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  Harry Mendis, a 15-year-old British schoolboy, had a long hiccup(打嗝)at the end of last month.

  His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime and lasted for two weeks.After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure(治愈)him.

  Harry who is now back at school is talking about his hiccups.

  “When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water, but that didn't work.That evening I had hiccups every four seconds.I tried many ways to stop them.I held my breath(屏住呼吸)and drank cold drinks.My father even tried to give me a shock, but that didn't work, either.After a week of sleepless nights, I went to hospital.The doctors couldn't find anything wrong.They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely(完全)and my hiccups stopped.”

  Harry was very lucky.The world record(記錄)holders is the American farmer Charles Smith, who hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.He stopped hiccups in 1990 at last, but nobody knew why.

(1)

Harry hiccupped for ________.

[  ]

A.

a week

B.

fourteen days

C.

twenty-eight days

D.

one month

(2)

Harry's hiccups started after he ________.

[  ]

A.

drank a glass of milk

B.

went to hospital

C.

finished his homework

D.

ate lunch

(3)

Harry's parents decided to take him to hospital when he ________.

[  ]

A.

hiccupped for four seconds

B.

held his breath

C.

hiccupped at night

D.

couldn't stop hiccupping for a week

(4)

What does “shock” in this passage mean in Chinese?

[  ]

A.

咳嗽

B.

驚嚇

C.

噴嚏

D.

哈欠

(5)

How long did Charles Smith hiccup?

[  ]

A.

in 1990

B.

for 69 years

C.

for 69 years and 5 months.

D.

We don't know.

答案:1.B;2.D;3.D;4.B;5.C;
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  Dear Dad and Mom,

  We have some exciting news for you. Maria is going to have a baby! We didn't tell you right away. At first the doctor said she might have some trouble with the baby. Now he says she is just fine. She's very healthy ahd happy. She still works on har paintings every day. But she stopped teaching art classes. She gets tired more quickly now.

  There is going to be another big change in our lives. We're moving back to New York! We want to be closer to you and to Jane. It's much nicer to be near the family for something important like a baby. Maria grew up in Mexico, and she doesn'tt have a family here. So that makes you even more important to us.

  Maria is a little worried about working in New York. She will have to start again there. In Italy her paintings are already popular. But I'm sure people will like them in New York, too. There won't be any problem with my job. I'm still working for The New York Times. I'll be writing about the United Nations in New York.

  We're planning to move next month. See you then!

Yours,

Tom

(1)What is Maria going to do? ________

[  ]

A.She is going to work for a newspaper.

B.She is going to give art lessons.

C.She is going to give birth to a baby.

D.She is going to move to Italy.

(2)What does Maria do? Maybe she is ________.

[  ]

A.a(chǎn)n artist
B.a(chǎn) doctor
C.a(chǎn) journalist
D.a(chǎn) sho passistant

(3)Where are Tom and Maria now? ________.

[  ]

A.London
B.Italy
C.New York
D.Japan

(4)What is Tom going to do? ________

[  ]

A.He is going to work on the painting.

B.He is going to write about the UN.

C.He is going to move to Mexico.

D.He is going to start a newspaper.

(5)What will they do next month? ________

[  ]

A.Go for a holiday.

B.Move to New York.

C.Work for The New York Times.

D.Teach art classes.

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