in

4.. From this passage, we can learn .

A. Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups

B. the reason why the hiccups start and why the hiccups stop

C. some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups

D. the British plumber drank a “secret” mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well

5.. 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.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人們制止打嗝的不同方法。有的人吃點糖，有的人認為受到驚嚇會讓打嗝停止，還有的人認為喝一杯里面放入刀子的水會起作用。更讓人奇怪的是一個美國人竟然靠向上帝祈禱而治好了自己的打嗝。

1. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容At last he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.可知當(dāng)他打嗝的時候，他就會祈禱，故B選項正確。

2. 細節(jié)理解題。從文章第四段內(nèi)容It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups.可知一個英國人用了8個月的時間治愈打嗝，選C。

3. 細節(jié)理解題。從文章末段But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea – hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.可知答案選D。

4. 細節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段Some people think that a good scare(驚恐) is necessary to get well.可知驚嚇可以治好打嗝，選C。

5.主旨大意題。文章開頭介紹了一種使打嗝停止的方法，指出這只是數(shù)百種方法之一，然后在下面的段落中分別介紹了人們在打嗝時候的幾種做法，由此判斷本文中心內(nèi)容就是介紹治愈打嗝的一些方法，答案選A。

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